Twisted packages and blanks therefor
AssigneeWestRock Shared Services, LLC
InventorJesus A. Padilla
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Abstract
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a twisted package can be configured to be flat in a collapsed state having one or more fold lines that are straight. At least a portion of the twisted package can be twisted in the formed state such that the one or more fold lines are bent in the formed state and/or such that a body of the twisted package is twisted in a formed state. Any suitable structure to form a twisted package is contemplated herein.
Claims16
A twisted package configured to be flat in a collapsed state having one or more fold lines that are straight, wherein at least a portion of the twisted package is twisted in the formed state such that the one or more fold lines are bent in the formed state and/or such that a body of the twisted package is twisted in a formed state, the twisted package comprising:
- a body defining a pouch cavity in the formed state and having a first end and a second end, the body comprising a first longitudinal fold line, a second longitudinal fold line, a third longitudinal fold line, and a fourth longitudinal fold line, each extending a length of the body to form parallelogram body panels;
- a plurality of first end bridges formed by a plurality of first end triangle panels respectively connected to the body via one or more first bridge fold lines and formed between the second longitudinal fold line and fourth longitudinal fold line, wherein the first and third longitudinal fold lines continue from the body into a center of respective first end bridges;
- a plurality of second end bridges formed by a plurality of second end triangle panels respectively connected to the body via one or more second bridge fold lines and formed between the first longitudinal fold line and third longitudinal fold line, wherein the second and fourth longitudinal fold lines continue from the body into a center of respective second end bridges;
- a plurality of first end panels connected to the first end bridges and configured to enclose the pouch cavity at the first end;
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- a plurality of second end panels connected to the second end bridges and configured to enclose the pouch cavity at the second end.
A blank configured to form a twisted package of any of the preceding claims.
A blank configured to form a twisted package, comprising:
- a plurality of parallelogram body panels each connected by one or more longitudinal fold lines;
- a plurality of first end triangle panels respectively connected to a first end of each parallelogram body panel at a fold line separating a respective body panel and a respective first end triangle panel, each first end triangle panel being connected at an edge thereof to an adjacent first end triangle panel along a common longitudinal fold line that forms the edge;
- a plurality of second end triangle panels connected at a second end of each parallelogram body panel at a fold line between a respective body panel and a respective second end triangle panel, each second end triangle panel being connected to an adjacent second end triangle panel at a common longitudinal fold line;
- a plurality of first end panels, one of the plurality of first end panels extending from each first end triangle panel, the plurality of first end panels configured to be mated together to enclose the first end;
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- a plurality of second end panels, one of the plurality of second end panels extending from each second end triangle panel, the plurality of second end panels configured to be mated together to enclose the second end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.