US 11,718,460 B2
Easy-open media wrapper
Scott William Huffer, Hartsville, SC (US); and Brent Bosman, Florence, SC (US)
Assigned to SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC., Hartsville, SC (US)
Filed by SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC., Hartsville, SC (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/145,913.
Application 16/268,931 is a division of application No. 14/812,448, filed on Jul. 29, 2015, granted, now 10,239,677, issued on Mar. 26, 2019.
Application 17/145,913 is a continuation of application No. 16/268,931, filed on Feb. 6, 2019, granted, now 10,919,678.
Prior Publication US 2021/0130065 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 75/58 (2006.01); B65D 65/10 (2006.01); B65D 75/08 (2006.01); B65D 85/62 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 75/5827 (2013.01) [B65D 65/10 (2013.01); B65D 75/08 (2013.01); B65D 85/62 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A media wrapper for wrapping a stack of print media, the media wrapper comprising:
a structure configured to be wrapped and sealed around a stack of print media to form a wrapped package, the structure having a front edge, a rear edge, a left edge, and a right edge,
wherein upon wrapping the structure around the stack of print media, the structure is configured to form two pairs of longitudinal fold lines, two pairs of transverse fold lines, and two pairs of lateral fold lines defining a left side, a right side, a front side, a rear side, a top side, and a bottom side of the wrapped package,
wherein one of the left or right edges of the structure is configured to overlap the other to form a girth seal on the bottom side of the wrapped package,
wherein the front and rear edges of the structure are each configured to be folded into an envelope fold so as to form the front and rear sides of the wrapped package, each envelope fold being defined by fold lines arranged to form a pair of side flaps, a bottom flap overlapping the side flaps, and a top flap overlapping and sealed to the bottom flap, and:
a first line of weakness that extends along a fold line of the envelope fold forming a respective one of the front or rear sides of the wrapped package,
a second line of weakness that extends substantially perpendicularly to the respective longitudinal fold lines, and
a third line of weakness that extends between the first line of weakness and a first end of the second line of weakness, is disposed at a non-zero angle with respect to each of the first line of weakness and the second line of weakness, and is separated from a second end of the second line of weakness by a gap.