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US 8,365,914 B2Granted
Methods and systems for packaging a product
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorAngela E. Learn
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Abstract
A carton comprises a plurality of adjoined panels that define an interior space, including a front panel and a back panel opposite one another, and a first side panel and a second side panel opposite one another, at least one of which is a movable panel operative for being moved between a first position and a second position, and a heat-shrink patch at least partially joined to the movable panel on a side of the movable panel facing the interior space, the heat-shrink patch being operative for shrinking in response to heat so that shrinking the heat-shrink patch moves the movable panel from the first position to the second position.
Claims19
A blank for forming a carton, comprising:
- a plurality of adjoined panels, each having a first dimension extending in a first direction and a second dimension extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the plurality of adjoined panels including
- a front panel,
- a first side panel joined to the front panel along a first fold line extending in the first direction, and
- a second side panel joined to the front panel along a second fold line extending in the first direction, the second fold line being opposite the first fold line, wherein
- a first side edge of the front panel and a side edge of the first side panel define a first cutout along the first fold line, and
- a second side edge of the front panel and a side edge of the second side panel define a second cutout along the second fold line;
- and
- a heat-shrink patch joined to the front panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel, the heat-shrink patch being in a substantially superposed relationship with the first cutout and the second cutout.
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A carton comprising:
- a plurality of adjoined panels that define an interior space, the plurality of adjoined panels including
- a front panel and a back panel opposite one another, and
- a first side panel and a second side panel opposite one another,
- wherein at least one of the front panel, back panel, first side panel, and second side panel is a movable panel operative for being moved between a first position and a second position, the movable panel being initially in the first position;
- and
- a heat-shrink patch at least partially joined to the movable panel on a side of the movable panel facing the interior space, the heat-shrink patch being operative for shrinking in response to heat, so that shrinking the heat-shrink patch moves the movable panel from the first position to the second position.
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A carton comprising:
- a plurality of adjoined panels that define an interior space, the plurality of adjoined panels including
- a front panel and a back panel opposite one another, and
- a first side panel and a second side panel opposite one another,
- the first side panel at least partially defining a first movable section including a first opening extending between the first side panel and the front panel, and the second side panel at least partially defining a second movable section including a second opening extending between the second side panel and the front panel, the first movable section and the second movable section being operative for being moved between a first position and a second position, the first movable section and second movable section being initially in the first position;
- and
- a heat-shrink patch joined to the first movable section and the second movable section on a side of the first movable section and the second movable section facing the interior space, the heat-shrink patch extending across at least a portion of the first opening and the second opening, wherein the heat-shrink patch is operative for shrinking in response to heat, so that shrinking the heat-shrink patch moves the first movable section and the second movable section to the second position and reduces a respective size of the first opening and the second opening.
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A carton comprising:
- a plurality of adjoined panels that define an interior space, the plurality of adjoined panels including a front panel joined to a first side panel along a first fold line and a second side panel joined to the front panel along a second fold line opposite the first fold line, the front panel, first side panel, and second side panel at least partially defining a movable section including a first opening positioned along the first fold line and a second opening positioned along the second fold line, the movable section being initially in a first position and being configured to be moved to a second position;
- and
- a heat-shrink patch joined to the movable section on a side of the movable section facing the interior space, the heat-shrink patch extending across at least a portion of each the first opening and the second opening, the heat-shrink patch being operative for shrinking in response to heat so that the heat-shrink patch moves the movable section to the second position.
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