Folding Box With Integrated Folding Booklet

Abstract

A folding box with integrated folding booklet. The folding booklet has side walls connected to one another at longitudinal edges via respective first longitudinal fold lines, an upper closure which covers an upper opening delimited by respective upper edges of the side walls, a lower closure which covers a lower opening delimited by respective lower edges of the side walls, and a folding booklet comprising a plurality of sheets which are connected to one another via respective second longitudinal fold lines. The multiple sheets comprise an outer sheet foldably connected to an upper edge of one of the side walls. The folding booklet is folded against an interior surface of the one of the side walls. The remaining sheets of the folding booklet are arranged between the outer sheet and the side wall.

Description

The invention relates to a folding box with an integrated folding booklet.

Folding boxes for packaging pharmaceuticals have to be provided according to the medical product code with patient information cards (patient alert card) which explain possible interactions with other medications in the case of special pharmaceuticals. The patient information card has to be separable from the folding box so that it can be carried along on the body by the patient and can be presented, for example, in the pharmacy in order to check the ability to combine with other medications.

Inserting the patient information card together with the medications (for example, tablet blisters) and package inserts into the folding boxes is known. This is an increased expenditure for the packager, since the patient information cards are supplied separately and have to be fed into the folding boxes with the tablet blisters and the package inserts. To ensure that each folding box contains a patient information card, a control weighing or another control measure possibly has to be carried out.

Furthermore, integrating patient information cards in the folding box construction is known. In this case, the patient information card can be arranged as an extension, which is separable along a perforation line, of an external adhesive tab on an outside of the folding box. The folding box can be prepared accordingly at the folding box producer, so that the packager only still has to pack medications and package inserts. It is disadvantageous that only comparatively little information can be accommodated on the one-sided card.

In addition, folding boxes are known which include a tab connected to the opening edge via a fold line, which tab carries a patient information card on one side, using which it is folded against the inside of a side wall of the folding box. The patient information card can thus be designed as a fanfold. In this embodiment, the preparation of the folding box by the folding box producer is comparatively complex.

Furthermore, folding boxes are known in which an internal adhesive tab is connected via a perforation line to a patient information card, which abuts the inside of a side wall of the folding box. The patient information card can be formed by a single sheet or by a fanfold. The patient information card is adhesively bonded to the inside of the side wall and the sheets of the fanfold are adhesively bonded to one another so that the patient information card flatly abuts the side wall and does not block the filling of tablet blisters and package inserts. These folding boxes can also be pre-folded and pre-adhesively bonded at the packaging producer, so that the packager only still has to fill in the tablet blisters and the package inserts and close the ends of the folding box. The expenditure for the additional adhesive bonds of the patient information card and the fact that this makes it more difficult to remove and unfold the card are disadvantageous.

Proceeding therefrom, the invention is based on the object of providing a folding box with a patient information card, wherein the patient information card can be printed with a comparatively large amount of information and the folding box can be produced and filled more easily.

The object is achieved by a folding box having the features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments of the folding box are specified in the dependent claims.

The folding box with integrated folding booklet according to the invention comprises:

• • side walls, wherein adjacent side walls are connected to one another at longitudinal edges via fold lines,
  • one side wall is connected via a fold line at one longitudinal edge to an adhesive tab, which is adhesively bonded to an adjacent side wall,
  • or one side wall includes two sections that overlap and are adhesively bonded to one another,
  • an upper closure, which covers an upper opening delimited by the upper edges of the side walls,
  • a lower closure, which covers a lower opening delimited by the lower edges of the side walls,
  • a folding booklet comprising multiple sheets, which are connected to one another via fold lines at their longitudinal edges and are folded together around these fold lines and of which an outer sheet is connected via a fold line to an upper edge of a side wall,
  • wherein the folding booklet is folded around the fold line between the outer sheet and the side wall against the inside of this side wall and the remaining sheets of the folding booklet are arranged between the outer sheet and the side wall.

A folding booklet is integrated in the folding box according to the invention, which comprises multiple sheets that are connected to one another via fold lines at their longitudinal edges. The side walls are also connected to one another via fold lines at the longitudinal edges, so that the fold lines between the sheets of the folding booklet and the fold lines between the side walls extend in parallel to one another. An outer sheet of the folding booklet is connected via a folding line to an upper edge of a side wall, wherein the upper edge of the side wall extends perpendicularly to the longitudinal edge of the side wall. The folded folding booklet is folded around the fold line, which connects it to the upper edge of a side wall, against the inside of this side wall, wherein the outer edge of the folding booklet, which is connected via a fold line of the side wall, covers the remaining sheets of the folding booklet. Since the outer sheet covers the remaining sheets of the folding booklet, it is designated as the “outer sheet”. The sheets of the folding booklet therefore do not block the opening of the folding box, which is delimited by the upper edges of the side wall. Rather, the outer sheet of the folding booklet forms a type of ramp, along which the product can be filled into the folding box without being blocked. It is not necessary to adhesively bond the sheets of the folding booklet to one another and to the side wall abutting thereon. The folding box is therefore particularly well suitable for the automatic filling with medications, in particular in the form of tablet blisters and package inserts, at high speed.

