Packaging and blanks therefor
AssigneeWestRock Shared Services, LLC
InventorKevin M. Simpkins
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Abstract
A blank for a package configured to retain an article therein can be configured to be wrapped around the article to form a circumferential case around the article and have a longitudinal length longer than the article. The blank can be configured to define the circumferential case to include one or more inward protrusions at or near one or more ends of the circumferential case that is configured to extend into the circumferential case above and/or below the article to retain the article longitudinally.
Claims30
A blank for a package configured to retain an article therein, the blank configured to be wrapped around the article to form a circumferential case around the article having a longitudinal length longer than the article, the blank comprising:
- an outer flap;
- and
- an inner flap configured to be adhered to the outer flap, wherein the blank is configured to define the circumferential case to include two inward protrusions in the inner flap, one at each end of the circumferential case, wherein the two inward protrusions are configured to extend into the circumferential case, to retain the article longitudinally, wherein the two inward protrusions are disposed in substantially similar circumferential position of the circumferential case.
A blank for a package configured to retain an article therein, the blank configured to be wrapped around the article to form a circumferential case around the article having a longitudinal length longer than the article, wherein the blank is configured to define the circumferential case to include two inward protrusions, one at each end of the circumferential case, wherein the two inward protrusions are configured to extend into the circumferential case, to retain the article longitudinally the blank comprising:
- a flap having a plurality of hinges that define a plurality of panels, and a structure panel configured to attach to at least one of the plurality of panels when the structure panel is folded over at an adjacent hinge of the plurality of hinges, the structure panel including one or more inward protrusion panels defined by one or more cuts therein and configured to form one or more inward protrusions across the circumferential case when the flap is wrapped around the article to automatically retain the article longitudinally upon forming of the circumferential case.
A blank for a package configured to retain an article therein, the blank configured to be wrapped around the article to form a circumferential case around the article having a longitudinal length longer than the article, wherein the blank is configured to define the circumferential case to include one or more inward protrusions at or near one or more ends of the circumferential case that is configured to extend into the circumferential case to retain the article longitudinally, wherein the blank includes a flap having a plurality of hinges that define a plurality of panels, and at least one structure panel having a first attachment portion configured to attach to at least one of the plurality of panels when the structure panel is folded over at an adjacent hinge of the plurality of hinges, the at least one structure panel including one or more inward protrusion panels defined by one or more cut therein and configured to form at least one of the one or more inward protrusions across the circumferential case when the attachment portion is attached to the at least one panel of the plurality of panels and the flap is wrapped around the article to automatically retain the article longitudinally upon forming of the circumferential case.
A method for forming a container, comprising
- folding a first panel of a blank along a first fold line and attaching at least a portion of the first panel to a second panel;
- placing an article on the blank and at least partially on or in the first panel;
- attaching at least a portion of a third panel to the first panel such that one or more additional panels wrap circumferentially around the article;
- and
- erecting two inward protrusion panels, one above the article and one below the article, to retain the article longitudinally.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.