Abstract: A flexible package for holding a flowable material therein and method of use to enable the flowable material to be introduced into a dispensing system via an inlet tube. The flexible package has a body portion and a projection which forms a mouth for the package and is in communication with the interior of the package. The projection is openable for receipt of the inlet tube and is arranged to be clamped into engagement with the inlet tube to form a fluid-tight interface by use of a clamping mechanism. The fluid-tight interface is releasable, when desired.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a paper bag for packaging of bulk material, having a standing bottom (2) and a valve bottom (3), a front wall (4) and a rear wall, the front wall and the rear wall being glued to each other in overlapping relationship, the paper bag further comprising cover sheets (5, 5?) for closing the standing bottom (2) and the valve bottom (3), wherein the cover sheet (5) of the standing bottom (2) and/or of the valve bottom (3) is provided with a tear-open strip (6) which extends across the entire length of the bottom. A foil (9) is placed below the standing bottom cover sheet (5) and/or below the valve bottom cover sheet (5?) and is removably glued to the paper bag (1) in such a manner that after tearing open of the standing bottom cover sheet (5) and/or of the valve bottom cover sheet (5?) the foil (9) still closes the paper bag (1) completely and sets the product free only after peeling off said foil.

Abstract: A bag of a heat shrinkable, gas-barrier thermoplastic film for packaging an item comprises a first seal adjacent a bottom edge and connecting first and second side edges, and defining an area between it, the side edges and a top edge for receiving the item, a second seal along the bottom edge or between the bottom edge and the first seal and connecting the side edges, and having a shaped portion adjacent a corner of the bag at the first side edge and the bottom edge which projects towards the top edge, and a precut extending from the bottom edge towards an apex of the shaped portion, the first seal extending from the second side edge towards the shaped portion at a level below the apex and around the shaped portion to the first side edge, and a manually graspable tab being formed between the first side edge, the first and second seals adjacent the first side edge and the shaped portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable waste containment device that is rapidly deployable. The waste containment device allows containment of liquid or semi-liquid waste until permanently disposed. The present invention also provides a portable waste containment system wherein the waste containment device is enclosed within a package for storage and when pulled from the package the waste containment device is ready for use. Still further, the present invention provides a method of using the portable waste containment device of the present invention.

Abstract: An article of manufacture including a bag made of a multi-layer laminate. The bag can have a front surface, a rear surface, two side surfaces, a bottom surface, and a top surface; the bag having a height, a width, and a depth, and an internal volume. The bag can be sealable and have a seal strength of at least about 1,600 pounds per square inch. The multi-layer laminate can have a thickness of from about 130 to about 200 microns. The plastic laminate can include an inner layer and an outer layer, wherein the outer layer can include a nylon and the inner layer can include a polyethylene. The plastic laminate can have a dart drop resistant of at least about 5 grams/mil and a tear resistance of at least about 6 grams/mil and 9 grams/mil in the machine direction and cross direction, respectively.

Abstract: A flexible pouch is formed from a laminate having built-in opening features. The laminate is wrapped/folded into a generally tubular configuration and sealed at top and bottom ends and along a longitudinal fin. A tear initiation feature is provided in the form of a hole extending through the laminate and located within a top seal of the pouch. The tear initiation feature is located at one longitudinal edge of the pouch when the laminate is wrapped and sealed to form the pouch. A fin tear-propagating feature is also provided in the form of two tear areas formed respectively in the side edges of the laminate such that the tear areas substantially coincide on the fin so as to form the fin tear-propagating feature, the fin tear-propagating feature being substantially in transverse alignment with the tear initiation feature. In another embodiment, the tear initiation feature is provided as a score line extending across the pouch.

Abstract: In a method of manufacture for a packaging film (2), a pour-hole film strip (3) is supplied to a film web (2A) and with its film strip sealing layer (23) is attached to that side of the film web (2A) which, when the packaging film (2) is used as prescribed, forms a film inner side (10) of the packaging (2) so that a tensile force can be transmitted via a pull tab (12) in the packaging film (2) to a separating region in the film strip sealing layer (23) and said separating region and an adjoining region of an adhesive layer (24) form a reclosure cooperating with the pull tab (12).

