Packaging box containing a built-in wedging structure
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorFlorent Duqueroie
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Abstract
A box made of cardboard or similar material is formed from a single-piece, pre-cut, substantially flat blank delimiting four faces joined together along substantially parallel longitudinal fold lines so as, after folding, to form a sleeve whose ends are closed by two end wall panels. A wedging structure is provided for wedging the object inside the box, the wedging structure being formed of a portion of the flat blank extending substantially in the continuation of a first face, to which the portion is connected by a first transverse fold line. The portion has one end adjacent to the first face, and a free end intended to be fixed to a second. The box is suitable particularly for packaging a tube.
Claims41
A box for containing at least one object, the box comprising:
- a substantially flat blank having a plurality of faces joined together along longitudinal fold lines, the faces forming, when the blank is folded along the fold lines, a sleeve having two ends, each configured to be closed by a respective end wall;
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- a wedging structure configured to wedge the at least one object inside the box, the wedging structure being formed from a portion of the blank extending substantially as a longitudinal continuation in the longitudinal direction of first face, the wedging structure being designed so as, when the box is assembled, to partially delimit at least one housing configured to house the at least one object, the at least one housing having a cross-section varying gradually along at least a portion of the at least one housing between first and second ends of the at least one housing.
A box for containing at least two separate objects, comprising:
- a single-piece, pre-cut, substantially flat blank having four faces joined together along substantially parallel longitudinal fold lines, the faces forming, when the blank is folded along the fold lines, a sleeve having two ends, each configured to be closed by a respective end wall;
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- two wedging structures, each configured to wedge one separate object inside the box, the wedging structures being formed from portions of the flat blank, one portion extending substantially as a continuation of a first face and a second portion extending substantially as a continuation of a second face, the wedging structures being designed so as, when the box is assembled, to partially delimit two housings, each housing configured to house one respective object, each housing having a cross-section varying along at least a part of its length.
A method of making a box configured to contain at least one object, comprising:
- providing a substantially flat blank having a plurality of faces joined together along longitudinal fold lines;
- folding a portion of the blank forming a wedging structure and extending substantially as a longitudinal continuation in the longitudinal direction of a first face along a first transverse fold line;
- folding the portion of the blank forming the wedging structure along a second transverse folding line such that a free end of the portion is adjacent to a second face when the box is assembled;
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- folding the blank along the longitudinal fold lines to form a sleeve having two ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.