Packaging for dispensing of Flexible Pipe in a Coil, Method for Packaging Flexible Pipe in a Coil, and Method of Using Packaged Flexible Pipe in a Coil

Abstract

A package for dispensing flexible pipe in packaged in a coil includes a coil of flexible pipe and a packaging material provided around an outer perimeter of the coil of flexible pipe. The packaging is open to allow access to an inner, central portion of the coil from a top or bottom of the coil. A sheet or plate or a band is adhered to the packaging material on one of the top or bottom surface of the coil. The sheet or plate or band has an opening through which the pipe can be dispensed or a weakened portion that can be opened to provide an opening through which the pipe can be dispensed. The sheet or plate or band is made of a material having a strength suitable to prevent tearing or otherwise enlarging the opening of the packaging material beyond the inner perimeter of the band.

1 . A package for dispensing flexible pipe in packaged in a coil, comprising:
 a coil of flexible pipe;   a packaging material provided around an outer perimeter of the coil of flexible pipe, the packaging being open to allow access to an inner, central portion of the coil from a top or bottom of the coil; and   a sheet or plate adhered to the packaging material on one of the top or bottom surface of the coil, the sheet or plate having an opening through which the pipe can be dispensed or a weakened portion that can be opened to provide an opening through which the pipe can be dispensed,   wherein the sheet or plate has a strength greater than packaging material provided around an outer perimeter of the coil of flexible pipe.   
     
     
         2 . A package for dispensing flexible pipe in packaged in a coil, comprising:
 a coil of flexible pipe;   a packaging material provided around an outer perimeter of the coil of flexible pipe, the packaging being open to allow access to an inner, central portion of the coil from a top or bottom of the coil; and   a band made of a material adhered to the packaging material having a strength suitable to prevent tearing or otherwise enlarging the opening of the packaging material beyond the inner perimeter of the band.