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US 2026/0264955 A1Published application
Membrane lid with integrated two-stage tab system
AssigneeTOPPAN Packaging Americas Holdings, Inc.
InventorScott William Huffer
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a resealable membrane lid for a container comprising a peelable portion and a removable portion. When the resealable peelable portion is peeled back, the seal onto the container is not disturbed. When the removable portion is removed from the container, the container contents may be accessed. The peelable portion may be resealed onto the container at any point in the process.
Claims20
A resealable membrane lid for a container comprising:
- a peelable portion, the peelable portion comprising:
- a peelable upper layer having an upper surface and a lower surface,
- a peelable lower layer having an upper surface and a lower surface, and
- a pressure sensitive adhesive layer adjacent at least a portion of the lower surface of the peelable upper layer and at least a portion of the upper surface of the peelable lower layer,
- wherein the peelable portion further comprises an external pull tab and an internal pull tab which is integral to the peelable portion;
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- a removable portion, the removable portion comprising:
- a removable upper layer having an upper surface and a lower surface, and
- a removable lower layer having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the upper surface of the removable lower layer is affixed to the lower surface of the removable upper layer and the lower surface of the removable lower layer is configured to be sealed to a rim of a container,
- wherein the peelable portion and the removable portion are permanently adhered about their perimeters and permanently adhered at the location of the internal pull tab, and are otherwise adhesive-free between the peelable portion and the removable portion, and
- wherein score lines are disposed within the removable portion, defining a portion of the removable portion that must be removed to access the contents of the container.
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A resealable membrane lid comprising:
- a peelable portion defining an affixed portion configured to circumvent a perimeter of a rim of a container, the peelable portion comprising:
- a peelable upper layer having an upper surface and a lower surface;
- a peelable lower layer having an upper surface and a lower surface;
- a pressure sensitive adhesive layer disposed between the peelable upper layer and the peelable lower layer;
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- an internal pull tab defining a neck portion and a grasping portion, and an external pull tab;
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- An external pull tab;
- a removable portion defining a removable portion perimeter, wherein a portion of the removable portion defined by score lines disposed therein is removable to access contents of a container to which the lid is configured to be sealed;
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- a permanent adhesive layer pattern-applied between the peelable portion and the removable portion, wherein the permanent adhesive layer extends between the affixed portion and the removable portion perimeter, and between the neck portion of the internal pull tab and an adjacent area of the removable portion, wherein the external pull tab is at least partially peelable and resealable onto the affixed portion via the pressure sensitive adhesive layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.