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US 8,464,866 B2Granted
Package for container
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorsRobert L. Sutherland, Colin P. Ford
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Abstract
A package for holding a plurality of containers. The package has a top panel and side panels. The package has retention features for retaining the containers and reinforcement features for reinforcing the package.
Claims19
A package for holding a plurality of articles, the package comprising:
- panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the package, the panels comprise a top panel and a side panel foldably connected to the top panel, the side panel being foldably connected to the top panel at a fold line and extending downwardly from the top panel to conform to the contour of the articles;
- at least one opening in the top panel for at least partially receiving at least a portion of one of the articles;
- a reinforcement flap comprising a first portion in face-to-face contact with the side panel and a second portion in face-to-face contact with the top panel, the first portion being foldably connected to the side panel and the second portion and positioned relative to the side panel for reinforcing the side panel, the first portion is foldably connected to the side panel at a first fold line and the first portion is foldably connected to the second portion at a second fold line, the first fold line is located directly between the side panel and the first portion of the reinforcement flap and forms the lower edge of the side panel that at least partially defines the interior of the package,
- wherein the side panel is a first side panel and the reinforcement flap is a first reinforcement flap foldably connected to the first side panel, the package further comprises a second side panel foldably connected to the top panel and a second reinforcement flap foldably connected to the second side panel.
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A blank for forming a package for holding a plurality of articles, the blank comprising:
- panels that comprise a top panel and a side panel foldably connected to the top panel, the side panel being foldably connected to the top panel at a fold line and being for extending downwardly from the top panel to conform the contour of the articles in the package formed from the blank;
- at least one opening in the top panel;
- a reinforcement flap comprising a first portion for being in face-to-face contact with the side panel and a second portion for being in face-to-face contact with the top panel, the first portion being foldably connected to the side panel and the second portion for positioning relative to the side panel and reinforcing the side panel, the first portion is foldably connected to the side panel at a first fold line and the first portion is foldably connected to the second portion at a second fold line, the first fold line is located directly between the side panel and the first portion of the reinforcement flap and forms the lower edge of the side panel that at least partially defines the interior of the package formed from the blank;
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- wherein the side panel is a first side panel and the reinforcement flap is a first reinforcement flap foldably connected to the first side panel, the blank further comprises a second side panel foldably connected to the top panel and a second reinforcement flap foldably connected to the second side panel.
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A method of forming a package, the method comprising:
- obtaining a blank comprising a top panel, a side panel foldably connected to the top panel, the side panel being foldably connected to the top panel at a fold line, a plurality of openings in the top panel, and a reinforcement flap comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being foldably connected to the side panel and the second portion for positioning relative to the side panel and reinforcing the side panel, the first portion is foldably connected to the side panel at a first fold line and the first portion is foldably connected to the second portion at a second fold line, wherein the first fold line is located directly between the side panel and the first portion of the reinforcement flap, wherein the side panel is a first side panel and the reinforcement flap is a first reinforcement flap foldably connected to the first side panel, the blank further comprises a second side panel foldably connected to the top panel and a second reinforcement flap foldably connected to the second side panel;
- positioning a plurality of articles relative to the blank;
- positioning the blank relative to the articles so that the plurality of articles is at least partially received in respective openings of the plurality of openings;
- folding the first reinforcement flap at the first fold line so that the first portion is in face-to-face contact with the side panel and placing the second portion in face-to-face contact with the top panel;
- downwardly folding the side panel relative to the top panel to at least partially enclose the articles in an interior space of the package, conform the side panel to the contour of the articles, and form the lower edge of the side panel at the first fold line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.