Shrouded flexible packages

US7306370B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KRAFT FOODS HOLDINGS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Hal Howell · Chicago, US
• Kelly Elizabeth Arnold · Chicago, US
• Amy Gosselin · Westchester, US
• Panagiotis Kinigakis · Roscoe, US
• Kenneth Pokusa · Willowbrook, US
• Kenneth Radakovits · Orland Park, US
• Jim Kyung Sung · Lake Villa, US
• Trisha Ann Wood · Wheeling, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 8, 2003
• Grant date: Dec 11, 2007
• Expiry date: Feb 7, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B31B70/8132
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A shrouded flexible package is provided with an improved continuous laser score line. The score line has end portions adjacent the side seals of the package, which are located above fastener tracks which are enclosed by a shroud portion of the package. The score line contains downwardly and inwardly converging segments joined to a medial score line segment extending along side and generally below the fastener tracks. The score line is preferably formed with a laser energy source.