Packaging and blanks therefor
AssigneeWestRock Shared Services, LLC
InventorKevin M. Simpkins
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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.
Claims16
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 further comprises:
- an inner flap, comprising:
- a plurality of inner flap hinges, wherein the plurality of inner flap hinges define a first inner panel and a second panel of the inner flap, wherein the first inner panel and second inner panel include one or more common cuts defined at last partially through each of the first inner panel and the second inner panel, and a plurality of secondary hinges defined in the first inner panel and the second inner panel from an edge of the inner flap to a respective common cut to define at least one push-in subpanel configured to form one or more of the one or more inward protrusions;
- and
- an outer flap, comprising:
- a plurality of outer flap hinges, wherein the plurality of outer flap hinges define a first outer panel and a second outer panel, wherein the first outer panel and the second outer panel define one or more apertures from or near an edge of the outer flap to provide a user access to each push-in subpanel when formed around the article to allow a user to selectively form the one or more inward protrusions;
- wherein the plurality of inner flap hinges define a third inner panel and a fourth inner panel of the inner flap, wherein the third inner panel and the fourth inner panel include one or more common cuts defined at last partially through each of the third inner panel and the fourth inner panel, and a plurality of secondary hinges defined in the third inner panel and the fourth inner panel from an edge of the inner flap to a respective common cut to define at least one additional push-in subpanel configured to form one or more of the one or more inward protrusions;
- wherein the first, second, third, and fourth inner panels include two common cuts total on opposite sides of the inner flap configured to form at least one of the inner protrusions at each end of the circumferential case to retain the article between both ends of the circumferential case;
- wherein the plurality of inner flap hinges define a fifth inner panel between the first, second, third, and fourth inner panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.