GB2432568A

GB2432568A - Packet with zip closure

Info

Publication number: GB2432568A
Application number: GB0524262A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Avinash Alaspure
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2005-11-28
Filing date: 2005-11-28
Publication date: 2007-05-30
Also published as: GB0524262D0

Abstract

A packet of items such as sweets or nuts has a zip closure. The zip may initially be covered to prevent actuation. The packet may be a bag. The use of such closure means provides controlled opening, avoiding unintentional escape of the contents such as can occur when tearing packets open.

Description

A Solution For An Accessing Problem The hag format that, among other

things, a common hag of nuts and a common bag of sweets conform to is commonly opened, when using hare hands, by pulling at one of the sealed parts or, when there is a little tear into a seal or aj seal(s) with jagged extremities, tearing through a seal and the tear's continuation opening the bag. These two common bag-opening methods, when used on this bag fbrmat, have the characteristic of a more than minimally uncontrolled sudden increase:n motion because a force used h)r some kind of breaking meets less resistance. ibis more than minima!iy uncontrolled sudden increase in motion sometiilleS leads to what is in the hag unintentionally coming out. These two common bagopcnng methods, when used on this bag format, cannot avoid this more than minimally uncontrolled sudden increase in motion because it is impossible to adjust instantly to meeting less resistance. When tearing through a region that does not have a defined route ibr tearing there is a randomness about the resulting tear and so there is an unpredictability about the ease of tearing because the closer the tearing is to the pulling direction the easier tearing is.

(ihe hag format discussed is different from the one some bags of crisps conform to because crisps being brittle means they suitably can be in a hag sealed relatively not tightly and so some bags of crisps can become open with a smooth peeling-type behaviour.) The general form of the discussed accessing problem is 4 Something(s) riot immediately directly physically accessible to [a] person(s). Person(s) usd51 an access aetliod that does not inc ii ide being able to avod a more than minimally uncontrolled sudden increase in motion. Person(s) do[es not want this more than niinirnally uncontrolled sudden increase in motion to lead to the somet1ing(s) unintentionally coming out of a container.

A solution is 4 Redefining the access method to be a method that makes accessible an other method that includes being -a, able to avoid a more than minimally uncontrolled sudden increase in motion and this other method being used enabling (almost (almost because the something(s) possibly has/have, ft,r example, lal wrapper(s) that is/are not regarded as being part of it/them)) direct physical access to the something(s).

A manifestation of this other method is one that features the zip format. Starting a zipper/slider moving * .. does not cause a more than minimally uncontrolled sudden increase in motion because it moves along a * defined route so being minimally uncontrolled (meaning nearly completely controlled) and the suddenness of its start is only the result of dealing with initial inertia and possibly initial friction and the nature of starting being sudden Because the solution hcng consde:c s a system featuring the use of a method that does not include :: ieing able to jvOi:l irore than mnunall uncontrolled sudden increase in motion, it oteans this inetllod cannot be the cue 1a\ing a bag bcng able to be torn, along a defined line ucam and (nearly) paraUci to the top, n a iia! uncontrolled way from the start of tearing becau e only when the top hit is conlpktey loii oft k there a more than minimally uncontrolled sudden increase in niotion. as the pair of forces that ha e uit' ii now been pulling in opposite directions, causing a minimally uncontrolled tearing behaviour. now has one of them effectively disappear from tile hag as the lot) hit effectively Jisappears from the hag. ud thi more thao minimally uncontrolled sudden ncreasc in motion i avoidable by stopping Iearil; . hcn the top h s not cornpletel torn off and the Lonmems) of the hag at that time being accessible.

