Container blanks for flexible packages and methods of making flexible packages

US11338975B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Benjamin Jacob Clare · Cincinnati, US
• Marc Richard Bourgeois · Kyles, US
• Joseph Craig Lester · Monroe, US
• Lee Mathew Arent · Lancaster, US
• Tadayoshi Ishihara · Sharonville, US
• Richard Matthew Giachetto · Loveland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 2018
• Grant date: May 24, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 1, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B32B2439/70
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A container blank having an article handling feature for handling the container blank as well as the flexible packages made therefrom during manufacture, and method of making flexible packages using such a feature are described herein. Also described herein is an array of flexible packages containing a common article handling feature provided by such a method.