Patent ID: 7951058

Claim:
A tool for manual folding of a package blank into a package, comprising: a clamping means ( 4 , 6 ) that can be activated for temporary clamping of the package blank against a work surface, and a support means ( 8 ) that can be activated for temporary supporting a part of the package blank in a position erected from the work surface during a folding operation, wherein, the support means ( 8 ) comprises a lip ( 8 ) which is spring loaded and back-springing and which is retractable against a force of a spring in result of said part of the package blank being made to pass by the lip as said part of the package blank is erected from the work surface during the folding operation, and which thereafter springs back to support said part of the package blank in the erected position, and the tool is configured as to form a third hand aiding an operator by temporarily fixing an attained folding position while both hands of the operator perform a next folding operation thereby assisting in a manual folding operation of the package blank.