The present invention provides a wall for a package comprising: (a) an outer set of one or more layers (1-4) and (b) an inner set of one or more layers (5-6) which layer or the outermost of which layers (5) comprises a composition comprising a polymer and having oxygen-scavenging properties, wherein (i) the outer set of layers would have, if separate from the inner set and in the absence of any oxygen-scavenging properties in any of the layers or the layer constituting the set, a permeance, for ...

The invention relates to a package of a plastics material and consisting of a container and a lid adapted to be engaged with each other by snap engagement, there being provided complementary engagement faces which engage each other for establishing said snap engagement. An annular resilient sealing member is arranged between the engagement portion (40) and the bottom wall (19). The invention is characterized in that an axial compression of the sealing member (23) is provided during application o...

Packages having a base web (2) consisting of a polymeric film or sheet having at least one recess (3) with a packaged item therein, and a sealing web (4) sealed to the base web (2) and covering the recess (3), the sealing web (4) having a strength which substantially prevents the packaged item from being pushed through it on applying force to the recess (3) in the base web (2). A portion of the package where the base web (2) is sealed to the sealing web (4) has two substantially parallel lines o...

Packaging for an article or set of articles is provided by a back cardboard sheet (1b) and a front cardboard sheet (1a) sandwiched together. The front cardboard sheet (1a) has a central opening (4) provided therein and is attached to the back sheet (1b) about peripheral regions of the front sheet (1a). The front sheet (1a) remains unattached to the back sheet (1b) in the region surrounding the opening (4). A moulded plastics member (7) has a peripheral edge region (8) held between the unattached...

Packaging for an article having an insert (11) has a central projecting portion to accommodate an article. A catch (14) projects from a rim of the insert (11) and is wedge shaped to guide the insert (11) into a box (3) designed to contain the insert. During the insertion process, the catch (14) slides against an inner surface of the box (3) until it reaches an aperture (8) in the box wall. The catch (14) then engages the aperture (8) to resist removal of the insert (11), until the catch (14) is ...

A case for elongate articles, such as writing instruments, includes a base and a cover hinged to the base for movement between open and closed positions. The base carries an article holder for receiving and holding an article in the case. The cover carries or is adapted to carry a holder for receiving and holding a second article in the case and in a position laterally alongside the article held on the base when the case is closed.

A package for a battery or other article, comprising a sheet of material bent or folded along a plurality of substantially parallel fold lines 21, 22, 25, 26 to define an upwardly extending substantially flat panel region 15, an upper end locating region 11 extending forwardly from the lower extremity of the said panel region, a first limb 3 extending obliquely downwardly and rearwardly from the forward extremity of the end locating region, a second limb 5 extending obliquely forwardly and downw...

The protection of items such as preassembled cabinets, furniture, major appliances or electronics against damage during shipping is a problem that has been approached in many different ways throughout the years. Manufacturers desire to pack their products as inexpensively, both in materials and labor, as possible while providing a maximum of protection against potential damage. This has typically entailed packing an item snugly in a preassembled carton, protected by systems such as styrofoam edg...

Packaging comprises a loudspeaker which has a board component that forms a part of the packaging and acts as a distributed mode bending wave acoustic radiator. A transducer is mounted wholly and exclusively on the radiator to vibrate it and cause it to resonate.

A plastics pour spout fitment (3) has not only a pour spour (4) thereof welded to plastics-coated paperboard packaging material (2), but also has a plunger (14) welded to a disc (8) of the material (2), the disc (8) being defined by a ring of weakening (6) in the material. Following purely linearly axially inward displacement of the plunger (14) relative to the pour spout (4), preferably followed by rotation of the plunger (14) about the axis A of the fitment (3) relative to the spout (4), to de...