ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,861, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to G.D S.P.A. (Bologna, Italy).
"Break-open pack and production method thereof" was invented by Lorena D'Alfonso (Lettomappello, Italy) and Roberto Polloni (Bologna, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealed break-open pack (1) having: at least one product (5), in particular of the tobacco processing industry; a rigid sheet (2); a flexible sheet (3), which is arranged on top of and is fixed to the rigid sheet (2) so as to define a pocket (4) housing the product (5); and a pre-weakened area (6), which is obtained in the rigid sheet (2) in order to guide, following a "U"-shaped folding of the ri...