Reconfigurable package for confectionery products
US8141707B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 14, 2009 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 14, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D5/548
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A package for storing and dispensing a consumable product is provided. The package can be easily constructed from a suitable blank of material and can be composed of first and second compartments hingedly and detachably secured to each other. The package has an initially unopened configuration where the first and second compartments define a substantially common plane. The package is openable from the initially unopened configuration by relative movement of the first and second compartments about the hinge. The package is reconfigurable to either of first and second closed configurations after the initial opening. In the first closed configuration the first and second compartments define a substantially common plane and in the second closed configuration the first and second compartments define spaced apart substantially parallel planes. A blank for a package, a method of making the package and a method of reconfiguring the package are also disclosed.
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