Packaging with lay-flat flaps
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsMatthew Mundt, Bartley K. Andre
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Abstract
A package for an item is disclosed. The package includes an outer box and a first insert panel. The outer box includes a base panel and a first flap extending from the base panel. The first flap is configured to open and close the package. The first insert panel is disposed within the outer box. The first insert panel has a first end attached to the first flap and a second end disposed over the base panel. The first insert panel is configured to support an item within the package. The first insert panel is configured to move relative to the base panel when the first flap is opened. The first insert panel is configured to keep the first flap in an open position by friction between the first insert panel and the base panel.
Claims20
A package comprising:
- an outer box having a base panel and a first flap extending from the base panel, the first flap configured to open and close the package;
- a second flap extending from the base panel opposite the first flap, the second flap configured to open and close the package;
- a first insert panel disposed within the outer box, the first insert panel having a first end attached to the first flap and a second end disposed over the base panel, the first insert panel configured to support an item within the package;
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- a second insert panel disposed within the outer box, the second insert panel having a first end attached to the second flap and a second end disposed over the base panel, the second insert panel configured to support an item within the package,
- wherein the second end of the first insert panel is configured to slide relative to the base panel when the first flap is opened,
- wherein the first insert panel is configured to keep the first flap in an open position by friction between the first insert panel and the base panel,
- wherein the second insert panel is configured to move relative to the base panel when the second flap is opened,
- wherein the second insert panel is configured to keep the second flap in an open position by friction between the second insert panel and the base panel, and
- wherein the motion of the second insert panel when the second flap is opened is in an opposite direction as motion of the first insert panel when the first flap is opened.
A package comprising:
- an outer box having a base panel;
- and
- two insert panels disposed on the base panel at a bottom of the package and attached to the outer box,
- wherein the two insert panels move relative to the base panel when the package transitions between a first position wherein the package is closed and a second position wherein the package is open,
- wherein there is a larger gap between the two insert panels in the second position than in the first position,
- wherein the two insert panels comprise tabs,
- wherein the outer box defines slots that receive the tabs in the first position and the second position, and
- wherein the tabs move within the slots when the two insert panels move between the first position and the second position.
A package comprising:
- an outer box having a base panel;
- two insert panels disposed over the base panel and attached to the outer box;
- and
- an item disposed within the outer box,
- wherein the two insert panels move relative to the base panel when the package transitions between a first position wherein the package is closed and a second position wherein the package is open,
- wherein there is a larger gap between the two insert panels in the second position than in the first position, and
- wherein the item is disposed across the gap, and wherein a weight of the item keeps the two insert panels from moving relative to each other in the absence of applied outside force, thereby keeping the package from moving between closed and open.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.