Sleevelike Closure Element Patents (Class 229/125.125)
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Patent number: 12179991Abstract: A packaging assembly that includes a carton and an inner member. The carton includes a first flap located within an inner portion thereof. The inner member is configured to be received in the inner portion of the carton. The inner member has an extension that is configured to engage the first flap to restrict the inner member from being separated from the carton. The free end of the first flap includes a cutout.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLCInventors: Marty Jones, James D. Knotts
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Patent number: 12103747Abstract: Packaging may include a base box and a lid having a tamper-evident seal. The tamper-evident seal may include a paper substrate having a first adhesive portion configured to attach to a side panel of the base box, a second adhesive portion configured to attach to a second side panel of the lid. The first and second adhesive portions may be disposed on opposing sides of the paper substrate, and a tab configured to be accessible on an exterior of a package when the tamper-evident seal is applied may be a part of the paper substrate. When the tab is pulled with sufficient force, the paper substrate tears such that the first adhesive portion and the second adhesive portion remain fixed to the first and second side panels, respectively, while the remainder of the paper substrate tears free so that the packaging may be opened.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: David Samuel Kimka, Isaac Hayes, Thomas Sang Chun, Avianne Marie Bracamonte Tuano, Jordan D. Russell, Jonathan McCarren, Arsham Chase Baron Porter, Philip Salibi, Hannah Abigail Maret, Jonathan Gomez Garcia, Jeremy Bataillou, Rhianna C. La Chance, Taylore Jaques, Arsalan Aslam, Grace Tsai, Geng Luo
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Patent number: 12098022Abstract: Devices and methods for blast/fire containment are disclosed herein. Devices include containers designed to contain and/or mitigate high energy events such as blasts from explosions or thermal runaways. The containers include a body that is built to define an interior chamber shaped to receive an explosive device or a device susceptible to thermal runaway. The container comprises a plurality of substructures that are arranged in a layered sequence to provide the desired effect. The substructures act in concert to decouple the shock load to the main containment structure using shock decoupling with energy dissipation and attenuation technology, having a highly deformable polymer structure, and managed venting. In thermally dominated events, such as a runaway LI battery fire, a crushable medium present in one or more layers of the container presents a significant thermal barrier and contains the fire.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Synthetik Applied Technologies LLCInventors: James Arthur Warren, Jason Lovaine Blaylock
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Patent number: 11738918Abstract: The present invention is a scalable, lockable container designed to prevent children from accessing the contents in the container. It includes an inner tray that is slidably mounted within an outer sleeve in releasable locking engagement. The lock mechanism includes a lock tab carried at one end of the inner tray that engages an engagement edge formed inside the outer sleeve. When so engaged, the inner tray is locked within the outer sleeve and cannot be removed from the outer sleeve. The lock tab is released by applying pressure to the outer sleeve, adjacent the lock tab, to disengage the lock tab from the engagement edge in the outer sleeve. This allows the lock tab to move past the outer sleeve engagement edge so the inner tray can be withdrawn from the outer sleeve, providing access to the contents of the box.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Inventor: Ben Levitz
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Patent number: 11713181Abstract: Apparatus for holding a food product and allowing a user to consume the food product without contact including a container. The container presents a base, a front wall, a rear wall, and sidewalls. The apparatus further includes a sleeve. The sleeve includes a top portion, a bottom portion, and sidewalls. The top portion, bottom portion, and sidewalls form an interior. The container stores a food product such as a sandwich and an article such as tissue paper. The sleeve slidably receives the container. A user slides open the container from the sleeve and removes the food product. Subsequently, the user places the food product through the interior with support from the front wall. The user slides the container in the interior from one end to another end of the sleeve while consuming the food product. The apparatus allows the user to consume the food product without contacting the food product.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Inventor: Barbara Ashcroft
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Patent number: 11597568Abstract: A child proof container includes an outer shell defining an opening. An internal cartridge defines first and second storage cavities. The internal cartridge is slidable within the outer shell between an inserted position and a withdrawn position. A first cover is hingedly attached to the internal cartridge by a first hinge. The first cover pivots about the first hinge between a closed position for covering the first storage cavity and an open position for providing access to the first storage cavity. The first cover is attached to the internal cartridge such that the first cover cannot pivot to the open position until the internal cartridge is in the withdrawn position.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: J.L. Clark LLCInventor: Mhariel Valmadrid Pastrana
