EP3105141B1 - Flexible package - Google Patents

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EP3105141B1
EP3105141B1 EP15718639.6A EP15718639A EP3105141B1 EP 3105141 B1 EP3105141 B1 EP 3105141B1 EP 15718639 A EP15718639 A EP 15718639A EP 3105141 B1 EP3105141 B1 EP 3105141B1
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Russell Stacy-Ryan
Yoichiro Ishikawa
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/04—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/04—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks
    • B65D75/20—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks doubled around contents and having their opposed free margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/04—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks
    • B65D75/14—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks folded-up around all sides of the contents from a portion on which the contents are placed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/60—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for sweets or like confectionery products
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2575/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D2575/52—Details
    • B65D2575/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D2575/586—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture with means for reclosing

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  • This patent document generally relates to product packaging, and more particularly to reclosable flexible product packages configured to store and preserve consumable products.
  • Known product packages are often expensive to manufacture, requiring costly materials or complicated processes. Moreover, these known product packages often require or utilize bulky and/or inconveniently shaped configurations to protect one or more consumable products. As the consumer typically uses less than all of the products contained in the product packaging at a single time, it is desirable that the package be able to reclose to contain the remaining products therein. In order to maintain the cost effectiveness of this type of packaging, especially where a small number of products are desired to be housed and sold as a unit, the package should be capable of being efficiently and economically manufactured.
  • WO2012037473 discloses a package configured to contain a consumable product including a flexible substrate blank having a flap portion, a back portion and a front portion, wherein the flap portion, the back portion and the front portion are contiguously formed portions of the flexible substrate blank.
  • the package further includes a pocket formed by the cooperation of an inner surface of the front portion and an inner surface of the back portion along a first fold line, and a tamper indicator formed by the cooperation of an inner surface of the flap portion and the outer surface of the front portion on the side of the pocket when the flap portion engages the pocket after being folded along a second fold line.
  • the front portion does not define an opening at the top of the pocket, and a pocket is only formed when a part of the front portion is torn away on the first lifting of the flap portion.
  • the package also does not disclose a heat seal for securing the flap portion to the front portion, but instead discloses an adhesive transfer tape on the closure area.
  • DE 20 2011 106909 discloses a closure for a film package, wherein a back sheet is longer than a front sheet so that the upper end of the back sheet forms a flap which is folded over the front sheet. The flap is then firmly connected to at least one underlying foil on the left and/or right sides of the film package.
  • reclosable package addresses the limitations of the known product packages and advantageously provides mechanisms for usability to facilitate consumer satisfaction. According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a reclosable package configured to contain a plurality of consumable products as recited in the appended independent claim 1. Further optional features are recited in the appended dependent claims.
  • a reclosable package configured to contain a plurality of consumable products includes a flexible film blank having a flap portion, a back portion, and a front portion, wherein the flap portion, the back portion and the front portion are contiguously formed portions of the flexible film blank.
  • the package further includes a pocket formed by the cooperation of an inner surface of the front portion and an inner surface of the back portion along a first fold line, wherein the pocket has an opening at the top of the pocket and the flap portion is secured to the pocket on the outer surface of the front portion after being folded along a second fold line to cover the opening and the flap portion is reclosable over the opening.
  • the disclosed reclosable package advantageously provides mechanisms to facilitate consumer usability.
  • the reclosable package may be folded and secured to provide a pocket to preserve and present consumable products, such as confectionaries, and particularly chewing gum.
  • the disclosed reclosable package provides a low-cost and compact package for handling, selling and accessing consumable products.
  • the flexible package seals and protects consumable products without the need for additional packaging and wrapping, the disclosed flexible package results in little wasted material, thereby making it environmentally friendly compared to many traditional packages.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a flexible film blank 100.
  • the flexible film blank 100 may be a polypropylene film such as an oriented polypropylene (OPP) material.
  • the material may be metalized film, or any other suitable material such as paper, foil, and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film.
  • PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • the flexible film may be a laminate of OPP/paper or OPP/paper/OPP wherein the OPP may be metalized.
