Packaging system
AssigneeFisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
InventorsJeroen Hammer, Mark Arvind McLaren, Abby Rebecca Farrow, Jonathan Neil Ritchie
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Abstract
A packaging system for a respiratory mask has a first compartment configured to receive at least a first portion of the respiratory mask, and a second compartment configured to receive at least a second portion of the respiratory mask, the first and second compartments being separated by an internal wall including at least respiratory mask retention feature that may be configured to retain at least the respiratory mask to the packaging system.
Claims28
A packaging carton for a respiratory mask, the packaging carton comprising:
- a central panel having at least one respiratory mask retaining feature configured to retain the respiratory mask to the central panel,
- at least one flap extending from an edge of the central panel, and
- at least one retention tab that is configured to be received by at least one retention slot,
- wherein the at least one flap is configured to be folded towards the central panel and over at least a portion of the respiratory mask in a closed configuration, and to be folded away from the central panel in an open configuration, and the at least one respiratory mask retaining feature is configured to retain the respiratory mask to the central panel when the at least one flap is in either the open configuration or the closed configuration,
- wherein the at least one respiratory mask retaining feature comprises a plurality of T-shaped cutouts configured to receive and frictionally retain straps of the respiratory mask or straps of a headgear of the respiratory mask,
- wherein each of the plurality of T-shaped cutouts extend from an outer edge of the central panel, and
- wherein at least one of the plurality of T-shaped cutouts is located along a periphery of the packaging carton in an unfolded condition.
A respiratory mask packaging carton that is formed of a single sheet material configured to form at least one compartment for use in packaging a respiratory mask, the respiratory mask packaging carton comprising:
- a main panel that is connected to at least one flap that is configured to be folded over the main panel to form the at least one compartment, the main panel comprising at least one respiratory mask retaining feature that is configured to retain the respiratory mask to the main panel, and
- a retention tab and a retention slot, wherein the retention tab is configured to be opened or released from the retention slot,
- wherein the at least one respiratory mask retaining feature comprises a plurality of T-shaped cutout features, wherein each of the plurality of T-shaped cutout features extend from an outer edge of the main panel, and wherein at least one of the plurality of T-shaped cutout features is located along a periphery of the respiratory mask packaging carton in an unfolded condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.