Patent ID: 8800770

Claim:
An easy opening packaging system for the unloading of a plurality of articles, collated to form a unit, onto a display comprising: a plurality of articles arranged in at least one row to define a unit, said unit having a front side, a back side opposite said front side, a pair of lateral sides opposite each other and extending between said front and back sides, a bottom extending between said front and back sides, and a top opposite said bottom; a tubular film extending between first and second ends and encircling said unit for securing said plurality of articles defining said unit by tension; and a series of first perforations defined in said film and arranged in two bottom lines being spaced from each other and extending along said bottom of said unit from said first end to said second end of said film, each of said bottom lines being disposed adjacent a different one of said lateral sides to define said film into a lower portion between said two bottom lines and along said bottom of said unit and a remaining portion; wherein said film engages each of said top, said bottom, and said lateral sides of said unit and extends between said front and back sides with said first end of said film being disposed adjacent said front side and said second end being disposed adjacent said back side; wherein said first end of said film extends outwardly from each of said top, said bottom and said lateral sides and onto said front side of said unit to define a front edge portion having a front edge length to partially cover said front side and further secure said unit; wherein said front edge length of portion of said front edge portion extending inwardly from the edge of said front side adjacent said bottom is less than said front edge length of the remaining front edge portions extending inwardly from each of the remaining edges of said front side of said unit; and wherein said lower portion of the said film is torn from said remaining portion along said bottom lines of said first perforations from adjacent said back side and towards said front side as the plurality of articles are unloaded onto the display.