US 6,182,889 B2 · Package with peak closure

Abstract

In order to provide a package which is inexpensive to manufacture, sufficiently stable to protect the contents of the package and repeatedly and consistently openable and closeable, a package and a blank therefor is disclosed. The blank comprises front wall (10) , back wall (14) and side wall (12) segments, and the front and the back wall segments extend into congruent closure segments (20, 24, 32, 28). At least two (24, 26) of the closure segments are arranged to be foldable on top of one another to form a pocket with one open side (26) At least a further one of the closure segments (20) is arranged to be insertable into the pocket from the open side thereof in such a manner as to permit repeatable opening and closing of an end of the package.

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Dependent claims

Package, folded from a single package blank and comprising:

front wall, back wall and side wall segments,
the front and the back wall segments extending into congruent closure segments defining an end of the package, wherein
at least two of the closure segments overlay one another in a substantially coplanar manner to form a pocket with one open side, and at least a further one of the closure segments is inserted into the pocket from the open side thereof in such a manner as to permit repeatable opening and closing of the package end,
the package further comprising tabs and flaps on margins of the segments to permit, by folding and attaching, formation of the package from the blank.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Package with peak closure

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Abstract

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