A sealed package containing a pourable food product and comprising a bottom portion, a top portion and a main portion interposed between the bottom portion and top portion and including a plurality of side wall portions; the main portion is divided from the bottom portion and said top portion respectively by a bottom peripheral outline and a top peripheral outline extending transversally with respect to a longitudinal direction; each of the bottom peripheral outline and the top peripheral outline has a broken-line shape and is formed by a plurality of contour edges joined to each other; the bottom portion comprises a quadrilateral bottom panel delimited by the bottom peripheral outline and extending orthogonal to the longitudinal direction; the top portion comprises a quadrilateral top panel delimited by the top peripheral outline and extending transversally to the longitudinal direction; the area of the bottom panel is different from the area of a top quadrilateral obtained by projecting, along the longitudinal direction, the top panel on a reference plane parallel to the bottom panel, crossing the package and containing at least one of the contour edges of the top peripheral outline.

A sheet packaging material for producing a sealed package with a pourable food product; the packaging material has a quadrangular configuration with two boundary edges parallel to a longitudinal direction and two other boundary edges parallel to a transversal direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction; the packaging material comprises two transversal crease lines extending transversally to the longitudinal direction and dividing the packaging material into: a bottom region containing a bottom crease pattern and configured to form a bottom portion of the package; a top region containing a top crease pattern and configured to form a top portion of the package; and an intermediate region contained between the transversal crease lines and designed to form a main portion of the package having a plurality of side wall portions; the intermediate region further comprises a plurality of V-shaped crease lines having respective vertices located on or adjacent to the transversal crease lines and at given points thereof destined to define the opposite ends of respective lateral edges delimiting the side wall portions of the package; each V-shaped crease line extending in proximity of the respective transversal crease lines.

A liquid paper container capable of preventing leakage of a liquid and intrusion of, for example, air into the container through a gap between a part of a corresponding one of top-portion horizontal folding creases formed in a blank sheet and a top-portion horizontal folding crease formed in a side sealing panel, which overlap with each other, top panels (11, 12) and side panels (15, 16) are respectively contiguous with upper ends of body panels through top-portion horizontal folding creases (9, 10, 13, 14). Bottom panels (21, 22) and inner panels (25, 26) are respectively contiguous with lower ends of the body panels through bottom-portion horizontal folding creases (19, 20, 23, 24). A side sealing panel (30) is contiguous with a one-side open end edge of a blank sheet (1A). A top-portion horizontal folding crease (31) and a bottom-portion horizontal folding crease (32) are formed in the side sealing panel.

Barrier films comprising a PECVD barrier coating from diamond-like carbon are disclosed, along with methods of manufacturing such films, and laminated packaging materials comprising such films, in particular for liquid food packaging, are disclosed. Packaging containers comprising the laminated packaging material or being made from the laminated packaging material, in particular a packaging container for liquid food packaging, are also disclosed.

A packaging laminate that includes a barrier film having a PECVD barrier coating of diamond-like carbon is disclosed, along with a method of manufacturing such films, and laminated packaging materials comprising such films, in particular intended for liquid food packaging are disclosed. Packaging containers that include the laminated packaging material or being made from the laminated packaging material, in particular to a packaging container intended for liquid food packaging are also disclosed.

A fluid carton assembly for dispensing and storing a liquid beverage includes a beverage carton for storing a liquid beverage. The beverage carton has a pair of flaps each being positionable in an open position to pour the liquid beverage. The flaps are positionable in a closed position to contain the liquid beverage. A slide is slidably coupled to each of the flaps. The slide is slidable into a closing position thereby retaining the flaps in the closed position. The slide is slidable into an opening position thereby facilitating the flaps to be positioned in the open position.

A method for producing a packaging material comprises providing a core material layer of fibre-based material having an inner side and an outer side, embossing the core material layer for forming embossed features having an initial height, the embossed features protruding from the outer side of the core material layer to later form a tactile pattern on a side of the package to be formed by the packaging material, and laminating at least one layer to the inner side of the embossed core material layer such that the height of the embossed features is temporarily reduced to a minimum height.

A paper container includes a body front panel (5), a body left side panel (6), a body right side panel (8), and a body back panel (7), which are contiguous through body vertical folding lines (1), (2), (3), and (4). A vertical direction sealing panel (25) is configured to form a quadrangular tubular body (26). The body vertical folding line (1) and the body vertical folding line (2) are approximately symmetrical bent lines bent toward a center of the body front panel (5), and the body vertical folding line (3) through which the body back panel and the body left side panel are contiguous with each other and the body vertical folding line (4) through which the body back panel and the body right side panel are contiguous with each other are approximately symmetrical bent lines bent toward a center of the body back panel.

A paper container with a stopper includes: a container main body (9) including a body (6) having a square tubular shape, a bottom (7), and a flat top (8); and a stopper (10) provided on the top. The stopper is positioned adjacent to a first top corner portion (11(A)) of the top. The body includes a first recessed portion (16) formed in a first body corner portion (12(A)) and surrounded by two recessed-portion forming folding line portions (14, 15) extending from a starting point (S) located at the first top corner portion or at a position slightly away from the first top corner portion, branching from the starting point (S) so as to extend toward the bottom direction, and joining together at an end point (E) positioned within a range in which the two recessed-portion forming folding line portions extend until after reaching a first bottom corner portion (13(A)).

The invention relates to a device comprising a first fixing element, a further fixing element and a folded planar composite; wherein the first fixing element comprises a first fixing surface and the further fixing element comprises a further fixing surface; wherein the folded planar composite is at least partially fixed between the first fixing surface and the further fixing surface; wherein the folded planar composite comprises a first composite region; wherein the first composite region comprises a first layer sequence comprising a first composite layer comprising a first carrier layer, a second composite layer comprising a second carrier layer, a third composite layer comprising a third carrier layer and a fourth composite layer comprising a fourth carrier layer; wherein in the first composite region the second composite layer is joined to the third composite layer and the third composite layer is joined to the fourth composite layer; wherein in the first composite region the third carrier layer is characterised by a smaller layer thickness than in each case one selected from the group consisting of the first carrier layer, the second carrier layer and the fourth carrier layer or a combination of at least two of these; wherein the first fixing surface or the further fixing surface or both comprises a recess comprising a first recess region; wherein the first composite region is located at least partially between the first recess region and the first fixing surface or the further fixing surface.