Easy-open container for refrigerated dough products and the like.

摘要

Spirally wound easy-open containers (10) comprise a spirally wound body wall (30) having overlapped edges (34, 36) and have capabilities and benefits associated with conventional butt jointed containers. The overlapped edges (34, 36) of the body wall (30) define an easy-open seam (20) extending helically between the ends of the container. A temporary adhesive between the overlapped edges (34, 36) of the body wall (30) releasably adheres the overlapped edges (34, 36) of the body wall (30) together and allows for opening of the container along the helical easy-open seam (20). Such easy-open containers (10) can be readily manufactured with only slight modifications to the conventional manufacturing process. Nevertheless, these easy-open containers (10) can provide for material savings in container label construction and can allow for vacuum packaging of food products such as dough. <IMAGE>