Method of forming blank with platform panel, first foot panel and second foot panel
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorTravis Garthaffner
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Abstract
The method includes first defining a plurality of fold lines that divide the blank into a plurality of sidewall panels, forming a platform panel on a bottom end of the plurality of sidewall panels, the platform panel having a first foot panel and a second foot panel on first opposing sides of the platform panel, the first foot panel directly connecting the platform panel to a first sidewall panel, of the plurality of sidewall panels, and second defining a tab near the bottom end of the plurality of sidewall panels, the tab being configured to retain a bottom edge of the second foot panel, upon an assembly of the blank into a package.
Claims22
A method of forming a blank, comprising:
- first defining a plurality of fold lines that divide the blank into a plurality of sidewall panels;
- forming a platform panel on a bottom end of the plurality of sidewall panels, the platform panel having a first foot panel and a second foot panel on first opposing sides of the platform panel, the first foot panel directly connecting the platform panel to a first sidewall panel, of the plurality of sidewall panels, the platform panel closing a bottom end of the plurality of sidewall panels, upon an assembly of the blank into a package;
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- second defining a tab near the bottom end of the plurality of sidewall panels, the tab being configured to retain a bottom edge of the second foot panel, upon the assembly of the blank into the package.
A method of forming a blank, comprising:
- first defining a plurality of fold lines that divide the blank into a plurality of sidewall panels;
- forming a platform panel on a bottom end of the plurality of sidewall panels, the platform panel having a first foot panel and a second foot panel on first opposing sides of the platform panel, the first foot panel directly connecting the platform panel to a first sidewall panel, of the plurality of sidewall panels;
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- second defining a tab near the bottom end of the plurality of sidewall panels, the tab being configured to retain a bottom edge of the second foot panel, upon an assembly of the blank into a package,
- first major surfaces of the first foot panel and the second foot panel being configured to be respectively pressed against second major surfaces of the first sidewall panel and a second sidewall panel, of the plurality of sidewall panels, once the blank is assembled into the package.
A method of forming a blank, comprising;
- first defining a plurality of fold lines that divide the blank into a plurality of sidewall panels;
- forming a platform panel on a bottom end of the plurality of sidewall panels, the platform panel having a first foot panel and a second foot panel on first opposing sides of the platform panel, the first foot panel directly connecting the platform panel to a first sidewall panel, of the plurality of sidewall panels;
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- second defining a tab near the bottom end of the plurality of sidewall panels, the tab being configured to retain a bottom edge of the second foot panel, upon an assembly of the blank into a package,
- the second defining including
- making multiple cut lines in a second sidewall panel of the plurality of sidewall panels, and
- third defining a first fold line within the second sidewall panel, the first fold line running along the bottom end of the plurality of sidewall panels, some of the multiple cut lines intersecting with the first fold line, and
- the second defining defines the tab such that the multiple cut lines and the first fold line are configured to cause a top end of the tab to separate from a remainder of the second sidewall panel, the top end facing a top end of the plurality of sidewall panels.
A method of forming a blank, comprising:
- first defining a plurality of fold lines that divide the blank into a plurality of sidewall panels;
- forming a platform panel on a bottom end of the plurality of sidewall panels, the platform panel having a first foot panel and a second foot panel on first opposing sides of the platform panel, the first foot panel directly connecting the platform panel to a first sidewall panel, of the plurality of sidewall panels;
- second defining a tab near the bottom end of the plurality of sidewall panels, the tab being configured to retain a bottom edge of the second foot panel, upon an assembly of the blank into a package;
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- third defining a tear-off section near the bottom end of at least some of the plurality of sidewall panels, at least a center portion of the tear-off section being within the first sidewall panel, and
- the second defining defines the tab within a second sidewall panel of the plurality of sidewall panels, and the third defining respectively defines end portions of the tear-off section within a third sidewall panel and a fourth sidewall panel, of the plurality of sidewall panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.