Patent ID: 8479477

Claim:
A method of packaging thin, elongate products in a shallow, rectangular, board pack, said method comprising: establishing a planar blank of board material, said blank comprising: an inner front panel; a back panel connected to the inner front panel along a first transverse fold line; a left side panel connected to a side of the back panel along a first longitudinal fold line; a right side panel connected to an opposite side of the back panel along a second longitudinal fold line; a top panel connected to the back panel along a second transverse fold line; a front closure panel connected to the top panel along a third transverse fold line, such that said top panel is interposed between said back panel and said front closure panel, said front closure panel including a free, transverse, edge portion and a closure tab established with longitudinal cuts in said free edge portion; said inner front panel including a closure slot adjacent the first transverse fold line; folding the left and right side panels over the back panel and establishing a gap between opposed side edges of the left and right side panels; folding the inner front panel over the back panel and adhering portions of the inner front panel to portions of the left and right side panels so as to form a planar pack structure with said closure slot being disposed over said gap; inserting said thin elongate products into said planar pack structure and bowing said inner front panel such that a raised lip portion of said inner front panel is established adjacent said closure slot; closing said pack by folding said front closure panel into a superposed relation with said inner front panel and engaging said closure tab with said closure slot by moving said free, transverse edge portion of said front closure panel along said inner front panel toward said closure slot, whereby said raised lip portion of said closure slot guides said closure tab into said closure slot and said top panel is rotated into an acute angle with respect to said back panel, wherein adhesive is located only between the left and right side panels and the inner front panel.