A Solution For An Accessing Problem Forms 1 4 A system that has something(s) in a zip format featuring container and the something(s) being regarded by the system's maker(s) as important to the system (meaning (possibly) dust and (possibly) air and irrelevant random material(s) are not the something(s)) and the something(s) not being entirely ernpty' space (possibly including air) and the something(s) not being somehow attached to its/their zip format featuring container (simply being inside a container not being regarded as being somehow attached to it so, for example, a close attachment of things to their container prevents those things from falling onto the Iloor when their container is open and upside-down over the floor); and a method (that might not be the only possible method), that does not include being able to avoid being somehow more than minimally uncontrolled (minimally uncontrolled being the same as nearly completely controlled and more than minimally uncontrolled can mean having at least one more than minimally uncontrolled su(lden increase in motion) and features some kind of breaking (and all possible methods not being able to avoid some kind of breaking and not coming across [a] feature(s) meant to avoid some kind of breaking meaning, for example, a lock that the relevant key can unlock) that excludes (a] thing(s), that is/are not [a] ip format featuring container(s) and its/their (possible) content(s), breaking out of [al thing(s) and excludes te breaking of[a( thing(s) whose primary role(s) is/are of a postal nature, is used to make accessible an other method that includes being able to avoid being somehow more than minimally uncontrolled and this other method being used enabling (almost (almost because the something(s) possibly has/have, for example, [a] wrapper(s) that is/are not regarded as being part of it/them or the word almost not being needed when, for example, [a] wrapper(s) is/are not regarded as being part of the something(s) and the unwrapping(s) is/are minimally uncontrolled so can be a part of * *, this other method)) direct physical access to the something(s) and this other method featuring the zip :.. format (among the manifestations of the zip format are rows of teeth' manipulated by a zipper (pulling *. , thing) and a strip made to go, using a zipper/slider tightly in and out of a groove) and the somethingi js') zip format featuring container's zipper(s)/slider(s) being unusable by the direct touch of * * a] person(s) before [al thing(s) is/are broken wholly or partially.

* * 2 4 l'he manifestation of Form I that has the thing(s) meant to he broken wholly or partially being [a] thing(s) wholl) or partially covering the zipper(s)/slider(s) and not covering all the zip format featuring container and this/these thing(s) able to do its/their covering because it/they is/are attached to the zip format featuring container.

* 3 4 The manifestation of Form 2 that has the thing(s) meant to he broken wholly or partially being attached lo the zip format featuring container in a way designed so wholly or partially breaking it/them : * . (off), so making the iipper(s,islider(s) directly physically accessible. is more likely through intent than accident.

4 4 The manifestation of Form 1 that has the thing(s) meant to he broken wholly or partially being attached to the zipper(s)/slider(s) and also attached to [an] other area(s) of the zip format featuring container and the somehow more than minimally uncontrolled behaviour when the thing(s) is/are broken wholly or partially being such that zero (net) force is directed to the zipper(s)/slider(s) or not enough force is directed to the zipper(s)/slider(s) to start it/them going along its/their defined route(s).

4 The manifestation of Form 4 that has the breaking more likely occurring through inteffi than ace ident.

6 4 I'he manifestation of Form I that has the thing(s) meant to he broken wholly or partially being [a] thing(s) wholly covering the zip format featuring container.

7 4 The manifestation of Form 6 that has the thing(s) manifesting the hag format that, among other things. a common hag of nuts and a common bag of sweets conform to and optional to this hag format is a (little) tear into a seal or multiple (little) tears into [a] seal(s) and/or [a] seal(s) with jagged extremities.

8 4 The manifestation of Form 7 that has the zip format featuring container being a bag.

9 4 [he manifestation of Form 8 that has the bag. that is the zip format featuring container, being only able to be opened (without breaking it) using the zip format.

4 The previous 9 Forms changed to make there he more than I (group of) something(s) and each (group of) something(s) having its own zip format featuring container and becoming (almost) directly physically accessible by its own zip format featuring method being used.

