Package for storing a plurality of products

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10273067-B2
Application number	US-201615223905-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2016
Priority date	Jul 29, 2015
Publication date	Apr 30, 2019
Grant date	Apr 30, 2019

Abstract

A package kit for storing a plurality of products includes a primary package and a secondary package. The primary package has a plurality of individually sealed and separately detachable cavities. The secondary package is sandwiched between a back panel and a front panel of the secondary package. The front panel includes a first aperture and a second aperture for displaying at least a portion of the primary package. A first outer circumferential portion at least partially surrounds the first aperture, and a second outer circumferential portion at least partially surrounds the second aperture. The front panel includes an elevated portion disposed between the apertures and extending from the first and second outer circumferential portions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A package kit for storing a plurality of products, the package kit comprising:
a primary package, and
a secondary package,
the primary package comprising a plurality of individually sealed cavities for individually storing a product, the individually sealed cavities being separately detachable from the primary package,
the secondary package comprising a back panel and a front panel,
the primary package being sandwiched between the back panel and the front panel,
the front panel comprising
at least a first aperture and a second aperture for displaying at least a portion of the primary package,
at least a first outer circumferential portion at least partially surrounding the first aperture and being attached at least partially to the back panel, and
a second outer circumferential portion at least partially surrounding the second aperture and being attached at least partially to the back panel, wherein
the front panel further comprises an elevated portion being arranged between the first aperture and the second aperture, and extending from the first and the second outer circumferential portions.

2. A package kit according to claim 1 , wherein the first outer circumferential portion comprises a first limb and a second limb, and the second outer circumferential portion comprises a third limb and a fourth limb, and the elevated portion extends from the first limb, the second limb, the third limb, and the fourth limb, respectively.

3. A package kit according to claim 2 , wherein the first limb and the second limb are hingeably connected with the first outer circumferential portion, and the third limb and the fourth limb are hingeably connected with the second outer circumferential portion.

4. A package kit according to claim 2 , wherein the elevated portion is hingeably connected to the first, the second, the third and the fourth limb, respectively.

5. A package kit according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the front panel and the back panel is unitarily formed from a cardboard blank.

6. A package kit according to claim 1 , wherein the front panel and the back panel are unitarily formed from one cardboard blank.

7. A package kit according to claim 1 , wherein the front panel and the back panel are formed from two separate cardboard blanks, and the weight of the cardboard blank of the front panel is different from the weight of the cardboard blank of the back panel.

8. A package kit according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the secondary package comprises a flap hingeably connected to at least one of a lateral edge of the first outer circumferential portion of the front panel, a lateral edge of the second outer circumferential portion of the front panel, or hingeably connected to a lateral edge of the back panel.

9. A package kit according to claim 1 , wherein the primary package is a blister package.

10. A package kit according to claim 9 , wherein the blister package comprises a cardboard blank onto which a blister layer is attached, the blister layer comprising a plurality of blister cavities for storing the products, respectively.

11. A package kit according to claim 10 , wherein the primary package comprises a plurality of perforation lines being provided between two neighboring blister cavities for detaching one or more individually sealed cavities from the primary package.

12. A package-product arrangement comprising a package kit according to claim 11 and a plurality of products.

13. A package-product arrangement according to claim 12 , wherein at least one of the products is an oral care implement.

14. Process for the manufacture of a package-product arrangement according to claim 12 , comprising the following steps:
providing a plastic sheet;
inserting the plastic sheet into a mold having a plurality of mold cavities;
heating the plastic sheet to a forming temperature in order to be pliable;
thermoforming a plurality of cavities into the plastic sheet, the cavities corresponding to the shape of the mold cavities, thereby providing a blister layer comprising a plurality of blister cavities;
providing a plurality of products;
inserting the products into respective blister cavities;
providing a cardboard blank;
attaching the cardboard blank onto the blister layer, thereby providing a primary package comprising a plurality of products;
providing a front panel in a substantially flat manner, the front panel comprising at least a first aperture and a second aperture, at least a first outer circumferential portion at least partially surrounding the first aperture, and a second outer circumferential portion at least partially surrounding the second aperture, and a portion being arranged between the first and the second aperture and extending from the first and the second outer circumferential portions;
folding the front panel in a manner that the portion being arranged between the first aperture and the second aperture is elevated with respect to the first and second outer circumferential portions and forms an inner recess;
laying the primary package onto the front panel so that the blister cavities are placed in the recess, and extend at least partially through the first aperture and the second aperture;
providing a back panel; and
attaching the back panel to at least a portion of the first outer circumferential portion and to at least a portion of the second outer circumferential portion, thereby providing a secondary package comprising the primary package and the products.

15. A package-product arrangement obtainable by the process of claim 14 .

Assignees

• Gillette Co Llc

Inventors

• Mark Erwin Paul
• Wilburn Craig
• Marotti Martin Jay
• Heilmann Oliver Horst
• De Buhr Harald
• Latza Eric
• Stief Christian

Classifications

• B65D73/0021

  by means of cut-out or marginal tabs, tongues or flaps · CPC title

• B65D65/38

  Packaging materials of special type or form · CPC title

• B65D75/367 Primary

  and forming several compartments · CPC title

• B65D75/527

  Tear-lines for separating a package into individual packages (B65D1/30, B65D21/0206, B65D75/34 take precedence) · CPC title

• B65D75/323

  and forming several compartments · CPC title