Method of making blank

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12139309-B2
Application number	US-202318520867-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 28, 2023
Priority date	Dec 29, 2016
Publication date	Nov 12, 2024
Grant date	Nov 12, 2024

Abstract

The method includes establishing a blank with a bottom wall, the blank including a first sidewall and a second sidewall on opposing ends of the bottom wall and a lid panel and a top panel on opposing sides of the bottom wall, first folding the first sidewall and the second sidewall to be perpendicular to the bottom wall such that an end panel of a ramp contacts the bottom wall, the ramp being directly connected to a first edge of the first sidewall, second folding the top panel into a first closed position such that a first top wall of the top panel is parallel to the bottom wall as the first top wall at least partially covers the ramp, and third folding the lid panel into a second closed position such that a second top wall of the lid panel covers the first top wall.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of forming a package,
establishing a blank with a bottom wall, the blank including a first sidewall and a second sidewall on opposing ends of the bottom wall and a lid panel and a top panel on opposing sides of the bottom wall;
first folding the first sidewall and the second sidewall to be perpendicular to the bottom wall such that an end panel of a ramp contacts the bottom wall, the ramp being directly connected to a first edge of the first sidewall;
second folding the top panel into a first closed position such that a first top wall of the top panel is parallel to the bottom wall as the first top wall at least partially covers the ramp; and
third folding the lid panel into a second closed position such that a second top wall of the lid panel covers the first top wall.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first folding folds such that the end panel lays flat against the bottom wall as a first panel of the ramp is oriented diagonally from the first edge to the bottom wall.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the second folding folds such that an opening defined by the first top wall allows a portion of the first panel and the first edge to be viewable when the lid panel is in an opened position.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the third folding folds such that the second top wall covers the opening when the lid panel is in the second closed position.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the second folding folds such that the first top wall is at least partially supported by the first edge when the top panel is in the first closed position.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second folding folds such that an opening defined by the first top wall allows a portion of the ramp and the first edge to be viewable when the lid panel is in an opened position.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the third folding folds such that the second top wall covers the opening when the lid panel is in the second closed position.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the second folding folds such that the first top wall is at least partially supported by the first edge when the top panel is in the first closed position.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second folding folds such that a front wall of the top panel is perpendicular to the bottom wall, the front wall being directly connected to the first top wall and the bottom wall.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second folding folds such that a front wall and a first back wall of the top panel are perpendicular to the bottom wall, the front wall and the first back wall being directly connected to the first top wall.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the third folding folds such that a second back wall of the lid panel is perpendicular to the bottom wall, the second back wall being directly connected to the first top wall, the first back wall and the second back wall directly contacting each other.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the third folding folds such that a first back wall of the lid panel is perpendicular to the bottom wall, the first back wall being directly connected to the first top wall and the bottom wall.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
inserting at least one first consumer good between the ramp and the first top wall, at least a portion of the at least one first consumer good being viewable through an opening defined by the first top wall when the top panel is in the first closed position and the lid panel is an opened position.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the inserting inserts after the second folding and before the third folding.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the inserting inserts such that the at least one first consumer good is slideably removable from the package through the opening when the first top wall is in the first closed position and the lid panel is in the opened position.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the third folding folds such that the second top wall engages with the first top wall using a closure structure to seal the package.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the third folding folds such that the second top wall covers an opening defined by the first top wall when the second top wall is in the second closed position.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the third folding folds such that the second top wall is configured to be moved from the second closed position to an opened position to allow the opening to be viewable.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second folding folds such that a removable portion of the first top wall covers a first portion of the ramp and the first edge, the removable portion being configured to be torn away to expose the first portion and at least part of the first edge.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:
inserting at least one first consumer good between the ramp and the first top wall, the inserting occurring after the first folding and before the second folding.

Assignees

• Altria Client Services Llc

Inventors

• Rodrigues Luiz Andre
• Thesing Onesio Luis

Classifications

• B65D5/724

  Internal fittings facilitating the discharge of contents, e.g. guiding panels, movable bottoms or lifting strips · CPC title

• B65D5/6602

  formed by folding one or more extensions hinged to the upper edge of a tubular container body · CPC title

• B65D2313/02

  of hook-and-loop type · CPC title

• B65D5/5273 Primary

  Containers provided with an inclined surface on which the contents are located (B65D5/5213, B65D5/5266 take precedence) · CPC title

• B65D5/422

  as an extra panel or panels folded against or inside the container (B65D5/4237 takes precedence) · CPC title