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Sheet material

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1982-02-23
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Granted: 1985-05-07
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Expires: 2002-02-23
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Abstract

Abstract A laminated wrapping sheet material comprising a layer of paper bonded to a layer of thermoplastic film, is formed such that a layer of paper of 15-35 gsm gauge is discontinuously bonded to a layer of thermoplastic film of 8-35 microns such that pockets of air are defined between the layers. The sheet material is useful in the construction of a captive flap bag formed of a paper-thermoplastic film laminate and comprising two superimposed walls with thermoplastic film on the inside, closed at the bottom and on each of the two side edges, and open at the top edge, at least one wall having a reflex internal flap along the top edge sealed at each of the side edges, to define an internal inverted pocket, the two walls not being sealed to each other in the region of the pocket or pockets.

Inventors

  • 👤 Douglas K. Gatward

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 18:11
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B29/00; B32B29/002; B32B29/007; B32B27/00; B32B27/06; B32B27/10; B32B29/06; B32B29/08; B32B3/00; B32B3/26; B32B3/266; B32B5/00; B32B5/18; B65; B65D; B65D31/00; B65D31/02; B65D81/00; B65D81/02; B65D81/03; B32B2439/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S383/00; Y10S383/905; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/1303; Y10T428/1307; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24273; Y10T428/24322; Y10T428/24628; Y10T428/24669; Y10T428/24694; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24934; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249953; Y10T428/249987; Y10T428/26; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/3188; Y10T428/31895

