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Confectionery packaging and method of opening

  • US 10,507,970 B2
  • Filed: 03/06/2014
  • Issued: 12/17/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A confectionery packaging in combination with a preformed ovoid confectionery product positionable on a substantially flat, level surface when in use, the packaging comprising a first preformed part and a second part, wherein the first and second parts are sealed together about the confectionery product at flanges that extend away from main surfaces of each part, such that each of the first and second parts enclose a part of the confectionery product, wherein the flanges are joined at a flange seal such that the first and second parts are joined only via the flange seal, and via which flange seal the packaging may be opened by peeling the first and second parts away from one another along the seal, the flange seal extending at an angle between a minor, waist axis of the confectionery product and a major, tip-to-base axis of the confectionery product, such that the flange seal is spaced apart in one direction from a top, narrow tip of the confectionery product, and spaced apart in an opposite direction from a bottom, wider base of the confectionery product, each main surface of each part being shaped to conform to the confectionery-product such that the main surfaces of each part are shaped so that the outside of the packaging, except for the flanges and any stabilizing feet or stand features that extend from the main surfaces, substantially conform to the shape of the confectionery product, so that the packaging substantially maintains the outer ovoid profile of the confectionery product, and such that the main surfaces of each part are shaped so that a formed internal space conforms to the ovoid shape and size of the confectionery product, each main surface substantially being inherently unstable when placed, in use, on the substantially flat, level surface as a result of the ovoid profile;

  • anda portion of at least one of the flanges being arranged to, in use, contact the substantially flat, level surface when a portion of the ovoid conforming main surface of one of the parts also contacts the substantially flat, level surface, wherein such an arrangement allows the confectionery packaging to adopt a stable orientation on the substantially flat, level surface.

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