E-commerce package

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11059640-B2
Application number	US-201916694206-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2019
Priority date	Dec 3, 2018
Publication date	Jul 13, 2021
Grant date	Jul 13, 2021

Abstract

A package for shipping a product ordered via the Internet. The package comprising a container body, an inner label, a closure, an outer label removably attached to and covering all or part of the inner label, and a shipping label adhered to the outer label.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An e-commerce package for shipping a product ordered via the Internet and delivered via a delivery service from a shipper to a recipient without the need for secondary packaging, the package comprising:
a primary package comprising a cylindrical container body, an inner label and a closure;
the container body comprising an inner liner and a paperboard structural layer, the container body being suitable for holding food, the container body having an opening for allowing access to the food;
the inner label adhered to and covering an exterior surface of the paperboard structural layer;
the closure adapted for closing the opening;
the package further comprising:
a plain outer label removably attached to the primary package, the outer label covering the inner label such that the outer label obscures the entire inner label, the outer label wound onto the container body and adhered to itself by pressure sensitive adhesive, the outer label including a small corner that is not adhered to the rest of the outer label so that the corner can easily be lifted away from the underlying outer label;
a shipping label adhered to the outer label, the shipping label bearing information regarding the shipper and the recipient; and
a tamper evident plastic security seal applied over at least part of the closure and at least part of the outer label.

2. The package of claim 1 wherein:
the shipping label bears a machine readable code.

3. The package of claim 1 wherein:
the shipping label bears information as to shipper identity and recipient address.

4. The package of claim 1 wherein:
the tamper evident plastic security seal is configured so that it must be removed prior to removing the outer label.

5. A method of manufacturing the e-commerce package of claim 1 , the method comprising the steps of:
by a co-packer, packaging the product in the primary packaging;
by a second party, removably attaching the plain outer label to the primary package by winding the plain outer label onto the container body and adhering the outer label to itself with pressure sensitive adhesive so that the outer label obscures the entire inner label;
adhering the shipping label to the outer label; and
applying a tamper evident plastic security seal over at least part of the closure and at least part of the outer label.

Assignees

• Sonoco Dev Inc

Inventors

• Thompson Marcy

Classifications

• B65D25/36 Primary

  formed by applying sheet material · CPC title

• B65D55/026 Primary

  initial opening or unauthorised access being indicated by a visual change using indicators other than tearable means, e.g. change of colour, pattern or opacity (B65D55/066 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G09F2003/022

  Shipment · CPC title

• B65D2203/06

  Arrangements on packages concerning bar-codes · CPC title

• B65D15/06

  with end walls made of metal · CPC title