Abstract: Disclosed herein is a food box that includes an outer box and an inner bag located within the outer box configured to preserve food contents within the inner bag by preventing air from entering into the inner bag. The cereal box further includes an opening in the inner bag and a cap configured to seal the opening. The cap is attachable and unattachable to the opening. Air is prevented from entering into the inner bag through the opening when the cap is attached. The outer box includes a perforated portion that is removable from the outer box, and when the removable portion is removed, the cap is exposed. Further included herein is a method of forming the food box.

Abstract: A woven laminated plastic bag having a weakened portion is provided. The weakened portion is generally defined by a plurality of perforations in the bag. In various aspects the bag can be fabricated from woven polypropylene and/or polyethylene layer which can be laminated with a film layer, can form a pinch bottom bag, and can have one or both sides include graphics and/or printing. The bag can also provide a top end and/or a bottom end either or both of which provide a discrete area which may contain discrete graphics and/or printing.

Abstract: A carton and carton blank for forming a carton, and comprising first, second, third and fourth substantially four-edged panels, each comprising a side wall part (4,6,8,10), a top closure obturating part (24,26,28,30) and a top sealing fin part, one of the panels being substantially free from any line of weakness extending inwardly from lateral edge zones of the one of the panels from an outermost boundary of the side wall part (8) to an outermost boundary of the top sealing fin part. Alternatively, the one of the panels is substantially free from any line of weakness extending inwardly from lateral edge zones of the one of the panels from an innermost boundary of the top closure obturating part (28) to an outermost boundary of the top sealing fin part.

Abstract: A reclosable flexible package for storing a food product and a method of manufacture thereof are provided. The package includes a flexible film side wall, a closed first end, a closed second end portion that can be separated from the side wall to provide an access opening, and a collar. The collar can be formed in the side wall or attached to the side wall. The collar is more rigid than adjacent portions of the side wall and is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the package to twist portions of the side wall and block access to the opening after removal of the second end portion.

Abstract: Packaging material configured to be folded and sealed to produce a gable-top package for pourable food products comprises a web of material provided with a crease pattern along which the web of material is foldable. The crease pattern includes first and second transverse fold lines extending transversely across the material web, and a plurality of longitudinal fold lines extending longitudinally away from the first transverse fold line toward the opposite longitudinal end of the web of material, with adjacent pairs of the longitudinal fold lines defining respective walls of the gable-top package when the packaging material is folded and sealed. The crease pattern also includes a pair of oblique fold lines extending obliquely from the first transverse fold line to the second transverse fold line such that an area enclosing triangular panels is bounded by the oblique lines and portions of the first and second transverse fold lines.

Abstract: A tamper-evident dispensing spout is configured for use on single-serve cartons, such as paper-based gable-topped cartons. The spout structure includes a spout body having a generally cylindrical wall portion, and a mounting flange extending outwardly from one end of the wall portion. The spout body defines a dispensing opening generally opposite the flange portion, with an opening member hingedly mounted on the spout body for movement from a first, sealed position, to a second, opened position for consumption of the container's contents. The opening member preferably includes a locking element so that the opening member is conveniently retained in its opened position during use.

Abstract: There is shown and described a pouring element for a package for holding flowable or pourable products, and particularly a cardboard/plastics composite package having a gabletop, said pouring element having a pouring passage, the pouring passage having passage cross-sections of substantially identical areas arranged perpendicularly to its centreline, the outer passage cross-sections of the pouring passage being a product inlet opening and a substantially circular product outlet opening and the product inlet opening having associated with it a flange for connection to the package. To enable improved pouring characteristics to be achieved without having to accept disproportionately large costs and complication in production, provision is made, in the form for application, for the product inlet opening to be of an elongated shape which is not symmetrical in rotation.

