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US 9,315,310 B2Granted
Package standing feature utilizing blister and paperboard
AssigneeWestRock MWV, LLC
InventorRyan A. Bailey
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Abstract
A package is disclosed including a blister and a folded paperboard card, and having features that provide for the package to be displayed in a self-standing configuration.
Claims20
A packaging structure comprising:
- a first panel comprised of sheet material;
- a first blister comprising a flange, wherein the first blister is attached to the first panel;
- a second panel foldably connected to said first panel along a first edge of said first panel;
- a third panel foldably connected to said first panel along a second edge of said first panel;
- wherein the blister comprises
- a first holding feature that engages an opening in said second panel thereby holding the second panel at a first acute angle to the first panel, wherein the second panel is in a different plane from the first panel and is not parallel to the first panel;
- and
- a second holding feature that engages an opening in said third panel thereby holding the third panel at a second acute angle to the first panel, wherein the third panel is in a different plane from the first panel and is not parallel to the first panel, and wherein the third panel is not parallel to the second panel and does not contact the second panel.
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A packaging structure comprising:
- a planar first panel comprised of sheet material;
- a first blister comprising a flange, wherein the flange is sealed to the first panel;
- a side panel foldably connected to said first panel along a first edge of said first panel;
- wherein the blister comprises a first holding feature that engages an opening in said side panel thereby holding said side panel at a first acute angle to the first panel, wherein the side panel is in a different plane than the first panel and is not parallel to the first panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.