Packaging system, sleeve and slide card
OwnerRichard Alan Collins, Tsugihiko Suzuki +1inventors
InventorsRichard Alan Collins, Tsugihiko Suzuki, Marty Jones
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Abstract
A primary package (10; 110; 210; 310; 510; 610; 810) for being lockably received in an outer sleeve (700), the primary package comprising a main body panel (12; 112; 212; 312; 512; 612; 812) and a retention tab (14; 114; 214; 314; 512; 612; 812) hingedly connected together along a fold line (17; 117; 217; 317; 517; 617; 817), the retention tab having at least one embossment (18; 118; 218; 318; 518; 618; 818), the fold line having been integrally formed in the primary package.
Claims12
A method of manufacturing a primary package for being lockably received in an outer sleeve, the method comprising:
- thermally forming at least one first embossment in a sheet of material;
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- simultaneously thermally forming a fold line in the sheet of material;
- wherein the primary package comprises a main body panel and a retention tab, the retention tab being hingedly connected to the main body panel along the fold line, wherein the at least one first embossment is formed in one of the main body panel and the retention tab wherein the at least one first embossment terminates at a point at a first distance from the fold line, the first distance being no greater than 2.5 mm.
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