Packaging sleeve

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9918493-B2
Application number	US-201414547927-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2014
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

A sleeve operable to at least partially contain a cylindrical article, the sleeve including opposing planar side panels; bowed dust flaps extending upwardly from said side panels; front and back panels, each having rounded, upper corner portions; and overlapping top panels in superposing relation to upper portions of said bowed dust flaps, said overlapping top panels being mutually secured, whereby said bowed dust flaps are retained in a bowed condition that conforms with said rounded upper panel portions of said front and back panels.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display system comprising:
a sleeve operable to at least partially contain a cylindrical can, the sleeve comprising:
opposing planar side panels;
bowed dust flaps extending upwardly from said side panels;
front and back panels, each having rounded, upper corner portions; and
overlapping top panels in superposing relation to upper portions of said bowed dust flaps, said overlapping top panels being mutually secured, whereby said bowed dust flaps are retained in a bowed condition essentially conforming with said rounded upper panel portions of said front and back panels;

a cylindrical can at least partially retained within said sleeve, whereby a rounded lower portion of the cylindrical can extends below a lower portion of said sleeve: and
a display rack comprising a plurality of undulating display rack panels;
said sleeve and said cylindrical can retained in a space defined between adjacent members of said undulating panels, wherein a height of the front panel and a height of the back panel of the blank is less than a diameter of the cylindrical can such that portions of the cylindrical can extend beyond a bottom edge of the front panel and a bottom edge of the back panel.

2. The display system of claim 1 , wherein said opposing planar side panels providing a sliding fit with said cylindrical can.

3. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve is made from a blank comprising:
a first side panel connected to a front panel along a first fold line, the first fold line extending along a first side edge of the front panel;
a second side panel connected to the front panel along a second fold line, the second fold line extending along a second side edge of the front panel;
a back panel connected to the second side panel along a third fold line, the third fold line extending along a first side edge of the back panel;
a first glue panel connected to the back panel along a fourth fold line, the fourth fold line extending along a second side edge of the back panel;
a first dust panel connected to the first side panel along a top edge of the first side panel;
a top panel connected to the front panel along a fifth fold line, the fifth fold line extending along a top edge of the front panel;
a second dust panel connected to the second side panel along a top edge of the second side panel; and
a second glue panel connected to the back panel along a sixth fold line, the sixth fold line extending along a top edge of the back panel.

4. The display system of claim 3 , wherein each of the first and second dust panels of the blank have a score free portion on a distal end thereof having rounded edges thereto.

5. The display system of claim 3 , wherein the front panel and the back panel of the blank are substantially the same width.

6. A display system comprising:
a sleeve operable to at least partially contain a cylindrical article, the sleeve comprising:
opposing planar side panels;
bowed dust flaps extending upwardly from said side panels;
front and back panels, each having rounded, upper corner portions; and
overlapping top panels in superposing relation to upper portions of said bowed dust flaps, said overlapping top panels being mutually secured, whereby said bowed dust flaps are retained in a bowed condition essentially conforming with said rounded upper panel portions of said front and back panels;
a cylindrical article at least partially retained within said sleeve, whereby a rounded lower portion of the article extends below a lower portion of said sleeve: and a display rack comprising a plurality of undulating display rack panels;
said sleeve and said article retained in a space defined between adjacent members of said undulating panels, wherein the sleeve is made from a blank comprising:
a first side panel connected to a front panel along a first fold line, the first fold line extending along a first side edge of the front panel;
a second side panel connected to the front panel along a second fold line, the second fold line extending along a second side edge of the front panel;
a back panel connected to the second side panel along a third fold line, the third fold line extending along a first side edge of the back panel;
a first glue panel connected to the back panel along a fourth fold line, the fourth fold line extending along a second side edge of the back panel;

a first dust panel connected to the first side panel along a top edge of the first side panel;
a top panel connected to the front panel along a fifth fold line, the fifth fold line extending along a top edge of the front panel;

a second dust panel connected to the second side panel along a top edge of the second side panel;
a second glue panel connected to the back panel along a sixth fold line, the sixth fold line extending along a top edge of the back panel; and
wherein the cylindrical article is a cylindrical can and a height of the front panel and a height of the back panel of the blank is less than a diameter of the cylindrical can such that portions of the cylindrical can extend beyond a bottom edge of the front panel and a bottom edge of the back panel.

7. The display system of claim 3 , wherein the blank is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of cardboard, paperboard, plastic, metal, or combinations thereof.

8. The display system of claim 3 , wherein the blank is formed of cardboard having a weight ranging from about 100 grams per square meter to about 350 grams per square meter.

9. The display system of claim 3 , wherein the blank includes one or more of printing, embossing, debossing, embellishments and combinations thereof on an outer surface of the blank.

10. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical can contains moist smokeless tobacco.

11. The display system of claim 10 , wherein the cylindrical can includes indicia visible outside the sleeve.

Assignees

• Altria Client Services Llc

Inventors

• Fath Scott
• Sousa Ryan J
• Rinehart Steven R

Classifications

• B65D77/0426

  the inner container being a bottle, canister or like hollow container · CPC title

• B65D5/3621

  collapsed along two fold lines of the tubular body · CPC title

• B65D5/04

  the tubular body having no end closures · CPC title

• B65D5/029

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

• B65D5/0227

  with end closures formed by inward folding of flaps and securing them by heat-sealing, by applying adhesive to the flaps or by staples · CPC title