Abstract: A resealable package integrity closure includes a film layer forming a top of container and having a flap defining an access opening to gain access to the contents of the container. A sealing panel completely covers the flap of the film layer. A releasable adhesive is provided on either or both the film layer and the sealing panel for adhering the sealing panel to the film layer. The sealing panel is releasable from the film layer by pulling the sealing panel back in a peeling direction and reclosable against the top to seal the access opening when the sealing panel is moved back against the top. A coating of transferable material is provided on either the sealing panel or on the film layer, which is transferable therebetween, respectively, when the sealing panel is pulled back from the film layer for a first time to provide a visual indication that the closure has been previously opened.

Abstract: A container includes at least one triangular surface, a sealing portion formed extending straightly from an angular point of the triangular surface, and an opening structure formed by folding a portion around the angular point of the container.

Abstract: A tear-off opening device for drink cans by means of a tab (1) with grip device (2) for tearing, comprising, underneath the tab (1), a shaped lamina (4), secured underneath the lid (6) for a segment (41) which partially surrounds the edge of the opening (3), whilst at least a remaining segment (42) stays free, the lamina (4) having a conformation that is able to vary from a first stable configuration in which, with the can closed, it is drawn up underneath the tab (1), to successive and transitory configurations that take place during the extraction of the lamina (4) through the opening (3) and to a final stable configuration in which, with the extraction completed, the lamina (4) constitutes a stable spout (8) with related opening (9) whose free edges belong to the free segment (42) of the lamina (4).

Abstract: In a side-folded bag or a sack of a flexible material, which is to be filled with a pourable material, front and rear walls of the bag are connected along an upper edge of the head end of the bag on the inside in seam fashion with one another or with the in each case adjoining half of the side fold. To form a discharging opening, a tab or handle, assigned to the inner fold edge of a side fold, is provided at the upper edge of the bag, with which handle the side fold can be pulled out between the front and rear walls of the bag and the in each case adjoining halves of the side fold, loosening the connecting seam. For closing the discharging opening once again, two triangular comer tips on either side of the inner fold edge from the front and rear walls of the bag together with the in each case adjoining halves of the side fold, are folded over along a diagonal fold line towards the outside onto the front wall or the rear wall of the bag and fixed to this detachably.

Abstract: The method, relatively to the fastening of a closure (1) to a container (2) of liquid, granular or powdery products, provided at least of an opening (3) and a pouring opening (4), in which the closure (1) comprises a hub (5) forming a single block, through a flexible tongue (14), with a cap (6) removably matchable to the hub (5), a sheet element (7) sealed to the upper edge (5b) of the hub (5), includes: continuous withdrawal from a feeding hopper of each closure (1); inserting into the container (2), through the opening (3), of the hub (5) and an inner portion (14a) of the flexible tongue (14); inserting into the pouring opening (4) the hub (5) until the base (5c) of this latter matches the inner wall of the container (2); sealing the base (5c) to the inner edge of the pouring opening (4); tight sealing the opening (3); overturning the cap (6) onto the relative hub (5).

Abstract: A gable-top carton and a corresponding carton blank are set forth. The upstanding fin of the carton comprises a centrally disposed depressed region that facilitates stacking of the cartons on top of one another in a manner that results in a more even load distribution on the fins of the lower cartons than obtained when stacking conventional gable-top cartons. A further advantage is realized in the corresponding carton blanks in that the corresponding blanks may be disposed in a top-to-top manner along the width of a web of material whereby savings in material and production costs results.

Abstract: A paper container for a liquid including a base material including: a paper layer, a polyolefin type resin layer disposed on one side of the paper layer, for providing an outer surface, and a saturated polyester resin layer disposed on the other side of the paper layer by the medium of a polyolefin type resin layer, for providing an inner surface; the paper container being formed from the base material so that the polyolefin type resin layer for providing the outer surface provides an outer peripheral surface of the container, wherein the saturated polyester resin layer for providing the inner surface comprises an amorphous or low crystallinity saturated polyester resin having a glass transition point of not lower than 40.degree. C., and a portion of the base material to be disposed on the inner side of the paper container with respect to the paper layer has a water vapor permeability of not higher than 25 g/m.sup.2 .multidot.24 hr.multidot.1 atm.

