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Packaging construction

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-03-02
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Granted: 1966-05-31
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Expires: 1984-03-02
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Erwin D Ettin

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 06:00
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D5/00; B65D5/20; B65D5/2004; B65D5/2052; B65D5/2076; B65D5/42; B65D5/44; B65D5/50; B65D5/5028; B65D5/5035; B65D5/5047; B65D5/5054; B65D5/5057; B65D5/5059

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 453 words
A COMBINATION DISPLAY AND PACKAGING CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING: (A) A FIRST PACKAGE ELEMENT HAVING A BASE MEMBER WITH AN EDGE, OPPOSITELY PLACED SIDE FLAPS DEPENDING FROM THE BASE MEMBER WITH FOLD LINES THEREIN TO FACILITATE FOLDING SAID FLAPS AGAINST SAID BASE MEMBER, AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE EDGE; A SIDE MEMBER DEPENDING FROM SAID BASE MEMBER: A COVERING MEMBER DEPENDING FROM THE SIDE MEMBER OPPOSITE THE EDGE, OPPOSITELY PLACED FOLD MEMBER DEPENDING FROM THE COVERING MEMBER AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE EDGE OF THE BASE MEMBER; OPPOSITELY PLACED COVERING FLAPS DEPENDING FROM THE FOLD MEMBERS AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE EDGE OF THE BASE MEMBER; A SECOND SIDE MEMBER DEPENDING FROM THE COVERING MEMBER ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE FIRST SIDE MEMBER; A PROTECTING MEMBER DEPENDING FROM THE SECOND SIDE MEMBER AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE EDGE OF THE BASE MEMBER; A THIRD SIDE MEMBER DEPENDING FROM THE PROTECTING MEMBER FROM THE SECOND SIDE MEMBER AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE BASE MEMBER; A CLOSURE FLAPS DEPENDING FROM THE THIRD SIDE MEMBER AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE BASE MEMBER; (B) A SECOND PACKAGE ELEMENT HAVING A RETAINING MEMBER WITH AND EDGE; OPPOSITELY PLACED FOLD MEMBERS DEPENDING FROM THE RETAINING MEMBER AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE EDGE; OPPOSITELY PLACED FLAPS DEPENDING FROM THE FOLD MEMBERS AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE EDGE; A PLURALITY OF SUPPORT FLAPS IN THE RETAINING MEMBER TO ALLOW POSITIONING OF AN OBJECT THEREIN; A FIRST SIDE MEMBER DEPENDING FROM THE RETAINING MEMBER OPPOSITE THE EDGE; OPPOSITELY PLACED TUCK FLAPS DEPENDING FROM SAID SIDE MEMBER AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE EDGE OF THE RETAINING MEMBER; A BOTTOM MEMBER DEPENDING FROM SAID SIDE MEMBER OPPOSITE THE EDGE OF THE RETAINING MEMBER, OPPOSITELY DISPOSED TUCK FLAPS DEPENDING FROM A SECOND SIDE MEMBER AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED AT THE EDGE OF THE RETAINING MEMBER; A FLAP MEMBER DEPENDING FROM THE SIDE MEMBER ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE FROM THE BOTTOM MEMBER AND OPPOSITE THE EDGE OF THE RETAINING MEMBER; THE SECOND PACKAGING ELEMENT IN ASSEMBLED POSITION ASSUMING BOX-LIKE CONFIGURATION; (C) A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY RECTANGULAR FILLER ELEMENTS SIZED TO FIT WITHIN THE CAVITY OF THE ASSEMBLED SECOND PACKAGE ELEMENT, THE FOLD MEMBERS AND FLAPS DEPENDING FROM THE RETAINING ELEMENT MAINTAINING THE FILLER ELEMENTS IN PROPER RELATION WITHIN THE ASSEMBLED SECOND PACKAGE ELEMENT; THE FILLER ELEMENTS HAVING OPENINGS DEFINED THERETHROUGH IN DIMENSIONAL CONFORMITY WITH THE SUPPORT FLAPS, ALLOWING AN OBJECT TO BE PLACED WITHIN THE ASSEMBLED PACKAGE ELEMENT AND FALLING WITHIN THE OPENINGS OF SAID FILLER ELEMENTS; THE FIRST PACKAGE ELEMENTS BEING INTERCONNECTED TO THE SECOND PACKAGE ELEMENT, THE SIDE FLAPS OF THE BASE MEMBER BEING INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE FLAPS OF THE RETAINING MEMBER OF THE SECOND PACKAGE ELEMENT AND THE BOTTOM MEMBER OF THE SECOND PACKAGE ELEMENT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 453 words
