Bags having odor management capabilities
AssigneePactiv Corporation
InventorsLindsay Shelley, Chieh-Chun Chau, Wayne J. Moras, Harley E. Erb, IV
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Abstract
Bags or liners having incorporated therein an effective amount of odor management agents including a counteractant agent, a neutralizing agent and optionally, a masking agent, whereby the odor management agent imparts no perceptible scent to the bags or liners, such that the bags or liners are substantially free of fragrance while the odor management agent reduces malodor emanating from products disposed within the bag. Further, the invention is drawn to web materials for use in forming the bags or liners having odor management agents. The odor management agent is disposed within the bag or dispersed substantially uniformly throughout the web.
Claims14
A bag having odor management capabilities, the bag comprising:
- a pair of opposing body panels joined together along a pair of opposing sides, and a bottom bridging the sides;
- and
- an odor management agent distributed in at least one of the body panels for release into an interior of the bag to substantially reduce malodors emanating from products disposed within the bag,
- wherein the odor management agent comprises a counteractant;
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- wherein the bag is substantially free of fragrance.
A bag having odor management capabilities, the bag comprising:
- a pair of opposing body panels joined together along a pair of opposing sides, and a bottom bridging the sides;
- and
- an odor management agent associated with at least one of the body panels for release into an interior of the bag to substantially reduce malodors emanating from products disposed within the bag,
- wherein the odor management agent comprises a counteractant and a neutralizing agent;
- and
- wherein the bag is substantially free of fragrance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.