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US 7,404,488 B2Granted
Premium packaging
AssigneeLogistix Limited
InventorsAntonius Cornelius Verbruggen, Marco Bakker, Mary Aiken
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AssigneeLogistix Limited
InventorsAntonius Cornelius Verbruggen, Marco Bakker, Mary Aiken
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In packaging 10 comprising three layers of material 14, 16, 18 adhered together, the middle layer 16 has at east one portion 20 removed, defining a void inside the packaging. The three layers are the same size and shape. Partial cut-lines 22 extend width layers through all layers, at the edge of the packaging, to aid opening. A further perforation 32 may be applied to the two outer layers, substantially bridging the gap between the outer cuts. The first layer of the packaging is initially not completely joined to the middle layer, and can be folded back about a fold line 44, to allow insertion of an object before closing. A tapered gap 56 maybe provided in the edge of the middle layer, connecting to the removed portion. One of the outer layers 14, 18 may be provided with a printed, perforated portion, overlying the void space in the middle layer. A method of producing said packaging comprises removing at least a portion from one of three layers, and laminating or bonding the layers together with said altered layer in the middle. The three layers may be provided as a single blank, and folded to position them on top of one another, the blank being pre-cut with the removed portion of the middle layer.
A packaging for a premium item comprising three layers of a material, each of an equal thickness, a first layer and a second layer being laminated to one another and having co-terminal peripheries, wherein the second layer has at least one portion thereof removed for defining a void inside the packaging for receiving the premium item, the third layer being laminated to the opposite side of the second layer to the first layer, wherein the packaging is a snap-apart packaging having partial cut lines to allow a first section of the packaging to be snapped away from a second section of the packaging to provide access to the void.
A blank for forming a snap-apart packaging for a premium item, the packaging having three layers of a material, each of an equal thickness, a first layer and a second layer being laminated to one another and having co-terminate peripheries the blank being of substantially constant thickness and pre-cut with an aperture in a portion thereof corresponding to the second layer, for defining a void inside the packaging for receiving the premium item and wherein the blank has partial cut lines therein to allow a first section of the packaging, once formed from the blank, to be snapped away from a second section of the packaging to provide access to the void.
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