A flexible packaging laminate has built-in opening/reclose and tamper-evidence features by forming the laminate from an outer structure joined in face-to-face relation to an inner structure. Score lines are formed in both structures to enable an opening to be formed through the laminate by lifting a flap or the like out of the plane of the laminate. The score line through the outer structure defines a larger opening than the score line through the inner structure, such that a marginal region of the outer structure extends beyond the edge of the opening portion of the inner structure. A pressure-sensitive adhesive is used to re-adhere the marginal region to an underlying surface of the inner structure adjacent the opening through the laminate. The outer score line includes at least one tab positioned within a heat seal region of the laminate.

A flexible packaging laminate is formed to have a built-in opening and reclose feature by forming the laminate as a two-part structure having an outer structure joined in face-to-face relation with an inner structure. Score lines are formed in both structures to enable an opening to be formed through the laminate by lifting an opening portion (e.g., a flap or the like) of the two structures out of the plane of the laminate. The score line through the outer structure defines a larger opening than the score line through the inner structure, such that a marginal region of the outer structure extends beyond the edge of the opening portion of the inner structure. A pressure-sensitive adhesive is used to re-adhere the marginal region to an underlying surface of the inner structure adjacent the opening through the laminate.

Methods for creating self-folding materials that change shape in response to grooves created in the surface of the materials and when exposed to a stimuli. A tailored computational design tool, digital fabrication platform and mold for use with the methods also are provided.

A method of forming a component having grooves formed into an outer surface of a component includes the steps of applying at least one mold to an outer surface of a component preform. The mold is forced into contact with the outer surface to form a detent into the outer surface.

The invention concerns a super hydrophobic surface for handling a liquid and/or able to be contacted by a liquid, said surface comprising at least one hydrophobic liquid contact surface portion, wherein said hydrophobic liquid contact surface portion presents a micro- and nano-meter hierarchical patterned structure, the structure comprising: —homogeneously distributed micrometre-sized pillars (1), and—homogeneously distributed nanometre-sized pillars (2), preferably said pillars (2) having a dimension below 1 micrometer, at the upper surface of the micrometre-sized pillars, and—nanometre-sized protrusions (3) at the upper surface of the nanometre-sized pillars, the protrusions being positioned in a non-periodic, irregular pattern. The invention also relates to the use of such surfaces with micro- and nano-meter hierarchical patterned structure, for example in handling hot liquids, and a corresponding manufacturing process, e.g. using an injection moulding process for producing the component in polymer.

An imprint device of an embodiment includes an imaging device and a controller. The controller acquires, from the imaging device, a reference image which is a captured image of the template before the imprint operation at a predetermined imprint position and an imprint image which is a captured image of the template during the imprint operation at the imprint position. The control unit acquires features based on interference fringes appearing on the template during the imprint operation from a difference image representing a difference between the reference image and the imprint image. The control unit performs processes for controlling the imprint operation based on the features.

An airbag cover includes a substrate and a skin adhered to the substrate. The substrate includes an H-shaped tear seam and doors that are disposed on both sides of a crossbar portion of the tear seam and openable for forming an emergence opening when the tear seam tears. The skin includes a breakable region that is formed into a straight line and breakable to form the emergence opening. The breakable region includes a central portion disposed immediately above the crossbar portion, and two extended portions which extend from opposite ends of the central portion to outside of the vertical portions. The skin further includes, in each of the extended portions of the breakable region, an unadhered region where the skin is not adhered to the substrate. Each of the unadhered regions has a band shape whose width is smaller than a length of the vertical-bar portion of the tear seam.

A flexible packaging laminate is formed to have a built-in opening and reclose feature by forming the laminate as a two-part structure having an outer structure joined in face-to-face relation with an inner structure. Score lines are formed in both structures to enable an opening to be formed through the laminate by lifting an opening portion (e.g., a flap or the like) of the two structures out of the plane of the laminate. The score line through the outer structure defines a larger opening than the score line through the inner structure, such that a marginal region of the outer structure extends beyond the edge of the opening portion of the inner structure. A pressure-sensitive adhesive is used to re-adhere the marginal region to an underlying surface of the inner structure adjacent the opening through the laminate.

A flexible packaging laminate has built-in opening/reclose and tamper-evidence features by forming the laminate from an outer structure joined in face-to-face relation to an inner structure. Score lines are formed in both structures to enable an opening to be formed through the laminate by lifting a flap or the like out of the plane of the laminate. The score line through the outer structure defines a larger opening than the score line through the inner structure, such that a marginal region of the outer structure extends beyond the edge of the opening portion of the inner structure. A pressure-sensitive adhesive is used to re-adhere the marginal region to an underlying surface of the inner structure adjacent the opening through the laminate. The outer score line includes at least one tab positioned within a heat seal region of the laminate.

A method for producing a face shield includes cutting a body of the face shield from a flat sheet of transparent plastic and cutting a curved attachment slot into the body. It includes placing the body onto a horizontally arranged elongated convex mold with a central axis of the body being aligned with a ridge line of the mold and placing the body, on the mold, into an oven. There, the body deforms and assumes an arcuate shape of the mold. The body is allowed to cool down and later removed from the mold. The face shield has a body with an arcuate vertical cross-sectional shape which is smooth without edges. The curved attachment slot serves to attach the face shield to a visor of a baseball cap where it can hold on by a plurality of narrowings formed in the attachment slot.