# US 11,027,513 B2 · System and method for producing an articulating board product having a facing with score lines in register to fluting > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,027,513 B2 - Document ID: US11027513B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/134,176 - Filed: 2016-04-20 - Published: 2017-10-26 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-20 - Assignees: Scorrboard LLC - Applicants: Scorrboard, LLC - Inventors: Giles Greenfield - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11027513B2 ## CPC - B31F 1/10: by rotary tools - B31B 50/256: {using tools mounted on a drum} - B31F 1/2895: {from corrugated webs having corrugations of particular shape} - B32B 3/28: characterised by a layer comprising a deformed thin sheet {, i.e. the layer having its entire thickness deformed out of the plane}, e.g. corrugated, crumpled (B32B29/08 takes precedence) - B32B 3/30: characterised by a layer formed with recesses or projections, e.g. {hollows, grooves, protuberances, ribs (apertured layer B32B3/266; layer with cavities or internal voids B32B3/26)} - B32B 7/03: with respect to the orientation of features (direction of fibres or filaments B32B5/12) - B32B 29/005: {next to another layer of paper or cardboard layer} - B32B 29/08: Corrugated paper or cardboard - B32B 37/0076: {characterised in that the layers are not bonded on the totality of their surfaces} - B32B 38/0012: {Mechanical treatment, e.g. roughening, deforming, stretching} - B32B 38/06: Embossing - B31F 1/08: Creasing (corrugating B31F1/20; zig-zag folding B65H45/20 {; combined with folding B31F1/0012, B31F1/0022; grooving by cutting B26D3/06, B26D3/08; by milling grooves B23C3/30; of plastics material B29C53/06}) - B32B 3/266: {characterised by an apertured layer, the apertures going through the whole thickness of the layer, e.g. expanded metal, perforated layer, slit layer regular cells B32B3/12} - B32B 23/06: of paper or cardboard - Y10T 428/24322: Composite web or sheet - Y10T 428/24694: Parallel corrugations - B31F: MECHANICAL WORKING OR DEFORMATION OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER (making layered products not composed wholly of paper or cardboard B32B) - B31B: MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER (making wound articles, e.g. wound tubes, B31C; combined making and filling B65B) - B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A system and method for producing a board product made from paper products that have a pre-scored facing in addition to a medium (sometimes called fluting). Conventional corrugated board may feature a cross-corrugated medium and one or more facing that have no score lines that are imprinted (at least prior to assembly with the corrugated medium). Such a conventional board product may be inferior because any score lines that are imprinted will damage the underlying corrugated medium in some manner. A breakdown in the strength of the underlying medium leads to poor precision when the eventual board product is scored, cut, and bent. A lack of precision in folding a board product is known as fishtailing as any articulated portion of the board product may not maintain a precise plane of articulation when bent. Hence, the articulated portion “fishtails” out of alignment. Having precisely located impression lines in register to underlying flutes of a medium ensures correct and precise articulation. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A board product, comprising: a facing having a plurality of continuous scores at equidistant intervals throughout the facing; a medium coupled to the facing and having a plurality of flutes having valleys and crests at equidistant intervals throughout the medium, wherein each valley of the medium is aligned with a continuous score of the facing; and an articulation point located at a region of the facing and at a region of the medium, the articulation point having a bend in the facing and in the medium wherein a first one of the plurality of scores is disposed in the facing and aligned parallel and congruent with a valley of a first flute of the medium and a second one of the plurality of scores is disposed in the facing and aligned parallel and congruent with a valley of a second flute of the medium; wherein scores in the facing that are not associated with the articulation point remain unarticulated. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The board product of claim 1, wherein the bend in the articulation point is configured to articulate the facing from an initial plane to a plane that is 180 degrees from the initial plane such that the first score aligned with the first flute forms a first angle of approximately 90 degrees from the initial plane and the second score aligned with the second flute forms a second angle of approximately 90 degrees from the articulated plane. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The board product of claim 1, wherein the medium comprises an embossed medium. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The board product of claim 1, wherein the medium comprises a corrugated medium. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The board product of claim 1, wherein the medium comprises a linearly embossed medium. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The board product of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of scores comprises a series of perforations. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The board product of claim 1, wherein the articulation point comprises secondary flutes formed by the facing when the articulation point is articulated.