Improvements in or relating to the packaging of food products

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EP 1 350 741 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	19.10.2005 Bulletin 2005/42

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	08.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/41

(21)	Application number: 03252046.2

(22)	Date of filing: 31.03.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B65D 85/36, B65D 75/58, B65D 75/12, B65B 23/18, B65B 9/06

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO

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Priority:

05.04.2002 GB 0207953

(71)	Applicant: UNITED BISCUITS (UK) LIMITED
	Hayes, Middlesex UB4 8EE (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Pamplin, Barrington Harvey Shotteswell, Banbury, Oxon OX17 1JB (GB)

(74)	Representative: Humphreys, Ceris Anne
	Abel & Imray 20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PQ London WC1R 4PQ (GB)

(54)	Improvements in or relating to the packaging of food products

(57) A pack containing and closely wrapping a stack of planar food items (113) (e.g. biscuits) comprises a sheet of planar material. The pack is parallelepiped, having a longitudinal seam (108) extending along the top face of the pack parallel to the top face of the stack between two end seams (106/107). The ends of the pack extend parallel to the end faces of the items in the stack. At least a portion of the longitudinal seam comprises an adhesion zone which is tearably openable by pulling on a part of the top of the pack (112) adjacent to and overlapping the longitudinal seam. The opening provides access to the interior of the pack in a direction transverse to the axis of the stack.

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