Package assembly and method for producing the package assembly
AssigneeTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
InventorsGiorgia Zanotti, Marcello Barbieri, Pietro Martini, Anna Genowefa Engelbrecht, James Maxwell Eelbeck, John Robert Cowan-Hughes, Thomas Zoltan Harkin, Alessandro Benzi
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Abstract
A package assembly (300, 400, 500) comprising a package (100, 302) arranged to hold a food product, wherein the package (100,302) comprises a rear section (140) provided with a longitudinal seal (LS), and an exoskeleton (308, 402, 502, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300) attached to the rear section (140) of the package (100,302) such that an improved robustness is achieved and that the longitudinal seal (LS) is protected.
Claims15
A package assembly comprising
- a package arranged to hold a food product, wherein the package comprises a rear section provided with a longitudinal seal,
- an exoskeleton attached to the rear section of the package such that an improved robustness is achieved and that the longitudinal seal is protected.
A method for producing a package assembly comprising a package arranged to hold a food product, wherein the package comprises a rear section provided with a longitudinal seal, and an exoskeleton, said method comprising
- providing the package, and
- attaching the exoskeleton to the rear section of the package such that an improved robustness is achieved and that the longitudinal seal is protected.
A method for producing a multi-pack comprising a number of package assemblies, each comprising a package arranged to hold a food product, wherein each package comprises a rear section provided with a longitudinal seal, wherein a number of exoskeletons of the number of package assemblies are attached to each other, said method comprising
- providing the packages, and
- attaching the number of exoskeletons to the rear sections of the packages such that an improved robustness is achieved, that the longitudinal seals are protected, and that the number of packages are attached to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.