Unit of packaged product, and method of packaging a product
AssigneeUnifill S.P.A.
InventorMoreno MONTI
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Abstract
A packaged product unit including a package with an inner cavity having a pocket portion containing a product and communicating with an elongated portion in which a straw is housed. The straw has a proximal end which leads into the pocket portion and a distal end which is closed by a cap portion of the package. An outer wall of the straw is welded perimetrically to the package in a proximal sealing area at the proximal end of the straw to prevent leakage of the product from the pocket portion along an outer surface of the straw.
Claims13
A unit of packaged product, comprising a package with an inner cavity formed by a pocket portion containing a product and communicating with an elongated portion in which a straw is housed, the straw having a proximal end leading into the pocket portion and a distal end closed by a cap portion of the package, an outer wall of the straw being welded perimetrically to the package in a proximal sealing area at the proximal end of the straw to prevent leakage of the product from the pocket portion along an outer surface of the straw.
A method of packaging a product in a unit, comprising the steps of:
- providing a package with an inner cavity formed by a pocket portion communicating with an elongated portion, and an access opening providing access to the inner cavity;
- inserting a straw into the elongated portion of the inner cavity, so that a proximal end of the straw leads into the pocket portion and a distal end of the straw is closed by a cap portion of the package;
- perimetrically welding an outer wall of the straw to the package in a proximal sealing area at the proximal end of the straw to prevent subsequent leakage of product from the pocket portion along an outer surface of the straw;
- filling the pocket portion with a product through the access opening;
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- closing the access opening by welding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.