Abstract: A gable top carton and its corresponding carton blank are disclosed. The carton includes two indent surfaces near the gable top that are defined by a score line configuration that facilitates controlled deformation of the gabled top to increase the roof angle of the top so as to limit the risk of rolling.

Abstract: A gable top carton and its corresponding carton blank are disclosed. The carton includes curved side creases that are defined by curved score lines that divide one or more side panels from a top gabled structure and/or a bottom structure.

Abstract: A gable top carton and its corresponding carton blank are disclosed. The carton includes curved side creases that are defined by curved score lines that divide one or more side panels from a top gabled structure and/or a bottom structure.

Abstract: A carton for packaging pourable material. Upper end panel sections are connected by gussets to sloped upper side panel sections, and the latter are connected by overlapping horizontal flaps. Separation of an end tear strip portion of the horizontal flaps allows an upper end panel section to be folded out to form a pouring spout configuration. The tab remaining after separation of the tear strip portion is inserted in a slit in the upper end panel section to hold the section in place after being reclosed.

Abstract: An opening arrangement for packaging containers manufactured from a laminate material includes an opening strip that is inlaid in a transverse sealing fin of the packaging container. The opening strip extends through a longitudinal sealing seam of the packaging container so that a portion of the opening strip is located exteriorly of the packaging container. A part of the opening strip is coated on at least one side with a non thermosealable layer.

Abstract: A carton has an openable bellows folded top comprising opposed side panels (30, 32) and front (34) and rear (28) panels folded in and sealed between the side panels. The panels are sealed together to close the top in a liquid tight manner. The top-forming front panel has an upper sub-panel comprising a central portion (44) having an upper free edge for defining the rim of a pull-out pouring spout and first and second flanking portions (46, 48) of unequal width lying each on a respective side of the central portion. The central portion is of a lesser height than the flanking portions and is not sealed on its interior face to the overlying side panels or to the rear panel in sealing the top. A reliable seal is formed but there is no obstacle to the pulling out of the pouring spout once the wing portions have been peeled apart.

Abstract: An aseptic pour spout seal for a flat top end closure having two oppositely disposed outer closure panels, and two oppositely disposed fold-in panels, one of which serves as the pour spout when opened. Each of the fold-in panels includes a substantially triangular panel portion, and a pair of fold-back panels integrally connected to and folded between the substantially triangular panel portion and the respective adjacent outer closure panels. Diagonal opening-assist score lines are formed on the outer closure panels adjacent the respective fold-back panels. An abhesive release coating is applied to the outside surfaces of the pour spout, and to the inside surfaces of either the pair of fold-back pour panels or the adjacent areas defined by the diagonal opening-assist score lines. A suitable sealant is overlain on the abhesive release coating on the pair of fold-back pour panels or the adjacent areas.

Abstract: An easy opening gable top carton and a blank for forming such a carton are provided. A pair of interior top seal panels of the carton and adjacent areas of the exterior top seal panels are provided with arrays of seal score lines. The seal score lines are disposed to extend upwardly from the interior surface of the blank and will substantially reduce the surface area of contact between the interior top seal panels and the exterior top seal panels for facilitating the formation of the pour spout on the carton.

Abstract: A gable-top container including a weakened line formed in one of the facing surfaces of the first and second upper rib panels to induce controlled delamination of one of the first and second upper rib panels during opening of the pouring spout, to reduce the force required to open the pouring spout.

Abstract: A gable top carton of conventional external configuration having an openable and reclosable tamper indicating, damage resistant and non-interfering with stacking pouring spout is provided comprising a spout flap defined by lines of weakening in a rectangular roof panel and associated seal panel and a spout web member having a central panel attached to the inward face of the flap, outer glue panels attached to the rectangular roof panel adjacent but spaced from the spout flap and accordian pleat panels articulated to respective sides of the central panel and respective outer glue panels. The carton may have an inner seal panel having its peripheral edge sealed to the inward face of the carton blank to provide therewith a minor chamber containing the accordian pleat panels and adjacent central portion of the web member. Coupons or other things for consumers can be enclosed in the minor chamber out of contact with product in the major chamber.