US 11,708,205 B2
Package, process and apparatus for making said package
Alessandra Ghirardi, Milan (IT); Stefano Capitani, Como (IT); and Ivo Pascolo, Senago (IT)
Assigned to Cryovac, LLC, Charlotte, NC (US)
Appl. No. 16/954,579
Filed by Cryovac, LLC, Charlotte, NC (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 20, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IB2018/060449
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/123382, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102017000148881 (IT), filed on Dec. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0331683 A1, Oct. 22, 2020
Int. Cl. B65D 77/20 (2006.01); B65B 5/02 (2006.01); B65B 5/04 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01); B65B 61/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 77/204 (2013.01) [B65B 5/02 (2013.01); B65B 5/04 (2013.01); B65B 7/2878 (2013.01); B65B 61/02 (2013.01); B65D 2577/2066 (2013.01); B65D 2577/2083 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Package (100) for containing at least one product (P) comprising:
at least one support (1) exhibiting:
at least one base (2) configured for receiving one or more products (P),
at least one perimetral edge (6) surrounding the base (2),
at least one removable portion (21) extending as a prolongation of the perimetral edge (6) away from the base (2),
a closing film (10) engaged with the perimetral edge (6) and with the removable portion (21), said closing film (10) being configured for defining—cooperatively with the support (1)— a housing compartment (5) for the product (P),
a gripping portion (22) emerging from the perimetral edge (6),
wherein the removable portion (21) and at least one part of the closing film (10) are configured for being separated from the support (1) during a step of opening the package (100), the package (100) being configured for defining a closed condition wherein:
the closing film (10) and support (1) interdict the access to the housing compartment (5), and
the removable portion (21) is aligned with at least one portion (6a) of the perimetral edge (6) from which the removable portion (21) extends as a prolongation;
wherein:
the removable portion (21) exhibits a cavity (21a) the concavity whereof, at least in the closed condition of the package, faces the perimetral edge (6),
the gripping portion (22) is disposed, at least in the closed condition of the package, inside the cavity (21a) of the removable portion (21),
wherein the gripping surface (22) comprises:
a support portion (22a),
a coating layer (22b) adapted to cover at least partially the support portion (22a), said coating layer (22b), at least in the closed condition of the package, being interposed between the support portion (22a) of the gripping portion (22) and the closing film (10),
wherein the coating layer (22b) is of a not heat-sealable material configured for preventing the bond, optionally the sealing, of the gripping portion to the closing film (10).