A COMBINATION DISPLAY AND PACKAGING CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING: (A) A FIRST PACKAGE ELEMENT HAVING A BASE MEMBER WITH AN EDGE, OPPOSITELY PLACED SIDE FLAPS DEPENDING FROM THE BASE MEMBER WITH FOLD LINES THEREIN TO FACILITATE FOLDING SAID FLAPS AGAINST SAID BASE MEMBER, AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE EDGE; A SIDE MEMBER DEPENDING FROM SAID BASE MEMBER: A COVERING MEMBER DEPENDING FROM THE SIDE MEMBER OPPOSITE THE EDGE, OPPOSITELY PLACED FOLD MEMBER DEPENDING FROM THE COVERING MEMBER AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE EDGE OF THE BASE MEMBER; OPPOSITELY PLACED COVERING FLAPS DEPENDING FROM THE FOLD MEMBERS AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE EDGE OF THE BASE MEMBER; A SECOND SIDE MEMBER DEPENDING FROM THE COVERING MEMBER ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE FIRST SIDE MEMBER; A PROTECTING MEMBER DEPENDING FROM THE SECOND SIDE MEMBER AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE EDGE OF THE BASE MEMBER; A THIRD SIDE MEMBER DEPENDING FROM THE PROTECTING MEMBER FROM THE SECOND SIDE MEMBER AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE BASE MEMBER; A CLOSURE FLAPS DEPENDING FROM THE THIRD SIDE MEMBER AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE BASE MEMBER; (B) A SECOND PACKAGE ELEMENT HAVING A RETAINING MEMBER WITH AND EDGE; OPPOSITELY PLACED FOLD MEMBERS DEPENDING FROM THE RETAINING MEMBER AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE EDGE; OPPOSITELY PLACED FLAPS DEPENDING FROM THE FOLD MEMBERS AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE EDGE; A PLURALITY OF SUPPORT FLAPS IN THE RETAINING MEMBER TO ALLOW POSITIONING OF AN OBJECT THEREIN; A FIRST SIDE MEMBER DEPENDING FROM THE RETAINING MEMBER OPPOSITE THE EDGE; OPPOSITELY PLACED TUCK FLAPS DEPENDING FROM SAID SIDE MEMBER AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE EDGE OF THE RETAINING MEMBER; A BOTTOM MEMBER DEPENDING FROM SAID SIDE MEMBER OPPOSITE THE EDGE OF THE RETAINING MEMBER, OPPOSITELY DISPOSED TUCK FLAPS DEPENDING FROM A SECOND SIDE MEMBER AND ANGULARLY DISPOSED AT THE EDGE OF THE RETAINING MEMBER; A FLAP MEMBER DEPENDING FROM THE SIDE MEMBER ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE FROM THE BOTTOM MEMBER AND OPPOSITE THE EDGE OF THE RETAINING MEMBER; THE SECOND PACKAGING ELEMENT IN ASSEMBLED POSITION ASSUMING BOX-LIKE CONFIGURATION; (C) A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY RECTANGULAR FILLER ELEMENTS SIZED TO FIT WITHIN THE CAVITY OF THE ASSEMBLED SECOND PACKAGE ELEMENT, THE FOLD MEMBERS AND FLAPS DEPENDING FROM THE RETAINING ELEMENT MAINTAINING THE FILLER ELEMENTS IN PROPER RELATION WITHIN THE ASSEMBLED SECOND PACKAGE ELEMENT; THE FILLER ELEMENTS HAVING OPENINGS DEFINED THERETHROUGH IN DIMENSIONAL CONFORMITY WITH THE SUPPORT FLAPS, ALLOWING AN OBJECT TO BE PLACED WITHIN THE ASSEMBLED PACKAGE ELEMENT AND FALLING WITHIN THE OPENINGS OF SAID FILLER ELEMENTS; THE FIRST PACKAGE ELEMENTS BEING INTERCONNECTED TO THE SECOND PACKAGE ELEMENT, THE SIDE FLAPS OF THE BASE MEMBER BEING INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE FLAPS OF THE RETAINING MEMBER OF THE SECOND PACKAGE ELEMENT AND THE BOTTOM MEMBER OF THE SECOND PACKAGE ELEMENT.

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