Abstract: The invention illustrates and describes a packaging bag, particularly a foil packaging for hygiene products, comprising a packaging body (1, 1?, 1?), in which a tab (5, 5?, 5?) is defined by a perforation (6, 6?, 6?), and an adhesive strip (8, 8?, 8?), which is fixed to the tab (5, 5?, 5?) and a region of the packaging body (1, 1?, 1?) adjoining thereon and extends across the perforation (6, 6?, 6?) such that the tab (5, 5?, 5?) can be separated from the region of the packaging body (1, 1?, 1?) adjoining the tab (5, 5?, 5?) by pulling off the adhesive strip (8, 8?, 8?) in order to form a removal opening, wherein the tab (5, 5?, 5?) at the edge region thereof provided with the adhesive strip (8, 8?, 8?) has a tearing aid (7, 7?, 7?) protruding into the adjoining region of the packaging body (1, 1?, 1?), said aid being located substantially beneath the adhesive strip (8, 8?, 8?).

Abstract: A container is configured to store and dispense a material. More specifically, the container includes a top portion that is configured to be partially torn from a body portion of the container to dispense the material. The container includes a reinforced side portion that resists tearing. The tear-resistive portion may incorporate a strand (or thread) that is significantly more difficult to tear, as compared to the container, itself. In an implementation, the container may includes two hollow portions—a first portion for storing material and a second portion for securing the resistive thread. The two hollow portions may be separated by a crimped portion of the container. In other implementations, front and rear portions of the container may be glued together to create the two hollow portions. Alternately, the lateral edges of the front and rear surfaces of the container may be fused to create the tear-resistive portion.

Abstract: A wrapper used to enclose various things that are generally flat or can be flattened. The wrapper consists of two planar sheets that are essentially identical in shape and peripherally sealed to one another. The wrapper has a v-shaped indentation on its top, which makes the wrapper easy to open by holding the wrapper at both ends near the top and gently pulling both ends away from one another until the wrapper tears into two pieces beginning at the indentation and continuing in the general direction of the bottom of said wrapper.

Abstract: In the pouch of the present invention in which a pouring spout is formed by means of a heat-sealed part and a non-heat-sealed part by heat sealing plastic films, the inside surfaces of the films that form the portion of the boundary area between the heat-sealed part and non-heat-sealed part of the pouring spout passage on the side of the non-heat-sealed part contact each other so that no gaps are left in a closed state. Accordingly, even if the pouch is suspended with the pouring spout down following the opening of the pouring spout, the leakage of the contents such as a liquid or the like accommodated in the interior of the pouch from the pouring spout a small amount at a time can be securely prevented.

Abstract: An easy to open package is described. The package includes a sealed compartment having a tab region. The tab region is formed by connecting together a first panel to a second panel. Within the tab region, however, are a pair of opposing peel tabs. The peel tabs comprise an area within the tab region where the first panel is not sealed to the second panel. The peel tabs extend from the tab region to an edge of the package. In this manner, a user can peel apart the peel tabs to separate the first panel from the second panel and open the sealed compartment. In one embodiment, at least one of the peel tabs can be coated with a material to prevent the first panel from sealing to the second panel.

Abstract: A cutting tape includes a leading portion, a first base, a second base and a seal layer. The leading portion is welded on a sealant layer with the seal layer interposed therebetween. The first base and the second base, which are laminated on the leading portion, respectively include thin laminated portions and body portions to be welded on the sealant layer. The laminated portions are welded on the leading portion. The body portions respectively have a substantially trapezoidal cross section projecting toward the sealant layer and having an inclined surface adjacent to the leading portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a flexible packaging of parallelepipedal form for flexible, superposed flat elements, which may or may not be interlinked, forming a stack of axis XX, comprising a breakable zone (1) capable of constituting a dispensing opening that is initially closed and delimited by a line of weakening (2), said zone (1) extending over three faces (11, 12, 13) of the packaging. The breakable zone (1) is circular, or substantially circular, of diameter D, the greater part of the zone (1) is centred on one (11) of the faces of the packaging perpendicular to the stacking axis XX, and the other two parts of the breakable zone (1) being arranged on two faces (12, 13) of the packaging that are parallel to the axis XX of the stack.

