Patent ID: 6644539
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A package with bottom panel stand-offs comprising:four upstanding side walls, each side wall contiguous with or sealed to adjacent side walls; a sealed top panel formed as a gable; and a sealed bottom panel, the sealed bottom panel having a generally planar portion and only three stand-offs, the stand-offs being first, second and third generally rectangular stand-offs formed in the bottom panel, the stand-offs being non-coplanar with the generally planar region and defining a triangular pattern other than a right angle triangle, the first and second stand-offs being formed at first and second adjacent corners of the bottom panel and the third stand-off being formed at about a midpoint of a side opposite of the first and second stand-offs, wherein the stand-offs raise the generally planar portion above and spaced from a surface on which the package rests.