BOX WITH INTERNAL POCKET FOR EXTRACTABLE LEAFLET

Abstract

A box formed from a single piece of cardboard or the like having an internal panel defining within the box an internal pocket for housing an extractable leaflet or the like, this internal panel being situated in proximity to that box main panel which is parallel to but distinct from that from which the box lid extends.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

A description of two boxes according to the invention is given hereinafter by way of non-limiting example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a spread-out punched and crease-lined piece of cardboard usable for forming a box;

Figures from 2 to 5 show this piece of cardboard in its successive steps of folding and gluing to form a finished box, ready for despatch to a box utilization firm;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view (with some parts removed for greater image clarity) of one end of a box, with its lid open, as it is presented at the moment in which an automatic machine (not shown) of a user firm is about to introduce a product (for example a bottle or blister sheets of medicaments or other types of products) into it through the open end of the lid;

FIG. 7 is a cross-section through the box on the line 7-7 of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is similar to FIG. 1 but shows a different embodiment of the punched cardboard sheet in spread-out plan view; and

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of one end of a box obtained from the cardboard sheet of FIG. 8.

Claims

1. A box formed from a single piece of cardboard or the like having in its interior a panel defining a pocket for housing an illustrative leaflet and also having a panel for closing at least one end of the box, said closure panel projecting from one end of one of the box side walls, about which end it is rotatable between a box open position and a box closed position, wherein said pocket is positioned in proximity to that box outer wall opposite the wall from which said closure panel extends.

2. A box as claimed in claim 1, wherein said panel defining said pocket inside the box has at least one of its free end edges inclined to the adjacent free edge of that outer box panel with which it defines said pocket.

3. A piece of punched and crease-lined cardboard or the like for forming an improved box defining in its interior a pocket for housing and retaining an extractable leaflet, comprising: four main panels, two secondary panels and an end panel, which are consecutive and project from a first main panel, said panels being separated from each other by parallel longitudinal folding lines;a closure panel projecting from at least one end of one of the main panels and a lip which projects from the closure panel via a transverse folding line substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal folding lines;flaps projecting from the ends of two main panels which are distinct from said main panel and are separated from each other by the other main panel;the closure panel and the flaps being separated from the respective main panels by transverse folding lines substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal folding lines, wherein:said closure panel projects from one end of the first main panel, from one side of which said secondary panels extend and from the other side of which the other main panels extend; andboth that secondary panel closer to the first main panel and said end panel are of lesser width than the width of that main panel adjacent to said first main panel.

4. A box as claimed in claim 3, wherein the end panel and that inner secondary panel more distant from it are of different lengths, at least one outer free edge of the inner secondary panel situated between the two panels and being inclined to the free edge of the main panel adjacent to it.

5. A piece of cardboard as claimed in claim 4, wherein the end panel is of lesser length that that of the inner secondary panel.