Patent ID: 8251217
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A pouch for containing a product, the pouch comprising at least a first wall, a second wall, an edge and a corner, the first wall and second wall being sealed together in sealed regions, the sealed regions substantially surrounding a compartment portion within which a product can be located, the pouch including a tear initiating weakness located in the sealed region away from an edge of the pouch and extending substantially from the corner of the pouch towards the compartment along a first axis, the tear initiating weakness comprising an elongate weakness which extends along the first axis and arranged such that a user can fold the pouch across the tear initiating weakness and initiate a tear substantially along the first axis using said tear initiating weakness, the pouch further comprising at least one tear guiding weakness extending along a second axis transverse to the first axis such that a tear initiated at the tear initiating weakness will meet the at least one tear guiding weakness and be guided along the second axis and through the compartment.