Container wrapper, and methods and apparatus for making same

A container product including (1) an inner member having a plurality of side walls forming a parallelepiped such that all of said side walls are substantially parallel to a single longitudinal axis, at least two of said walls being subdivided along a parting line so that said container product is subdivided into first and second relatively movable parts, said parting line defining a plane which is oblique to said single longitudinal axis, and (2) an outer wrapper wrapped around the outside of said inner member so that said outer wrapper overlaps itself and is sealed to itself at all of its edges in order to completely enclose said first and second parts with all of said outer wrapper material being completely outside of said inner member, said outer wrapper including (a) a web member having inner and outer surfaces, and (b) a tear strip adhered to one of said surfaces and superimposed on said parting line, said container product being made by a process comprising the steps of:

• supplying said inner member in the form of said parallelepiped;
• separately supplying said outer wrapper;
• and
• wrapping said outer wrapper around said inner member so that said tear strip is superimposed on said parting line, and so that when said outer wrapper is subsequently torn along said tear strip, the remaining portions of said outer wrapper tend to remain on said first and second parts.