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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7866537 | Easy-open wrapper A wrapper used to enclose various things that are generally flat or can be flattened. The wrapper consists of two planar sheets that are essentially identical in shape and peripherally sealed to one another. The wrapper has a v-shaped indentation on its top, which m... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7789291 | Packaging article and method with particular tearing slit arrangement A packaging article including a flap for opening and reclosing the packaging article. The packaging article comprises a flexible packaging material and a label. The flexible packaging material includes the flap and a plurality of slits defining at least a portion of... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7600668 | Aromatic fibrous strip for consumer pack A consumer pack with flexible outerwrap around the pack has a tear tape between the pack and the outerwrap for separating the outerwrap into upper and lower portions when the consumer pack is opened. A multi-layer aromatic strip is positioned on an outer surface of ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7434371 | Method of making product wraps, a leaf from which to fashion a wrap obtainable by the method, and a strip from which to obtain the leaf Confectionery products (2) are packaged singly in double twist wraps (1) prepared from a strip (3) coated with first longitudinal bands (4) and second transverse bands (5) of adhesive, the transverse bands spaced apart to create ad... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7389907 | Tri-fold blister card with opening mechanism The present invention includes a unique tri-fold blister card and resulting tri-fold blister card package for packing, shipping and displaying a product at a point-of-purchase. The tri-fold blank improves the visual impact of the product package by providing a print... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7371008 | Tamper-indicating resealable closure A tamper indicating, resealable closure for a package includes first and second film layers releasably adhesively joined together such that the first and second film layers are at least partially separable when the second film layer is pulled away from the first fil... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7350688 | Resealable food container A container for a food product includes a wrapper which surrounds a frame. The container can be any polygonal shape which is defined by the shape of the frame. The wrapper forms a top of the container which has an access opening. A sealing cover is adhesively sealed... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341643 | Method of making packaging material A packaging material, a method of making such a material, and a package made from such material, are disclosed. A substrate comprises at least one sheet of plastic material. An energy-curable coating is applied to one side of the substrate, which will be the outside... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334679 | Tear open package for hydrophilic-coated catheter A tear open package for a catheter having an insertion end and a funnel end includes a pair of thin elongated sheets of gas impermeable material joined about their edges by a perimeter heat seal. The elongated sheets of material form a catheter-receiving cavity in w... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7318941 | Assembly comprising a package and a processed cheese portion An assembly including a processed cheese portion (22) and a package (26) closely wrapping the portion. The package includes an element which itself comprises a film (2) tightly wrapping the portion and in contact therewith, and tear-initiating m... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7290658 | Charger wire package and container A package (30) for an individual charging wire (10) includes a backing (32) having a back portion (42) and a front portion (44). A first perforation (46) is defined in the backing (32) between the back portion (42 | 11/06/2007 |
| 7279205 | Packaging material A packaging material, a method of making such a material, and a package made from such material, are disclosed. A substrate comprises at least one sheet of plastic material. An energy-curable coating is applied to one side of the substrate, which will be the outside... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7262335 | Easy-open, re-closable package for disposable diapers An easy-open, re-closable package for a plurality of disposable diapers includes a wrapping layer which substantially surrounds the plurality of disposable diapers and a re-closable fastening system. The re-closable fastening system may be joined with the wrapping l... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258368 | Extended text wrap label and method of manufacture thereof An extended text wrap label includes a base ply and at least one top ply. The base ply has a first lengthwise dimension, a first widthwise dimension, a top surface that is capable of bearing graphic images, and a bottom surface that is capable of bearing graphic ima... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7216764 | Easy-open packages A novel package wrapper is made of plastic film with a line of package-opening perforations through the film positioned in one face of the package and being overlaid by a piece of plastic tape which seals the perforations, the tape having a dry edge. The shrink wrap... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7178671 | Package A package including at least one absorbent article and packaging. The packaging includes a flexible pocket having a hollow interior, an opening extending into the interior, a flap for covering the opening, and an adhesive closure positioned on the flap for releasabl... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7159717 | Packaging design with separate compartments A gum packaging design that utilizes two separate compartments, an upper compartment and a lower compartment. Each of the compartments may be formed from a separate paperboard blank. The blanks are folded to form the compartments and then the lower compartment is ad... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7118792 | Films, packaging and methods for making them There is described a flexible oriented film (301) which acts a replacement for tear film, the film (301) having at least one tear susceptible line (307, 309) or pattern thereon (preferably weaker than the surrounding film), the film tearing subs... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7101358 | Tampon wrapper with opening means comprising stopper The present invention relates to a wrapper for individually packaging absorbent articles for personal hygiene, especially tampons. The wrapper of the present invention is provided with an opening means comprising a tear tape and a stopper, the tear tape is used for ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100769 | Packet of tissues A packet of stacked absorbent paper tissues, such as a plastic wrapping sheet includes an opening part allowing a region to be uncovered for grasping at least one tissue so as to extract it individually from the wrapper, with a parallelepipedal overall shape defined... