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US 11,878,846 B2Granted
Packaging with floating band
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsHeather W. Cox, Fernie A. Apodaca, Vincenzo O. Giuliani, Laura Moffitt
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Abstract
Packaging may include a front box having a cavity to receive a product, a rear box coupled to the front box in a closed position, and a floating band to be slid around the front box and the rear box, thereby maintaining the front and rear box in a closed configuration. The band may be positioned with features such as folded protrusions with corresponding folded protrusions provided on the front box or the rear box.
Claims20
Packaging, comprising:
- a front box;
- a rear box configured to close the front box and together enclose a product within the packaging;
- and
- a band configured to slide around the front and rear box, thereby maintaining the front and rear box in a closed configuration, comprising:
- a stopper configured to engage a feature of the front box or the rear box such that the travel of the band is limited along a vertical axis of the packaging, the stopper comprising a protrusion formed of paper.
2 more elements
Packaging, comprising:
- a box, comprising:
- side panels;
- top and bottom panels;
- and
- an inset panel providing space for a channel when the box is closed;
- and
- a band, comprising:
- a stopper configured to engage a feature within the channel such that travel of the band is limited along a vertical axis of the packaging.
5 more elements
Packaging, comprising:
- a front box, comprising:
- a front panel;
- a side panel;
- an inset panel disposed inward from the side panel and extending in a direction away from the front panel;
- and
- a folded protrusion extending from an intersection of the side panel and the inset panel;
- a rear box configured to close the front box by receiving the inset panel in a cavity, wherein the inset panel forms an exterior channel between the front box and the rear box when the packaging is closed;
- and
- a band formed and configured to slide around the front and rear box, comprising:
- a folded protrusion configured to engage the folded protrusion of the front box when the band is slid around the front and rear box, thereby fixing a minimum vertical distance between the lower edge of the band and a bottom surface of the packaging.
7 more elements
Packaging, comprising:
- a front box;
- a rear box configured to close the front box and together enclose a product within the packaging;
- and
- a band configured to slide around the front and rear box, thereby maintaining the front and rear box in a closed configuration, comprising:
- a c-shaped paper protrusion configured as a stopper configured to engage a feature of the front box or the rear box such that the travel of the band is limited along a vertical axis of the packaging.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.