Huhtamaki has filed a patent for a push-through cover foil that includes material weakenings in a regular pattern. These weakenings break the material cohesion without completely penetrating the foil, allowing for easy opening. The weakenings are arranged in parallel rows with spacing to prevent intersection. GlobalData’s report on Huhtamaki gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Push-through cover foil with regular pattern of material weakenings
A recently filed patent (Publication Number: US20230312208A1) describes a push-through cover foil that is used in packaging. The cover foil is made up of at least one material layer with introduced material weakenings in a regular pattern. These material weakenings break the material cohesion of the cover foil locally without completely penetrating through it. The weakenings have a linear course orthogonal to the thickness direction of the cover foil and are arranged in parallel rows with a spacing between them. Importantly, the material weakenings of the individual rows do not intersect with each other or with the material weakenings of adjacent rows.
In one embodiment, each row of material weakenings has a constant width along its extension direction, which is orthogonal to the spacing between rows. The constant row width is greater than the spacing between adjacent rows. The running directions of the material weakenings within a row enclose a setting angle different from 90° with the row extension direction. Additionally, the material weakenings of one row can be offset relative to the material weakenings of a parallel row.
The push-through cover foil can be made of a mono-material polymer foil or a polymer mono-foil. It can also consist of several layers made of polymer material based on the same monomer. The patent also describes a push-through pack that includes a manually deformable container component with an accommodation volume for a product. The container component has a removal aperture sealed by the push-through cover foil. The material weakenings of the cover foil are dimensioned to allow for multiple parallel rows of weakenings within the aperture area, with each row having multiple weakenings.
The material weakenings in the push-through cover foil can proceed from the outer side towards the inner side or from the inner side towards the outer side of the foil. This allows for easy removal of the product from the packaging by manually exerting a force to reduce the accommodation volume.
Overall, this patent describes a push-through cover foil and packaging design that allows for easy access to the packaged product while maintaining the integrity of the packaging. The use of material weakenings in a regular pattern ensures controlled and efficient opening of the packaging.
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