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Polymeric die-cuttable lidding materials
Assignee: Oracle Flexible Packaging Inc
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Filing: 1993-05-21
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Granted: 1994-08-30
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Expires: 2013-05-21
Abstract
Abstract An all polymeric, die cuttable symmetrical lidding laminate for a container which is heat sealable to and peelable from the container. In one embodiment, the laminate structure comprises a core layer of a biaxially oriented voided polypropylene film to the opposite sides of which first and second outer layers of a nonvoid-bearing biaxially oriented polyester film are adhesively laminated to form a symmetrical or balanced laminate structure. A heat seal layer or coating is applied to one side of the laminate structure. A static charge dissipating layer or coating is applied to the other side of the laminate structure. The laminate has sufficient stiffness to be readily die cuttable, has excellent lay flat characteristics, remains substantially curl-free when exposed to heat from either side and is readily denested from a stack of lids during package processing.
Inventors
- 👤 Dennis L. Carespodi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 22:34
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B27/00; B32B27/06; B32B27/08; B32B27/32; B32B27/36; B32B37/00; B32B37/12; B32B37/1284; B32B37/1292; B32B7/00; B32B7/04; B32B7/06; B32B7/12; B32B7/14; B32B2323/00; B32B2323/10; B32B2367/00; B32B2439/00; B32B2439/70; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249953; Y10T428/249978; Y10T428/249979; Y10T428/24998; Y10T428/249986; Y10T428/28; Y10T428/2813; Y10T428/2817; Y10T428/2826; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31786; Y10T428/31797; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/31909; Y10T428/31913
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 31
Claim 1
Independent Claim
92 words
A non-foil lidding laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing opalescent oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second outer balance layers each comprising a nonvoid-bearing polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 mils to about 1.5 mils, such thickness being sufficient to balance said core layer to prevent curling of said lidding laminate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
92 words
A non-foil lidding laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing opalescent oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second outer balance layers each comprising a nonvoid-bearing polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 mils to about 1.5 mils, such thickness being sufficient to balance said core layer to prevent curling of said lidding laminate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The lidding laminate of claim 1 including a heat seal layer applied to one of the outer balance layers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The lidding laminate of claim 2, wherein said heat seal layer is a hot melt adhesive applied in a pattern to the exterior surface of one of said outer balance layers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
The lidding laminate of claim 3, wherein said pattern is diamond shaped.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
The lidding laminate of claim 1 wherein said outer balance layers are biaxially oriented.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The lidding laminate of claim 1 wherein the outer balance layers are laminated to the core layer with a polyurethane laminating adhesive.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
133 words
A non-foil lidding laminate for making a die-cut lid to be heat sealed to a polymeric container, said laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing, opalescent, opaque, oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness and being adhesively laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second layers each comprising a nonvoid-bearing biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 to about 1.5 mils; and a heat seal layer applied to the exterior of one of the outer balance layers, said heat seal layer comprising a patterned hot melt adhesive for heat sealing a lid die-cut from the laminate to a polymeric container.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
133 words
A non-foil lidding laminate for making a die-cut lid to be heat sealed to a polymeric container, said laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing, opalescent, opaque, oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness and being adhesively laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second layers each comprising a nonvoid-bearing biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 to about 1.5 mils; and a heat seal layer applied to the exterior of one of the outer balance layers, said heat seal layer comprising a patterned hot melt adhesive for heat sealing a lid die-cut from the laminate to a polymeric container.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
86 words
A non-foil lidding laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing opalescent oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils, said core layer being the sole void-bearing layer in said laminate; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second outer balance layers each comprising a polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 mils to about 1.5 mils.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
86 words
A non-foil lidding laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing opalescent oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils, said core layer being the sole void-bearing layer in said laminate; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second outer balance layers each comprising a polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 mils to about 1.5 mils.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
142 words
A non-foil laminate for making a die-cut lid to be heat sealed to a polymeric container, said laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing, opalescent, opaque, oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils, said core layer being the sole void-bearing layer in said laminate; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness and being adhesively laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second layers each comprising a biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 to about 1.5 mils; and a heat seal layer applied to the exterior of one of the outer balance layers, said heat seal layer comprising a patterned hot melt adhesive for heat sealing a lid die-cut from the laminate to a polymeric container.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