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Patent number: 11365022Abstract: A container assembly includes an outer sleeve, a slide-out tray and a pop-up carton. The first and second sides of the outer sleeve have at least a double thickness adjacent to first and second outer sleeve apertures formed therein. The slide-out tray includes a first side with a minor first side flap folded thereon and a second side with a minor second side flap folded thereon. The slide-out tray is received in the outer sleeve. The pop-up carton is attached to the slide-out tray and located within the slide-out tray in a first position. The slide-out tray initially moves with respect to the outer sleeve by contacting the first and second side flaps via respective first and second outer sleeve apertures and the slide-out tray via a third outer sleeve aperture. The pop-up carton is moved within the slide-out tray to a position extending from the slide-out tray.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: RIPA, LLCInventors: Jason Altman, Hector Lemos
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Patent number: 11358763Abstract: A child-resistant storage container comprising two rigid boxes of relatively equal height and width manufactured from or coated with materials that produce enough friction between the contact points of the boxes to retain the inner box in the outer box when shook.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Inventors: Michael Markarian, Colette Bazirgan, Edward Benjamin
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Patent number: 11044940Abstract: The invention relates to a package for accommodating products. The package comprises an inner tray, a cover and a removable sleeve. The inner tray comprises a plurality of protrusions. The package comprises a plurality of cavities and protrusions, wherein the respective cavities interlock with the protrusions. The package comprises further a plurality of unlocking elements adapted such that in the coupled state of the package, the respective cavity unlocks from the respective protrusion when a pressure is applied to the respective unlocking element.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.Inventors: Sebastian Senftleben, Stefan Biel, Fiona Collins, Reinier Halbertsma
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Patent number: 10934072Abstract: A child-resistant senior-friendly package and related methods are disclosed herein. A cardboard package has a container formed from a first cardboard sheet, a first wall extending between the proximal and distal ends, and a second wall opposing the first wall and extending between the proximal and distal ends, a first recess in one of the first wall or the second wall, and a first protrusion extending inwardly from the one of the first wall or the second wall, the first protrusion positioned proximal of the first recess. The cardboard package has a tray formed from a second cardboard sheet, the tray having a first resilient member in one of a first wall or a second wall, the first resilient member shaped and positioned to removably engage the first protrusion in the container, whereby the tray is maintained in a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Lantz Packaging, LLCInventors: Travis Lantz, Brandon Lantz
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Patent number: 10696443Abstract: A package may include a sled configured to receive a product, and a sleeve configured to receive the sled through a first or second opening. The sleeve may include a top wall, a bottom wall, and first and second sidewalls, defining the first and second openings. The sleeve may include a rib extending downward from the top wall and positioned substantially parallel to an edge of the top wall proximate the first opening. The rib may engage the sled when the package is in a closed position, and in response to a force sliding the sleeve relative to the sled, the rib may deflect and produce an indication of opening or closing.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Matthew Mundt, Connie Yang, Jonathan M. McCarren, Bhautik H. Mehta, Evan M. Rosebrock
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Patent number: 10513370Abstract: A product packaging includes: a sleeve forming a first opening to an interior; and a product display configured to be contained within the interior when the product packaging is in a closed state, the product display including a lid that is configured to close the first opening in the closed state, and to begin, upon the lid being pulled, extraction of the product display from the sleeve into a presentation state.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Erik Hubert Dolly Goossens, Qifeng Liang, Byeong Seon Oh
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Patent number: 10450101Abstract: A package includes a casing of made sheet material defining an inner volume, the casing including first lateral walls defining a first passage opening delimited by a first free edge, the casing including an engagement portion extending from a lateral wall of the first lateral walls inside of the inner volume to provide a projection, wherein the engagement portion extends from the first free edge of the casing in a direction towards the inner volume. The package also includes a container made of sheet material, separate from the casing, and configured for housing a product, the container comprising second lateral walls defining a second passage opening delimited by a second free edge, the second passage opening of the container being configured for insertion and withdrawal of the product from the container, and the container being configurable between first and second operative positions.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: I.G.B. S.r.lInventors: Michel Bressan, Alessio Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
