Easy opening packaging article made from heat-shrinkable film exhibiting directional tear
US10202229B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 20, 2008 |
| Grant date | Feb 12, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB32B2439/70
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A heat-shrinkable packaging article has one or more tear initiators for initiating a manual tear that can be propagated to open a package and allow a product to be readily removed therefrom, without the use of a knife or scissors or any other implement. The tear initiators are present in a skirt and/or header of the article. The skirt and/or header has a first side and a second side. In one embodiment, some or all of the first side of the skirt and/or header can be heatset in order to reduce the shrink and curling of the skirt and/or header. This improves identification and utilization of the tear initiators by a consumer upon shrinking the packaging article around the product. In another embodiment, the skirt and/or header has a plurality of pairs of tear initiators to allow portions of the package to be torn off to expose a portion of the product that can then be sliced off while the remainder of the packaged product remains covered by a remainder of the film.
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