Package with bottom panel stand-offs

US6644539B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. · CH

Inventors

• Craig Boyd · Rantoul, US
• Charles Christensen · Centuria, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 12, 2001
• Grant date: Nov 11, 2003
• Expiry date: Jan 25, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D5/42
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A package with bottom panel stand-offs includes a plurality of upstanding side walls, each side wall contiguous or sealed to adjacent side walls, a sealed top panel, and a sealed bottom panel. The sealed bottom panel has a generally planar portion and three stand-offs formed therein. The three stand-offs are non-coplanar with the generally planar region and define a triangular pattern other than a right angle triangle. The stand-offs raise the generally planar portion above and spaced from a surface on which the package rests. A method for forming a stable carton is also disclosed.