US 12,404,069 B2
Folding package having a secure flat configuration
Damien Limousin, Saint Etienne de Montluc (FR); and Simon Guilloux, Sainte Luce sur Loire (FR)
Assigned to PA.COTTE SA, Pully (CH)
Appl. No. 18/269,880
Filed by PA.COTTE SA, Pully (CH)
PCT Filed Dec. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/087340
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 27, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/144279, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2014231 (FR), filed on Dec. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0059451 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 6/18 (2006.01); B65D 43/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 11/1833 (2013.01) [B65D 43/164 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00194 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A package comprising a bottom extending between a front end and a rear end along a first axis,
the package also comprising panels including:
a front panel pivotally mounted on the front end of the bottom;
a rear panel pivotally mounted on the rear end of the bottom;
side panels pivotally mounted on the bottom;
a lid pivotally mounted on one of the front panel or of the rear panel;
the package being foldable between:
a use configuration in which the bottom, the front panel, the rear panel and the side panels form a case defining a stowage volume, and in which the lid is capable of sealing the stowage volume;
a flat configuration, in which the panels extend substantially parallel to the bottom;
wherein in the flat configuration of the package:
the side panels are in a position folded down against the bottom;
one of the front panel and of the rear panel is in a position folded down against the side panels overlapping the bottom, and the other of the front panel and of the rear panel is in a pivoted position in line with of the bottom;
the lid is in a position folded down substantially parallel to the bottom, overlapping the side panels;
wherein the package comprises anchors between the bottom and at least one of the panels in a position folded down against the bottom, each anchor exerting, in the flat configuration of the package, a force for holding said at least one of the panels in its position folded down against the bottom, the anchors comprising:
at least a first anchor in the vicinity of the front end of the bottom;
at least a second anchor in the vicinity of the rear end of the bottom;
the first anchor(s) being spaced from the second anchor(s) along the first axis.