摘要 |
<p>CONTAINER WITH IMPROVED HEAT SHRUNK CELLULAR SLEEVE There is disclosed herein improved packages, and methods of forming same, of the type wherein a container, such as for example a glass container, like a bottle or jar, is provided externally thereof with a heat shrunk, cellular thermoplastic member, circumferentially and snugly engaging a sidewall portion of the container; the improvement resides in employing as the thermoplastic member a composite structure, or laminate, of a closed cellular polymeric layer in which the polymer is a polymer of predominantly olefin moieties and, in adhered relation ship to the closed cellular layer, a non-cellular polymeric layer in which the polymer is a polymer of predominantly olefin. moieties with the non-cellular layer being in snug, heat shrunk engagement with the sidewall portion of the container and the cellular layer being disposed outwardly of the non-cellular layer.</p> |