Global Patent Index - EP 1602594 A1

EP 1602594 A1 20051207 - Package for packing food products and method of packing food products

Title (en)

Package for packing food products and method of packing food products

Title (de)

Verpackung für Lebensmittel und Verfahren für das Verpacken von Lebensmitteln

Title (fr)

Emballage pour produits alimentaires et méthode d'emballage associée

Publication

EP 1602594 A1 20051207 (EN)

Application

EP 05012864 A 20010828

Priority

  • EP 05012864 A 20010828
  • EP 01119757 A 20010828

Abstract (en)

A package for packing generally block-shaped food products (12) comprises a generally rectangular sheet of a flat, foldable packing material (10) having an inner and an outer surface, the sheet comprising a central body portion (14) for enclosing the top, bottom, side, front and rear surfaces of the block-shaped food product (12), a frame-shaped sealing portion (16) enclosing the body portion (14) for sealing the package and comprising a front (17), a rear (18) and two side portions (19), and two flap portions (20, 21), one of the flap portions (20) being adjacent one side portion (19) of the sealing portion and the other flap portion (20) being adjacent the other one of the side portions (19) of the sealing portion (16),wherein the package is folded around the food product (12), such that the body portion (14) encloses the food product (12) with the inner surface of the sheet (10) directed to the food product (12), the inner surface of one of the side portions (19) of sealing portion (16) abuts to the inner surface of the other one of the side portions (19) of the sealing portion (16), and a seal being formed along the front (17), rear (18) and the side portions (19) of the sealing portion (16), respectively, wherein the inner surface of the flap portion (20, 21) and the outer surface of the flap (20, 21) portion are accessible, one of the flap portions (20) is wider than the other one of the flap portions (21), the flap portions (20, 21) are folded such that the wider flap portion (20) is located on top of the narrower flap portion (21) and the seal is formed by means of adhesive applied on the inner surfaces of the sheet (10) in the sealing portion (16), and is characterized in that both grippable flap portions (20, 21) are free of adhesive. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

B65D 75/58

IPC 8 full level

B65D 75/58 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65D 75/5855 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1288139 A1 20030305; EP 1288139 B1 20070725; AT E367980 T1 20070815; CY 1107731 T1 20130418; DE 20122333 U1 20050324; DE 60129555 D1 20070906; DE 60129555 T2 20080417; DK 1288139 T3 20070910; EP 1602594 A1 20051207; EP 1602594 B1 20151223; ES 2290076 T3 20080216; ES 2565128 T3 20160331; PT 1288139 E 20070924; SI 1288139 T1 20071231

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 01119757 A 20010828; AT 01119757 T 20010828; CY 071101164 T 20070910; DE 20122333 U 20010828; DE 60129555 T 20010828; DK 01119757 T 20010828; EP 05012864 A 20010828; ES 01119757 T 20010828; ES 05012864 T 20010828; PT 01119757 T 20010828; SI 200130770 T 20010828