142 words
A non-foil laminate for making a die-cut lid to be heat sealed to a polymeric container, said laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing, opalescent, opaque, oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils, said core layer being the sole void-bearing layer in said laminate; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness and being adhesively laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second layers each comprising a biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 to about 1.5 mils; and a heat seal layer applied to the exterior of one of the outer balance layers, said heat seal layer comprising a patterned hot melt adhesive for heat sealing a lid die-cut from the laminate to a polymeric container.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
108 words
A non-foil lidding laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing opalescent oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second outer balance layers each comprising a nonvoid-bearing polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 mils to about 1.5 mils, such thickness being sufficient to balance said core layer to prevent curling of said lidding laminate; and a layer of capacitor paper adhered to at least one of said outer balance layers.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
108 words
A non-foil lidding laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing opalescent oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second outer balance layers each comprising a nonvoid-bearing polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 mils to about 1.5 mils, such thickness being sufficient to balance said core layer to prevent curling of said lidding laminate; and a layer of capacitor paper adhered to at least one of said outer balance layers.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
148 words
A non-foil lidding laminate for making a die-cut lid to be heat sealed to a polymeric container, said laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing, opalescent, opaque, oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness and being adhesively laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second layers each comprising a nonvoid-bearing biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 to about 1.5 mils; a layer of capacitor paper adhered to at least one of said outer balance layers; and a heat seal layer applied to the exterior of one of the outer balance layers, said heat seal layer comprising a patterned hot melt adhesive for heat sealing a lid die-cut from the laminate to a polymeric container.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
148 words
A non-foil lidding laminate for making a die-cut lid to be heat sealed to a polymeric container, said laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing, opalescent, opaque, oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness and being adhesively laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second layers each comprising a nonvoid-bearing biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 to about 1.5 mils; a layer of capacitor paper adhered to at least one of said outer balance layers; and a heat seal layer applied to the exterior of one of the outer balance layers, said heat seal layer comprising a patterned hot melt adhesive for heat sealing a lid die-cut from the laminate to a polymeric container.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
102 words
A non-foil lidding laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing opalescent oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils, said core layer being the sole void-bearing layer in said laminate; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second outer balance layers each comprising a polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 mils to about 1.5 mils; and a layer of capacitor paper adhered to at least one of said outer balance layers.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
102 words
A non-foil lidding laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing opalescent oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils, said core layer being the sole void-bearing layer in said laminate; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second outer balance layers each comprising a polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 mils to about 1.5 mils; and a layer of capacitor paper adhered to at least one of said outer balance layers.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
157 words
A non-foil laminate for making a die-cut lid to be heat sealed to a polymeric container, said laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing, opalescent, opaque, oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils, said core layer being the sole void-bearing layer in said laminate; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness and being adhesively laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second layers each comprising a biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 to about 1.5 mils; a layer of capacitor paper adhered to at least one of said outer balance layers; and a heat seal layer applied to the exterior of one of the outer balance layers, said heat seal layer comprising a patterned hot melt adhesive for heat sealing a lid die-cut from the laminate to a polymeric container.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
157 words
A non-foil laminate for making a die-cut lid to be heat sealed to a polymeric container, said laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing, opalescent, opaque, oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils, said core layer being the sole void-bearing layer in said laminate; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness and being adhesively laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second layers each comprising a biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 to about 1.5 mils; a layer of capacitor paper adhered to at least one of said outer balance layers; and a heat seal layer applied to the exterior of one of the outer balance layers, said heat seal layer comprising a patterned hot melt adhesive for heat sealing a lid die-cut from the laminate to a polymeric container.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
103 words
