US 10,894,627 B1 · Pinch-sealed adhesive sleeves

Abstract

Adhesive sleeves are formed from blanks cut from sheets or rolls of paperboard, such as SBS or SBB paperboard, or any other materials. The adhesive sleeves include slack sections of one or more slack panels that provide additional length (e.g., slack) of circumferences or perimeters which enable the sleeves to be loosely wrapped or enveloped around a container of food products or one or more consumer goods. The slack sections may be shortened in length by joining the slack panels to one another, e.g., by an adhesive, to shorten the circumferences or perimeters and cause the adhesive sleeves to effectively clasp or surround the containers or goods therein. The adhesive sleeves may include any number of markings of any type or form on outer surfaces, including but not limited to instructions for use, nutrition facts, or images.

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Dependent claims

A package of at least one prepared food product, the package comprising:

a container, wherein the at least one prepared food product is releasably maintained within the container;
and
an adhesive sleeve clasping the container in tension,
wherein the adhesive sleeve is formed from a blank comprising a top panel, a front panel, a bottom panel, a back panel, a first slack panel, a second slack panel, and a tab panel in series,
wherein a top face of the tab panel is joined to a bottom face of the top panel by a glue to form a continuous loop,
wherein the container rests on the bottom panel,
wherein the front panel is aligned substantially perpendicularly with respect to at least one of the top panel or the bottom panel,
wherein the back panel is aligned substantially perpendicularly with respect to at least one of the top panel or the bottom panel, and
wherein a top face of the first slack panel is joined to a top face of the second slack panel by a double-sided tape.

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A sleeve comprising:

a blank, wherein the blank comprises:
a plurality of body panels, wherein the plurality of body panels comprises:
a top panel;
a front panel;
a bottom panel;
and
a back panel,
a slack section comprising a first slack panel and a second slack panel;
a first adhesive applied to a front face of the first slack panel;
a tab panel;
and
a second adhesive applied to a front face of the tab panel,
wherein the front face of the tab panel is joined to a rear face of the top panel by the second adhesive to form a continuous loop,
wherein each of the plurality of body panels, the first slack panel and the second slack panel have a common width,
wherein each of the plurality of body panels, the first slack panel, the second slack panel and the tab panel are arranged in series,
wherein a first edge of the top panel is joined to a first edge of the front panel along a first line,
wherein a second edge of the front panel is joined to a first edge of the bottom panel along a second line,
wherein a second edge of the bottom panel is joined to a first edge of the back panel along a third line,
wherein a second edge of the back panel is joined to a first edge of the first slack panel along a fourth line,
wherein a second edge of the first slack panel is joined to a first edge of the second slack panel along a fifth line,
wherein a second edge of the second slack panel is joined to a first edge of the tab panel along a sixth line, and
wherein the blank is folded about at least one of the first line, the second line, the third line, the fourth line, the fifth line or the sixth line to form the continuous loop.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Pinch-sealed adhesive sleeves

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