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Patent number: 10450102Abstract: A packaging box includes a bending piece provided at an end part of the other end side of a tubular side plate of the packaging box, and pressed while being surrounded by a breakable line and a bending line so as to be broken and bent to the inside of the box along the breakable line. In the bending state, the bending piece is configured such that its distal end part is positioned at the other end side from a receiving area of an object to be packaged and inhibits movement of the object to be packaged to the other end side.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.Inventor: Seiji Sumitomo
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Patent number: 10301060Abstract: A retail product package is disclosed. The package comprises an outer sleeve and an inner tray that is configured to slide in and out of the sleeve. The sleeve and tray being constructed and configured to be magnetically attracted to one another to facilitate and maintain a closed packaging configuration. Windows on the sleeve and tray allow for inspection of the product contained therein, which is mounted via a support element in a fixed position removed from contact from the packaging walls. A hook component is provided on the tray that is configured to extend through a top end wall of the sleeve and facilitate display of the package on a peg in a retail display stand.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Incipio, LLCInventors: Tomasz Strekowski, Andy Fathollahi
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Patent number: 9530301Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a casing, a first sliding tray module, a second sliding tray module, a switch module and a main board. The first sliding tray module includes a first belt unit, a baffle is disposed on one end of the first belt unit. The switch module includes an elastic piece and a switch. The first sliding tray module and/or the second sliding tray module slide/slides in or out to make the elastic piece and the baffle touched or untouched. The switch generates a switch signal according to whether the elastic piece and the baffle being touched or untouched. While the elastic piece and the baffle are untouched, the main board is configured to generate a detecting time according to the switch signal, and while the detecting time is longer than a safe time, the main board generates a warning signal through the electronic apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignees: Invetec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, INVENTEC CORPORATIONInventors: Zhi-Feng Zhu, Ying-Xian Han
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Patent number: 9352898Abstract: An assembly for holding a transaction card, such as a gift card, within a sliding box assembly. The sliding box assembly includes a sliding tray portion that fits into, and slides within, an outer sleeve. The tray portion fits entirely within the sleeve when the assembly is in a closed disposition. When the tray is withdrawn from the sleeve, a panel holding a removably attached transaction card flips over to present the card in an outward disposition.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2012Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: GIFT CARD IMPRESSIONS, LLCInventors: Brett R. Glass, Nicole E. Glass
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Patent number: 9248935Abstract: A dispensing container is provided, the container including an outer shell comprising a top, a bottom, sidewalls extending between the top and bottom, and two ends, at least one end being open; an inner tray, slidably received within the outer shell, comprising at least one storage compartment adapted for storage of a plurality of units of a product to be dispensed, and comprising at least one depressible detent, the detent comprising a raised surface that abuts the outer shell; wherein, in a closed configuration, the detent holds the inner tray within the outer shell, and wherein the at least one detent may be depressed by pressure to allow the inner tray to slide relative to the outer shell.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2009Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANYInventors: Ryan A. Bailey, John A. Gelardi
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Patent number: 8991606Abstract: A pharmaceutical product supply in the form of a container (e.g., secondary packaging) and a pharmaceutical product receiver (e.g., primary packaging) is disclosed. The pharmaceutical product receiver may include a plurality of pockets or receptacles, and may be disposed within the container. Pharmaceutical product may be enclosed within one or more of these receptacles. The pharmaceutical product receiver may be locked to at least some degree within the container to facilitate disposal of the pharmaceutical product supply, for instance at a time when some of the pharmaceutical product may have been removed from the pharmaceutical product receiver but prior to utilizing all of the pharmaceutical product originally provided with the pharmaceutical product receiver.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Mallinckrodt LLCInventors: Vernon D. Ortenzi, Robert J. Ziemba
