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US 2015/0021218 A1Published application
Packaging
AssigneeBritish American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
InventorAaron McKenzie
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Abstract
Packaging including a line of weakness (10, 11) that is broken to obtain access to an article within said packaging is disclosed. A varnish or lacquer coating is applied to spaced regions (12) along the length of the line of weakness.
Claims27
A packaging including:
- a line of weakness that is broken to obtain access to within said packaging,
- wherein a varnish or lacquer coating is applied so that it extends across the line of weakness at spaced regions along the length of the line of weakness.
A method of manufacturing packaging, comprising:
- including a line of weakness that is broken to obtain access to within said packaging,
- including the application of a varnish or lacquer coating to spaced regions along the length of the line of weakness.
A packaging comprising:
- an overwrap with a line of weakness defining a tear strip, the line of weakness broken to obtain access to within said packaging,
- the overwrap including a varnish or lacquer coating applied to extend across the line of weakness at spaced regions along the length of the tear strip.
A method of manufacturing packaging, comprising:
- providing an overwrap for the packaging, the overwrap including a line of weakness forming a tear strip, the line of weakness broken to obtain access to within said packaging,
- applying a varnish or lacquer coating to spaced regions along the length of the line of weakness;
- forming a tab at an end of the tear strip which extends outward from the overwrap.
An overwrap for a package, comprising:
- a line of weakness formed in the overwrap defining an edge of a tear strip;
- the line of weakness defining an upper section and a lower section of the overwrap;
- a grasping tab extending outward from an end of the tear strip;
- a plurality of spaced linear coatings applied substantially perpendicular to the direction of the line of weakness;
- wherein each of the linear coatings cross the line of weakness;
- the spaced linear coatings positioned on the line of weakness such that when the tear strip breaks the linear coating along the line of weakness when the tear strip is removed;
- wherein the upper section of the overwrap removable from the lower section upon removal of the tear strip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.