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US 2026/0159299 A1Published application
Easy-open pouch with score line and retention of torn section
AssigneeGp&C Operations, LLC
InventorsNeeraj Sharma, Michael S. Dennis, James Michael Cormier, II
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Abstract
A sealed package includes first and second opposed plies, each with first and second edges, wherein the first edges of the first and second plies have overlying sections that form a first seal, and wherein the second edges of the first and second plies have overlying sections that form a second seal; the first and second plies include polymeric film. A score line is present adjacent the second seal, the score line only partially penetrating the first ply and extending less than a full width of the first ply.
Claims8
A method of forming a sealed package, comprising:
- (a) providing a roll of polymeric film, wherein the polymeric film comprises a plurality of regularly spaced score lines extending from a side edge thereof, each of the score lines only partially penetrating the film;
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- (b) with a form, fill and seal machine, forming a sealed package from the polymeric film, the sealed package comprising first and second opposed plies, each with first and second edges, wherein the first edges of the first and second plies have overlying sections that form a first seal, and wherein the second edges of the first and second plies have overlying sections that form a second seal, wherein the sealed package has one of the plurality of score lines adjacent the second seal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.