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7055692 | Packaging body A packaging unit comprises a package box having an openable portion for breaking and removing a seal of a lid by a push-in operation, and a film for sealing and packing the package box, wherein the film includes a fragile portion formed in or adjacent a position cor... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048115 | Resealable cigarette package A resealable hard box cigarette pack is provided with a window type opening extending across a portion of the pack top wall and also a portion of the front wall of the pack. The window is covered by a closure that may be resealed to the pack body either through inse... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7032754 | Package having releaseably secured consumable products The present invention provides an improved product holding and dispensing package and an improved method for manufacturing, holding and storing products, especially consumable products. In an embodiment, a package for a consumable product is provided. The package in... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7026635 | Particle beam processing apparatus and materials treatable using the apparatus Methods, and materials made by the methods, are provided herein for treating materials with a particle beam processing device. According to one illustrative embodiment, a method for treating a material with a particle beam processing device is provided that includes... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021458 | Soap bar package The soap bar is contained in a package comprised of a first package and a second package. The first package fully surrounds and envelops the soap bar and in a preferred embodiment has a peripheral edge. The second package will contain one or more first packages with... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7011083 | Paintball refillers and method for making and using same A paintball hopper refill apparatus or loading apparatus is disclosed, which includes a body, an interior, a neck and a dispensing portion where the body is made of a flexible material, the interior is designed to be filled with a plurality of paintballs and the dis... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6986436 | Storage container with removable sleeve Generally described, a storage container comprising a removable sleeve positively closely positioned around a receptacle is provided. When positioned on the receptacle, the ends of the sleeve overlap, and the outer overlapping portion is bonded or secured to at leas... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6983875 | Apparatus for fastening and separating containers An apparatus for fastening together at least first and second container portions and allowing the separation thereof includes at least one adhesive spot disposed upon at least one among the first and second container portions. The at least one adhesive spot is capab... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6969197 | Sterilizable package A sterilizable package is formed of a first sheet connected to a second sheet. The first sheet forms a first side of the package and a portion of the second side of the package. The second sheet is connected to the first sheet to define an interior chamber of the pa... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6955665 | Tampon wrapper with improved opening means The present invention relates to a wrapper for individually packaging absorbent articles for personal hygiene, especially tampons. The wrapper of the present invention is provided with an opening means, which prevents the wrapper from becoming separated into more th... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6929400 | Flexible reclosable container with easy opening A flexible container of the pouch type, made of material in film form, derived from a contoured tubular body formed by a film with longitudinal and transverse heat-seals of the two ends. The longitudinal heat-seal forms the edge of a longitudinal wing that is folded... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6918532 | Resealable food container A container for a food product includes a wrapper which surrounds a frame. The container can be any polygonal shape which is defined by the shape of the frame. The wrapper forms a top of the container which has an access opening. A sealing layer is adhesively sealed... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6702178 | Sandwich wrap A sandwich wrap comprising a sheet wrap attached to a base strip The base strip is elonaated in a longitudinal direction and includes at least one tear line extending between the longitudinal ends. The base strip is longer than the sheet wrap in the longi... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6698928 | Flexible packages having reusable pull-tab openers The present invention provides a package comprising a bag having lines of weakness and a pull-tab opener secured to the bag proximate to the lines of weakness, the pull-tab opener having a pull-tab opening integral therewith. In a preferred embodiment, th... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6672597 | Sealing strip for sealing a joint Sealing strip (1) for sealing a joint (23) between a frame profile (12), for example a window-frame profile, and a wall (15), having an elastically resilient foam strip (2) which is accommodated in a compressed state in a tear-open wrapper (3), which allo... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6516995 | Wrapping method, particularly for edible products such as chocolates and the like, and the finished wrap obtained Chocolates are wrapped individually by a method that involves feeding single wrapping sheets along a first path in a first direction spaced at a selected pitch, in such a way that the trailing edge of one wrapping sheet and the leading edge of the next ar... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6467614 | Package provided with a coupon and method for obtaining said package A wrapping for an object includes an opening line made up of a tear tape by which the user opens the wrapping in order to gain access to its contents. A coupon bearing markings for publicity or other reasons is attached to a face of the wrapped object. Th... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6443303 | Package for cassette storage case A package for a cassette storage case (2) that has a cassette insertion opening (4) formed at one lateral side thereof, cassette guide cuts (7) formed in main front and rear surfaces (5) and (6) thereof at the side of the opening (4), and a cassette recei... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6363691 | Method of wrapping a package having a corona treated tear tape A package is provided with a plastic overwrap having a tear tape treated with a corona discharge. The tear tape has a tear tab which overlaps a portion of the tear tape on the wrapped package. The corona treatment of the tear tape allows the tear tab to a... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6352364 | Tubular bag-type packing The invention is concerned with tubular bag-type packings in the form of so-called stickpacs formed of a sealable foil strip of at least one layer which is molded to form a tube provided with a longitudinal sealing joint extending between the side edges o... | 03/05/2002 |
