Patent ID: 6471118
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A container for packaging solid objects, said container being formed from a cutout sheet that is foldable from a first position to a second position to define said container, said container comprising:a base for receiving the objects; a pair of lateral flaps connected to the base, said lateral flaps are foldable down over the objects disposed on the base; and a closure tongue connected to the base and foldable over the lateral flaps, said sheet being a flat blank comprising two parallel rectangular portions each having two transverse end edges and two longitudinal edges, said two rectangular portions are connected to each other by a truncated triangular tongue having a first side being cut, a second side and a base of the truncated triangular tongue are each formed by a fold line, the fold line of the base being at a first one of each of the two longitudinal edges, common to the two rectangular portions, said common longitudinal edge being shorter than a length of the two rectangular portions, the first rectangular portion having an end panel connected to the truncated triangular tongue, the truncated triangular tongue being defined in a contour of a second of the two rectangular portions, said second rectangular portion having a length such that the two transverse end edges of the second rectangular portion are substantially offset relative to the two transverse edges of the first rectangular portion, in the first position, the second rectangular portion is folded flat against the end panel to extend transversely to the first rectangular portion, in the second position, the base of the container being formed by superposing a central region of the second rectangular portion and the end panel of the first rectangular portion, and the end panel of the first rectangular portion and the central region of the second rectangular portion having means for securing to each other, in said second position.