Abstract: A package for a compacted stack of stick electrodes comprising a thin metal foil encapsulating the stack with at least one axial seam and two end closures. One end closure includes a generally flat end portion extending from the stack and terminating in a sealed section of the metal foil spaced outwardly from the stack. The flat end portion including a structure to open the package for access to the stack of electrodes. This package is used in combination with an elongated shipping carton with a vision opening exposing a package therein.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tubular pouch (10) having a tubular pouch body (20) and a lid piece (30) and, optionally, a base, especially a standing base or stand-up base, the tubular pouch body (20) having, in a lid-piece region (35), a sloped and/or angled peripheral rim (40) suitable for attachment of a lid piece (30).

Abstract: Disclosed is a pocketable container in the form of a resealable polymeric packet designed to hold and disperse multiple doses of a useful fluid. Resealing is achieved by means of a simple yet reliable fold closure technique making possible a cost effective tool for carrying about small quantities of useful liquids, specifically hand sanitizing fluids for control of sickness and infectious disease in a human population.

Abstract: A medical multi-chamber container (1) comprising a container body (3) having first and second chambers (10, 11) for storing medicaments, a weak partition seal (20) for portioning the charmers (10, 11) from each other, and an outlet (32) fitted into the container body (3) for allowing the medicaments to be delivered from the second chamber (11), the container body (3) further comprising a weak discharge seal (21) partitioning the second chamber (11) from the outlet (32) and unsealably formed so as to allow the chambers (10, 11) to communicate with each other when used, characterized in that the unsealing strength of the weak discharge seal (21) is less than that of the weak partition seal (20).

Abstract: A flexible container (1) for holding a liquid including two walls (10, 11) made of a flexible material, the free overlaying edges of said walls being assembled together by a weld or an adhesive seam (12), so as to define an inner sealed volume of said container, the two said walls also defining a spout (13) designed to protrude outwards from a peripheral portion of the container, and an outflow channel (130) connecting said spout with said inner volume of said container, characterized in that one or several obstacles (14, 14?) formed by welding or bonding together the two walls is or are located in said inner volume substantially opposite and in the vicinity of the channel (130) leading to the spout (13) in such a manner as to limit the section of the passage available for the liquid between the inner volume and the outflow channel, while leaving open at least one narrowed passage (140, 141, 146) and in such a manner that a portion of the surface including the spout is deflected, this portion of the surface b

Abstract: A package comprising: a receptacle comprising front and rear walls joined to each other at top and bottom cross seals and connected to each other along first and second sides of the receptacle, the front wall comprising a loop that projects outward and that extends across the front wall from the first side to the second side of the receptacle; and a pair of zipper strips having mutually interlocked profiles, the zipper strips being disposed inside and joined to the loop.

Abstract: A film having a cross directional tear/machine directional tear ratio below 1 is described. The film has a sealant layer with a cyclic olefin copolymer. The film can be used in the manufacture of packages having an easy cross-direction tear open feature. There are also provided methods for the production of the film and packages made of the film.

Abstract: A flexible container incorporating flexible front and rear sheets and one or more container ports disposed in between the sheets are discussed. The one or more container ports each has a pliable attachment flange and an integrally molded nozzle. The pliable attachment flange has a first configuration whereby the attachment flange collapses to enable heat sealing the attachment flange to the sheets and thereafter substantially recovers its shape to provide a fluid pathway with the port. Various terminal ports, terminal caps, and rubber septums may be useable with the one or more container ports.

Abstract: A peelable pouch 50 for containing a single dosage product P having a top layer 100 joined to a bottom layer 200 by at least one seal 500 thereby creating a primary compartment 300. The primary compartment 300 houses the product P, sealed from the exterior environment. The peelable pouch 50 includes a tear promoting surface condition 600 on the top layer 100 and the bottom layer 200 intersected by a fold-over line 700. When the pouch 50 is folded about the fold-over line 700 the tear promoting surface condition 600 permits a user to easily tear off a portion of the pouch 50 and expose a portion of the primary compartment 300 allowing the product P to be removed from the pouch 50. Alternative embodiments incorporate a product retention edge 350 that requires supplemental separation of the top 100 and bottom 200 layers to gain access to the product P, as well as a secondary compartment 400 formed between the top 100 and bottom 200 layers.

