Package With Unique Opening Device and Method For Opening Package

Abstract

A package and method for opening the package are disclosed. The package includes a first film and a second film forming an enclosure and at least one tab area and defining a package periphery, the enclosure defining an interior volume configured to receive a product. The package further includes first and second breachable bubbles formed within first and second tab portions of the at least one tab area. Upon application of pressure by a user, the first and second breachable bubbles breach. The package may be alternated between a first position, wherein the first tab portion and the second tab portion are substantially sealed from each other to facilitate breaching, and a second position, wherein the first tab portion and the second tab portion are in fluid communication with each other.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 .- 20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . A package comprising:
 a first film and a second film, the first film and the second film forming an enclosure and at least one tab area and defining a package periphery, the enclosure defining an interior volume configured to receive a product;   a first breachable bubble formed within a first tab portion of the at least one tab area; and   a second breachable bubble formed within a second tab portion of the at least one tab area, the first breachable bubble and the second breachable bubble being portions of a singular breachable bubble and being separated from each other along a fold line and wherein in a first folded position, the first tab portion and the second tab portion are substantially sealed from each other along the fold line to facilitate breaching, and in a second unfolded position, the first tab portion and the second tab portion are in fluid communication with each other,   wherein sufficient fluid is trapped within the first breachable bubble and the second breachable bubble such that, upon application of pressure by a user to the at least one tab area, the first breachable bubble breaches, separating a first sealed portion of the first film and the second film to form a first breach passage between the enclosure and the first tab portion, and the second breachable bubble breaches, separating a second sealed portion of the first film and the second film to form a second breach passage between the second tab portion and the package periphery.   
     
     
         22 . The package of  claim 21 , wherein in the first position, the first film and the second film are folded such that the first breachable bubble is separated from the second breachable bubble along the fold line. 
     
     
         23 . The package of  claim 21 , wherein upon application of pressure by a user to the at least one tab area, the first breachable bubble and the second breachable bubble breach substantially simultaneously. 
     
     
         24 . The package of  claim 21 , wherein the first sealed portion of the first film and the second film includes a first breach point and the second sealed portion of the first film and the second film includes a second breach point, and wherein when the first breachable bubble breaches, the first film and the second film separate at the first breach point, and when the second breachable bubble breaches, the first film and the second film separate at the second breach point. 
     
     
         25 . The package of  claim 21 , wherein the enclosure contains a product and wherein the enclosure is separate from the tab area. 
     
     
         26 . A package comprising:
 a first film and a second film, the first film and the second film forming an enclosure and at least one tab area and defining a package periphery, the enclosure defining an interior volume configured to receive a product;   a first breachable bubble formed within a first tab portion of the at least one tab area; and   a second breachable bubble formed within a second tab portion of the at least one tab area, the first and second breachable bubbles being in fluid communication and separated by a fold line,   wherein sufficient fluid is trapped within the first breachable bubble and the second breachable bubble such that, upon application of pressure by a user to the at least one tab area, the first breachable bubble breaches, separating a first sealed portion of the first film and the second film to form a first breach passage between the enclosure and the first tab portion, and the second breachable bubble breaches, separating a second sealed portion of the first film and the second film to form a second breach passage between the second tab portion and the package periphery.   
     
     
         27 . The package of  claim 26 , wherein the first breachable bubble and the second breachable bubble are portions of a singular breachable bubble. 
     
     
         28 . A method for opening a package comprising:
 applying pressure to at least one tab area of the package, the at least one tab area including a first tab portion and a second tab portion, the first tab portion and the second tab portion being disposed in a first position substantially sealed from each other by a fold line;   breaching a first breachable bubble, the first breachable bubble being formed within the first tab portion;   breaching a second breachable bubble, the second breachable bubble being formed within the second tab portion, the first breachable bubble and the second breachable bubble being portions of a singular breachable bubble; and   causing the first tab portion and the second tab portion to shift from the first position to a second position in fluid communication with each other,   wherein the package comprises a first film and a second film, the first film and the second film forming an enclosure and the at least one tab area and defining a package periphery, the enclosure defining an interior volume configured to receive a product.   
     
     
         29 . The package of  claim 21 , wherein, in the first folded position, the second breachable bubble is stacked on top of or below the first breachable bubble. 
     
     
         30 . The package of  claim 21 , wherein the first tab portion and the second tab portion are divided by a barrier, the barrier defining a barrier passage that controls a flow of the product through the first tab portion and the second tab portion, the barrier passage placing the first tab portion in fluid communication with the second tab portion. 
     
     
         31 . The package of  claim 30 , wherein the barrier passage comprises a straight passage between the first tab portion and the second tab portion. 
     
     
         32 . The package of  claim 30 , wherein the barrier passage comprises a circuitous passage between the first tab portion and the second tab portion. 
     
     
         33 . The package as defined in  claim 21 , wherein the enclosure contains a product, the product comprising a condiment. 
     
     
         34 . The package as defined in  claim 21 , wherein the enclosure contains a product, the product comprising a gel, a cream, or a paste. 
     
     
         35 . The package as defined in  claim 21 , wherein the enclosure contains a product, the product comprising mayonnaise. 
     
     
         36 . The package as defined in  claim 21 , wherein the enclosure contains a product, the product comprising a syrup or a honey. 
     
     
         37 . A package as defined in  claim 21 , wherein, in the first folded position, the first tab portion is releasably secured to the second tab portion. 
     
     
         38 . The package of  claim 37 , wherein the first tab portion is releasably secured to the second tab portion by an adhesive. 
     
     
         39 . The package of  claim 37 , wherein the first tab portion is releasably secured to the second tab portion by a male fastener and an opposing female fastener. 
     
     
         40 . The package of  claim 21 , wherein after the first breachable bubble and the second breachable bubble are breached, a product can be squeezed out of the package from the enclosure through the two breachable bubbles. 
     
     
         41 . The package of  claim 21 , wherein the package includes a plurality of enclosures.