Patent ID: 8006835
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. An elongate blank for forming a sleeve for a container, comprising: an inner right side panel; an inner rear panel connected along a first vertical fold line to the inner right side panel; an inner left side panel connected to the inner rear panel by a second vertical fold line; a front panel connected to the inner left side panel by a third vertical fold line; an outer right side panel connected to the front panel by a fourth vertical fold line; an outer rear panel connected to the outer right side panel by a fifth vertical fold line; an outer left side panel connected to the outer rear panel by a sixth vertical fold line; a bottom panel having a stop panel disposed below and connected to the outer rear panel by a first horizontal fold line and a tuck panel disposed below and connected to the stop panel along a second horizontal fold line; wherein the inner rear panel has a top edge and a bottom edge, the top and bottom edges extending from the first vertical fold line to the second vertical fold line, the top and bottom edges also being end edges of the blank; wherein the front panel has a top edge and a bottom edge, the top and bottom edges extending from the third vertical fold line to the fourth vertical fold line, the top and bottom edges also being end edges of the blank; wherein the elongate blank is foldable to form a sleeve opening between the inner right side panel forming a first side of the sleeve, the inner rear panel forming the rear of the sleeve, the inner left side panel forming a second side of the sleeve opposing said first side and the front panel forming the front of the sleeve and opposing said inner rear panel and a pocket between the inner rear panel and the outer rear panel, wherein the sleeve is open at opposite ends, and wherein the pocket is open at least at one end; and wherein the outer rear panel and the stop panel include a cut-out located at a lower end of the outer rear panel and which extends from the first horizontal fold line across the stop panel to the second horizontal fold line.