Flat packaging and packaging methods
OwnerJoel Orrie Morrisinventor
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Abstract
Flat packaging and packaging methods for sheet products. The sheet includes interconnected panels including a first cover panel comprising a first surface printed with information and/or images related to a product and one or more product panels, each product panel comprising one or more product components comprising the entire panels or configured to be removed from the product panels for use as the product. The cover panel and product panels are connected by fold lines between the panels the panels are configured to form a stacked formation when folded at the fold lines with the first surface of the first panel facing outward.
Claims10
A sheet of interconnected panels comprising:
- a first cover panel comprising a first surface printed with information and/or images related to a product and a plurality of edges;
- a second cover panel having a first surface and a plurality of edges;
- a plurality of enclosure panels, each enclosure panel comprising a plurality of edges;
- a plurality of product panels, each product panel comprising a plurality of edges;
- and one or more product components, the product components comprising the entire product panel or configured to be removed from the product panel for use as the product;
- wherein the first and second cover panels, the plurality of enclosure panels, and the plurality of product panels are all interconnected with each other along fold lines at their edges;
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- wherein the first and second cover panels, the plurality of enclosure panels, and the plurality of product panels are configured to form a stacked formation when folded at the fold lines, with the first surface of the first cover panel facing outward at a top of the stacked formation and the first surface of the second cover panel facing outward at a bottom of the stacked formation to form an outer package, and with the plurality of product panels fully enclosed within the outer package with none of the product panel edges exposed.
A sheet product comprising:
- a plurality of product panels, each product panel comprising a plurality of edges and;
- one or more product components, the product components comprising the entire product panel or a portion of the product panel configured to be removed from the product panel for use as the product alone or in combination with other product components;
- a first cover panel comprising a plurality of edges and a first surface printed with information related to a product, the information comprising a legally required disclosure regarding the product or information identifying a name or address of a recipient of the product;
- wherein the plurality of product panels and the first cover panel are all connected along one or more of their edges in an array comprising a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows with the connected edges comprising fold lines;
- wherein the plurality of product panels and the first cover panel are configured to form a stacked formation when folded at the fold lines with the first surface of the first cover panel facing outward and all of the product panels stacked beneath and covered by the cover panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.