Folding blank for mailer and method
AssigneeBox, Inc.
InventorLouis G. DeJesus
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Abstract
A folding blank has a main body. The main body has an inner surface and an outer surface. Only the outer surface has printing thereon. The main body further includes an outer lid that is configured to selectively move between an opened position and a closed position where a remainder of the folding blank has been folded into a box. The outer lid has an outer lid panel, a first outer lid wing panel, and a second outer lid wing panel. Each of the first outer lid wing panel and the second outer lid wing panel are configured to fold inwardly from an unfolded position to a folded position so that the inner surface of the first outer lid wing panel and the inner surface of the second outer lid wing panel are disposed adjacent to and facing the inner surface of the outer lid in the folded position.
Claims20
A folding blank for constructing a mailer, comprising:
- a main body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface having no printing thereon, and the outer surface having printing thereon, the main body further including an outer lid configured to selectively move between an opened position and a closed position where a remainder of the folding blank has been folded into a box, the outer lid having an outer lid panel, a first outer lid wing panel, and a second outer lid wing panel, each of the first outer lid wing panel and the second outer lid wing panel configured to fold inwardly from an unfolded position to a folded position so that the inner surface of the first outer lid wing panel and the inner surface of the second outer lid wing panel are disposed adjacent to and facing the inner surface of the outer lid panel in the folded position,
- wherein the outer surface of each of the first outer lid wing panel and the outer surface of the second outer lid wing panel is visible where the outer lid is in the opened position.
A mailer, comprising:
- a folding blank that has been folded into a box, the folding blank including a main body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface having no printing thereon, and the outer surface having printing thereon, the main body further including an outer lid configured to selectively move between an opened position and a closed position, the outer lid having an outer lid panel, a first outer lid wing panel, and a second outer lid wing panel, each of the first outer lid wing panel and the second outer lid wing panel folded inwardly from an unfolded position to a folded position so that the inner surface of the first outer lid wing panel and the inner surface of the second outer lid wing panel are disposed adjacent to and facing the inner surface of the outer lid panel in the folded position,
- wherein the outer surface of each of the first outer lid wing panel and the outer surface of the second outer lid wing panel is visible where the outer lid is in the opened position.
A method for constructing a mailer, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing the folding blank with a main body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface having no printing thereon, and the outer surface having printing thereon, the main body further including an outer lid configured to selectively move between an opened position and a closed position where a remainder of the folding blank has been folded into a box, the outer lid having an outer lid panel, a first outer lid wing panel, and a second outer lid wing panel, each of the first outer lid wing panel and the second outer lid wing panel configured to fold inwardly from an unfolded position to a folded position so that the inner surface of the first outer lid wing panel and the inner surface of the second outer lid wing panel are disposed adjacent to and facing the inner surface of the outer lid panel in the folded position;
- folding the first outer lid wing panel and the second outer lid wing panel inwardly from the unfolded position to the folded position;
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- folding the remainder of the folding blank to form a box, wherein the outer surface of each of the first outer lid wing panel and the outer surface of the second outer lid wing panel are visible where the outer lid is in the opened position.
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