Abstract: A package for holding pourable products includes a body of composite sheet material having a closure seam that extends across the body. A tear-open strip is positioned on the body between the block and the closure seam and a side weld is located along a portion of the side edge of the package. A punch cut which defines a grip tab, is positioned in the side weld. The grip tab is adapted to be gripped by a user in order to initiate tearing of the pacakge.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 17, 1988
Date of Patent:
May 22, 1990
Assignee:
Jacobs Suchard AB
Inventors:
Gerhard Hemm, Gerhard Clausing, Heiko Pietzsch