Abstract: A flexible package is provided having a main package compartment and a segregated internal or secondary compartment. The main package generally includes a plurality of outer panel portions. An internal compartment panel can include a transverse portion operatively joined to one of the main package panel portions to define the secondary compartment. Further, the secondary compartment can include a plurality of passageways providing fluid communication between the secondary compartment and the main package compartment.

Abstract: An improved sack for storing and dispensing bulk dry materials is provided, in which conventional bottom located discharge tubes are replaced by a cuttable patch integral with the sack and overlying an opening in the bottom thereof. At the point of delivery of the sack contents, the patch is cut or sliced open manually or mechanically to allow for the outflow of materials.

Abstract: A plastic-coated fabric shipping bag, which after use for shipping an item in commerce, can be turned inside out and transformed into a re-usable, plastic-lined, fabric tote bag.

Abstract: In a multi-compartment package (10) comprising a back sheet and a front sheet sealed together along the circumference (14-17) thereof and a sealing partition line (12, 13) separating adjacent compartments (11a, 11b; 11a, 11b, 11c), each compartment has external tear-initiation means (21, 22; 31, 32, 33), and the partition lines (12, 13) are non-breakable and the tear-initiation means (21, 22, 31, 32, 33) are provided at the sealed circumferential edges (14-17) such that the compartments (11a-11c) stay united even after being torn open.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for packaging piece-items in a disposable packaging, and to a disposable packaging. A labelled support card comprising at least one gas-impermeable layer is provided with at least one piece-item. The projected bearing surface of the piece-item and a joint surface of the labelled support card surrounding said bearing surface are smaller than the largest gas-impermeable layer. Openings are made around said joint surface along a closed three-dimensional curve, piercing at least all the gas-impermeable layers. The fitted support card is covered by a gas-impermeable extensible film. The space defined by the extensible film and the support card is evacuated by means of the openings. At least one joint surface of the extensible film enters into adhesive contact with at least one joint surface of the labelled support card, forming a sealed joint.

Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging bag with a tearing aid, with which it is reliably provided that the packaging bag is opened in a defined way by manual tearing by the user, so that no packaging contents are lost. The packaging bag is essentially made from a front and a back, which are connected to each other in their edge regions with a material fit and which thus forms a joint edge, in which an opening notch is formed, whose center line intersects two weakened lines at an intersection point starting at a distance from the notch tip. These weakened lines each extend across the width of the front and the back. The direction of the weakened line at the intersection point encloses, with the center line, a tear angle greater than 0° and less than 90°.

Abstract: Accordingly, the present invention is an improved flexible pouch for a product and an improved apparatus and method for manufacturing the pouch. The flexible pouch, apparatus and methodology for a pouch includes an upper edge and side edges extending therefrom. The upper edge includes an elongated spout portion extending therefrom. The elongated spout portion can have shape representative of a bottle cap attached to a top of bottle throat. In addition, the elongated spout portion can have an opening element that affords for tearing off the bottle cap shaped portion and allow access to the product.

Abstract: A packaging bag is formed by bending a laminate film at two portions in parallel to each other such that both end portions thereof are mated to each other and the mated end portions are bonded together so as to provide a tubular body having upper and lower openings, which are sealed by forming upper and lower seal portions, respectively.

Abstract: A packaging member (1, 80, 100) is provided with easy-opening means (7, 85, 107, 108) for allowing the packaging member to be opened easily, wherein the easy-opening means is either positionally or structurally improved. As one example, the packaging member is a packaging bag (1, 80), in which the easy-opening means serves as a tearing start point when opened with the use of the easy-opening means. The easy-opening portion is formed at a position slightly shifted inward from a perimeter edge of the packaging bag. As another example, the packaging member is a packaging container (100), in which the easy-opening means is structurally improved.

Abstract: A plastic specimen bag (10) includes a front wall (20) and a rear wall (22) that are joined together to define a containment portion (32) having a bottom (24), side edges (26, 28), and a top opening (30). The plastic specimen bag (10) further includes a first closure (C1) located between the bottom (24) and the top opening (30) for selectively closing the containment portion (32). To facilitate opening the specimen bag (10), the specimen bag (10) includes a first grip enhancing profile (50) and a second grip enhancing profile (52) that are formed in the front wall (20) and spaced apart from one another to define a tear area (54) therebetween. The tear area (54) is located between the closure (C1) and the bottom (24).

