Patent ID: 8556105

Claim:
A packaging material configured to pack a viscous product having one surface, an opposite surface, and side surfaces surrounding a periphery between the respective surfaces, the packaging material comprising: a sheet including a first surface portion configured to cover the one surface of the viscous product, a side surface portion configured to cover each of the side surfaces, and a second surface portion configured to cover the opposite surface; and a tear tape adhered to the sheet such that an end thereof is configured to be pulled to cut the sheet, wherein the tear tape is configured to start from the side surface portion or the second surface portion and to be branched into a first branched tape and a second branched tape with a path through the first surface portion the first branched tape is configured to bend to arrive at an edge of one side part in a width direction of the side surface portion or the second surface portion from a middle of the width direction of the side surface portion or the second surface portion and to pass through an edge of one side part of the first surface portion, and the second branched tape is configured to arrive at a middle of the width direction of one end of the first surface portion through the middle of the side surface portion, to extend from the one end toward an other end by a certain length so as to form a straight part on the first surface portion, to bend to gradually approach an other side part of the first surface portion so as to form an arm part on the first surface portion, and to further extend from an edge of one side part of the first surface portion to arrive at an other end of the first surface portion, and wherein a grip having a sufficient space is provided in a portion surrounded by the straight part and the arm part at the other side part of the first surface portion.