Flexible laminate for packaging with integrated peelable portion
AssigneeSonoco Development, Inc.
InventorsSCOTT WILLIAM HUFFER, JONATHAN EDWARD TROLLEN
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Abstract
A flexible laminate structure for making a package and methods for constructing such flexible laminate structures are described that provide a peelable portion integral to the laminate structure. An inner ink layer may be printed on the peelable portion that includes a promotional offer, such as in the form of a barcode, where the inner ink layer is not visible to a consumer without first peeling the peelable portion off the package due to the presence of one or more blocker ink layers.
Claims16
A flexible laminate structure for a package comprising:
- an outer layer;
- an inner layer laminated to the outer layer;
- at least one blocker ink layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer;
- an inner ink layer disposed between the at least one blocker ink layer and the inner layer;
- a cut line defined through part of a thickness of the laminate structure to form a removable portion that includes at least the inner ink layer, the at least one blocker ink layer, and the outer layer, wherein:
- the at least one blocker ink layer obscures the inner ink layer from view through the outer layer;
- the inner ink layer is visible on the removable portion after removal of the removable portion from the inner layer;
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- the removable portion is configured to completely separate from the package;
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- a pressure sensitive adhesive layer disposed adjacent the inner layer, within at least the location of the removable portion.
A flexible laminate structure for a package comprising:
- an outer layer;
- an inner layer laminated to the outer layer;
- at least one blocker ink layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer;
- an inner ink layer disposed between the at least one blocker ink layer and the inner layer;
- a cut line defined through part of a thickness of the laminate structure to form a removable portion that includes at least the inner ink layer, the at least one blocker ink layer, and the outer layer, wherein:
- the at least one blocker ink layer obscures the inner ink layer from view through the outer layer;
- the inner ink layer is visible on the removable portion after removal of the removable portion from the inner layer;
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- the removable portion comprises a perimeter region and a central region;
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- a pressure sensitive adhesive layer disposed adjacent the inner layer, within at least the perimeter region, wherein the central region of the removable portion is free of pressure sensitive adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.