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Publication number: 20150041339Abstract: An outer sleeve includes first and second opposed side panels edges, hinge panels interconnecting the first and second side panels such that at least one chamber is defined between the first and second side panels, at least one of the hinge panels being hingedly connected to at least one of the first and second side panels along one of the opposed side edges of the at least one side panel, and at least one inner panel positioned at least in part inside the at least one chamber. The at least one inner panel includes a slide card locking mechanism for releasably locking at least one slide card in a locked position within the at least one chamber. The at least one side panel includes a release button positioned proximate the slide card locking mechanism of the at least one inner panel. The at least one inner panel is hingedly connected to one of the end edges of the at least one panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Steven P. JONES, Marty JONES, Robert WORKMAN
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Publication number: 20150028089Abstract: A package made from sheet material has a sealable coating on a first surface. The package has a plurality of panels, folded so that at least two side panels are able to be closed in an overlapping arrangement so that the two side panels are sealed together with the first surface and sealable coating in facing relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2012Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Rodney D. Dixon, Marty Jones
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Patent number: 8936188Abstract: A package has a sleeve and an insert that lock together. The insert has a longitudinal flange on one side that fits into a corresponding longitudinal channel in the sleeve. The sleeve includes a locking tab in line with the longitudinal channel that is foldable into the sleeve to present a deflectable contact edge across the longitudinal channel. Engagement of the locking tab contact edge with a shoulder on the longitudinal flange prevents movement of the insert in the direction of the locking tab. The insert can be locked in both a forward and a backward direction within the sleeve by providing respective locking tabs and shoulders at both ends of the package.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2011Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: HLP Clear Packaging Products (USA), Inc.Inventor: Richard Mazurek
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Patent number: 8899414Abstract: A slide and shell container includes an outer shell and an inner slide mounted within the outer shell. The outer shell and the inner slide are detachably connected to each other along one or more lines of weakness. Upon separation of the outer shell and inner slide along the one or more lines of weakness, the inner slide becomes moveable within the outer shell between a closed slide position and an open slide position. The two or more lines of weakness define an integral opening strip which is separable from the container in order to separate the outer shell and the inner slide.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Lucas Chatelain, Philippe Bourgoin, Roger Nuetzi, Michael Barth
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Publication number: 20140305832Abstract: A package (1) for containing loose items comprises at least one outer casing (2), at least one inner casing (3) accommodated slidably within the outer casing (2) and capable of motion between a closed configuration, in which an opening (4) presented by the inner casing (3) is concealed completely by the at least one outer casing (2), and an open configuration in which the opening (4) is exposed at least in part. The package (1) further comprises at least one connecting appendage (5) hinged along a first line to a side wall of the outer casing (2), and along a second line to a side wall of the inner casing (3) breasted in sliding contact with the side wall of the outer casing. The outer casing (2) comprises a locking part with a flap (6) folded to act against a corresponding locking part of the inner casing (3) also comprising a flap (7), both flaps (6, 7) in folded state being attached to the outer casing (2) and the inner casing (3), respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2011Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: A & R CARTON OYInventors: Peter Andersson, Johan Werme, Soheil Makdessi
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Publication number: 20140263598Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for manufacturing a package with a rigid or semi-rigid container and a polymeric or plastic header with a reclosure, such as a zipper. The rigid or semi-rigid container is typically provided in a stack of flat containers. The header is sealed, glued or otherwise secured to the containers. The container, typically inverted, is filled, and the bottom is formed by folding and sealing the bottom portion of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Clifton HOWELL, David WALLACE, Kenny MCCRACKEN, Robert HOGAN, Kevin OWEN, Steven OLECHOWSKI, Eric PLOURDE, David ANZINI, Steven AUSNIT, Rusty KOENIGKRAMER
