IP Library Granted Patent US 9,918,493
Granted Patent B2
US 9,918,493 · App. 14/547,927 · Granted Mar 20, 2018

Packaging sleeve

Inventors: Scott Fath (Richmond, VA); Ryan J. Sousa (Mechanicsville, VA); Steven R. Rinehart (Chesterfield, VA)
Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
A24F23/02B65D5/029B65D5/0209B65D5/0227B65D5/04B65D5/3621B65D77/0426
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,918,493
App. No.
14/547,927
Granted
Mar 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sleeve operable to at least partially contain a cylindrical article, the sleeve including opposing planar side panels; bowed dust flaps extending upwardly from said side panels; front and back panels, each having rounded, upper corner portions; and overlapping top panels in superposing relation to upper portions of said bowed dust flaps, said overlapping top panels being mutually secured, whereby said bowed dust flaps are retained in a bowed condition that conforms with said rounded upper panel portions of said front and back panels.

Claims (43)

1. A display system comprising:

a sleeve operable to at least partially contain a cylindrical can, the sleeve comprising:

opposing planar side panels;

bowed dust flaps extending upwardly from said side panels;

front and back panels, each having rounded, upper corner portions; and

overlapping top panels in superposing relation to upper portions of said bowed dust flaps, said overlapping top panels being mutually secured, whereby said bowed dust flaps are retained in a bowed condition essentially conforming with said rounded upper panel portions of said front and back panels;

a cylindrical can at least partially retained within said sleeve, whereby a rounded lower portion of the cylindrical can extends below a lower portion of said sleeve: and

a display rack comprising a plurality of undulating display rack panels;

said sleeve and said cylindrical can retained in a space defined between adjacent members of said undulating panels, wherein a height of the front panel and a height of the back panel of the blank is less than a diameter of the cylindrical can such that portions of the cylindrical can extend beyond a bottom edge of the front panel and a bottom edge of the back panel.

2. The display system of claim 1 , wherein said opposing planar side panels providing a sliding fit with said cylindrical can.

3. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve is made from a blank comprising:

a first side panel connected to a front panel along a first fold line, the first fold line extending along a first side edge of the front panel;

a second side panel connected to the front panel along a second fold line, the second fold line extending along a second side edge of the front panel;

a back panel connected to the second side panel along a third fold line, the third fold line extending along a first side edge of the back panel;

a first glue panel connected to the back panel along a fourth fold line, the fourth fold line extending along a second side edge of the back panel;

a first dust panel connected to the first side panel along a top edge of the first side panel;

a top panel connected to the front panel along a fifth fold line, the fifth fold line extending along a top edge of the front panel;

a second dust panel connected to the second side panel along a top edge of the second side panel; and

a second glue panel connected to the back panel along a sixth fold line, the sixth fold line extending along a top edge of the back panel.

4. The display system of claim 3 , wherein each of the first and second dust panels of the blank have a score free portion on a distal end thereof having rounded edges thereto.

5. The display system of claim 3 , wherein the front panel and the back panel of the blank are substantially the same width.

6. A display system comprising:

a sleeve operable to at least partially contain a cylindrical article, the sleeve comprising:

opposing planar side panels;

bowed dust flaps extending upwardly from said side panels;

front and back panels, each having rounded, upper corner portions; and

overlapping top panels in superposing relation to upper portions of said bowed dust flaps, said overlapping top panels being mutually secured, whereby said bowed dust flaps are retained in a bowed condition essentially conforming with said rounded upper panel portions of said front and back panels;

a cylindrical article at least partially retained within said sleeve, whereby a rounded lower portion of the article extends below a lower portion of said sleeve: and a display rack comprising a plurality of undulating display rack panels;

said sleeve and said article retained in a space defined between adjacent members of said undulating panels, wherein the sleeve is made from a blank comprising:

a first side panel connected to a front panel along a first fold line, the first fold line extending along a first side edge of the front panel;

a second side panel connected to the front panel along a second fold line, the second fold line extending along a second side edge of the front panel;

a back panel connected to the second side panel along a third fold line, the third fold line extending along a first side edge of the back panel;

a first glue panel connected to the back panel along a fourth fold line, the fourth fold line extending along a second side edge of the back panel;

a first dust panel connected to the first side panel along a top edge of the first side panel;

a top panel connected to the front panel along a fifth fold line, the fifth fold line extending along a top edge of the front panel;

a second dust panel connected to the second side panel along a top edge of the second side panel;

a second glue panel connected to the back panel along a sixth fold line, the sixth fold line extending along a top edge of the back panel; and

wherein the cylindrical article is a cylindrical can and a height of the front panel and a height of the back panel of the blank is less than a diameter of the cylindrical can such that portions of the cylindrical can extend beyond a bottom edge of the front panel and a bottom edge of the back panel.

7. The display system of claim 3 , wherein the blank is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of cardboard, paperboard, plastic, metal, or combinations thereof.

8. The display system of claim 3 , wherein the blank is formed of cardboard having a weight ranging from about 100 grams per square meter to about 350 grams per square meter.

9. The display system of claim 3 , wherein the blank includes one or more of printing, embossing, debossing, embellishments and combinations thereof on an outer surface of the blank.

10. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical can contains moist smokeless tobacco.

11. The display system of claim 10 , wherein the cylindrical can includes indicia visible outside the sleeve.

Assignments (1)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 20, 2016
From: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES INC.; ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
To: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
Reel/Frame 037531/0661 →
Continuity (2)
Division 13843449 · Mar 15, 2013
Related Publication 20150076013A1 · Mar 19, 2015