Packaging container for instance for pharmaceutical products

A packaging container for pharmaceutical products, the packaging container having a substantially parallelepipedic shape extending longitudinally and defining an internal space, the packaging container comprising:

• a belt formed by a first main panel, a second main panel joined and folded relative to the first main panel, a third main panel joined and folded relative to the second main panel, and a fourth main panel joined and folded relative to both the third main panel and the first main panel, wherein the first main panel and the third main panel each have a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end opposite to the first longitudinal end, and the second main panel and the fourth main panel each have a first transversal free edge and a second transversal free edge opposite to the first transversal free edge;
• at least one closure panel joined and folded relative to at least one of the first longitudinal end of the first main panel, the first longitudinal end of the third main panel, the second longitudinal end of the first main panel, or the second longitudinal end of the third main panel, wherein the at least one closure panel has a first free side edge and a second free side edge opposite to the first free side edge;
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• at least one reinforcing rib formed on at least one of the second main panel, the fourth main panel, or the closure panel and close to at least one of the first transversal free edge, the second transversal free edge, the first free side edge, or the second free side edge, the at least one reinforcing rib extending transversally.

A method for manufacturing a packaging container having a substantially parallelepipedic shape extending longitudinally and defining an internal space, the packaging container comprising:

• a belt formed by a first main panel, a second main panel joined and folded relative to the first main panel, a third main panel joined and folded relative to the second main panel, and a fourth main panel joined and folded relative to both third main panel and first main panel, wherein the first main panel and the third main panel have each a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end opposite to the first longitudinal end, and the second main panel and the fourth main panel have each a first transversal free edge and a second transversal free edge opposite to the first transversal free edge;
• at least one closure panel joined and folded relative to at least one of the first longitudinal end of the first main panel, the first longitudinal end of the third main panel, the second longitudinal end of the first main panel, or the second longitudinal end of the third main panel, and the at least one closure panel has a first free side edge and a second free side edge opposite to the first free side edge;
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• at least one reinforcing rib formed on at least one of the second main panel, the fourth main panel, or the closure panel and close to at least one of the first transversal free edge, the second transversal free edge, the first free side edge, or the second free side edge, the at least one reinforcing rib extending transversally,
• the method comprising:
• forming the packaging container in a blank state, including delimiting each of the first main panel, the second main panel, the third main panel, the fourth main panel, and the at least one closure panel due to folding lines and cutting lines, and of providing the at least one reinforcing rib on at least one of the second main panel, the fourth main panel, or the at least one closure panel.

A blank sheet of material comprising a plurality of patterns configured to form a plurality of packaging containers, each packaging container having a substantially parallelepipedic shape extending longitudinally and defining an internal space, and each packaging container comprising:

• a belt formed by a first main panel, a second main panel joined and folded relative to the first main panel, a third main panel joined and folded relative to the second main panel, and a fourth main panel joined and folded relative to both third main panel and first main panel, wherein the first main panel and the third main panel have each a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end opposite to the first longitudinal end, and the second main panel and the fourth main panel have each a first transversal free edge and a second transversal free edge opposite to the first transversal free edge;
• at least one closure panel joined and folded relative to at least one of the first longitudinal end of the first main panel, the first longitudinal end of the third main panel, the second longitudinal end of the first main panel, or the second longitudinal end of the third main panel, and the at least one closure panel has a first free side edge and a second free side edge opposite to the first free side edge;
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• at least one reinforcing rib formed on at least one of the second main panel, the fourth main panel, or the closure panel and close to at least one of the first transversal free edge, the second transversal free edge, the first free side edge, or the second free side edge, the at least one reinforcing rib extending transversally.