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim 170 words
A laminate wrapping material comprising a sheet of smooth, calendared on at least one side, machine-glazed kraft or sulphite paper in the order of 15 to 35 grams per square meter, and a coextensive sheet of thermoplastic film in the order of 8 to 35 microns in thickness discontinuously attached to each other at regular or irregular intervals along lines of bonding such as to define between the sheets a plurality of channels or pockets on the order of 1 to 5 millimeters in width in the plane of the laminate isolated from one another by said lines of bonding, said paper sheet embodying deadfold characteristics of such magnitude as to impart deadfold characteristics to the composite laminate and said thermoplastic film containing microperforation of such magnitude as to permit transmission of water vapor and hot air through the laminate and to constitute a barrier to the transmission of grease through the laminate and wherein at least some of the microperforations perforate the thermoplastic film into the channels or pockets.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 170 words
A laminate wrapping material comprising a sheet of smooth, calendared on at least one side, machine-glazed kraft or sulphite paper in the order of 15 to 35 grams per square meter, and a coextensive sheet of thermoplastic film in the order of 8 to 35 microns in thickness discontinuously attached to each other at regular or irregular intervals along lines of bonding such as to define between the sheets a plurality of channels or pockets on the order of 1 to 5 millimeters in width in the plane of the laminate isolated from one another by said lines of bonding, said paper sheet embodying deadfold characteristics of such magnitude as to impart deadfold characteristics to the composite laminate and said thermoplastic film containing microperforation of such magnitude as to permit transmission of water vapor and hot air through the laminate and to constitute a barrier to the transmission of grease through the laminate and wherein at least some of the microperforations perforate the thermoplastic film into the channels or pockets.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 166 words
A bag formed of a laminate according to claim 1 folded to form spaced, parallel panels joined at one end and at two opposite edges to define a first pocket closed at the bottom and sides and open at the top, said opposite edges being joined by folding of the edges of one of the panels about the edges of the other panel into overlapping relation to said other panel and adhered thereto and unattached extensions of the panels at the open top, one of which is bent inwardly double upon itself along a line parallel to the bottom and sealed at its opposite edges to itself such as to define at the inner side above the first pocket between the panels a second pocket open adjacent the open end of the first pocket within which the extensions at the upper end of the other panel is adapted to be inserted to provide, in conjunction therewith, a closure for the open end of the first pocket.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 23 words
A bag according to claim 2 wherein the panels are disposed with the paper sheet at the inner side of the first pocket.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 19 words
A bag according to claim 2 wherein the thermoplastic sheet is disposed at the inner side of the bag.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 175 words
A laminate wrapping material comprising a sheet of smooth, calendared on at least one side, machine-glazed kraft or sulphite paper in the order of 15 to 35 grams per square meter, and a coextensive sheet of thermoplastic film in the order of 8 to 35 microns in thickness discontinuously attached to each other at their interfaces by bonding to provide attached and unattached areas, said unattached areas defining pockets and said bonded areas being interconnected such as to isolate the pockets from each other and said pockets being in the order of 1 to 5 millimeters in width in the plane of the laminate, said paper sheet embodying deadfold characteristics of such magnitude as to impart deadfold characteristics to the composite laminate and said thermoplastic film containing microperforations of such magnitude as to permit transmission of water vapor and hot air through the laminate and to constitute a barrier to the transmission of grease through the laminate and wherein at least some of the microperforations perforate the thermoplastic film into the pockets between the sheets.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 175 words
A laminate wrapping material comprising a sheet of smooth, calendared on at least one side, machine-glazed kraft or sulphite paper in the order of 15 to 35 grams per square meter, and a coextensive sheet of thermoplastic film in the order of 8 to 35 microns in thickness discontinuously attached to each other at their interfaces by bonding to provide attached and unattached areas, said unattached areas defining pockets and said bonded areas being interconnected such as to isolate the pockets from each other and said pockets being in the order of 1 to 5 millimeters in width in the plane of the laminate, said paper sheet embodying deadfold characteristics of such magnitude as to impart deadfold characteristics to the composite laminate and said thermoplastic film containing microperforations of such magnitude as to permit transmission of water vapor and hot air through the laminate and to constitute a barrier to the transmission of grease through the laminate and wherein at least some of the microperforations perforate the thermoplastic film into the pockets between the sheets.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 171 words
A laminate of insulated wrapping material comprising a sheet of smooth, calendared on at least one side, machine-glazed kraft or sulphite paper in the order of 15 to 35 grams per square meter and a coextensive sheet of thermoplastic film in the order of 8 to 35 microns in thickness and means bonding the paper sheet to the film at their interfaces at regular or irregular intervals such as to define at the interfaces a plurality of sealed and unsealed areas wherein the unsealed areas define finite air pockets isolated from each other by the intervening sealed areas and wherein the pockets are in the order of 1 to 5 millimeters in breadth in the plane of the laminate, wherein the paper sheet constitutes an absorbent sheet and the thermoplastic film sheet constitutes a substantial barrier to the passage of grease therethrough but is pervious to water vapor and hot air and wherein the paper sheet embodies deadfold characteristics of such magnitude as to impart deadfold characteristics to the composite laminate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 171 words
A laminate of insulated wrapping material comprising a sheet of smooth, calendared on at least one side, machine-glazed kraft or sulphite paper in the order of 15 to 35 grams per square meter and a coextensive sheet of thermoplastic film in the order of 8 to 35 microns in thickness and means bonding the paper sheet to the film at their interfaces at regular or irregular intervals such as to define at the interfaces a plurality of sealed and unsealed areas wherein the unsealed areas define finite air pockets isolated from each other by the intervening sealed areas and wherein the pockets are in the order of 1 to 5 millimeters in breadth in the plane of the laminate, wherein the paper sheet constitutes an absorbent sheet and the thermoplastic film sheet constitutes a substantial barrier to the passage of grease therethrough but is pervious to water vapor and hot air and wherein the paper sheet embodies deadfold characteristics of such magnitude as to impart deadfold characteristics to the composite laminate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 166 words
A bag formed of a laminate according to claim 6 disposed to form spaced, parallel panels joined at one end and at two opposite edges to define a first pocket closed at the bottom and sides and open at the top, said opposite edges being joined by folding of the edges of one of the panels about the edges of the other panel into overlapping relation to said other panel and adhered thereto and unattached extensions of the panels at the open top, one of which is bent inwardly double upon itself along a line parallel to the bottom and sealed at its opposite edges to itself such as to define at the inner side above the first pocket between the panels, a second pocket open adjacent the top end of the first pocket within which the extensions at the upper end of the other panel is adapted to be inserted to provide, in conjunction therewith, a closure for the open end of the first pocket.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 23 words
A bag according to claim 7 wherein the panels are disposed with the paper sheet at the inner side of the first pocket.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 26 words
A wrapping material according to claim 1 wherein one of the sheets is corrugated and the apices of the corrugations are bonded to the other sheet.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 14 words
A wrapping material according to claim 1 wherein the thermoplastic sheet is a polyolefin.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 15 words
A wrapping material according to claim 1 wherein the thermoplastic sheet is a foam polyethylene.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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