Sonoco Development Incorporated

Other

Toppan Packaging Americas Holdings, Inc.

Rechargeable Battery Corporation

Rechargeable Battery Corporation Technologies

Ream Industries Corp.

Toppan Packing Americas Holdings, Inc.

Intercontinental Great Brands LLC

Sonoco Products Company

Rechargeable Battery Corporation, D/b/a Rbc Technologies

Scott William Huffer

Jeffrey M Schuetz

Benjamin Michael Davis

Barry Roland Reese

John A Prizzi

Robert Charles Hebert

Jacob Donald Prue Branyon

Brent Bosman

Rod Pettis

Christopher S Pedicini

Robert Thor Versluys

Jonathan Edward Trollen

Sharayla Ann Cleare

Howard Coker

James J Sanfilippo

Christopher Pedicini

John E Sanfilippo

Milorad Radenovic

Jeffrey Thomas Weber

Deborah A Lyzenga

Adam Laubach

Eric Feld

Ricardo Costa

Darko Marquez

James W Lowry

Lawrence E Renck

David E Rhodes

Thomas R Fields

Robert Carpenter

Tony Rummage

Michael L Thornton

Donovan Young

Alicia Rudick

Don McArthur

Jacob D P Branyon

Donavan Young

Benjamin Davis

Jacob Donald Branyon

Robert Thor Versluys I

Don Mcarthur

John E Sanfilppo

Robert Thor Verslyus I

Deborah Lyzenga

An easy opening flexible package and method of making same is provided. The package is suitable for containing raw dough and other products, especially products that create pressure within the package by expansion or by giving off gas such as carbon dioxide.

Expandable easy opening dough package

A flexible packaging laminate has built-in opening/reclose and tamper-evidence features by forming the laminate from an outer structure joined in face-to-face relation to an inner structure. Score lines are formed in both structures to enable an opening to be formed through the laminate by lifting a flap or the like out of the plane of the laminate. The score line through the outer structure defines a larger opening than the score line through the inner structure, such that a marginal region of the outer structure extends beyond the edge of the opening portion of the inner structure. A pressure-sensitive adhesive is used to re-adhere the marginal region to an underlying surface of the inner structure adjacent the opening through the laminate. The outer score line includes at least one tear portion that is torn through upon initial opening, thus indicating the package has been at least partially opened.

Flexible packaging structure with built-in tamper-evidence features and method for making same

A flexible laminate, packaging structure and method comprising an outer structure, an inner structure, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer adhesively joining the outer and inner structures to form a laminate. At least one outer line of weakness is formed in the outer structure, wherein the outer line of weakness terminates in at least one tear receiving element adjacent an opening end of the laminate. A tab is defined by at least one line of weakness formed through both the outer structure and the inner structure, wherein the tab line of weakness terminates in at least one tear propagating element. A second inner line of weakness is formed in the inner structure, wherein the second inner line of weakness is disposed between the tear propagating element of the tab and the tear receiving element of the outer line of weakness.

Flexible packaging structure with integral tamper-evidence features and method for making the same

The invention comprises an ovenable packaging structure having an integral one-way valve. The laminate structure comprises an outer layer having a cut line which defines a flap that is separable from the outer layer, wherein the outer layer is adhered to an inner layer having a cut line which is offset from the outer cut line and defines a portion that is separable from the inner layer along the inner cut line and defines an opening into the packaging structure. The adhesive between the layers comprises, in an embodiment, a channel of pressure sensitive adhesive which surrounds both the outer cut line and the inner cut line, wherein the channel of pressure sensitive adhesive defines the perimeter of at least one adhesive-free valve chamber within said channel. The valve chamber comprises at least a portion of the outer cut line and the inner cut line.

Venting system for ovenable containers

The present invention relates to a resealable container comprising: a polyethylene terephthalate-based container body comprising a bottom side and at least one upwardly extending sidewall, wherein the sidewall terminates in an open end of the container; a flexible film sealed to the container body, over the open end of the container, wherein the flexible film comprises: a polyethylene-based first film layer; a pressure sensitive adhesive layer adjacent a lower surface of the first film layer; a polyolefin plastomer skin layer adjacent a lower surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer, wherein the first layer, pressure sensitive adhesive layer, and skin layer are coextruded; and a heat seal layer printed onto a lower surface of the skin layer and heat sealed to the container body.

Resealable film

A recyclable structure and methods of recycling are provided herein. A recyclable structure for use in packaging comprises a paper layer, and a polymeric film layer. An adhesive layer adhesively joins the paper layer and the polymeric layer. The adhesive layer comprises an acrylic or a urethane adhesive. The recyclable structure 85% by subjecting the structure to mechanical stresses and repulping. The adhesive layer has a greater affinity for the polymeric film layer than the paper layer. Upon repulping the adhesive layer is mostly separated from the fibers within the paper layer.

