Packaging containers and associated container blanks and packaging methods
AssigneeWestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
InventorAlex N. BARRETT
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Abstract
A packaging container (100) configurable between at least a loading configuration and a flattened configuration, the packaging container including a front wall major panel (110) and a rear wall major panel (130) connected to the front wall major panel, wherein the front wall major panel and the rear wall major panel define four side walls (122, 124, 142, 144) when the packaging container is in the loading configuration, and wherein the front wall major panel and the rear wall major panel define two side walls when the packaging container is in the flattened configuration.
Claims21
A packaging container configurable between at least a loading configuration and a flattened configuration, the packaging container comprising a front wall major panel and a rear wall major panel connected to the front wall major panel, wherein the front wall major panel and the rear wall major panel define four side walls when the packaging container is in the loading configuration, and wherein the front wall major panel and the rear wall major panel define two side walls when the packaging container is in the flattened configuration.
The packaging container of claim 3 further comprising a lower closure flap connected to the rear wall major panel and sealable against the front wall major panel.
A packaging container comprising:
- a front wall major panel comprising a front wall first minor panel connected to a front wall second minor panel along a front wall preformed weakness;
- a rear wall major panel connected to the front wall major panel to at least partially define an internal volume therebetween, the rear wall major panel comprising a rear wall first minor panel connected to a rear wall second minor panel along a rear wall preformed weakness;
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- a closure flap connected to the rear wall major panel, the closure flap comprising a closure flap first minor panel connected to a closure flap second minor panel along a closure flap preformed weakness, wherein the closure flap preformed weakness is substantially aligned with the rear wall preformed weakness.
A method for packaging a product in a packaging container, the packaging container comprising a front wall major panel and a rear wall major panel connected to the front wall major panel, the method comprising:
- configuring the packaging container into a loading configuration, wherein the front wall major panel and the rear wall major panel define four side walls when the packaging container is in the loading configuration;
- inserting the product into the packaging container while the packaging container is in the loading configuration;
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- after the inserting, configuring the packaging container into a flattened configuration, wherein the front wall major panel and the rear wall major panel define two side walls when the packaging container is in the flattened configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.