Paper-based or paperboard-based container and related methods

A method of producing paper or paperboard-based blanks for producing a container for holding a pourable food product, each blank comprising:

• first and second substantially rectilinear boundary edges, each extending substantially parallel to a first, longitudinal direction of the blank between first and second endpoints;
• a third boundary edge extending substantially parallel to a second, transversal direction of the blank between the first endpoint of the first boundary edge and the first endpoint of the second boundary edge;
• a fourth, non-rectilinear boundary edge extending between the second endpoint of the first boundary edge and the second endpoint of the second boundary edge;
• the method comprising the steps of:
• laying out, on a web of laminate material, a first row and a second row of blank patterns, each row comprising a plurality of blank patterns arranged side by side with the first boundary edge of one blank pattern adjoining the second boundary edge of a neighbouring blank pattern, and the fourth boundary edge of the blank patterns of the first row adjoining the fourth boundary edge of the blank patterns of the second row;
• and
• cutting the web along the laid out first, second, third and fourth boundary edges to form said blanks.

A nesting pattern for producing paper or paperboard-based blanks from a web of laminate material, each blank comprising:

• first and second substantially rectilinear boundary edges, each extending substantially parallel to a first, longitudinal direction of the blank between first and second endpoints;
• a third boundary edge extending substantially parallel to a second, transversal direction of the blank between the first endpoint of the first boundary edge and the first endpoint of the second boundary edge;
• a fourth, non-rectilinear boundary edge extending between the second endpoint of the first boundary edge and the second endpoint of the second boundary edge;
• wherein the nesting pattern comprises a first row and a second row of blank patterns arranged side by side with the first boundary edge of one blank pattern adjoining the second boundary edge of a neighbouring blank pattern, and the fourth boundary edge of the blank patterns of the first row adjoining the fourth boundary edge of the blank patterns of the second row.