US 11,884,469 B2
Packaging system
Jeroen Hammer, Auckland (NZ); Mark Arvind McLaren, Auckland (NZ); Abby Rebecca Farrow, Auckland (NZ); and Jonathan Neil Ritchie, Auckland (NZ)
Assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland (NZ)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/595,216.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/742,551, filed on Oct. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0108989 A1, Apr. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 16/06 (2006.01); B65D 73/00 (2006.01); B65D 75/00 (2006.01); B65D 77/04 (2006.01); B65D 65/46 (2006.01); B65D 85/18 (2006.01); B65D 25/10 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 73/0085 (2013.01) [A61M 16/0683 (2013.01); B65D 25/10 (2013.01); B65D 65/466 (2013.01); B65D 75/008 (2013.01); B65D 77/04 (2013.01); B65D 85/18 (2013.01); A61M 2209/06 (2013.01); B65D 2203/02 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaging carton for a respiratory mask, the packaging carton comprising:
a central panel having at least one respiratory mask retaining feature configured to retain the respiratory mask to the central panel,
at least one flap extending from an edge of the central panel, and
at least one retention tab that is configured to be received by at least one retention slot,
wherein the at least one flap is configured to be folded towards the central panel and over at least a portion of the respiratory mask in a closed configuration, and to be folded away from the central panel in an open configuration, and the at least one respiratory mask retaining feature is configured to retain the respiratory mask to the central panel when the at least one flap is in either the open configuration or the closed configuration,
wherein the at least one respiratory mask retaining feature comprises a plurality of T-shaped cutouts configured to receive and frictionally retain straps of the respiratory mask or straps of a headgear of the respiratory mask,
wherein each of the plurality of T-shaped cutouts extend from an outer edge of the central panel, and
wherein at least one of the plurality of T-shaped cutouts is located along a periphery of the packaging carton in an unfolded condition.