Gerald E Lowe

US Patent:

20100178523, Jul 15, 2010

Filed:

Jun 6, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/377211

Inventors:

Gopal Iyengar - Stevens Point WI, US
Thomas Borchardt - Middleton WI, US
Gerald Lowe - Wisconsin Rapids WI, US

International Classification:

B32B 15/08
B32B 15/00
B32B 37/00
B29C 47/00
B32B 27/00

US Classification:

428458, 428457, 156 60, 15624411

Abstract:

Bio-degradable, high-barrier packaging materials and methods for production are provided. The present high-barrier packaging materials include a substrate having a print side and a back side, a coating having nano pigments on the print side and a metalized film applied to the back side with a binding layer. Preferably, at least one of the metalized film and the binding layer includes polylactic acid. Moreover, the back side preferably also includes a polylactic acid heat seal layer.