Blank and packaging produced therefrom
AssigneeDS Smith Packaging Deutschland Stifung & Co. KG
InventorsJames McDonald, Gert De Smedt, Fredrik Jacobsson
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Abstract
The invention relates to a precut blank (1) consisting of a foldable material such as corrugated cardboard, paperboard or carton for producing automatically erectable packaging, in particular, a tray. The precut blank has a bottom (3) and hinged to it, two lateral panels (4), a rear panel (6) and a front panel (5), as well as two connecting flaps (7, 8) hinged to the front panel (5) and two hinged to the rear panel (6). According to the invention, an unstressed elastic element (15) is fastened at the connecting flaps (7) that are hinged to the front panel. Further, the invention relates to packaging erected from the precut blank (1).
Claims20
A precut blank comprising
- a foldable material for producing automatically erectable packaging,
- whereby the precut blank has a bottom and hinged to it, two lateral panels, a rear panel and a front panel, as well as two connecting flaps hinged to the front panel and two to the rear panel for connecting the lateral panels with the front panel and the rear panel,
- wherein an unstressed elastic element is fastened at the connecting flaps that are hinged to the front panel;
- and
- the unstressed elastic element comprises an elastic band having free ends facing away from each other with the unstressed elastic band being placed onto the two connecting flaps and the front panel as a liner strip in a flat transport condition of the blank.
A precut blank comprising
- a foldable material for producing automatically erectable packaging
- whereby the precut blank has a bottom and hinged to it, two lateral panels, a rear panel and a front panel, as well as two connecting flaps hinged to the front panel and two to the rear panel for connecting the lateral panels with the front panel and the rear panel,
- wherein an unstressed elastic element is fastened at the connecting flaps that are hinged to the front panel, and
- wherein at the rear panel a detaining flap is hinged at the edge facing away from the bottom, the width of which is delineated by free edges or groove lines or bending lines and is smaller than the width of the bottom between the lateral panels that are opposite to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.