Packaging box containing a built-in wedging structure

U.S. Patent Number: 6484876

Abstract: A box made of cardboard or similar material is formed from a single-piece, pre-cut, substantially flat blank delimiting four faces joined together along substantially parallel longitudinal fold lines so as, after folding, to form a sleeve whose ends are closed by two end wall panels. A wedging structure is provided for wedging the object inside the box, the wedging structure being formed of a portion of the flat blank extending substantially in the continuation of a first face, to which the portion is connected by a first transverse fold line. The portion has one end adjacent to the first face, and a free end intended to be fixed to a second. The box is suitable particularly for packaging a tube.

Inventors: Duqueroie; Florent (Paris, FR)

Assignee: L'Oreal (Paris, FR)

Application Number: 09/685,057

Issued: 2002-11-26

Expired: 2006-11-26

Classes: 206/277 ; 206/775; 229/120.12

Field of search: 206/277,525,525.1,783,784,775 229/120.08,120.12,120.35

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