Patent · US Expired

Spherical paper package

US4172549A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 28, 1978
Grant dateOct 30, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 28, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D5/02
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A spherical paper package and a blank for making the same. One version of the blank has, arranged alternately and in parallel, a plurality of side sheets and folding sheets. The sheets are divided into three equal parts longitudinally by two transverse folding lines and are equally divided vertically by a plurality of longitudinal folding lines. Two diagonal folding lines are provided at the upper and lower portions of each of the folding sheets. The package is formed by folding the upper and lower portions of the folding sheets towards the center along the transverse folding lines. In another version, the transverse folding lines of the first version are replaced with transverse fold lines dividing each of the folding sheets in half. The fold lines cooperate with diagonal folding lines to form isosceles triangles.

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