Printpack Illinois, Inc.

The Quaker Oats Company

Jason L Stufflebeam

Rajesh Suryanarayanan

Jeffrey Allen Boekeloo

Katelyn Lauren Vargo

Edward J Cigallio

A packaging material can include cold seal adhesive on a first side of a substrate, glossy material on a second side of the substrate, and matte material on the glossy material, so that the matte material covers at least a predetermined portion of the glossy material. Each of the glossy and matte materials can be a cold seal release lacquer configured so that when the packaging material is formed into a roll, the cold seal adhesive is releasably adhered to the cold seal release lacquers, the glossy cold seal release lacquer is fixedly adhered to the substrate, and the matte cold seal release lacquer is fixedly cohered to the glossy cold seal release lacquer.

Packaging material with matte and glossy appearance, and cold seal adhesive

Easy open flow wrappers are provided that include a flexible wrapper body formed from a flexible wrapper body film, the flexible wrapper body having a front panel and a back panel sealed together along one longitudinal seam and two lateral end seams containing a product therein. At least one line of weakness () substantially extends around a portion of the flexible wrapper body to define a removable portion () of the flexible wrapper body, such that application of a separation force upon the removable portion separates the removable portion from the flexible wrapper body at the at least one line of weakness and forms an opening in the flexible wrapper body. A flexible film member () is disposed over and extending beyond the at least one line of weakness, in which the flexible film member is configured to prevent pre-separation of the removable portion from the flexible wrapper body.

Easy open flow wrappers

Flexible package with integral tab

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Marietta, GA, United States of America

Jason L Stufflebeam