Packages of stacked, individually wrapped, flat disposable utensils, and methods of forming such packages
First Claim
1. A package comprised of an integrated stack of individually wrapped flat disposable utensil layers, wherein adjacent layers in the stack are bonded one to another by means of a removable hot melt pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA).
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Abstract
An integrated stack of individually wrapped flat disposable utensils (e.g., wooden spoons) and methods of forming the same. Preferably, adjacent layers in a stack of individually wrapped flat disposable utensil layers are bonded one to another by means of a removable hot melt pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA). The bond formed by the adhesive is such that the entire stack of layers forming the package is integrated in a manner whereby the bonds physically support the weight of the stack without separating. Such a bond, however, is releasable in that a user may exert sufficient force to separate one layer, or an individual one of the wrapped utensils in the layer, from another.
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- 1. A package comprised of an integrated stack of individually wrapped flat disposable utensil layers, wherein adjacent layers in the stack are bonded one to another by means of a removable hot melt pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA).
- 11. A method of forming a package which comprises forming a stack of individually wrapped flat disposable utensil layers, and interposing an amount of a removable hot melt pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) between adjacent ones of the layers in the stack so as to form a fugitive bond therebetween, but which bond integrates the layers of the stack.
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