US 11,884,460 B2
Folding panel packaging with tab locks
Kelsey M. Kiefiuk, Culver City, CA (US); Shannon M. McGrath, Los Angeles, CA (US); Teresa Y. Yen, Arcadia, CA (US); Hamish Thain, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Megan J. Burmeister, Manhattan Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/992,415.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/895,839, filed on Sep. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0061513 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 5/48 (2006.01); B65D 5/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 5/48002 (2013.01) [B65D 5/2066 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Packaging, comprising:
a single layer foldable blank, the single layer foldable blank comprising:
panels foldable to enclose a product;
a planar fastening element cut from a first one of the panels, forming an opening therein, and adhered to a second one of the panels such that the first and second panels are configured to retain at least a portion of the packaging in a closed configuration when the planar fastening element is disposed within the opening, wherein the packaging is convertible between a flat configuration and a secured configuration without adding or removing elements.