Pleaded, Expandable Package for Upright Support of a Cord Product

• US 20080093430A1
• Filed: 10/18/2006
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Coleman Cable Incorporated (Southwire Company)
• Original Assignee: Woods Industries Incorporated (Southwire Company)
• Inventors: Wethington, Gene E.
• Application Number:
  US11/550,625
• Publication Number:
  US 20080093430A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 229/106
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/241 and the gussets folds connected to the inside of the container body B65D5/247 and B65D5/248 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/04 for coils of wire, rope or hose

Abstract

A pleated, expandable, package for a coiled extension cord is expandable to accommodate different size extension cords and supports the extension cord in an upright orientation to display the extension cord.

Claims

1. ) A foldable blank for packaging and supporting a coiled cord, the blank comprising:

a base panel having a rectangular shape that is bounded by opposite first and second side fold lines and opposite first and second end fold lines;

a first side panel connected to the base panel along the fist side fold line;

a second side panel connected to the base panel along the second side fold line;

a first end panel having a trapezoidal shape, the first end panel being connected to the base panel along the first end fold line; and

a second end panel having a trapezoidal shape, the second end panel being connected to the base panel along the second end fold line.

2. ) The blank of claim 1, further comprising:

a pair of triangular shaped panels separated by a fold line connected between the first side panel and the first end panel;

a pair of triangular shaped panels separated by a fold line connected between the first side panel and the second end panel;

a pair of triangular shaped panels separated by a fold line connected between the second side panel and the first end panel; and

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a pair of triangular shaped panels separated by a fold line connected between the second side panel and the second end panel.

3. ) The blank of claim 2, further comprising:

each of the triangular shaped panels of the pairs of triangular shaped panels having an oblique triangular shape.

4. ) The blank of claim 1, further comprising:

the first side panel having a first free edge opposite the first side fold line; and

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the second side panel having a second free edge opposite the second side fold line.

5. ) The blank of claim 4, further comprising:

the first free edge and the first side fold line being parallel; and

, the second free edge and the second side fold line being parallel.

6. ) The blank of claim 1, further comprising:

the first side panel having a plurality of fold lines that extend across the first side panel from the first side fold line; and

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the second side panel having a plurality of fold lines that extend across the second side panel from the second fold line.

7. ) The blank of claim 6, further comprising:

the first side panel plurality of fold lines being parallel; and

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the second side panel plurality of fold lines being parallel.

8. ) The blank of claim 1, further comprising:

the first end panel having a first top fold line on an opposite side of the first end panel from the first end fold line;

a first top panel connected to the first end panel along the first top fold line;

the first end fold line having a length dimension; and

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the first top fold line having a length dimension that is smaller than the first end fold line length dimension.

9. ) The blank of claim 8, further comprising:

the second end panel having a second top fold line on an opposite side of the second end panel from the second end fold line;

a second top panel connected to the second end panel along the second top fold line;

the second end fold line having a length dimension; and

, the second top fold line having a length dimension that is smaller than the second end fold line length dimension.

10. ) A foldable blank for packaging and supporting a coiled cord, the blank comprising:

a base panel having a rectangular shape that is bounded by opposite first and second side fold lines and opposite first and second end fold lines;

a first side panel connected to the base panel along the first side fold line, the first side panel having a plurality of parallel fold lines that are parallel with the first and second end fold lines;

a second side panel connected to the base panel along the second side fold line, the second side panel having a plurality of parallel fold lines that are parallel with the first and second end fold lines;

a first end panel connected to the base panel along the first end fold line; and

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a second end panel connected to the base panel along the second end fold line.

11. ) The blank of claim 10, further comprising:

the first side panel having a first free edge opposite the first side fold line; and

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the second side panel having a second free edge opposite the second side fold line.

12. ) The blank of claim 11, further comprising:

the first free edge and the first side fold line being parallel; and

,

the second free edge and the second side fold line being parallel.

13. ) The blank of claim 10, further comprising:

a pair of oblique triangle shaped panels separated by a fold line connected between the first side panel and the first end panel;

a pair of oblique triangle shaped panels separated by a fold line connected between the first side panel and the second end panel;

a pair of oblique triangle shaped panels separated by a fold line connected between the second side panel and the first end panel; and

,

a pair of oblique triangle shaped panels separated by a fold line connected between the second side panel and the second end panel.

14. ) The blank of claim 10, further comprising:

the first side panel having a rectangular shape; and

, the second side panel having a rectangular shape.

15. ) The blank of claim 10, further comprising:

the first end panel having a first top fold line on an opposite side of the first end panel from the first end fold line;

a first top panel connected to the first end panel along the first top fold line;

the first end fold line having a length dimension; and

,

the first top fold line having a length dimension that is smaller than the first end fold line length dimension.

16. ) The blank of claim 15, further comprising:

the second end panel having a second top fold line on an opposite side of the second end panel from the second end fold line;

a second top panel connected to the second end panel along the second top fold line;

the second end fold line having a length dimension; and

,

the second top fold line having a length dimension that is smaller than the second end fold line length dimension.

17. ) A foldable blank for packaging and supporting a coiled cord, the blank comprising:

a base panel having a rectangular shape that is bounded by opposite first and second side fold lines and opposite first and second end fold lines;

a first side panel connected to the base panel along the first side fold line;

a second side panel connected to the base panel along the second side fold line;

a first end panel connected to the base panel along the first end fold line, the first end panel having a first top fold line on an opposite side of the first end panel from the first end fold line;

a second end panel connected to the base panel along the second end fold line, the second end panel having a second top fold line on an opposite side of the second end panel from the second end fold line;

a first top panel connected to the first end panel along the first top fold line;

a second top panel connected to the second end panel along the second top fold line;

the first end fold line having a length dimension; and

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the first top fold line having a length dimension that is smaller than the first end fold line length dimension.

18. ) The blank of claim 17, further comprising:

the second end fold line having a length dimension; and

,

the second top fold line having a length dimension that is smaller than the second end fold line length dimension.

19. ) The blank of claim 17, further comprising:

a pair of oblique triangle shaped panels separated by a fold line connected between the first side panel and the first end panel;

a pair of oblique triangle shaped panels separated by a fold line connected between the first side panel and the second end panel;

a pair of oblique triangle shaped panels separated by a fold line connected between the second side panel and the first end panel; and

,

a pair of oblique triangle shaped panels separated by a fold line connected between the second side panel and the second end panel.

20. ) The blank of claim 17, further comprising:

the first side panel having a plurality of fold lines that extend across the first side panel from the first side fold line; and

,

the second side panel having a plurality of fold lines that extend across the second side panel from the second fold line.