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Patent number: 8757371Abstract: A packet (1) for smoking articles comprises an external casing, including a containing body (3) and a lid (4) rotatable around a hinge (5) made on a wall of the external casing, and an internal casing (18), slidable with respect to the external casing. In order to provide an ample surface available for communications to the consumer, advertising messages or similar, the external casing comprises a further wall (17) joined to the internal casing (18) so as to be distanced from the containing body (3) when the internal casing (18) is at least partially extracted from the external casing.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: GIMA S.p.A.Inventor: Fiorenzo Draghetti
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Patent number: 8746444Abstract: The disclosure relates to a package comprising a sleeve and an insert, the insert being adapted to be movably received in the sleeve, the insert is adapted to carry and receive a product, the insert is adapted to be reinserted into the sleeve after receipt of said product, the sleeve is adapted to enclose the reinserted insert such that access to said product is limited or denied and reextraction of the insert is limited or denied once the insert has been reinserted into the sleeve. The disclosure further relates to an insert adapted to form a part of a package of the above kind.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2008Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Stora Enso ABInventor: Marcus Dehlin
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Patent number: 8727205Abstract: A reclosable pack according to the invention has a container with a covering film or foil as a closure part which covers a removal opening, which closure part is at least partially connected to the container, by a permanent adhesive, via an edge region adjoining the removal opening, and is made from a flexible material. Advantageously it is therefore possible to detach the closure part in order to release the removal opening by pulling in the pulling direction of the container and to place it back on the container in the opposite direction in order to reclose the removal opening. The container is surrounded by an outer pack which can be displaced in relation to the container in the pulling direction and in the opposite direction, and the closure part is fastened to the outer pack such that the release and reclosing of the removal opening can be controlled by displacing the outer pack in the pulling direction or in the opposite direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2009Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Alfred Wipf
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Patent number: 8640874Abstract: A package for holding a plurality of non-spherical products, each product having at least one product axis, is provided. The package comprises a tray defining a tray plane, a plurality of open pockets protruding from the tray plane, each for containing a single product; and each pocket including an angular orienting pocket wall portion for angularly orienting the product within the pocket, so that a product axis is angularly oriented with respect to the tray plane.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Wm. Wrigley Jr. CompanyInventors: Daniel H. J. Shin, Heather L. Fluegel, Robert J. Peterson
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Patent number: 8584843Abstract: At least one embodiment of a package system for particulate organic product includes a box element and an insert element. The box element generally includes a side pocket for retaining an auxiliary packet, such as a packet of cigarette rolling papers. The insert element acts as a transparent window aligned with one or more window apertures in the first face panel of the box element, and is extendable from the box element to provide a tray which can be partitioned into a product measurement zone and a product retentions zone. The partitioning may be provided by a foldable closure panel and associated tuck flap acting in cooperation with one another. The box element and insert element may be formed from respective pre-cut and scored blanks.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Inventor: Robert Hillard
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Patent number: 8567607Abstract: A folding box with a blister pack held therein is produced from a one-piece blank, having a first tab which starts integrally from a narrow side wall and in the use position inside the folding box rises obliquely inwards from this edge toward the opposite wall and is supported resiliently against the latter. A second tab is bent back from the support point of the first tab and in the use position comes to lie between the first wall and the first tab or the second wall, and in turn carries at its edge a locking tab which in the use position engages in a hinged fashion between two blister cavities or cavity rows arranged one behind the other in the insertion direction, and thereby secures the blister pack in locking fashion without the need for beads or other deformations that affect the surface on the folding box.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: August Faller KGInventor: Michael Fischer
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Patent number: 8517250Abstract: A tray has a bottom panel, side and end panels and top shoulders at opposed ends of the tray. The tray is covered by a separate sleeve that extends across the top of the tray and down opposed sides and across the bottom of the tray. The trays may be stacked with an upper tray resting on the shoulders of the lower tray. The sleeve is a sleeve for the stack of trays with the side panels of the sleeve sized for different numbers of trays in the stack. There may be frictional tabs in the side panels of the tray or trays which have frictional engagement with the side panels of the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2008Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: International Paper CompanyInventor: Nicholas A Philips
