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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2008
Diana L. Huerta, Duncan, SC (US);
Robert A. Odabashian, Greer, SC (US);
Stephen F. Compton, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Sumita Ranganathan, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Michael J. Rosinski, Woodruff, SC (US);
H. Walker Stockley, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Scott C. Bossong, Greer, SC (US);
Richard K. Watson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Diana L. Huerta, Duncan, SC (US);
Robert A. Odabashian, Greer, SC (US);
Stephen F. Compton, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Sumita Ranganathan, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Michael J. Rosinski, Woodruff, SC (US);
H. Walker Stockley, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Scott C. Bossong, Greer, SC (US);
Richard K. Watson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Cryovac, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A heat-shrinkable packaging article has one or more tear initiators for initiating a manual tear that can be propagated to open a package and allow a product to be readily removed therefrom, without the use of a knife or scissors or any other implement. The tear initiators are present in a skirt and/or header of the article. The skirt and/or header has a first side and a second side. In one embodiment, some or all of the first side of the skirt and/or header can be heatset in order to reduce the shrink and curling of the skirt and/or header. This improves identification and utilization of the tear initiators by a consumer upon shrinking the packaging article around the product. In another embodiment, the skirt and/or header has a plurality of pairs of tear initiators to allow portions of the package to be torn off to expose a portion of the product that can then be sliced off while the remainder of the packaged product remains covered by a remainder of the film.