Packaging methods and packs made thereby

摘要

A packaging configuration is disclosed. The packaging configuration comprises a sheet of packaging film having a leading end portion and a trailing end portion. The sheet is formed into a tube such that the leading end portion and the trailing end portion overlap each other to form an overlapped region having overlapping films. The overlapped region comprises a tear line region along a tear line extending in a machine direction. The sheet further comprises a tab having an attached end attached to the sheet at the leading end portion and a free end opposite to the attached end. The overlapping films in at least a portion of the overlapped region are sealed against each other; and the overlapping films within the tear line region are not sealed against each other or are less strongly sealed against each other than the overlapping films outside the tear line region.