US 11,912,485 B2
Packaging device and method
Dionysios Klavdianos, Anoixi (GR); and Andreas Vasileiadis, Anoixi (GR)
Assigned to BIC Violex Single Member S.A., Anoixi (GR)
Appl. No. 17/755,129
Filed by BIC VIOLEX SINGLE MEMBER S.A., Anoixi (GR)
PCT Filed Nov. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/083730
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/105426, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19212494 (EP), filed on Nov. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0380103 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 73/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 73/0071 (2013.01) [B65D 73/0085 (2013.01); B65D 2575/565 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaging for a product comprising:
a support having a first side and a second side, the first and second sides extending laterally between a first edge and an opposing second edge and longitudinally between a proximal end and a distal end, the support defining a first indent and a second indent, the first indent extending inwardly from the first edge toward a first shoulder and the second indent extending inwardly from the second edge toward a second shoulder, wherein the first shoulder opposes the second shoulder; and
an elastomeric retainer formed continuously with and connected to and extending from the support at two separate locations and including an engagement surface, the retainer configured to adopt a first position wherein the engagement surface cooperates with the first shoulder and the second shoulder to define a cavity between the retainer and the first side of the support and a second position wherein the engagement surface no longer cooperates with the first shoulder and the second shoulder, the retainer configured to hold the product within the cavity in the first position and release the product from the cavity in the second position,
wherein the retainer includes a base affixed to the support and a band extending from the base, the band being configured to press the product against the first side of the support.