  • This type of laminate is beneficial because having a paper layer in the laminate can provide more stiffness so that the package can be more structured and prevent curling of the film and dead folds can be achieved when the film is folded but can protect the product and prevent contamination or alteration of consumable products. Additional layers to the film can include inks, lacquer, varnish, release coating, protective coatings, etc.
  • the flexible film blank 100 may be printed with graphics, logos, health, ingredient and/or regulatory information as well as colors or patterns such as registration marks.
  • the flexible film blank 100 includes a flap portion 106 connected to a back portion 110 along a fold line 108.
  • the back portion 110 connects to a front portion 114 along a fold line 112.
  • the flap portion 106, back portion 110, and front portion 114 are contiguously formed portions of the flexible film blank.
  • the flap portion 106 may also include a tab portion 116 so that a consumer can open the package by grasping the tab 116 and lifting the flap portion 106 away from the outer surface of the front portion 114.
  • the inner surface of the tab portion 116 may not be secured to the outer surface of the front portion 114 but the rest of the flap portion 106 is secured to the outer surface of the front portion 114.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 illustrate a reclosable package 200 in a closed and open position.
  • a pocket 208 is formed by the cooperation of an inner surface of the front portion 114 and an inner surface of the back portion 110 along a first fold line 112.
  • the cooperation of the front portion 114 and the back portion 110 may be at the side edges 210 of the flexible film blank 100.
  • the cooperation of the front portion 114 and the back portion 110 may be through a number of sealing methods such as heat sealing, ultrasonic sealing, or cold seals.
  • the pocket also has an opening 202 starting at the top edge 204 of the front portion 114.
  • the pocket opening 202 may be configured to fully expose the top and a portion of the front of a plurality of consumable products 206.
  • the plurality of consumable products 206 may be secured in the pocket 208 with wax or adhesive or via friction.
  • the flap portion 106 is secured to the pocket 208 on the outer surface of the front portion 114 after being folded along a second fold line 108 to cover the opening 202.
  • the flap portion 106 may be secured to the front portion 114 through heat sealing, ultrasonic sealing, cold seals, glue, or other sealing means.
  • the flap portion 106 may be secured near the top edge 204 of the front portion 114 from one side edge 210 to the other side edge 210.
  • the outer surface of the front portion 114 may have a heat seal.
  • the inner surface of the flap portion 106 may have a heat seal. The heat seal in both embodiments may be patterned or be fully laid onto the flexible film blank 100.
  • the flap portion 106 may fully extend longitudinally across the front portion 114. In one embodiment, the flap portion 106 may partially overlap the front portion 114 (as shown in FIG. 2 ) or can fully cover the front portion and have a tab portion 116 that goes past the first fold line 112 (as shown in FIG. 4 ) to facilitate even easier grasping of the tab portion 116 for the consumer.
  • the flap portion 106 is reclosable over the opening.
  • the reclose can be achieved through a number of methods including pressure sensitive adhesive, wax, tape, glue, sticker, and cold seals. In a preferred embodiment, the reclose may be achieved by either pressure sensitive adhesive or glue.
  • the reclose feature may be on the inner surface of the flap portion 106 that overlaps the outer surface of the front portion 114. In the reverse, the reclose feature may be disposed on the outer surface of the front portion 114.
  • FIGS. 5 to 7 illustrate an embodiment of a reclosable package 300 as described above that show the configuration of the flap portion 306 being secured to the front portion 314 with heat seal 302 and pressure sensitive adhesive 304 for the reclose.
  • the pressure sensitive adhesive 304 is placed on the outer surface of the front portion 314.
  • the heat seal 302. On top of the pressure sensitive adhesive 304 is the heat seal 302. The heat seal 302 may fully enclose the pressure sensitive adhesive 304 underneath it. Then the flap portion 306 is folded over to overlap with the front portion 314 and heat 316 is applied to the outer surface of the flap portion 306 securing the package 300 closed.
  • the heat seal 302 sticks to the inner surface of the flap portion 306 and exposes the pressure sensitive adhesive 304 so that the flap portion 306 may be reclosed to the front portion 314.
  • One advantage of initially "hiding" the pressure sensitive adhesive 304 under the heat seal 302 is that when the flexible film blank is unwound from a roll of material and cut to form the blank, the pressure sensitive adhesive will not interfere with the unwinding of the material.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates an outer surface of a flexible film blank 400 includes a flap portion 406 connected to a back portion 410 along a fold line 412.
  • the back portion 410 connects to a front portion 414 along a fold line 408.
  • the flap portion 406 may also include a tab portion 416.
  • a heat seal 402 may be placed on the front portion 414 to secure the flap portion 406 to the front portion 414 to protect any consumable product that may be inside the package 400.
  • FIG. 9 an inner surface of the flexible film blank 400 is shown with glue 404 on the flap portion 406 for a reclose.
  • the placement of the heat seal 402 and the glue 404 are configured so that they do not interfere with one another when the flap portion 406 is secured to the front portion 414.
  • Tamper indicators may include tamper indicators on the package. Tamper indicators can be shown in a variety of ways including, ink destruction or frangible portions when the flap portion lifts away from the front portion, or general weakened areas when the flap portion is lifted away from the front portion. Tamper indicators are helpful for consumers to know whether a product has been tampered with for safety reasons.

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