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Vacuum packaging films patterned with protruding cavernous structures

CA 2574658 C · Owner: Tilia International, Inc. · Inventors: Wu, Hongyu

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The present invention teaches a film having a pattern of protruding structures. When used in the vacuum packaging bag material context the result , is a vacuum packaging bag that a consumer can effectively evacuate and hermetically seal. The protruding structures tend to form channels that enable gas to evacuate from within a vacuum packaging bag. In certain embodiments the protruding structures are formed only on an inner side of the vacuum packaging film, typically through a hot casting or heat-extrusion process. As a result, far less bag material is required than in the prior art patterned film formed through cold embossing processes. The present invention also contemplates a …

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  • Filed July 21, 2005 and granted June 25, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 21, 2025.
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FiledJuly 21, 2005
GrantedJune 25, 2013
Term endedJuly 21, 2025
Patent numberCA 2574658 C
Classification (IPC)B65B31/00

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