US 6,802,419 B2Granted

Package form and method of making a package

AssigneeBert-Co Industries, Inc.

InventorsAnthony B. Joyce, Moises Lopez

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Abstract

A form for a package for holding consumer articles including optically-based media. The form is comprised of a base member comprised of a first section with one or more tandem slots and a second section with one or more corresponding tandem fold lines. The first section is folded over onto the second section and then secured to the second section so that the tandem slots at least partially fit over the corresponding set of tandem fold lines. Holders, such as one or more trays for digital video disks, can be secured to this two layer thick assembly. The assembly with the holders and their contents can then be folded-up along the tandem fold lines into a book-like configuration without substantial binding or creasing of the overlying first section. The invention includes the package made from the form and a method of making that package.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A foldable form for a package comprising:

a base member having a surface with a top, a bottom, a first side and a second side, the base member comprising first and second sections separated by a main fold line,
the first section comprising at least one pair of tandem slots separated by a portion of the base member, the tandem slots extending between the main fold line and the first side,
the second section comprising at least one pair of tandem fold lines extending between said main fold line and the second side and positioned opposite the tandem slots,
the first section being adapted to be folded onto and secured to the second section so that the tandem slots at least partially fit over the corresponding tandem fold lines;
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the combination of the first and second sections secured together and adapted for mounting one or more holders thereto;
wherein the form can then be folded up into a book-like package.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.