Recyclable paper with polymeric barrier layer and method of recycling the same

The present invention relates to a flexible membrane lid for a container comprising a top paper layer which is perforated to form a perimeter of at least one peelable portion and a bottom film layer. In some embodiments, the bottom film layer is partially adhered to the top paper layer, wherein the layers are not adhered within the perimeter of the peelable portion. In other embodiments, the layers are adhered with a pressure sensitive adhesive within the perimeter of the peelable portion and with a permanent adhesive in the remainder of the area between the top paper layer and bottom film layer. In other embodiments, the invention relates to a flexible membrane lid for a container comprising a top paper layer comprising a pull tab and a bottom film layer which is removably adhered to the top paper layer, wherein bottom film layer comprises a separate pull tab.

Membrane lid with integrated peelable portion

The invention comprises a peelable membrane for resealably closing a metal end comprising an outer layer, a tacky layer, and a heat seal layer. The heat seal layer is permanently sealed to the metal end to cover at least one opening in the metal end. The tacky layer causes the peelable membrane to be resealable onto the metal end.

Peelable resealable membrane for containers

The invention comprises a lid configured to close the open end of a container, wherein the lid comprises a track disposed at least partially circumferentially within a peripheral portion of the lid, at least one insertion point within the track, and at least one retention region within the track. A ring is disposed circumferentially about the container, wherein the ring comprises at least one post which is configured to be inserted into and removed from the at least one insertion point and retained within the retention region. At least one of the ring and the lid are circumferentially rotatable between a locked position, wherein the at least one post is within the at least one retention region and an unlocked position, wherein the at least one post is within the at least one insertion point.

Child-resistant closure

A resealable package and method for making is provided. The package may comprise a laminate lidding member having an outer structure, an inner structure joined to the outer structure by an adhesive layer, and a pull tab. The laminate includes an outer line of weakness in the outer structure defining a separable opening portion and an inner line of weakness in the inner structure, defining a separable opening portion from the inner portion. The lidding member also comprises a second inner line of weakness formed in the inner structure, disposed between the pull tab and the inner opening portion, partially within the flange seal.

Resealable lidding for rigid thermoformed tubs

A flexible, self-heating food container capable of withstanding high temperatures is provided. The container comprises a two-layer laminate structure having an air access flap that can be lifted by the consumer to allow air to enter the part of the container where an exothermic reaction takes place.

Retortable self-heating food container with air access structure

A structure is described for forming a wrapper, e.g., for print media, where the structure includes lines of weakness for facilitating a user's tearing of the wrapper to access the contents. The lines of weakness may include a first line of weakness that extends along a fold line of an envelope fold forming one of the front or rear or right sides of the wrapped package, as well as a second line of weakness that extends substantially perpendicularly to the respective longitudinal fold lines and a third line of weakness that extends between the first line of weakness and the second line of weakness and is disposed at a non-zero angle with respect to each. In this way, a tear initiated near the first line of weakness and may be propagated along the other lines of weakness to create an opening for accessing the product.

Easy-open media wrapper

The present invention relates to a resealable membrane lid for a container comprising a peelable portion and a removable portion. When the resealable peelable portion is peeled back, the seal onto the container is not disturbed. When the removable portion is removed from the container, the container contents may be accessed. The peelable portion may be resealed onto the container at any point in the process.

Membrane lid with integrated two-stage tab system

A package film is provided for attaching to a base member to define a package. The package film construction includes a top layer having a top surface and a bottom surface. A removable adhesive is provided having a defined pattern applied below the bottom surface. A polyethylene (PE) emulsion layer is provide that covers at least a portion of the adhesive pattern, with the PE emulsion layer being heat sealable to the base member.

Resealable package film

A flexible laminate, packaging structure and method comprising an outer structure, an inner structure, and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer adhesively joining the outer and inner structures to form a laminate. At least one outer line of weakness is formed in the outer structure, wherein the at least one outer line of weakness terminates in at least one tear receiving element adjacent an opening end of the laminate. A tab is defined by at least one line of weakness formed through both the outer structure and the inner structure, wherein the at least one tab line of weakness terminates in at least one tear propagating element. A second inner line of weakness is formed in the inner structure, wherein the second inner line of weakness is disposed between the at least one tear propagating element of the tab and the at least one tear receiving element of the at least one outer line of weakness.

Flexible packaging structure with integraltamper-evidence features and method for making the same

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Hartsville, SC, United States of America

Scott William Huffer