Easy open package

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10294002-B2
Application number	US-201515542590-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 28, 2015
Priority date	Jan 28, 2015
Publication date	May 21, 2019
Grant date	May 21, 2019

Abstract

The present invention provides a package wrapping that utilizes a film having a pair of spaced apart perforations defining a perforation zone there between, a carton label having a pair of spaced apart tabs defining a notch that extends across and makes visible a portion of the perforation zone when the label overlays the film, and an adhesive extending across a portion of the perforation zone and one of the spaced apart tabs wherein the carton label is not adhered to the film.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An easy open package comprising a carton, a film at least partially overwrapping the carton, perforations disposed on the film and defining a perforation zone, and a label comprising a first end and a second end, the first end having a top surface, a bottom surface and a notch defined by a pair of spaced apart tabs, the label disposed on the film such that the first end notch exposes at least a portion of the perforation zone and an adhesive disposed on both the top surface of at least one of the tabs and the perforation zone exposed by the notch.

2. The easy open package of claim 1 wherein the perforations are a line of perforations and the adhesive is a continuous line of adhesive that is substantially perpendicular to the line of perforations.

3. The easy open package of claim 2 wherein the adhesive is disposed on the top surface of both spaced apart tabs defining the notch.

4. The easy open package of claim 1 wherein the bottom surface of both spaced apart tabs is substantially free from adhesive.

5. The easy open package of claim 1 wherein the carton has a pair of opposed sidewalls, a top and a bottom all overwrapped by the film and wherein the first and second label ends overlap one-another to form a band with a label overlap portion.

6. The easy open package of claim 5 wherein the second label end is peelably adhered to the first label end by the adhesive.

7. The easy open package of claim 1 wherein the first label end is not adhered to the film.

8. The easy open package of claim 1 wherein the perforation zone has a width W 1 and the notch has a width W 2 and W 1 is greater than W 2 .

9. The easy open package of claim 1 wherein the perforation zone has a width W 1 and the notch has a width W 2 and W 2 is greater than W 1 .

10. The easy open package of claim 1 wherein the perforations are a pair of spaced apart parallel lines of perforations defining a perforation zone having a width W 1 and the notch has a width W 2 and wherein W 2 is greater than W 1 .

11. An easy open package comprising a carton wrapped in a film having two spaced apart lines of perforations defining a perforation zone having a width W 1 , a product label having a first and a second end, the first product label end having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first tab and a second tab, the first and the second tabs defining a notch having a width W 2 , the product label extending around the carton and contacting the film and positioned such that the notch exposes a portion of the perforation zone, and a continuous line of adhesive disposed on the top surface of at least one tab and a portion of the perforation zone.

12. The easy open package of claim 11 wherein two lines of perforations comprise two substantially straight rows of perforations.

13. The easy open package of claim 12 wherein the perforations are uniformly spaced apart apertures having a length from about 0.5 to about 4.0 cm and wherein W 1 is from about 0.5 to about 4.0 cm and W 2 is from about 1.0 to about 5.0 cm.

14. The easy open package of claim 11 wherein two lines of perforations comprise two substantially straight rows of perforations and the adhesive is disposed as a straight line of adhesive substantially perpendicular to the lines of perforations.

15. The easy open package of claim 11 wherein the adhesive is disposed on at least a portion of both of the tabs defining the notch.

16. The easy open package of claim 11 wherein the bottom surface of the first end is substantially free from adhesive.

17. The easy open package of claim 11 wherein the first and second label ends overlap one-another to form a band with a label overlap portion and wherein the second label end is peelably adhered to the first label end by the adhesive.

18. An easy open package comprising a carton at least partially wrapped in a film, having two lines of perforations spaced apart from one another and defining a perforation zone having a width W 1 , a label having a first and a second end that overlap one another to form a label band that surrounds the carton, the first end having a top, a bottom and a pair of spaced apart tabs defining a notch having a width W 2 , the label positioned such that the notch exposes a portion of the perforation zone and a continuous strip of adhesive disposed across the notch.

19. The easy open package of claim 18 wherein W 1 is greater than W 2 .

20. The easy open package of claim 18 wherein W 2 is greater than W 1 .

Assignees

• Kimberly Clark Co

Inventors

• Berger Maggie Vanderheiden
• Van Dyke Linda Jo

Classifications

• B65D77/003 Primary

  Articles enclosed in rigid or semi-rigid containers, the whole being wrapped · CPC title

• G09F3/10

  by an adhesive layer · CPC title

• B65D75/5894

  Preformed openings provided in a wall portion and covered by a separate removable flexible element · CPC title

• B65D75/66

  Inserted or applied tearing-strings or like flexible elements · CPC title

• B65D2203/02

  Labels · CPC title