US3925959A
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Tetrahedral packaging means and method of making same
Assignee: General Foods Corp
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Filing: 1971-12-06
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Granted: 1975-12-16
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Expires: 1991-12-06
Abstract
Abstract Individual irregular tetrahedral units are formed from packaging material supplied in roll form and drawn around a hollow filling mandrel to form an elongate, continuous tube which is then sealed by sealing jaws operating at spaced increments axially of the tube. Each sealing operation forms the top seal of one tetrahedral unit and the bottom seal of another, and the tubular material is subsequently cut along approximately the median line of each seam. The sealing jaws are also positioned so as to intersect the axis of the tube at pre-determined oblique angles to thus form individual tetrahedral units each face of which is a right triangle and which thus can be compactly nested without voids within a conventional triangular or rectangular carton.
Inventors
- 👤 Ralph E Dykes
- 👤 Robert M Mitchell
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 00:09
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65B; B65B51/00; B65B51/10; B65B51/26; B65B51/30; B65B51/303; B65B9/00; B65B9/10; B65B9/20; B65B9/213; B65D; B65D75/00; B65D75/40; B65D75/44; B65D75/48; B65D75/50; B65B9/2056
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
69 words
A package comprised of a plurality of product-enclosing containers, said package having a rectangular three-dimensional outline, each of said containers being generally of an irregular tetrahedral shape, each face of each container being in the general configuration of a right triangle, said containers being oriented in face-to-face relationship within said package with the long edge of the container extending througgh said package and between two diagonally opposed corners thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
69 words
A package comprised of a plurality of product-enclosing containers, said package having a rectangular three-dimensional outline, each of said containers being generally of an irregular tetrahedral shape, each face of each container being in the general configuration of a right triangle, said containers being oriented in face-to-face relationship within said package with the long edge of the container extending througgh said package and between two diagonally opposed corners thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein said package includes a rectangular three-dimensional enclosure for maintaining said containers in assembled relationship.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The invention according to claim 2 wherein said enclosure comprises an overwrap of packaging material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein said containers are bound to one another by an adhesive at their respective interfaces to maintain the containers in the assembled package.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
64 words
A package comprised of four product-enclosing containers, said package having a rectangular three-dimensional outline, each of said containers being generally of an irregular tetrahedral shape, each face of each container being iN the general configuration of a right triangle, said containers being oriented within said package with the long edge of the container extending through said package and between two diagonally opposed corners thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
64 words
A package comprised of four product-enclosing containers, said package having a rectangular three-dimensional outline, each of said containers being generally of an irregular tetrahedral shape, each face of each container being iN the general configuration of a right triangle, said containers being oriented within said package with the long edge of the container extending through said package and between two diagonally opposed corners thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
The invention according to claim 5 wherein the long edge of two of said containers extend between the same two diagonally opposed corners of said package, the long edge of the other two containers extending between two other diagonally opposed corners of said package.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The invention according to claim 5 wherein the long edge of each of said containers extends between different respective diagonally opposed corners of said package.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
The invention according to claim 7 wherein each of said four containers are of identical configuration, the smaller area face of each container representing a right triangle of unequal sides.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
92 words
A package comprised of three product-enclosing containers, said package having the outline of a triangular prism, each of said containers being generally of an irregular tetrahedral shape, each face of each container being in the general configuration of a right triangle, said containers having equal volumes and including two which are congruent with one another and one which is symmetric thereto, said containers being oriented within said package with the long edge of each container extending across the base of said prism between the same two diagonally opposed corners of said base.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
92 words
A package comprised of three product-enclosing containers, said package having the outline of a triangular prism, each of said containers being generally of an irregular tetrahedral shape, each face of each container being in the general configuration of a right triangle, said containers having equal volumes and including two which are congruent with one another and one which is symmetric thereto, said containers being oriented within said package with the long edge of each container extending across the base of said prism between the same two diagonally opposed corners of said base.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
129 words
A package comprised of a plurality of product-enclosing containers, said package having the outline of a cube, each of said containers being generally of an irregular tetrahedral shape and of the same volume, each face of each container being in the general configuration of a right triangle, four of said containers being congruent with one another and two of said containers being symmetric thereto, said containers being oriented within said package with the long edge of two of said congruent containers and one of said symmetric containers extending through said package and between the same two diagonally opposed corners thereof, the long edge of the remaining two congruent containers and of the other symmetric container extending through said package and between two other diagonally opposed corners of said package.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
129 words
A package comprised of a plurality of product-enclosing containers, said package having the outline of a cube, each of said containers being generally of an irregular tetrahedral shape and of the same volume, each face of each container being in the general configuration of a right triangle, four of said containers being congruent with one another and two of said containers being symmetric thereto, said containers being oriented within said package with the long edge of two of said congruent containers and one of said symmetric containers extending through said package and between the same two diagonally opposed corners thereof, the long edge of the remaining two congruent containers and of the other symmetric container extending through said package and between two other diagonally opposed corners of said package.
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