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Patent number: 8348062Abstract: A packaging box, which is easily disassembled to easily remove a product therefrom. A packaging box including an external box having a receiving space therein, the external box including a receiving part and a cover removably coupleable to the receiving part; an internal box receivable in the receiving space of the external box, the internal box having a receiving space therein; and a slide pad slidably coupleable to a lower portion of the internal box.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: SB LiMotive Co., Ltd.Inventor: Minhyung Guen
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Patent number: 8342330Abstract: A blister and package system made of a blister card and an outer package with unique interacting locking mechanisms. The blister card or strip is inserted into the outer package or sleeve and locks immediately without having to further process the outer package or the blister card or strip. The user is able to expose the blisters from the outer package by disengaging the lock. The blister card or strip includes a formable, pliable sheet material, into which one or more individual cavities or blisters are formed. The separated cavities are loaded with product and sealed with one or more layers of puncturable or tearable sheet material, such as aluminum foil. The blister card or strip contains a plastic rivet assembly that forms an interference mechanism. The rivet is trapped by an internally formed panel and stopped by a catch flap included in the outer package.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Key-Pak Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael H. Weston, Frank Edward Smith
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Publication number: 20120228369Abstract: A package assembly (10) provides for enclosing an array of aligned products (14) with a slidable sleeve (16) for removing the product. The package assembly includes a product packet (12) and a sleeve. The product packet encloses an array of aligned products and the packet conforms to the configuration of the product array. The sleeve has at least one open end slidably insertably and removably accommodating the product packet therein. The slidable removal of the packet from the sleeve opens the product packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2010Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventor: Allen Aldridge
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Publication number: 20120152766Abstract: A package has a sleeve and an insert that lock together. The insert has a longitudinal flange on one side that fits into a corresponding longitudinal channel in the sleeve. The sleeve includes a locking tab in line with the longitudinal channel that is foldable into the sleeve to present a deflectable contact edge across the longitudinal channel. Engagement of the locking tab contact edge with a shoulder on the longitudinal flange prevents movement of the insert in the direction of the locking tab. The insert can be locked in both a forward and a backward direction within the sleeve by providing respective locking tabs and shoulders at both ends of the package.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: HLP Clear Packaging Products (USA), Inc.Inventor: Richard Mazurek
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Patent number: 8201683Abstract: A cigarette package according to the present invention has a thin outer case (10) and an inner tray (14) inserted into the outer case (10) in a manner allowing the inner tray to be pulled out, the inner tray (14) having a head (16) functioning as a grip to pull the inner tray (14) out from the outer case (10) and a plurality of grooves (22) holding filter-tipped cigarettes (F) along the direction that the inner tray (14) is pulled out.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2010Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventors: Keiko Nakano, Akira Miyazawa
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Publication number: 20120037517Abstract: A childproof and senior friendly packaging container having a housing that defines a chamber for removably receiving a blister card or sheet. The blister sheet includes a flap on its end that is designed to engage a flap extending into the chamber of the housing to retain the blister card within the housing in an extended position. A node on the blister card flap is sized to fit within a slot or hole on the housing to retain the blister card in a stored position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: COLBERT PACKAGING CORPORATIONInventor: Glenn A. Grosskopf
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Patent number: 8100321Abstract: A rigid packet for loose pastilles, sweets or similar items is composed of an outer casing (2), and an inner casing (3) with a small opening (4), accommodated slidably in the outer casing (2). The packet can assume a closed configuration in which the opening (4) is concealed completely by the outer casing (2), or an open configuration in which the opening (4) is at least partly exposed and is furnished with a mechanism (14) designed to lock the inner casing (3) in the closed position; the locking mechanism (14) can be operated from externally of the packet to release the inner casing (3) and allow it to slide toward the open position.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2007Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.p.A.Inventors: Marco Ghini, Giuseppe Marcante
