IP Library Granted Patent US 9,701,455
Granted Patent B2
US 9,701,455 · App. 13/922,781 · Granted Jul 11, 2017

Paper sleeve package

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Patent No.
US 9,701,455
App. No.
13/922,781
Granted
Jul 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shaped package formed of a blank of paper card stock. The blank may be a single panel which is cut to have two shaped, substantially symmetrical portions, which when bent along a hinge, forms the shaped package. The panel includes tongues or flaps extending from one end of the panel that secure the product within the package.

Claims (18)

1. A packaging, comprising:

a substrate, comprising:

a first panel including a first end, a first central portion, and a second end, opposing perimeter side edges defining the first panel and extending between the first end and the second end, a first area defined by the first end, the second end, and the perimeter side edges being free of fold lines and flaps;

a second panel including a third end, a second central portion, and a fourth end, a second area defined by the third end and the fourth end being free of fold lines and flaps, the second end is coupled to the third end at a first fold line, and the first panel is substantially identical to the second panel; and

a flap extending from the second central portion at a second fold line, when the first panel is folded toward the second panel about the first fold line and the flap is folded about the second fold line, the flap couples the first panel and the second panel; and

an adhesive on one or more of the first end of the first panel and the fourth end of the second panel adapted to couple the first end to the fourth end.

2. The packaging of claim 1 , wherein the flap is a first flap, wherein the substrate further includes a second flap extending from the second central portion at a third fold line, the second fold line disposed opposite the third fold line.

3. The packaging of claim 2 , wherein the first flap includes a fourth fold line to define a first flap portion and a second flap portion, the second flap includes a fifth fold line to define a third flap portion and a fourth flap portion.

4. The packaging of claim 3 , wherein when the first panel is coupled to the second flap portion and the fourth flap portion, the first flap portion and the third flap portion define a space between the first panel and the second panel.

5. The packaging of claim 3 , further including adhesive on one or more of the second flap portion, the fourth flap portion, and the first panel adapted to couple the first panel to the second flap portion and the fourth flap portion.

6. The packaging of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is symmetric about a longitudinal axis of the substrate and asymmetric about a transverse axis of the substrate.

7. The packaging of claim 1 , wherein when the first panel is folded toward the second panel about the first fold line and the flap is folded about the second fold line, the flap is disposed between the first panel and the second panel.

8. The packaging of claim 1 , further including at least one of first adhesive on the first panel and second adhesive on the flap adapted to couple the first panel to the flap.

9. The packaging of claim 1 , wherein the first panel defines a first aperture at the first end and the second panel defines a second aperture at the fourth end, when the first panel is folded about the first fold line toward the second panel, the first and second apertures at least partially align.

10. The packaging of claim 9 , further including adhesive adjacent the first aperture adapted to couple the first end to the second end when the first panel is folded about the first fold line relative to the second panel.

11. The packaging of claim 1 , wherein the first central portion has a width less than a width of the first end and a width of the second end.

12. The packaging of claim 1 , where the first fold line includes spaced apart slots.

13. The packaging of claim 1 , further including first adhesive on the first panel and second adhesive on the first panel, the first adhesive and the second adhesive being substantially symmetric about a longitudinal axis of the substrate, the first adhesive spaced apart from the second adhesive.

Assignments (19)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 22, 2025
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 070919/0394 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 9, 2024
From: R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY; CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.; VALASSIS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; VALASSIS DIGITAL CORP.; VALASSIS DIRECT MAIL, INC.
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 068534/0447 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 9, 2024
From: R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY; CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.; VALASSIS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; VALASSIS DIGITAL CORP.; VALASSIS DIRECT MAIL, INC.
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 068534/0366 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 9, 2024
From: R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY; CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.; VALASSIS DIGITAL CORP.; VALASSIS DIRECT MAIL, INC.; VALASSIS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: APOLLO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY LLC
Reel/Frame 068533/0812 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS (R/F 064463/0597) Recorded Aug 9, 2024
From: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY; CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 068534/0330 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS (R/F 064462/0445) Recorded Aug 9, 2024
From: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY; CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 068534/0306 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2024
From: APOLLO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY; CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 068467/0314 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT RF 047245/0245 Recorded Apr 17, 2024
From: APOLLO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY LLC
To: R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY; CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.; BANTA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067247/0657 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2024
From: R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY; CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.
To: APOLLO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 067000/0669 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 1, 2023
From: R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY; CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 064462/0445 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 1, 2023
From: R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY; CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS 2028 NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 064463/0597 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS, PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL 056079, FRAME 0534 Recorded Jul 31, 2023
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY; CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 064441/0646 →
ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME: 047245/0245 AND 059203/0277 Recorded Apr 28, 2023
From: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
To: APOLLO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY LLC
Reel/Frame 063486/0494 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 10, 2023
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 062702/0648 →
ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL RECORDED AT R/F 047245/0245 Recorded Feb 25, 2022
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
To: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
Reel/Frame 059203/0277 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2021
From: R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY; CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 056079/0534 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT (TERM) Recorded Oct 17, 2018
From: R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY; CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.; BANTA CORPORATION
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 047245/0245 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT (ABL) Recorded Oct 16, 2018
From: R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY; CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.; BANTA CORPORATION
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 047240/0657 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2013
From: JONES, RICHARD SCOTT; GEERTS, ADAM MITCHELL; LOMBARDI, CRAIG LOWERY; CHARTERS, ANDREW CUNNINGHAM
To: CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.
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