Food packaging

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9682813-B2
Application number	US-201214233434-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2012
Priority date	Jul 20, 2011
Publication date	Jun 20, 2017
Grant date	Jun 20, 2017

Abstract

A gum packaging 100 holding a plurality of gum products is provided. Advantageously, and in accordance with the exemplary embodiment, one or more gum packet portions 200 can be torn from the gum packaging 100 in order to reduce the size of the gum packaging 100 . Here, each gum packet portion 200 contains a dosage of gum. Consequently, a retail outlet may sell gum packaging 100 having a user required number of gum dosages by tearing from a main gum packaging 100 a sub gum packaging 100 for purchase, wherein the sub gum packaging 100 has the required number of gum packet portions 200 according to the buyers wishes. Furthermore, a user may purchase a main gum packaging 100 and remove a sub gum packaging 100 having a required dosage for that day or activity, where the sub gum packaging 100 has the required number of gum packet portions 200 according to the selected dosage. This is advantageous because the user only has to carry around the gum required. Moreover, as the gum is consumed and the used gum packet portions 200 torn or otherwise separated from the gum packaging 100 , the gum packaging becomes smaller, and therefore more comfortable to carry around.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A food packaging having two or more adjacent food packet portions, wherein each food packet is joined to the other at a respective separation area, wherein an outer most food packet portion at an outermost end of the food packaging is removable from the food packaging by separating the outermost food packet portion from a remaining food packet portion through the respective separation area; wherein each food packet portion includes a tab or gripping portion and the removed outermost adjacent food packet portion conceals the tab or gripping portion of the remaining food packet portion until the removed outermost food packet portion is separated from the remaining food packet portion such that the remaining food packet portion becomes the new outermost food packet portion at the outermost end of the food packaging, wherein the tab or gripping portion of the remaining food packet portion is joined to the removed adjacent food packet portion at the separation area whereby the tab or gripping portion of the remaining food packet portion only becomes accessible when the outermost food packet portion is removed at the separation area,
wherein the food packaging is formed from a first sheet portion and a second opposed sheet portion, wherein each pair of adjacent food packet portions are separated by a pair of spaced ribs that extend between the first and second sheet portions and are positioned on either side of the separation area; and
wherein the separation area is a weakened band and the weakened band comprises a continuous weakened line and a portion of the weakened line formed in the first sheet portion is not in direct recognition with the portion of the weakened line formed in the second sheet portion, thereby forming an over or under hang as the tab or gripping portion.

2. The food packaging of claim 1 , wherein the tab or gripping portion of each food packet portion cooperates with an opening of the food packet portion, so that the tab or gripping portion can be used to open the food packet portion.

3. The food packaging of claim 1 , wherein the separation area is arranged so that each adjacent food packet portion remains closed after separation from an adjacent food packet portion.

4. The food packaging of claim 1 , wherein the separation area is arranged so that one of the adjacent food packet portion is automatically opened during separation.

5. The food packaging of claim 1 , wherein a weakened area is provided to form an opening to the food packet portion and through the rib.

6. The food packaging of claim 5 , wherein the portion of the continuous weakened line in the first sheet portion is parallel in relation to the portion of the weakened line in the second sheet portion.

7. The food packaging of claim 1 , wherein the food packet portions are substantially identical in shape and form.

8. The food packaging of claim 1 , wherein the food packet portions are arranged in a linear strip.

9. The food packaging of claim 8 , wherein the food packaging is arranged in roll form.

10. The food packaging of claim 1 , wherein the food packaging includes at least one bend.

11. The food packaging of claim 10 , wherein the food packaging is arranged in roll form.

12. The food packaging of claim 1 , wherein the food packaging includes at least two bends so the food packet portions are arranged in a concertina form.

13. The food packaging of claim 1 , wherein the food packet portions are individually formed and the food packaging is provided by adhering each adjacent food packet portion to a respective adjacent food packet portion.

14. The food packaging of claim 13 , wherein the food packet portions are individually formed and the food packaging is provided by adhering each food packet portion to an outer sheath, wherein the outer sheath includes weakened areas to allow the outer sheath to separate between each adjacent food packet portion.

15. A method of selling or using a food packaging according to claim 1 , the method comprising separating the adjacent food packet portion from the corresponding adjacent food packet portion to separate a main food packaging into a sub food packaging, wherein the sub food packaging comprises a determined number of food packet portions based on a user-determined requirement.

16. A method of using a food packaging according to claim 1 , wherein the food packaging comprises at least two food packet portions, the method comprising the steps of:
separating a food packet portion from a corresponding adjacent food packet portion; and
opening said food packet portion to access food contained therein.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the food packet portion includes an over/under hang and the step of opening the food packet portion comprises biting on the overhang to cause an opening in the food packet portion.

Assignees

• Blyth Simon
• Cort Dominic
• Dixon Hayley
• Intercontinental Great Brands Llc

Inventors

• Blyth Simon
• Cort Dominic
• Dixon Hayley

Classifications

• B65D2313/08

  Double sided adhesive tape, e.g. for suspension of the container (B65D2313/10 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65D75/527

  Tear-lines for separating a package into individual packages (B65D1/30, B65D21/0206, B65D75/34 take precedence) · CPC title

• B65D75/42 Primary

  Chains of interconnected packages · CPC title

• B65D71/063

  Wrappers formed by one or more films or the like, e.g. nets (B65D71/08 takes precedence; wrappers formed by folding a single blank B65D71/12; wrappers formed by folding two or more blanks B65D71/38) · CPC title

• B65D85/60 Primary

  for sweets or like confectionery products · CPC title