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Patent number: 8020698Abstract: Disclosed is a product package which includes a packaging sleeve and a product container. The packaging sleeve has a first end that defines an opening and a closed second end. The sleeve includes at least one pair of locking tabs projecting from the first end, each locking tab including a locking edge and each locking tab being folded inwards into the opening. The product container has a body portion for receiving the product and a rigid end cap which sealingly engages with the body portion so as to house the product. The end cap is dimensioned to fit closely within the opening of the sleeve and includes a peripheral rim that, when the end cap is inserted into the sleeve opening, engages the sleeve end and prevents the end cap from being inserted further into the opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Atlas AGI Holdings, LLCInventor: John A. Gelardi
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Patent number: 8011512Abstract: A child-resistant but adult-friendly package package comprising a sleeve having top and bottom walls, opposite side walls, a closed end, and an open end. A blister card insert configured to be movable into and out of the sleeve through the open end. A first latch element on the insert and a second latch element on the sleeve, the first and second latch elements are interengageable when the insert is fully inserted in the sleeve to latch the insert against withdrawal from the sleeve. A biasing member on the insert is configured to be in contact with the top and bottom walls of the sleeve, urging the first latch element into engagement with the second latch element. The biasing member also forming a first portion of a retaining means to prevent complete withdrawal of the insert from the sleeve and a second portion of the retaining means is formed on the sleeve for cooperation with the first portion to retain the insert against complete withdrawal from the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: International Paper Co.Inventors: Brian W. Brollier, David Boase
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Publication number: 20110163155Abstract: A pack (1) has a basic body (2) and a carrier (3) which is mounted in a displaceable manner therein and is intended for blisters or the like. The basic body (2) is of two-part design and comprises a floor part (5) made of cardboard and a moulding (6) made of plastics material. For childproofing purposes, the blister carrier (3) has a latching tongue (11), which is articulated in a resilient manner on a base portion (13), and the basic body (2) has a housing wall with a latching shoulder (10), wherein the latching shoulder (10) interacts with the latching tongue (11) in order to create a latching connection in the rest position. The latching shoulder (10) is formed here by a step in the housing wall in the region of the upper side.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2010Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: RONDO AGInventors: Alfred KÄLIN, Martin KRAUSE
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Publication number: 20110163156Abstract: An inner sleeve having an interior chamber comprised of a bottom panel (12), a top panel (14), a pair of side panels (16,18) and a sealed front end formed by a pair of front closure panels (28, 30) and a pair of front closure flaps (32, 34). A locking flap (36) extends from the opposite end of the bottom panel and can be folded back over the bottom panel such that it will catch when inserted into an outer sleeve. An internal glue flap forms a barrier preventing contents inserted into the inner sleeve from inadvertently slipping out the rear end. A retaining flap (26) extends from the opposite end of the top panel and can be folded inward to create a one way gate that allows a blister pack to be inserted into the interior chamber without allowing it to be withdrawn.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2009Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: MEADWESTVACO CORPORATIONInventors: Alyssa Smith, William Bogdziewicz, III, Steve Jones, John A. Gelardi, Marty Jones, Rodney Dixon
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Publication number: 20110139864Abstract: A reclosable pack according to the invention has a container with a covering film or foil as a closure part which covers a removal opening, which closure part is at least partially connected to the container, by a permanent adhesive, via an edge region adjoining the removal opening, and is made from a flexible material. Advantageously it is therefore possible to detach the closure part in order to release the removal opening by pulling in the pulling direction of the container and to place it back on the container in the opposite direction in order to reclose the removal opening. The container is surrounded by an outer pack which can be displaced in relation to the container in the pulling direction and in the opposite direction, and the closure part is fastened to the outer pack such that the release and reclosing of the removal opening can be controlled by displacing the outer pack in the pulling direction or in the opposite direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Inventor: Alfred Wipf
