Patent ID: 7302783

Claim:
Method for filling a package for compressible flat articles, said articles being received by the package in a compressed form and arranged in a stack, said package comprising an opening in a wall panel of the package for taking out the articles, wherein the opening is provided with a cover element comprising two layers, with a bottom layer being formed by a portion of the wall panel which is at least partially removable from the wall panel, and a top layer adhering on said bottom layer, said top layer comprising a frame-like peripheral portion which projects over the periphery of said removable wall portion and detachably adheres to a surrounding portion of the wall panel disposed around the removable wall portion, wherein a first portion of said removable wall portion, which is to be opened first, is an area of no force removal, said first portion of said removable wall portion being separated from the surrounding wall portion by a continuously cut or punched separation line, while a following second portion is separated from the surrounding wall portion by at least one line of weakness, along which the removable wall portion can be separated at least partially from the surrounding wall portion by low force removal when opening the cover element for the first time, said method comprises the steps of: arranging a stack of said articles to be received inside the package; compressing said stack of articles; opening and tenting the bottom of the package; and charging the package with said stack of articles by pushing the stack of articles through the open bottom of the package.