US 12,240,664 B2Granted

Packaging for reel-less bundle of cable

AssigneePpc Broadband, Inc.

InventorsAndriy Lozhko, Noah Montena, Jay A. Kisselstein, Brian K. Hanson

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Abstract

A packaging arrangement for a bundle of cable includes a planar packaging blank extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end to a second end. The blank includes a middle region extending from the first end to the second end between a first fold line and a second fold line, a first side extending from the first end to the second end and including a plurality of first flaps extending from the first fold line in a direction away from the second side in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and a second side extending from the first end to the second end and including a plurality of second flaps extending from the second fold line in a direction away from the first side in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The blank is configured to be rolled into a cylindrical shape such that the first end overlaps the second end. The plurality of first flaps are configured to be folded radially inward relative to the cylindrical blank, and the plurality of second flaps are configured to be folded radially inward relative to the cylindrical blank.

Claims32

Dependent claims

A packaging arrangement for a bundle of cable, comprising:

a packaging blank;
wherein, in a first configuration, the blank extends in a longitudinal direction from a first end to a second end;
wherein the blank includes
a middle portion extending from the first end to the second end between a first fold line and a second fold line;
a first flap portion extending from the first end to the second end and extending from the first fold line in a direction away from the middle portion in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;
and
a second flap portion extending from the first end to the second end and extending from the second fold line in a direction away from the middle portion in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;
wherein, in a second configuration, the blank is rolled into a cylindrical shape such that the first end overlaps the second end, and the first and second flap portions are folded radially inward relative to the cylindrical blank so as to provide packaging for a reel-less bundle of cable that is structurally configured to prevent the bundle of cable from unraveling and to provide axial strength to the bundle of cable;
and
wherein the middle portion of the blank includes a first perforation line and a second perforation line, and the first and second perforation lines are structurally configured to extend from the first end to the second end so as to permit the packaging to be removed from the bundle of cable without a tool.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/529,972Filed 5 Dec 2023 · continuation
Priority: 30 Sep 2020
Published: US 2024/0101301 A128 Mar 2024
Granted: 4 Mar 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

B65D 5/0209
By folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate…
B65D 5/0236
By folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate…
B65D 65/24
Details: tabs or other projections for locating contents
B65D 75/5844
For tearing out a portion of the wall: the portion of the wall being a narrow strip, e.g. between lines of weakness

Family

Application63/085,997Us provisional application · filed 30 Sep 2020
Application17/491,489Parent of this continuation · filed 30 Sep 2021
US 2024/0101301 A1Pre-grant publication · published 28 Mar 2024
US 11,834,234 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2022/0097900 A1Published application
US 12,240,664 B2This patent

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