Claims

A Solution For An Accessing Problem Claims 4 A system that has

something(s) in a zip format featuring container and the something(s) being regarded by the system's maker(s) as important to the system (meaning (possibly) dust and (possibly) air and irreleaflt random material(s) are not the something(s)) and the something(s) not being entirely empty space (possibly including air) and the something(s) not being somehow attached to its/their zip format featuring container (simply being inside a container not being regarded as being somehow attached to it so, for example, a close attachment of things to their container prevents those things from falling onto the floor when their container is open and upside-down over the floor); and a method (that might not he the only possible method), that does not include being able to avoid being somehow more than minimally uncontrolled (minimally uncontrolled being the same early completely controlled and more than minimally uncontrolled can mean having at least one more than minimally uncontrolled sudden increase in motion) and features some kind of breaking (and all possible methods not being able to avoid some kind of breaking and not coming across [al feature(s) meant to avoid some kind of breaking meaning, for example, a lock that the relevant key can unlock) that excludes [a] thing(s). that is/are not [al zip format featuring container(s) and its/their (possible) content(s), breaking out of [a] thing(s) and cxc ludes the breaking of Ia] thing(s) whose prima role(s) is/are of a postal nature, is used to make accessible an other method that includes being able to avoid being somehow more than minimally uncontrolled and this other method being used enabling (almost (almost because the something(s) possibly has/have, for example, [a] wrapper(s) that is/are not regarded as being part of it/them or the word almost not being needed when, for example, [al wrapper(s) is/are not regarded as being part of the somethiiig(s) and the unwrapping(s) is/are minimally uncontrolled so can be a part of this other method)) direct physical access to the something(s) and this other method featuring the zip format (among the manifestations of the zip format are rows of teeth' manipulated by a zipper (pulling *. thing) and a strip made to go. using a zipper/slider, tightly in and out of a groove) and the somethingi' ts(') zip format featuring container's zipper(s)/slider(s) being unusable by the direct touch of * ,, a] person(s) before a thing(s) is/are broken wholly or partially.

* * 2 4 1 he manifstatiOfl of Claim I that has the thing(s) meant to be broken wholly or partiall) being [a] thing(s) wholly or partially covering the zipper(s)/slider(s) and not covering all the zip format 1aturing container and this/these thing(s) able to do its/their covering because it/they is/are attached to the zip format featuring container.

: 3 4 The manifestation of Claim 2 that has the thing(s) meant to he broken wholly or partially being attached to the zip format Caturiflg container in a way designed so wholly or partially breaking it/them * (off), SO making the zipper(s)/slider(s) directly physically accessible, is more likely through intent than accident.

4 4 The manifestation of Claim I that has the thing(s) meant to be broken wholly or partially being attached to the zipper(s)/Slider(s) and also attached to [an] other area(s) of the zip format featuring container and the somehow more than minimally uncontrolled behaviour when the thing(s) is/are broken wholly or partially being such that zero (net) Force is directed to the zipper(s)/slider(s) or not enough force is directed to the zipper(s)/slider(s) to start it/them going along its/their defined route(s).

4 The manifestation of Claim 4 that has the hreking more likely occurring through intent than ace ident.

6 4 The manifestation of Claim I that has the thing(s) meant to be broken wholly om partially being Ia] thing(s) wholly covering the zip format featuring container.

7 4 The manifestation of Claim 6 that has the thing(s) manifesting the hag format that, among other things. a common hag of nuts and a common bag of sweets conform to and optional to Ibis hag format is a (little) tear into a seal or multiple (little) tears into [a] seal(s) and/or al seal(:;) with jagged extremities.

8 3 The nianifestatioll of Claim 7 that has the zip format featuring container being a hag.

9 4 The manifestation of Claim 8 that has the bag. that is the zip formal featuring container, being only able to be opened (without breaking it) using the zip format.

4 The previous 9 Claims changed to make there he more than I (group of) something(s) and each (group of) something(s) having its own zip format featuring container and becoming (almost) directly physically accessible by its own zip format featuring method being used.