Peelable vacuum skin package with barrier foam tray
AssigneeW.R. Grace & Co.-Conn.
InventorKent A. Davis
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Abstract
A package for a product includes a support member having a barrier film disposed thereon and supporting the product; web structure for enclosing the product and the support member, the web structure including a first web and a second web sealed to the first web for enclosing the product wherein the second web includes a non-barrier layer sealed to the first web and a peelable barrier layer; and tab structure for initiating peel of the peelable barrier layer from the non-barrier layer at a location where the non-barrier layer is sealed to the first web whereby peeling of the peelable barrier layer does not cause peeling of the barrier film disposed on the support member.
Claims22
A package for a product, comprising:
- a support member having a barrier film disposed thereon and supporting the product;
- means for enclosing the product and the support member, the enclosing means comprising a first web means and a second web means sealed to the first web means for enclosing the product wherein the second web means comprises a non-barrier layer sealed to the first web means and a peelable barrier layer;
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- means for initiating peel of the peelable barrier layer from the non-barrier layer at a location where the non-barrier layer is sealed to the first web means whereby peeling of the peelable barrier layer does not cause peeling of the barrier film disposed on the support member.
A method for packaging a product, comprising the steps of:
- providing a support member having a barrier film disposed thereon and supporting the product;
- providing a first and a second web means for enclosing the product and the support member wherein the second web means comprises a non-barrier layer and a peelable barrier layer;
- sealing the non-barrier layer of the second web means to the first web means;
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- providing means for initiating peel of the peelable barrier layer from the non-barrier layer at a location where the non-barrier layer is sealed to the first web means whereby peeling of the barrier layer does not cause peeling of the barrier film disposed on the support member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.