US 11,939,106 B2
Easy to form package
Simon Guilloux, Vertou (FR); and Pascal Hugues, Orvault (FR)
Assigned to PA. COTTE SA, Pully (CH)
Appl. No. 18/017,269
Filed by PA. COTTE SA, Pully (CH)
PCT Filed Jul. 21, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/070418
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/023143, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2007904 (FR), filed on Jul. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0192357 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 6/18 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 11/1833 (2013.01) [B65D 2251/1016 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable package comprising a box defining a stowage volume, the box having a bottom and a peripheral rim comprising:
a first panel;
a second panel opposite to the first panel;
a third panel;
a fourth panel opposite to the third panel,
the box being able to adopt:
a stowage configuration in which each of the first panel, the second panel, the third panel, and the fourth panel extends substantially parallel to the bottom;
an operating configuration in which each of the first panel, the second panel, the third panel, and the fourth panel extends substantially perpendicular to the bottom;
wherein, in the stowage configuration:
the first panel and the second panel are folded over the bottom of the box;
the third panel is folded over the first panel and the second panel;
the package comprising means for returning the first panel and the second panel into an operating position, tending to make them pass from a stowage position to their operating position,
wherein the package comprises a lid to close the stowage volume of the box, the lid being mounted in rotation on the fourth panel,
wherein, in the stowage configuration of the box, the fourth panel is in the continuation of the bottom of the box and the lid is folded over the fourth panel, the first panel and the second panel, and extends in the continuation of the third panel, and
wherein the package further comprises locking means comprising a first part mounted directly to the third panel and a second part mounted directly to the bottom of the box, wherein the locking means are configured to adopt:
an active position wherein the first part and the second part are coupled to each other and lock the third panel in the stowage configuration of the box,
an inactive position wherein the first part and the second part are uncoupled from each other and leave the third panel free to move with respect to the bottom of the box.