Package made from sheet material
AssigneeMeadWestvaco Corporation
InventorsRodney D. Dixon, Marty Jones
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Abstract
A package made from sheet material has a sealable coating on a first surface. The package has a plurality of panels, folded so that at least two side panels are able to be closed in an overlapping arrangement so that the two side panels are sealed together with the first surface and sealable coating in facing relationship.
Claims21
1-7. (canceled)
A carton formed from a single blank having first and second opposed surfaces, the first surface being a coated surface, the blank comprising multiple panels and flaps including first, second and third panels and inner and outer flaps, the carton comprising:
- primary sleeve walls hingedly connected together to form a sleeve structure;
- and
- an end closure wall for closing at least one of opposed ends of the sleeve structure,
- wherein the primary sleeve walls includes a first wall and a second wall, the first wall being formed at least from the first and second panels which are hingedly connected together, the first and second panels being folded into an overlapping relationship such that the first panel is disposed with its coated surface facing outward of the sleeve structure, the second wall being formed at least from the third panel which is disposed with its coated surface facing inward of the sleeve structure,
- wherein the end closure wall comprises the inner and outer flaps, the inner and outer flaps being hingedly connected to the first and third panels respectively and folded into an overlapping relationship such that the coated surface of the inner flap is secured to the coated surface of the outer flap to provide the end closure wall.
A blank for forming a carton, the blank having a coated surface and an opposed surface, the blank comprising:
- multiple panels including first, second and third panels;
- multiple flaps including inner and outer flaps;
- the first panel being located at a first end of the blank,
- the first and second panels being hingedly connected together to provide at least part of a first primary wall of the carton in which the first panel is disposed with its coated surface facing outward of the carton,
- the third panel being disposed between the second panel and a second end of the blank to provide at least part of a second primary wall of the carton, in which the third panel is disposed with its coated surface facing inward of the carton,
- the inner and outer flaps being hingedly connected to the first and third panels respectively to provide an end closure wall of the carton in which the coated surface of the inner flap is secured to the coated surface of the outer flap
- wherein the primary sleeve walls are hingedly connected together to form a sleeve structure and an end closure wall for closing at least one of opposed ends of the sleeve structure, the primary sleeve walls including first and second walls, the blank having a coated surface and the other opposed surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.