Methods of self-folding flexible packages

US10981708B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Neil John Rogers · Brussels, BE
• Michael Remus · Schwalbach am Taunus, DE
• Hugh Joseph O'Donnell · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 24, 2018
• Grant date: Apr 20, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 26, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B2220/18
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods of making packages from flexible material, wherein the packages include one or more self-folds formed by applying activation energy to the flexible material.