Product package and method of manufacturing the same as well as package blank
A product package includes a receiving space ( 1 a ), a covering film ( 7 ), an inner lining ( 6 ) and a body part ( 2 ) created out of a single blank. The body part ( 2 ) includes walls ( 2 a, 2 b, 2 c, 8 ), a bottom ( 3 ) and a rim portion ( 4 ) as well as a plurality of slots ( 5 ) for shaping the receiving space ( 1 a ). The rim portion ( 4 ) of the body part ( 2 ) is a continuous, seamless and planar portion formed out of the same said blank and interconnecting the walls ( 2 a, 2 b, 2 c, 8 ) of the body part ( 2 ).
1. A product package comprising a receiving space, a covering film, an inner lining, and a body part created by folding out of a single blank, the body part comprising walls, a bottom and a rim portion as well as a plurality of slots for shaping the receiving space, wherein the rim portion of the body part is created out of the single blank without superimposing, outer edges of the single blank constitute outer edges of the rim portion of the body part, wherein the rim portion of the body part is continuous, seamless and planar, interconnecting the walls of the body part.
2. A product package of claim 1 , wherein the inner lining covers the receiving space and the rim portion of the product package.
3. A product package of claim 1 , wherein a portion of, or all of, the inner lining extends beyond the outer edges of the rim portion, the inner lining being separable from the body part, in its entirety, by detaching it at this portion of the inner lining.
4. A product package of claim 1 , wherein the covering film of the product package covers a packaged product and is sealed to the inner lining, at least over the rim portion.
5. A product package of claim 1 , wherein the body part of the product package is shaped out of a package blank, and in that the package blank comprises cuts by means of which a three-dimensional structure of the body part is adapted to be formed.
6. A product package of claim 1 , wherein the body part is made of recyclable fiber material, and the material is corrugated paperboard, cardboard or some other suitable recyclable fiber material.
7. A product package of claim 1 , wherein the body part of the product package comprises one or more continuous surfaces for displaying information.
8. A product package of claim 1 , wherein the walls and the bottom of the body part of the product package comprise a plurality of slots, the walls, the bottom and the plurality of slots forming the receiving space, together with the inner lining.
9. A product package of claim 8 , wherein the wall portion of the body part is formed, with circumferential portions nested inside each other and with bridges therebetween, into a basket-shaped wall portion comprising a plurality of slots and forming the receiving space, together with the bottom and the inner lining.
10. A product package of claim 1 , wherein the body part of the product package comprises more than one bracket member to keep product packages, when nested, spaced apart.
11. A product package of claim 1 , wherein the rim portion of the body part has a thickness that is the same as a thickness of the single blank.
12. A single product package blank made of recyclable fiber material and having a bottom portion, a wall portion and a rim portion for a bottom, walls and a rim portion of a product package to be created by folding out of the single product package blank, wherein the rim portion of the single product package blank comprises outer edges which constitute outer edges of the rim portion of the product package, wherein the rim portion of the single product package blank is adapted to act as the rim portion of the product package without superimposing, which is continuous, seamless and planar.