Abstract: A packing case blank including an opening device comprising a paper tear strip attached to the blank by a layer of adhesive.

Abstract: A corrugated fibreboard packing case is disclosed, comprising a plurality of side panels, a base and a lid arranged such that the packing case defines an enclosed interior volume when the lid is in a closed configuration; and, first and second adhesive regions arranged such that when the lid is in the closed configuration, the first and second adhesive regions overlap, wherein each of the first and second adhesive regions comprises an adhesive substantially covered with a release liner, whereby the release liners may be removed and the adhesives of the first and second adhesive regions adhered to each other to maintain the lid in the closed configuration. A blank for a packing case, and a method for manufacturing a packing case, are also disclosed.

Abstract: A self-erecting packing case formed from a single board blank, the packing case comprising: first and second side walls and first and second end walls integrally connected together along respective parallel fold lines; a first-type base panel integrally connected to a bottom end of each of the first and second side walls along a respective fold line; and, a second-type base panel integrally connected to a bottom end of each of the first and second end walls along a respective fold line; wherein each first-type base panel is glued to an adjacent second-type base panel and comprises a fold line along an edge of where the first-type base panel is glued to the adjacent second-type base panel; and wherein each first-type base panel further comprises a lobed section integrally connected along a fold line, wherein the lobed sections of each first-type base panel are arranged to deflect and then interlock with each other when the packing case is erected from a collapsed condition, thereby to form the base of the pack

Abstract: A method disclosed herein comprises ranking a service provider or a product for a user based on scorings of the service provider by one or more members of a network of the user and weights assigned to each of the scorings, wherein the weights are determined based on the user.