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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2009
Nancy JO Myers, Dale, WI (US);
Timothy Scott Burnham, Appleton, WI (US);
Darcey Ellen Mccormick, Appleton, WI (US);
Andrew David Zillges, Appleton, WI (US);
Nancy Jo Myers, Dale, WI (US);
Timothy Scott Burnham, Appleton, WI (US);
Darcey Ellen McCormick, Appleton, WI (US);
Andrew David Zillges, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A product, such as a roll of paper toweling, is wrapped in a polymeric film wrapper having a high degree of molecular orientation. The wrapper is provided with a small perforated starter tab, which a user can depress with their fingers or thumb to break the perforations. Upon breaking the perforations, the user can grasp the tab of the wrapper and thereafter open the package by pulling on the wrapper in the same direction as the molecular orientation direction of the wrapper. The high degree of molecular orientation allows the package to be cleanly torn open with very little effort.