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US 9,527,659 B2Granted
Mailable packaging of compressed garments and other items
AssigneeSilverflint Limited
InventorsMark Andrew Fosbury, Akio Morishima
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Abstract
A retail-ready garment package (1) adapted for mailing, comprising a compressed garment (17) in the form of a flat tablet having self-supporting rigidity, the package having opposed major faces (3,5) joined by an edge portion (7), and an address surface on at least one of the major faces for providing a mailing address of an intended recipient.
Claims41
A package made from a folded sheet, the package comprising:
- an open-topped cuboid storage volume bounded by a major face surrounded by an edge portion;
- a pair of upper flaps that are integral with, and are each movable with respect to, the edge portion to cover the open top of the storage volume when in a closed configuration;
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- first and second lower flaps that are integral with, and are movable with respect to, the edge portion to cover at least part of the open top of the storage volume while underlying the pair of upper flaps, when in the closed configuration;
- wherein the pair of upper flaps are integrally connected to the first and second lower flaps by first and second primary webs respectively that unfold, slide past and interact with each other in response to opening movement of the pair of upper flaps, the opening movement of the pair of upper flaps driving opening movement of the first and second lower flaps in directions orthogonal to the opening movement of the pair of upper flaps, to uncover the open top of the storage volume thereby to reveal and provide access to the storage volume.
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In combination, a package and an item, the package being made from a folded sheet and comprising:
- an open-topped cuboid storage volume bounded by a major face surrounded by an edge portion;
- a pair of upper flaps that are integral with, and are each movable with respect to, the edge portion to cover the open top of the storage volume when in a closed configuration;
- first and second lower flaps that are integral with, and are movable with respect to, the edge portion to cover at least part of the open top of the storage volume while underlying the pair of upper flaps, when in a closed configuration,
- wherein the pair of upper flaps are integral connected to the first and second lower flaps by first and second primary webs respectively that unfold, slide past and interact with each other in response to opening movement of the pair of upper flaps, the opening movement of the pair of upper flaps driving opening movement of the first and second lower flaps in directions orthogonal to the opening movement of the pair of upper flaps, to uncover the open top of the storage volume thereby to reveal and provide access to the storage volume;
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- wherein the item is contained in the storage volume.
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A sheet of foldable material having a plurality of fold lines, the sheet being arranged, when folded in accordance with the plurality of fold lines, to form a package comprising:
- an open-topped cuboid storage volume bounded by a major face surrounded by an edge portion;
- a pair of upper flaps that are integral with, and are each movable with respect to, the edge portion to cover the open top of the storage volume when in a closed configuration;
- and
- first and second lower flaps that are integral with, and are movable with respect to, the edge portion to cover at least part of the open top of the storage volume while underlying the pair of upper flaps, when in the closed configuration;
- wherein the pair of upper flaps are integrally connected to the first and second lower flaps by first and second primary webs respectively that unfold slide past and interact with each other in response to opening movement of the pair of upper flaps, the opening movement of the pair of upper flaps driving opening movement of the first and second lower flaps in directions orthogonal to the opening movement of the pair of upper flaps, to uncover the open top of the storage volume thereby to reveal and provide access to the storage volume.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.