Systems and methods for locking packaging container
The technology disclosed herein includes a method of manufacturing a packaging apparatus including an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve. The method includes assembling the outer sleeve including a first glue lap and a bottom panel. Assembling the outer sleeve includes applying at least two glue lines on the first glue lap. Assembling the outer sleeve also includes folding the first glue lap onto the bottom panel such that the at least two glue lines adhere the first glue lap to the bottom panel. The method also includes assembling the inner sleeve using a second folder/gluer. The inner sleeve comprises a locking tab configured to interface the locking ridge of the outer sleeve to secure the inner sleeve within the outer sleeve. The method further includes assembling the packaging apparatus by inserting the inner sleeve into the outer sleeve.
1 . A method of manufacturing a packaging apparatus including an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve, the method comprising:
assembling the outer sleeve, the outer sleeve comprises a first glue lap of the outer sleeve, two side panels of the outer sleeve, a top panel of the outer sleeve, and a bottom panel of the outer sleeve, wherein the first glue lap of the outer sleeve is directly attached on a first side of the first glue lap to one of the two side panels of the outer sleeve in an unassembled configuration, wherein assembling the outer sleeve comprises:
applying glue on the first glue lap of the outer sleeve; and
folding the first glue lap of the outer sleeve onto the bottom panel of the outer sleeve such that the glue adheres the first glue lap of the outer sleeve to the bottom panel of the outer sleeve, wherein the first glue lap of the outer sleeve and the bottom panel of the outer sleeve form a locking ridge of the outer sleeve, wherein the locking ridge comprises a cut-out of the first glue lap that extends from a second side of the glue lap opposite the first side of the first glue lap; and
assembling the inner sleeve, the inner sleeve comprises a locking tab of the inner sleeve configured to interface the locking ridge of the outer sleeve to secure the inner sleeve within the outer sleeve, the locking ridge of the outer sleeve and the locking tab of the inner sleeve at least partially define a locking mechanism.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the inner sleeve includes an inner sleeve compartment configured to securely hold an item.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the inner sleeve includes compartment panels of the inner sleeve located adjacent to exterior inner sleeve panels in a sheet of stock.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the compartment panels of the inner sleeve are configured to define the inner sleeve compartment.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the compartment panels of the inner sleeve comprise two compartment sidewalls of the inner sleeve, a middle panel of the inner sleeve, two compartment top panels of the inner sleeve, and a bottom panel of the inner sleeve compartment.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the bottom panel of the inner sleeve compartment is attached to the middle panel of the inner sleeve.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein assembling the inner sleeve comprises folding the two compartment sidewalls of the inner sleeve and the two compartment top panels of the inner sleeve to form three compartments of the inner sleeve that run a length of the inner sleeve.
8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein one of the three compartments of the inner sleeve becomes the inner sleeve compartment and the other two compartments of the three compartments are not accessible from an outside of the inner sleeve.
9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the inner sleeve does not include an end panel and the three compartments of the inner sleeve are open at an end of the inner sleeve to define an open end of the inner sleeve.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the open end of the inner sleeve is oriented toward an inside of the outer sleeve when the inner sleeve is inserted into the outer sleeve and the open end of the inner sleeve is not accessible when the inner sleeve is inserted into the outer sleeve.
11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising assembling the packaging apparatus by inserting the inner sleeve into the outer sleeve.
12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first glue lap of the outer sleeve, the two side panels of the outer sleeve, the top panel of the outer sleeve, and the bottom panel of the outer sleeve are arranged in a linear configuration in the unassembled configuration and the two side panels of the outer sleeve and the top panel of the outer sleeve are positioned between the bottom panel of the outer sleeve and the first glue lap of the outer sleeve in the unassembled, linear configuration.
13 . A method of manufacturing a packaging apparatus including an outer sleeve, the method comprising:
assembling the outer sleeve, the outer sleeve comprises a first glue lap, two side panels, a top panel, and a bottom panel, wherein the first glue lap is directly attached on a first side of the first glue lap to one of the two side panels in an unassembled configuration, wherein assembling the outer sleeve comprises:
applying glue on the first glue lap; and
folding the first glue lap onto the bottom panel such that the glue adheres the first glue lap to the bottom panel, wherein the first glue lap and the bottom panel form a locking ridge of a locking mechanism, wherein the locking ridge comprises a cut-out of the first glue lap that extends from a second side of the glue lap opposite the first side of the first glue lap.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the first glue lap of the outer sleeve, the two side panels of the outer sleeve, the top panel of the outer sleeve, and the bottom panel of the outer sleeve are arranged in a linear configuration in the unassembled configuration and the two side panels of the outer sleeve and the top panel of the outer sleeve are positioned between the bottom panel of the outer sleeve and the first glue lap of the outer sleeve in the unassembled, linear configuration.