Product packaging systems and methods
AssigneeAtlas AGI Holdings LLC
InventorJohn A. Gelardi
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Abstract
Disclosed is a product package which includes a packaging sleeve and a product container. The packaging sleeve has a first end that defines an opening and a closed second end. The sleeve includes at least one pair of locking tabs projecting from the first end, each locking tab including a locking edge and each locking tab being folded inwards into the opening. The product container has a body portion for receiving the product and a rigid end cap which sealingly engages with the body portion so as to house the product. The end cap is dimensioned to fit closely within the opening of the sleeve and includes a peripheral rim that, when the end cap is inserted into the sleeve opening, engages the sleeve end and prevents the end cap from being inserted further into the opening.
Claims34
A product package, comprising:
- a) a packaging sleeve having a first end defining an opening and a closed second end, the sleeve including at least one locking tab projecting from the first end, each of the at least one locking tab including a locking edge, each locking tab being folded inwards into the sleeve opening;
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- b) a product container which includes a body portion having an interior chamber for housing a product and a rigid end cap which sealingly engages with the body portion so as to seal the product within the interior chamber;
- wherein the end cap is dimensioned to fit closely within the opening of the sleeve and includes a peripheral rim that, when the end cap is inserted into the sleeve opening, engages the sleeve end and prevents the end cap from being inserted further into the opening, the end cap also including at least one channel for receiving the at least one locking tab, each channel having a ledge that engages the locking edge of each locking tab to prevent the end cap and product from being removed from the sleeve.
A product package, comprising:
- a) a sleeve including at least one end defining an opening and at least one pair of locking tabs extending therefrom, each locking tab including a locking edge and being folded inwards into the sleeve opening;
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- b) a product which includes a body portion and an end cap which is engaged with the body portion;
- wherein the body portion of the product is adapted and configured for insertion into the sleeve and the end cap is dimensioned to fit closely within the sleeve opening, the end cap including a rim that, when the end cap is inserted into the opening, engages the sleeve end and prevents the end cap from being inserted further into the opening, the end cap also including a pair of channels for receiving the pair of locking tabs, each channel having a ledge that is dimensioned and angled to engage the locking edge of each locking tab to prevent the end cap from being removed from the sleeve opening.
A product package comprising:
- a) an elongated sleeve defining an opening at one end thereof, the opening defined by a peripheral edge, the sleeve including a pair of opposed resilient locking tabs extending from the peripheral edge of the opening for releasably engaging an end cap received within the opening;
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- b) a product container which includes a body portion having an interior chamber for housing a product and a rigid end cap which sealingly engages with the body portion so as to seal the product within the interior chamber;
- wherein the end cap is adapted and configured for reception within the opening of the sleeve, the end cap having a base portion dimensioned and configured to extend into the sleeve and a peripheral wall extending upwardly from the base portion and having an outwardly extending rim adapted to abut the peripheral edge of the opening to limit the extent to which the base portion can extend into the sleeve, wherein the opposed resilient locking tabs are dimensioned and configured to releasably engage the peripheral wall of the end cap to prevent removal of the end cap from the sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.