Patent ID: 6068115
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A package comprising sheet material shaped and folded to form a cuboidal box body having a base panel coupled, by a pair of generally mutually parallel opposed side walls upstanding from said base panel, to an upper panel which is separated from and generally parallel to said base panel, said box body thus defining a cuboidal interior space for receiving product, said box body having first and second opposed apertures defined between said base and upper panels and said side walls, said package further comprising a flap formed from sheet material, a first crease being formed in said flap and so dividing said flap to form a cover flap-portion and a closure flap-portion, said cover flap-portion being coupled to said box body through a second crease, extending along a hinge line formed by the intersection of said cover flap-portion opposite to said first crease and one of said base panel and said upper panel, about which said flap is rotatable by a user between a closure position, in which said cover flap-portion lies adjacent and generally parallel to said upper panel and said closure flap-portion lies over and closes said first aperture of said box body, and an open position in which said flap is rotated away from said first aperture and said upper panel leaving said first aperture open for removal of product from said interior space by a user, said package further comprising a leaflet formed of sheet material, said leaflet being larger in an area than said cover flap-portion, being creased for folding into a compact configuration and being attached to at least one of said upper panel and said flap such that when said leaflet is in its compact configuration and said flap is in its closure position, said leaflet is sandwiched between said cover flap-portion and said upper panel and thereby retained against unfolding and such that when said flap is rotated to its open position said leaflet can be unfolded from its compact configuration enabling a user to study said leaflet.