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US 12,202,654 B2Granted
Triangular packages having autobottoms and blanks therefor
AssigneeWestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
InventorJesus A. Padilla
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Abstract
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a package can include a three-sided body formed of three or more body panels and an autobottom connected to the three-sided body and formed of three or more bottom panels extending from a respective body panel of the plurality of the three or more body panels. The autobottom can connect all of the three or more body panels together in a triangular shape when the three or more bottom panels are interacting with each other.
Claims19
A package, comprising:
- a three-sided body formed of three or more body panels;
- and
- an autobottom connected to the three-sided body and formed of three or more bottom panels extending from a respective body panel of the plurality of the three or more body panels, wherein the autobottom connects all of the three or more body panels together in a triangular shape when the three or more bottom panels are interacting with each other wherein each of the three or more bottom panels comprising at least a first bottom panel, a second bottom panel and a third bottom panel, each foldably connected to respective body panel among the three or more body panels, wherein the first bottom panel and the second bottom panel being foldably and breakably connected to each other.
A blank for a package, comprising:
- three or more body panels connected by a respective body fold line between each body panel and configured to form a triangular shape;
- and
- a plurality of bottom panels, a respective bottom panel of the plurality of bottom panels foldably connected to a respective body panel of the three or more body panels, wherein the plurality of bottom panels are configured to form an autobottom that at least partially forms a bottom of the package, wherein the autobottom connects all of the three or more body panels together in a triangular shape when the three or more bottom panels are interacting with each other in an opened state, wherein each of the three or more bottom panels comprising at least a first bottom panel, a second bottom panel and a third bottom panel, each foldably connected to respective body panel among the three or more body panels, wherein the first bottom panel and the second bottom panel being foldably and breakably connected to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.