US 11,834,234 B2
Packaging for reel-less bundle of cable
Andriy Lozhko, Syracuse, NY (US); Noah P. Montena, Syracuse, NY (US); Jay A. Kisselstein, Mexico, NY (US); and Brian K. Hanson, Cicero, NY (US)
Assigned to PPC BROADBAND, INC., East Syracuse, NY (US)
Filed by PPC BROADBAND, INC., East Syracuse, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/491,489.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,997, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0097900 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 85/66 (2006.01); B65D 5/02 (2006.01); B65D 81/02 (2006.01); B65D 85/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 5/0209 (2013.01) [B65D 5/0236 (2013.01); B65D 81/02 (2013.01); B65D 85/04 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaging arrangement for a bundle of cable, comprising:
packaging comprising a blank having a planar configuration and a cylindrical configuration;
a first end panel; and
a second end panel,
wherein, in the planar configuration, the blank extends in a longitudinal direction from a first end to a second end;
wherein the blank includes
a middle region extending from the first end to the second end in the longitudinal direction and extending between a first fold line and a second fold line in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;
a tab extending from the first end in a direction away from the second end in the longitudinal direction;
a slit spaced from the first end;
a first side extending from the first end to the second end and including a plurality of first flaps extending from the first fold line in a direction away from the second side in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; and
a second side extending from the first end to the second end and including a plurality of second flaps extending from the second fold line in a direction away from the first side in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;
wherein, in the cylindrical configuration, the blank is rolled such that the first end overlaps the second end, the slit is sized and configured to receive the tab when the blank is in the cylindrical configuration, the plurality of first flaps are folded toward one another such that the plurality of first flaps extend radially inward relative to the cylindrical configuration of the blank, and the plurality of second flaps are folded toward one another such that the plurality of second flaps extend radially inward relative to the cylindrical configuration of the blank;
wherein, when the blank is in the cylindrical configuration and the plurality of first flaps and the plurality of second flaps are folded, the first end panel is attached to the plurality of first flaps to maintain the plurality of first flaps folded, and the second end panel is attached to the plurality of second flaps to maintain the plurality of second flaps folded so as to provide packaging for a reel-less bundle of cable that prevents the cable bundle from unraveling and provide axial strength to the bundle of cable; and
wherein the middle region of the blank includes a first perforation line and a second perforation line, and the first and second perforation lines are configured to extend from the first end to the second end so as to permit the packaging to be removed from the bundle of cable without a tool.