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Publication number: 20110132779Abstract: A lockable package includes an outer sleeve defined by connected first and second panels, the sleeve having at least one open end. An inner container is slidable within the sleeve, and having a first portion joined to a second portion, wherein at least one of a height and a width of the first portion is less than a corresponding height and width of the second portion. A difference between one of the height and the width of the first portion and the corresponding height and width of the second portion defines a ridge. A locking assembly is provided at the at least one open end of the sleeve and is configured to releasably engage the ridge, wherein the inner container is removable through the open end of the sleeve by disengaging the locking assembly from the ridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: Howell Packaging, Division of F.M. Howell & CompanyInventors: Robert LOUGHMAN, John Turner, George Howell
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Publication number: 20110068039Abstract: A package for containing tablets or like separate dispensable items is provided having so-called child-resistant and senior-friendly storage and dispensing properties. An elongate outer sleeve houses a separate blister card carrying tablets or like items. The card slides into the sleeve to a storage position in which the card is housed within the outer sleeve and slides in the reverse direction to a dispensing position in which the card at least partially extends from the open end of the sleeve. The sleeve includes an internal locking restriction secured to a wall thereof, and the card includes a tail end having an integral latch. The locking restriction and latch cooperate to form a locking engagement thereby locking the card within the sleeve when the card is in the storage position. The sleeve includes visually defined squeeze locations on opposite side edges thereof that correspond to a location of the internal locking restriction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2009Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: ANDERSON PACKAGING, INC.Inventors: Ryen Sack, Curtis A. Knutson, Thomas Moyer
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Patent number: 7882953Abstract: A clear package for storing a packaged product and providing an easy locking mechanism to seal and secure the product. The package of the present invention has a sleeve having foldable tabs at the top and bottom, and a top and bottom opening, and a slidable insert having indents at the top and bottom, the slidable insert being slidably inserted into the sleeve through the top or bottom opening, where the tabs align with the indents to provide a locking mechanism, and where the height of the sleeve is substantially the same as the height of the slidable insert.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2006Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Printex Packaging CorporationInventors: Joel Heller, David Heller
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Patent number: 7866466Abstract: A slide and shell container, which finds particular application as a pack for elongate smoking articles such as cigarettes, and which includes an outer shell having a first access opening; and an inner slide having a second access opening. The inner slide is mounted within the outer shell for slidable movement relative thereto between a closed position, in which the second access opening is occluded by the outer shell and the interior of the inner slide is inaccessible, and an open position, in which the second access opening is substantially aligned with the first access opening such that the interior of the inner slide is accessible through the first and second access openings.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2007Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Dirk Rose, Lutz Vocke
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Patent number: 7854325Abstract: A childproof package includes a package housing, two guide recesses, which are formed in an area of an inside surface of the package housing, and a sliding element for a package content. The sliding element has two projections on its top or bottom surface, which are guided in the guide recesses. Further, the childproof package has a spring element arranged between the package housing and the sliding element. The projections can be latched by the elastic force of the spring element in notches, which extend from the guide recesses and branch off from it, and can be released against the elastic force of the spring element so that the projections are returned to the guide recesses.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2009Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Uhlmann Pac-Systeme GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Josef Bentele
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Patent number: 7845496Abstract: A package includes a slide card that is received in an outer sleeve having a false end wall. The false end wall extends between a top wall and a bottom wall to enhance the structural integrity of the outer sleeve. The false end wall provides child resistance in that it prevents a user from manipulating the outer sleeve to inadvertently disengage a locking feature that lockably retains a slide card in the outer sleeve. The false end wall also prevents a user from accessing the slide card through an opening that is created by removing an end wall.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2006Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: MeadWestvaco CorporationInventor: Christopher Jeffrey Hession