Package with a locking sleeve
AssigneePrintex Packaging Corporation
InventorsJoel Heller, David Heller
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Abstract
A clear package for storing a packaged product and providing an easy locking mechanism to seal and secure the product. The package of the present invention has a sleeve having foldable tabs at the top and bottom, and a top and bottom opening, and a slidable insert having indents at the top and bottom, the slidable insert being slidably inserted into the sleeve through the top or bottom opening, where the tabs align with the indents to provide a locking mechanism, and where the height of the sleeve is substantially the same as the height of the slidable insert.
Claims11
A package comprising:
- a sleeve having one or more foldable tabs on a top side of the sleeve, one or more foldable tabs on a bottom side of the sleeve and an opening;
- a slidable insert having one or more indents on a top side of the slidable insert and one or more indents on a bottom side of the slidable insert, the slidable insert being insertable into the sleeve through the opening;
- wherein the one or more indents on the top side of the slidable insert align with the one or more foldable tabs on the top side of the sleeve, and the one or more indents on the bottom side of the slidable insert align with the one or more foldable tabs on the bottom side of the sleeve, providing a locking mechanism;
- wherein the height of the sleeve is substantially the same as the height of the slidable insert.
A method of packaging a product, the method comprising:
- positioning a product inside a slidable insert, the slidable insert having one or more indents on a top side of the slidable insert and one or more indents on a bottom side of the slidable insert;
- sliding the insert into an opening of a sleeve, the sleeve having one or more foldable tabs on a top side of the sleeve and one or more foldable tabs on a bottom side of the sleeve;
- and
- locking the slidable insert into the sleeve by aligning the one or more indents with the one or more foldable tabs;
- wherein the height of the sleeve is substantially the same as the height of the slidable insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.