Pallet Hood Tear Tape

Abstract

A packaging system for products on a pallet or slipsheet has a shrink hood or stretch hood with a tear tape for easy opening at the product use location without damaging the product. The tear tape may be a shearing tear tape to allow for cutting through the tough film of the hood or the tear tape may be aligned with laser perforations to cooperate with the tear tape.

1 . A package shipment system comprising;
 a. a base comprising a pallet or a slipsheet;   b. one or more products supported by the base;   c. a hood fitting over the one or more products wherein the hood is selected from the group consisting of a shrink hood or a stretch hood; and   d. wherein the hood comprises a tear tape attached to the interior of the hood.   
   
   
       2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein tear tape extends vertically from the top to the bottom of the hood. 
   
   
       3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the hood has a hood seam at the top of the hood and the tear tape extends from the hood seam. 
   
   
       4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the hood has an opening containing one or more pull tabs having a portion of tear tape. 
   
   
       5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the hood has a slit through the tear tape allowing access for opening the hood. 
   
   
       6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein there is more than one product supported on the base. 
   
   
       7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein there are more than one product and the products are bags of material and the tear tape is vertically centered in the space between the bags. 
   
   
       8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the tear tape is a shearing tape having rough or jagged edges. 
   
   
       9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the tear tape comprises abrasive particles to aid in shearing the hood. 
   
   
       10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the hood comprises a single tear tape. 
   
   
       11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the hood comprises multiple tear tapes and at least two of the tear tapes are on adjacent sides of the hood. 
   
   
       12 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the hood comprises a multi-piece tear tape. 
   
   
       13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the multi-piece tear tape extends vertically from the top of the hood to the bottom of the hood. 
   
   
       14 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the hood lacks parallel lines of zipper perforations running the length of the tear tape. 
   
   
       15 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the hood has a line of laser perforations adjacent to the tear tape. 
   
   
       16 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the tear tape covers a line of laser perforations. 
   
   
       17 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the tear tape is an angular tear tape. 
   
   
       18 . A package shipment system comprising;
 a. a base comprising a pallet or a slipsheet;   b. one or more products supported by the base;   c. a hood fitting over the one or more products wherein the hood is selected from the group consisting of a shrink hood or a stretch hood; and   d. wherein the hood comprises a tear tape having a rough edge for tearing the hood and the tear tape is attached to the interior of the hood.   
   
   
       19 . The system of  claim 18 , wherein the hood has a line of laser perforations adjacent to the tear tape. 
   
   
       20 . A package shipment system comprising;
 a. a base comprising a pallet or a slipsheet;   b. one or more products supported by the base;   c. a hood fitting over the one or more products wherein the hood is selected from the group consisting of a shrink hood or a stretch hood; and   d. wherein the hood comprises a tear tape for tearing the hood.   
   
   
       21 . The package shipment system of  claim 20 , wherein the tear tape is attached to the interior of the hood and covers a line of laser perforations.