A lidding laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing opalescent oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second outer balance layers each comprising a nonvoid-bearing polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 mils to about 1.5 mils, such thickness being sufficient to balance said core layer to prevent curling of said lidding laminate, and wherein at least one of said outer balance layers is metallized.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
103 words
A lidding laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing opalescent oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second outer balance layers each comprising a nonvoid-bearing polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 mils to about 1.5 mils, such thickness being sufficient to balance said core layer to prevent curling of said lidding laminate, and wherein at least one of said outer balance layers is metallized.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
144 words
A lidding laminate for making a die-cut lid to be heat sealed to a polymeric container, said laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing, opalescent, opaque, oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness and being adhesively laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second layers each comprising a nonvoid-bearing biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 to about 1.5 mils, and wherein at least one of said outer balance layers is metallized; and a heat seal layer applied to the exterior of one of the outer balance layers, said heat seal layer comprising a patterned hot melt adhesive for heat sealing a lid die-cut from the laminate to a polymeric container.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
144 words
A lidding laminate for making a die-cut lid to be heat sealed to a polymeric container, said laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing, opalescent, opaque, oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness and being adhesively laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second layers each comprising a nonvoid-bearing biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 to about 1.5 mils, and wherein at least one of said outer balance layers is metallized; and a heat seal layer applied to the exterior of one of the outer balance layers, said heat seal layer comprising a patterned hot melt adhesive for heat sealing a lid die-cut from the laminate to a polymeric container.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
96 words
A lidding laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing opalescent oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils, said core layer being the sole void-bearing layer in said laminate; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second outer balance layers each comprising a polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 mils to about 1.5 mils, wherein at least one of said outer balance layers is metallized.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
96 words
A lidding laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing opalescent oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils, said core layer being the sole void-bearing layer in said laminate; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second outer balance layers each comprising a polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 mils to about 1.5 mils, wherein at least one of said outer balance layers is metallized.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
152 words
A laminate for making a die-cut lid to be heat sealed to a polymeric container, said laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing, opalescent, opaque, oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils, said core layer being the sole void-bearing layer in said laminate; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness and being adhesively laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second layers each comprising a biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 to about 1.5 mils, wherein at least one of said outer balance layers is metallized; and a heat seal layer applied to the exterior of one of the outer balance layers, said heat seal layer comprising a patterned hot melt adhesive for heat sealing a lid die-cut from the laminate to a polymeric container.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
152 words
A laminate for making a die-cut lid to be heat sealed to a polymeric container, said laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing, opalescent, opaque, oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils, said core layer being the sole void-bearing layer in said laminate; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness and being adhesively laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second layers each comprising a biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 to about 1.5 mils, wherein at least one of said outer balance layers is metallized; and a heat seal layer applied to the exterior of one of the outer balance layers, said heat seal layer comprising a patterned hot melt adhesive for heat sealing a lid die-cut from the laminate to a polymeric container.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
120 words
A non-foil lidding laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing opalescent oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second outer balance layers each comprising a nonvoid-bearing polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 mils to about 1.5 mils, such thickness being sufficient to balance said core layer to prevent curling of said lidding laminate, said core layer thickness and said balance layer thicknesses selected so as to cooperate to form a structure having sufficient stiffness to be suitable as a lidding laminate.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
120 words
A non-foil lidding laminate comprising: a core layer comprising a void-bearing opalescent oriented polypropylene film having a thickness in the range of about 1.5 to about 7.0 mils; first and second outer balance layers having substantially the same thickness laminated to the opposite sides of the core layer, said first and second outer balance layers each comprising a nonvoid-bearing polyethylene terephthalate film having a thickness in the range of about 0.25 mils to about 1.5 mils, such thickness being sufficient to balance said core layer to prevent curling of said lidding laminate, said core layer thickness and said balance layer thicknesses selected so as to cooperate to form a structure having sufficient stiffness to be suitable as a lidding laminate.
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