PACKAGED PRODUCTS AND ARRAY OF BANDOLEER OF PACKAGED PRODUCTS
The invention relates to a packaged product ( 3 ) or group ( 19 ) of products, such as a candy, wherein said product or group of products ( 3 ) has an elongated form, wherein the package comprises at least one film ( 1, 2 ) which encloses said product or group of products, and wherein part of said film extends from at least one outer end of the product or group of products, and wherein said part of the film is bent away from the direction of the axis of the elongated product or group of products back towards a part of the film that surrounds the product and is bonded therewith. The invention also relates to an easy opening arrangement for packaged products, and to an array or bandoleer ( 19 ) of products with reduced packaging material.
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18 . A bandoleer or an array ( 19 ) of packaged products ( 3 ) or groups of products, wherein the products ( 3 ) are connected to each other at opposite longitudinal sides of said products, in particular through parts of said rectangular two films ( 1 , 2 ) that are sealed together, wherein each package of the packaged products ( 3 ) or group of products, comprises at least one film ( 1 , 2 ) which encloses said product ( 3 ) or group of products, and wherein part of said film ( 1 , 2 ) extends away from at least one outer end of the product ( 3 ) or group of products, and wherein said part of the film is bent back towards a part of the film ( 2 ) that surrounds the product and is bonded therewith.
19 . An array ( 19 ) of packaged products ( 3 ), such-as candies, wherein said products or groups of said products ( 3 ) have an elongated form and extend parallel to each other, wherein the package comprises two substantially rectangular films ( 1 , 2 ) which are sealed together and enclose said products ( 3 ) or groups of products, wherein one of said films ( 1 ) is substantially flat and the other film ( 2 ) is shaped to fit at least partially around the products ( 3 ), wherein the parts of the sealed films ( 1 , 2 ) extending from the outer ends of the products ( 3 ) or groups of products are bent out of the plane of the flat film ( 1 ) and bonded to the other, shaped, film ( 2 ) in order to give the array ( 19 ) rigidity in the direction transverse to the products ( 3 ) or groups of products.
20 . An array ( 19 ) of packaged products ( 3 ) in accordance with claim 19 , wherein the shaped film ( 2 ) has a substantially corrugated form in the direction transverse to the products, wherein the flat film ( 1 ) is sealed to the ridges of the corrugated film ( 2 ) that extend on one side of the products ( 3 ).
21 . An array ( 19 ) of packaged products ( 3 ) in accordance with claim 19 , wherein the bent parts of the sealed films ( 1 , 2 ) are bonded to the ridges of the corrugated film ( 2 ) that extend away from the flat film ( 1 ).
22 . An array ( 19 ) of packaged products ( 3 ) in accordance with claim 19 , wherein the bent parts of the sealed films ( 1 , 2 ) are folded twice to form sharp perpendicular angles, once near the plane of the flat film ( 1 ), and once near the plane through the ridges to which the sealed films ( 1 , 2 ) are bonded.
23 . An array ( 19 ) of packaged products ( 3 ) in accordance with claim 19 wherein the bent parts of the sealed films ( 1 , 2 ) are folded close to the outer ends of the products ( 3 ) or groups of products.
24 . An array ( 19 ) of packaged products ( 3 ) in accordance with claim 19 , wherein the bent parts of the sealed films ( 1 , 2 ) are folded back once to form a sharp small angle at a distance from the outer ends of the products ( 3 ) or groups of products.
25 . An array ( 19 ) of packaged products ( 3 ) in accordance with claim 20 , wherein the bent parts of the sealed films ( 1 , 2 ) are bonded to said ridges near the outer ends of the products ( 3 ) or groups of products.
26 . An array ( 19 ) of packaged products ( 3 ) in accordance with claim 19 , wherein the sealed areas between the products ( 3 ) are weakened, such that the packaged products ( 3 ) can be easily separated.
27 . An array ( 19 ) of packaged products ( 3 ) in accordance with claim 19 , wherein the products ( 3 ) are positioned transversely with respect to the elongated films ( 1 , 2 ).
28 . A bandoleer or an array ( 19 ) in accordance with claim 18 , wherein the thickness of the products ( 3 ) in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the bandoleer or array is larger than, preferably at least two times, more preferably at least three times the distance between the products ( 3 ) in the longitudinal direction of the bandoleer or array.