Packaging and blanks therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11345530-B2
Application number	US-202017123825-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2020
Priority date	Oct 12, 2018
Publication date	May 31, 2022
Grant date	May 31, 2022

Abstract

A blank for a package configured to retain an article therein can be configured to be wrapped around the article to form a circumferential case around the article and have a longitudinal length longer than the article. The blank can be configured to define the circumferential case to include one or more inward protrusions at or near one or more ends of the circumferential case that is configured to extend into the circumferential case above and/or below the article to retain the article longitudinally.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A blank for a package configured to retain an article therein, the blank configured to be wrapped around the article to form a circumferential case around the article having a longitudinal length longer than the article, wherein the blank is configured to define the circumferential case to include one or more inward protrusions at or near one or more ends of the circumferential case that is configured to extend into the circumferential case above and/or below the article to retain the article longitudinally, wherein the blank includes a single flap having a plurality of hinges that define a plurality of panels, and at least one structure panel having a first attachment tab configured to attach to at least one of the plurality of panels when the structure panel is folded over at an adjacent hinge of the plurality of hinges, the at least one structure panel including one or more inward protrusion panels defined by one or more cut therein and configured to form at least one of the one or more inward protrusions across the circumferential case when the attachment tab is attached to the at least one panel of the plurality of panels and the single flap is wrapped around the article to automatically retain the article longitudinally upon forming of the circumferential case.

2. The blank of claim 1 , wherein the blank defines a first structure panel and a second structure panel.

3. The blank of claim 2 , wherein each of the first and second structure panels includes at least two cuts total, at least one on each longitudinal side of the single flap to form at least one inner protrusion panel on each longitudinal end of the circumferential case.

4. The blank of claim 3 , wherein the first structure panel includes a plurality of midsection panels defined between two inward protrusion panels, and the second structure panels defines a latch tab of the second structure panel between two inward protrusion panels, wherein a cut receiver is defined in a hinge adjacent to the first structure panel for the latch tab to be inserted therethrough and retained thereby.

Assignees

• Westrock Shared Services Llc

Inventors

• Simpkins Kevin

Classifications

• B65D5/0281

  the tubular body presenting double or multiple walls (for thermal insulating purposes B65D81/3853) · CPC title

• B65D5/4266

  Folding lines, score lines, crease lines · CPC title

• B65D5/029 Primary

  the tubular body presenting a special shape (pyramidal B65D5/008) · CPC title

• B65D85/20

  for incompressible or rigid rod-shaped or tubular articles · CPC title

• B65D5/04

  the tubular body having no end closures · CPC title