Abstract: The invention relates to a sealed oxygen reference fluid containing bag adapted for being pierced by an access probe for withdrawal of the oxygen reference fluid and including an access system comprising: a sealing element provided outside the bag and preventing any leakage between the bag and the access probe when the access probe has penetrated the bag, and a longitudinal support element provided inside the bag extending essentially parallel to an edge of the bag and being adapted to support the bag when the bag is penetrated by the access probe.

Abstract: A packing bag having a drawing structure comprises a bag housing and a drawn slice. The bag housing has an opening on one side thereof for placing a product conveniently into the bag housing through the opening. The drawing piece is connected on a side of the bag housing. Thereby, it is easy for customers to extract the products placed in pallets as long as equal force is applied to extract upwardly the drawing piece of the packing bags without damaging the products.

Abstract: A packaging bag made of resin includes a bag-shaped film made of resin and an easy-fracture part. The bag-shaped film made of resin is a laminate film made of a front layer having an adhesive layer and a resin laminated thereon. The easy-fracture part is formed near an outer circumferential end of the bag-shaped film made of resin. On the surface layer, a non-adhesive part is formed toward a site of fracture from the easy-fracture part. Thus, the surface layer can be easily peeled off from this non-adhesive layer.

Abstract: A reclosable disposable container for small quantities of liquid or semi-liquid products such as shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, ointments, creams and the like. The container has a flexible body or reservoir for the contents and a spout which is opened by removing the end to create an opening. A foldable portion is provided to create a fold between the opening and the remaining contents. When this portion is folded the container is closed. A tab is provided on the foldable portion which cooperates with a slot in the container to maintain the fold and keep the container closed. The container is reopened by taking the tab out of the slot and unfolding the foldable portion. A container closure is also described and comprises a spout which is reclosable by folding and is maintained in a closed position by a tab which cooperates with a slot.

Abstract: There are provided a flexible container capable of realizing facilitation of opening and uniformization of the shape of an opening that is obtained by opening, a method of forming the flexible container, a seal-breaking guide of the flexible container, a method of enclosing a liquid in the flexible container, and the liquid enclosed in the flexible container.

Abstract: A water bag of the present invention includes a soft bag with an intake, a lid detachably covering the intake of the bag, a hose having an end connected to the bag and a mouthpiece connected to a free end of the hose. The hose has a water inlet to inject water into the soft bag and a cap detachably covering the water inlet. Therefore, water may be injected through the water inlet directly without having to take the soft bag out of the backpack.

Abstract: An alcoholic beverage dispensing system comprising a mother bag having and a plurality of pouches contained within the mother bag. One or more of the pouches includes an alcoholic beverage.

Abstract: A plurality of container bags containing matters such as plural kinds of seasoning sauce or two kinds of liquids of a two-liquid mixture adhesive are allowed to be cut simultaneously so that the contained matters can be taken out simultaneously. The container bags according to the present invention is such that two continuous container bags for individually containing two kinds of sauce are made of sheets comprising synthetic resin films and are joined together. Further, a fold line for folding up the two container bags is formed in the joint portion, and a notch used to form a contained-matter take-out opening formed at a position on the fold line.

Abstract: An improved flexible pouch, apparatus and methodology for a pouch having an upper edge, a lower edge, and side edges extending therebetween. The side seal is 4-6±1 mm wide. The apparatus and method includes the steps of unrolling the material along a horizontal orientation, and turning the sheet of material to have a vertical orientation. The method also checks the alignment of the sheet of material, and adjusts the alignment relative to a vertical axis, to align the outer edges of the sheet of material. The method cuts the roll width of material into sections, and positions the aligned sections together to form the body of the pouch. The method forms side seams by sealing along the side edges of each pouch. The method also separates the individual pouches from the roll width of material, and removes the pouches from the machine.

