DEGRADABLE MATERIALS AND PACKAGING MADE FROM SAME

• Main Authors: Yashodhan S. PARULEKAR, Sumeet KUMAR, Jennifer L. CHILDERS, Ken JENKE, Nicholas ZEESE, David M. LEE, Scott P. BENING, Lee K. YEUNG, Jonathon KNIGHT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 19.07.2017
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STORING; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING; WORKING-UP

A water-soluble film, comprising a first water-soluble film, wherein the first water soluble film disintegrates in water within less than about 24 hours and dissolves in water within less than about 48 hours as measured by the MSTM-205 at 20°C. The disclosure provides a water-soluble film comprising a first water-soluble film that disintegrates in water within less than 24 hours and dissolves in water within less than 48 hours as measured by MSTM-205 at 20°C. The first water-soluble film optionally may be further characterized in that it does not disintegrate in water for at least about 1 hour and does not dissolve in water for at least about 1 hour as measured by MSTM-205 at 20°C. The disclosure further provides a water-soluble film comprising a first water-soluble film characterized in that the degradation and/or dissolution of the first water-soluble film is adapted to be activated by consumer handling. Una película soluble en agua, que comprende una primera película soluble en agua, en donde la primera película soluble en agua se desintegra en el agua dentro de menos de 24 horas y se disuelve en el agua dentro de menos de 48 horas medido mediante MSTM-205 a 20°C. La invención provee una película soluble en agua que comprende una primera película soluble en agua que se desintegra en el agua dentro de menos de 24 horas y se disuelve en agua dentro de menos de 48 horas medido mediante MSTM-205 a 201C. La primera película soluble en agua opcionalmente puede caracterizarse además porque no se desintegra en el agua durante por lo menos 1 hora y no se disuelve en el agua durante por lo menos 1 hora medido mediante MSTM-205 a 20°C. La invención además provee una película soluble en agua que comprende una primera película soluble en agua caracterizada porque la degradación y/o la disolución de la primera película soluble en agua se adapta para ser activada por la manipulación del consumidor.