Easy-to-open packaging shell

Abstract

This substantially rigid product packaging shell which defines a volume ( 3 ) for the at least partial housing of the product ( 7 ), having an opening that is closed using a flexible cover ( 6 ), is characterised in that the shell is produced in at least two parts ( 1 a, 1 b ), which parts can be easily separated, at least partially, and which can come apart on the non-cover ( 6 ) side by pivoting in the area ( 2 ) next to the shell opening ( 4 ).

1 . A substantially rigid product packaging shell defining a volume ( 3 ) for the at least partial housing of the product ( 7 ), having an opening ( 4 ) that is closed using a flexible cover ( 6 ) arranged on an annular marginal area ( 2 ) of the shell, the shell ( 1 ) being produced in at least two parts ( 1   a,    1   b ) joined by an easy-to-open zone ( 8 ), which parts can be easily separated, at least partially, and which can come apart on the non-cover ( 6 ) side by pivoting in the area ( 2 ) next to the shell opening ( 4 ), characterized in that the shell is essentially hemispherical and the zone ( 8 ) is an equatorial zone.  
     
     
         2 . The shell as claimed in  claim 1 , characterized in that the easy-to-open zone ( 8 ) is a breakable, for example thin, zone, or an open zone covered by a peel-off tape.