# US 11,897,672 B2 · Sleeve containers for packaging medicinal products > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,897,672 B2 - Document ID: US11897672B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/093,168 - Filed: 2020-11-09 - Published: 2021-05-13 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-11-07 - Assignees: AbbVie Inc. - Applicants: AbbVie Inc. - Inventors: Guy C. Upchurch; James J. Hughes; Jovo Dragicevic - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11897672B2 ## CPC - B65D 5/5002: {Integral elements for containers having tubular body walls} - A61M 5/002: {Packages specially adapted therefor, e.g. packages for syringes or needles or kits for diabetics} - B65D 5/0254: {with end closures formed by inward folding of flaps and securing them by means of a tongue integral with one of the flaps} - B65D 5/029: {the tubular body presenting a special shape (pyramidal B65D5/008)} - B65D 5/04: the tubular body having no end closures - B65D 5/48014: {formed by folding extensions hinged to the side edges of a tubular body (B65D5/48004 takes precedence; partition separated by erecting the body B65D5/48048)} - A61M 5/178: Syringes - A61M 2209/06: Packaging for specific medical equipment - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A blank of sheet material for forming a sleeve container, the blank of sheet material including two side panels each including a bottom edge and a top edge, and two elongated side panels arranged alternatingly with the side panels. A plurality of fold lines are defined between the side panels and the elongated side panels, and the elongated side panels include a side panel portion and a guide flap extending beyond the top edge of the side panels. The side panels and the side panel portions are configured to define an interior cavity of the sleeve container, and the guide flaps are configured to define an insertion guide channel that is in communication with the interior cavity. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A blank of sheet material for forming a sleeve container, the blank of sheet material comprising: two side panels each comprising a bottom edge and a top edge; and two elongated side panels arranged alternatingly with the side panels, wherein a plurality of fold lines are defined between the side panels and the elongated side panels, wherein the elongated side panels each respectively comprise a side panel portion and a guide flap extending beyond the top edge of the side panels, wherein the side panels and the side panel portions of the elongated side panels are configured to define an interior cavity of the sleeve container, and wherein the guide flaps are configured to define an insertion guide channel that is in communication with the interior cavity, wherein a pair of cut lines are defined along a portion of adjacent fold lines of the plurality of fold lines on either side of one of the elongated side panels, wherein the pair of cut lines are symmetrical across the elongated side panel between the cut lines and are configured to define a gripping region on the elongated side panel defined between the cut lines, and wherein the cut lines are oriented such that the gripping region has a greater width than the elongated side panel from which the gripping region extends. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The blank of sheet material in accordance with claim 1 a joining tab extending from one of the side panels or one of the elongated side panels. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The blank of sheet material in accordance with claim 1 further comprising a joining panel extending from one of the side panels or one of the elongated side panels, a divider panel extending from the joining panel, and a joining tab extending from the divider panel. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The blank of sheet material in accordance with claim 3, wherein the divider panel comprises a divider portion configured to partition the interior cavity of the sleeve container, and a guide flap extending beyond the top edge of the side panels. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The blank of sheet material in accordance with claim 4 further comprising a reinforcement panel extending from the guide flap of the divider panel, wherein a fold line is defined between the guide flap of the divider panel and the reinforcement panel. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The blank of sheet material in accordance with claim 1, wherein the guide flap of at least one of the elongated side panels has a greater width than the side panel portion associated therewith. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The blank of sheet material in accordance with claim 1 further comprising an opening defined in the guide flap of at least one of the elongated side panels. ### Claim 8 A sleeve container comprising: two side walls each comprising a bottom edge and a top edge; and two elongated side walls arranged alternatingly with and perpendicular to the side walls, wherein a plurality of fold lines are defined between the side walls and the elongated side walls, wherein the elongated side walls each respectively comprise a side wall portion and a guide flap extending beyond the top edge of the side walls, wherein the side walls and the side wall portions of the elongated side walls define a sleeve portion of the sleeve container, the sleeve portion comprising an interior cavity, and wherein the guide flaps are configured to define an insertion guide channel that is in communication with the interior cavity, wherein a pair of cut lines are defined along a portion of adjacent fold lines of the plurality of fold lines on either side of one of the elongated side walls, wherein the pair of cut lines are symmetrical across the elongated side wall between the cut lines and are configured to define a gripping region on the elongated side wall defined between the cut lines, and wherein the pair of cut lines are oriented such that the gripping region has a greater width than the elongated side wall defined between the cut lines. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The sleeve container in accordance with claim 8, wherein the side walls and the elongated side walls are formed from a blank of sheet material, the sleeve container further comprising a layer of protective material on one side of the blank of sheet material. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The sleeve container in accordance with claim 8 further comprising at least one debossing line on at least one of the side walls or the elongated side walls, the at least one debossing line configured to define a raised surface feature within the at least one interior cavity. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The sleeve container in accordance with claim 8 further comprising a divider wall extending between the side walls for partitioning the interior cavity into a pair of interior cavities within the sleeve portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The sleeve container in accordance with claim 11, wherein the divider wall comprises a divider guide flap extending beyond the top edge of the side walls, the divider guide wall configured to partition the insertion guide channel into a pair of insertion guide channels. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The sleeve container in accordance with claim 8, wherein the sleeve portion comprises a pair of open ends that provide access to the interior cavity. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) A medication delivery system in accordance with claim 8 comprising an injection medical device that comprises a barrel portion and a plunger portion, wherein the barrel portion is positionable within the interior cavity of the sleeve portion and the plunger portion protrudes from interior cavity. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The medication delivery system in accordance with claim 14, wherein the sleeve portion is sized to engage the barrel portion with an interference fit. ### Claim 16 A container assembly formed from a plurality of blanks of sheet material, the container assembly comprising: a medication delivery system comprising a sleeve container configured to receive an injection medical device, the sleeve container comprising: two side walls each comprising a bottom edge and a top edge; and two elongated side walls arranged alternatingly with and perpendicular to the side walls, wherein a plurality of fold lines are defined between the side walls and the elongated side walls, wherein the elongated side walls each respectively comprise a side wall portion and a guide flap extending beyond the top edge of the side walls, wherein the side walls and the side wall portions of the elongated side walls define a sleeve portion of the sleeve container, the sleeve portion comprising an interior cavity, and wherein the guide flaps are configured to define an insertion guide channel that is in communication with the interior cavity, wherein a pair of cut lines are defined along a portion of adjacent fold lines of the plurality of fold lines on either side of one of the elongated side walls, wherein the pair of cut lines are symmetrical across the elongated side wall between the cut lines and are configured to define a gripping region on the elongated side wall defined between the cut lines, and wherein the pair of cut lines are oriented such that the gripping region has a greater width than the elongated side wall defined between the cut lines; and a carton comprising: a container portion comprising an interior; and a holder insert positioned within the interior, wherein the holder insert comprises a first slot configured to receive the sleeve portion of the sleeve container, and a second slot configured to receive a portion of the injection medical device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The container assembly in accordance with claim 16, wherein the holder insert comprises at least one interior side wall configured to engage at least one of the side walls or elongated side walls to restrict movement of the sleeve container relative to the holder insert.