Abstract: To make opening of a pour spout easier and two positively prevent inadvertent tearing for a packaging bag with pour spout which has a tube attached in the pour spout. A packaging bag 1 with pour spout wherein a flow path 11 in the pour spout 10 established in the top of a packaging bag 1 is partitioned off by sealed regions 5a, 7 made by sealing two films 2, 3, a tube 12 is attached in side of the flow path 11 of the pour spout 10, and opening guide line 14 which guides opening in a direction which intersects with the flow path 11 of the pour spout 10 is formed in one of the side seal regions 7 of the pour spout 10, and the seal region 5a on the other side which is opposite to the side of the pour spout 10 has a plurality of cut lines 16, 16, which pass through the seal region 5a of the two films 2, 3, and are positioned in line in relation to the ending region 14g of the opening guide line 14.

Abstract: Packaging for receiving liquid, pasty, powdery, granular or solid material having tear-open means and sealed edges and made of a foil-shaped composite material. The foil-shaped composite material has multiple layers. At least one layer of the composite material does not have weakened areas. At least one layer of the composite material has weakened areas located in the packaging at least partly in the area of the filling space. The weakened areas are preferably a plurality of parallel individual cuts.

Abstract: Packaging for receiving liquid, pasty, powdery, granular or solid material having tear-open means and sealed edges and made of a foil-shaped composite material. The foil-shaped composite material has multiple layers. At least one layer of the composite material does not have weakened areas. At least one layer of the composite material has weakened areas located in the packaging at least partly in the area of the filling space. The weakened areas are preferably a series of cuts or a plurality of parallel individual cuts.

Abstract: Zigzag-shaped pouches are formed from flexible web material by positioning two portions of the web material in overlying relation and sealing them together along top, bottom, and opposite side edges of the pouch. The side edges of the pouch are made up of a plurality of linear segments connected end-to-end and alternately inclined in opposite directions to form a zigzag-shaped edge. Each linear segment of one edge is substantially parallel to a corresponding segment of the opposite edge, such that the two edges are substantially complementary in shape, whereby the pouch as a whole has a zigzag shape.

Abstract: A sterilizable package is formed of a first sheet connected to a second sheet. The first sheet forms a first side of the package and a portion of the second side of the package. The second sheet is connected to the first sheet to define an interior chamber of the package. The second sheet forms a portion of the second side of the package. The second sheet has a first edge. A plurality of slots are disposed along the first edge at predetermined spaced apart locations. The first sheet is folded over along a fold line, thereby forming a folded portion. The folded portion is connected to the second sheet. The folded portion forms a portion of the second side of the package. The fold line forms a first edge of the package. The first edge of the second sheet is in the interior of the package between the first side and the folded portion of the first sheet.

Abstract: A flexible paper microwave package in the form of an easily expandable, nontrapping bag (18) is disclosed including a bottom wall (20) and a top wall (22) interconnected together adjacent their circular outer peripheries (20a, 22a) by first and second interconnection portions (26a, 26b). In one preferred form, the top wall (22) is formed from a first portion (22d) having a generally oval shaped access opening closed by a generally oval shaped closure portion (22e) interconnected by a wet adhesive seal (40) to the first portion (22d). In a preferred form, the wet adhesive seal (40) is formed by a plurality of spaced, parallel bands (400, 401, 402) defining a plurality of spaced, parallel spaces therebetween for resisting any leakage from the interior of the bag (18) through the seal (40). The bottom and top walls (20, 22) expand into an opposing double domed shape as the food product is being popped, puffed, or expanded in the microwave oven.

Abstract: A plurality of container bags containing matters such as plural kinds of seasoning sauce or two kinds of liquids of a two-liquid mixture adhesive are allowed to be cut simultaneously so that the contained matters can be taken out simultaneously. The container bags according to the present invention is such that two continuous container bags for individually containing two kinds of sauce are made of sheets comprising synthetic resin films and are joined together. Further, a fold line for folding up the two container bags is formed in the joint portion, and a notch used to form a contained-matter take-out opening formed at a position on the fold line.

Abstract: A packaging member (1, 80, 100) is provided with easy-opening means (7, 85, 107, 108) for allowing the packaging member to be opened easily, wherein the easy-opening means is either positionally or structurally improved. As one example, the packaging member is a packaging bag (1, 80), in which the easy-opening means serves as a tearing start point when opened with the use of the easy-opening means. The easy-opening portion is formed at a position slightly shifted inward from a perimeter edge of the packaging bag. As another example, the packaging member is a packaging container (100), in which the easy-opening means is structurally improved.