Abstract: A device for closing a food container that includes a barrier substrate that sufficiently inhibits oxygen and moisture transfer therethrough and that has a portion of a first major surface coated with a functional layer that comprises a thermoplastic adhesive and a release agent. The release agent operational such that the lid is incompatible at least with conventional shrink wrap film (LDPE) during a conventional heat shrinking process.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 23, 2011
Publication date:
March 29, 2012
Applicant:
LMI Packaging Solutions, Inc.
Inventors:
Randall Troutman, Lawrence P. Seibel, Donald S. Strickland