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US 2019/0241337 A1Published application
Package for a Product
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorsKelly R. Fitzwater, Karen L. Mills, Raymond S. Kastanek
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Abstract
A package for holding a product. The package can comprise a liner for at least partially receiving the product and at least partially wrapping around the product. The package further can comprise a construct wrapped at least partially around the liner. The construct can comprise a first portion and a second portion, the first portion at least partially overlapping and engaging the second portion.
Claims31
In combination, a blank and a liner for forming a package for holding a product:
- the blank comprising a first portion and a second portion that are spaced apart from one another along a longitudinal direction, wherein the blank comprises a first locking feature in the first portion, a second locking feature in the second portion, a plurality of lateral fold lines extending in the second portion, and the second locking feature is disposed between the plurality of lateral fold lines and the first portion;
- the liner at least partially overlapping the blank;
- the liner being for at least partially receiving the product and at least partially wrapping around the product when the package is formed from the blank and the liner;
- and
- the blank being for being wrapped at least partially around the liner and the product when the package is formed from the blank and the liner, wherein the first portion is for at least partially overlapping and engaging the second portion when the package is formed from the blank and the liner.
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A method of forming a package holding a product, the method comprising:
- obtaining a blank comprising a first portion and a second portion that are spaced apart from one another along a longitudinal direction, wherein the blank comprises a first locking feature in the first portion, a second locking feature in the second portion, a plurality of lateral fold lines extending in the second portion, and the second locking feature is disposed between the plurality of lateral fold lines and the first portion;
- disposing a liner to at least partially overlap the blank;
- positioning the product to be at least partially received by the liner;
- wrapping the liner at least partially around the product;
- wrapping the blank at least partially around the liner and the product to form a construct;
- and
- engaging the first portion with the second portion so that the first portion at least partially overlaps the second portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.