Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexible packages with self-folding
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Application No.: US17150073Application Date: 2021-01-15
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Publication No.: US11312550B2Publication Date: 2022-04-26
- Inventor: Hugh Joseph O'Donnell , Michael Remus , Neil John Rogers
- Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Applicant Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Agent Daniel S. Albrecht
- Main IPC: B65D65/12
- IPC: B65D65/12 ; B65D75/20 ; B65D75/52 ; B65D75/58 ; B31B70/26 ; B65B61/02 ; B65B61/24 ; B65B43/04 ; B31B70/00 ; B65D65/06 ; B65D75/24 ; B31B160/20 ; B31B155/00 ; B32B27/08 ; B32B38/18

Abstract:
Packages made from flexible material, wherein the packages include one or more self-folds formed by applying activation energy to the flexible material are presented. The packages include a polymeric film, wherein the polymeric film is formed from one type of polymer, and wherein the flexible material defines an enclosed product volume. The packages include a first panel formed from the flexible material and a second panel formed from the flexible material. The packages include a self-fold that has an overall thickness that is about 5% to about 30% greater than a thickness of the flexible material outside of the self-fold. The self-fold has a differential thermal-mechanical set than the flexible material outside of the self-fold, and forms an angle of about 100 degrees to about 170 degrees between the first panel and the second panel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210130053A1 FLEXIBLE PACKAGES WITH SELF-FOLDING Public/Granted day:2021-05-06
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