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Granted Patent B2
US 11,939,106 · App. 18/017,269 · Granted Mar 26, 2024

Easy to form package

Inventors: Simon Guilloux (Vertou, FR); Pascal Hugues (Orvault, FR)
Assignee: PA. COTTE SA
B65D11/1833B65D2251/1016
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Patent No.
US 11,939,106
App. No.
18/017,269
Granted
Mar 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A foldable package includes a box defining a stowage volume, the box having a bottom and a peripheral rim including: a first panel; a second panel opposite to the first panel; a third panel; a fourth panel opposite to the third panel. The box is able to adopt: a stowage configuration in which each panel extends substantially parallel to the bottom; and an operating configuration in which each panel, of the second panel, of the third panel and of the fourth panel extends substantially perpendicular to the bottom. The package further includes a mechanism for returning the first panel and the second panel into the operating position, tending to make them pass from their stowage position to their operating position in the inactive position of the locking mechanism.

Claims (20)

1. A foldable package comprising a box defining a stowage volume, the box having a bottom and a peripheral rim comprising:

a first panel;

a second panel opposite to the first panel;

a third panel;

a fourth panel opposite to the third panel,

the box being able to adopt:

a stowage configuration in which each of the first panel, the second panel, the third panel, and the fourth panel extends substantially parallel to the bottom;

an operating configuration in which each of the first panel, the second panel, the third panel, and the fourth panel extends substantially perpendicular to the bottom;

wherein, in the stowage configuration:

the first panel and the second panel are folded over the bottom of the box;

the third panel is folded over the first panel and the second panel;

the package comprising means for returning the first panel and the second panel into an operating position, tending to make them pass from a stowage position to their operating position,

wherein the package comprises a lid to close the stowage volume of the box, the lid being mounted in rotation on the fourth panel,

wherein, in the stowage configuration of the box, the fourth panel is in the continuation of the bottom of the box and the lid is folded over the fourth panel, the first panel and the second panel, and extends in the continuation of the third panel, and

wherein the package further comprises locking means comprising a first part mounted directly to the third panel and a second part mounted directly to the bottom of the box, wherein the locking means are configured to adopt:

an active position wherein the first part and the second part are coupled to each other and lock the third panel in the stowage configuration of the box,

an inactive position wherein the first part and the second part are uncoupled from each other and leave the third panel free to move with respect to the bottom of the box.

2. The package according to claim 1 , wherein the return means comprise at least one first torsion spring interleaved between the bottom and the first panel of the box, and a second torsion spring interleaved between the bottom and the second panel of the box.

3. The package according to claim 2 , wherein each torsion spring comprises a first branch rigidly connected to the bottom of the box, and a second branch rigidly connected to the first panel or to the second panel, the first branch and the second branch being connected to one another by a succession of turns.

4. The package according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom, the first panel and the second panel of the box each have a recess for receiving at least partially the return means.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2023
From: GUILLOUX, SIMON
To: LIVINGPACKETS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 062440/0372 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2023
From: LIVINGPACKETS FRANCE
To: PA. COTTE SA
Reel/Frame 062440/0881 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2023
From: HUGUES, PASCAL
To: PA. COTTE FRANCE
Reel/Frame 062441/0040 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2023
From: PA. COTTE FRANCE
To: PA. COTTE SA
Reel/Frame 062441/0113 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 2007904 · Jul 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230192357A1 · Jun 22, 2023
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