US 12,234,074 B2
Flexible package for articles
Zhan Cheng, Beijing (CN); Lei Zhou, Beijing (CN); and Dongpo Huang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/842,911.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2021/100952 (WO), filed on Jun. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0402674 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 75/58 (2006.01); B65D 75/12 (2006.01); B65D 75/26 (2006.01); B65D 75/56 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 75/5827 (2013.01) [B65D 75/12 (2013.01); B65D 75/26 (2013.01); B65D 75/566 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A package of one or more articles, the package having a longitudinal direction and a transversal direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and comprising:
a substrate comprising at least one film layer, the substrate forming a plurality of panels, and
an opening feature,
wherein the panels define an interior compartment where the one or more articles are disposed,
wherein the substrate has a first tearing force in a first direction and a second tearing force in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction,
wherein the first tearing force is no greater than about 240 gf and no less than about 20 gf as measured according to Tearing Force Test, and
wherein a ratio of the second tearing force to the first tearing force is no less than about 1.35;
wherein the package comprises a top panel, a bottom panel opposite the top panel, a first side panel, a second side panel opposite the first side panel, a front panel, and a back panel opposite the front panel, wherein the longitudinal direction extends from the first side panel to the second side panel; and
wherein the first direction is a direction forming an acute angle with a machine direction.