The folding box including the folding booklet can be produced by the folding box producer. The folding box can be formed together with the folding booklet from a one-piece blank, so that the printing and the stamping, grooving, and scoring as well as the folding of the cardboard can each be combined.

The folding box can be pre-folded and pre-adhesively bonded at the folding box producer. One-piece blanks for forming the folding boxes can be transported for this purpose having the longitudinal edges of the sheets of the folding booklet and the side walls in the machine running direction. By means of switches, first the sheets of the folding booklet can be folded and by means of a retaining hook moved synchronously to the blanks passing through, the folded folding booklets can be folded against the insides of the side wall connected thereto via a fold line. The adhesive tab can be folded against the inside of a side wall by means of a further switch. In an adhesive station, the adhesive tabs or sections of side walls can be provided with glue and by means of a further switch, side walls or sections of side walls can be folded and longitudinal seam adhesive bonds can be produced. Such pre-folded and adhesively bonded flat-lying folding boxes can be supplied stacked one on top of another to the packager. The flat-lying folding boxes only have to be erected there by folding up the side walls around the fold lines at their longitudinal edges, filled through the opening between the upper edges of the side walls, and closed by closing the lower closure and the upper closure. In principle, this can take place without further adhesive bonds. The packaging can be performed by an automatic machine at high speed and with high process reliability.

According to one preferred embodiment, the sheets of the folding booklet are not adhesively bonded to one another and/or the folding booklet is not adhesively bonded to the side wall, to which the folding booklet is connected via a fold line.

According to a further embodiment, the folding booklet is separable from the side wall, to which it is connected via a fold line, along a weakening line. Separating the folding booklet out of the folding box is facilitated in this way. In principle, however, it is also possible to separate the folding booklet from the folding box without such a weakening line, for example with the aid of scissors.

According to a further embodiment, the weakening line extends along an arc in the side wall, to which the folding booklet is connected via a folding line, wherein the two ends of the arc fall in the upper edge of the side wall to which the folding booklet is connected. This enables the folding booklet to be separated from the side wall by pressing in the side wall within the arc. According to a further embodiment, the arc is dimensioned so that it can be pressed in by means of a thumb.

According to a further embodiment, linear sections of the weakening line coincide on both sides of the arc with the fold line between folding booklet and side wall. In this way, separating the folding booklet from the fold line on both sides of the arc is facilitated.

According to a further embodiment, the width of the sheets of the folding booklet is less than the width of the side wall which the folding booklet abuts. In this way, the removal of the folding booklet from the folding box after the separation from the side wall is facilitated. To further facilitate the removal of the folding booklet, according to a further embodiment, the two longitudinal edges of the folding booklet have the same distance from the two adjacent longitudinal edges of the side wall which the folding booklet abuts.

According to a further embodiment, the upper edge of the outer sheet of the folding booklet protrudes further upward with a protruding area than the upper edges of the remaining sheets of the folding booklet. The upper edges of the remaining sheets of the folding booklet are covered by the protruding area and a smooth transition is formed from the fold line at the upper edge of the side wall to the multiple sheets of the folding booklet folded one on top of another.

According to a further embodiment, the outer sheet of the folding booklet has bevels below the protruding area at the two sides and the remaining sheets have corresponding bevels at the upper corners, which overlap the bevels of the sheets folded one on top of another at the two sides. During filling, tablet blisters, package inserts, and the like can slide along the bevels without remaining hanging at the lateral edges of the folding booklet.

According to a further embodiment, the sheets of the folding booklet are folded together in one of the following ways: zigzag-shaped folding, wound folding, altar folding, parallel center folding, mixed folding made up of parallel and cross folding. In zigzag folding, which is also designated as fan folding, multiple sheets are folded in alternating directions, due to which the folding booklet obtains an appearance similar to an accordion. In wound folding, the sheets connected to one another longitudinally are always folded in the same direction. In a folding booklet having three sheets, the two lateral sheets are folded onto the middle sheet overlapping one another. In altar folding, the lateral edges of the folding booklet are folded inward without overlap onto a middle sheet. In the case of folding having three sheets, the middle sheet is twice as wide as the two lateral sheets. When the middle part is divided by a middle fold line into two sheets, an altar fold having four sheets results, which is also designated as an eight-side altar fold. In parallel center folding, the section of the cardboard she from which the folding booklet is formed is folded multiple times always in the center. Mixed folding is a combination of one of the above-mentioned parallel folds and a cross fold or cross-break fold, in which the cardboard material is folded multiple times at right angles.

According to a further embodiment, the upper closure comprises upper dust tabs, which are connected via fold lines to upper edges of two opposing side walls, a cover tab, which is connected via a fold line to an upper edge of a further side wall, and an upper insertion tab, which is connected via a fold line to the opposite edge of the cover tab, and/or the lower closure comprises lower dust tabs, which are connected via fold lines to lower edges of two opposing side walls, a bottom tab, which is connected via a fold line to a lower edge of a further side wall, and a lower insertion tab, which is connected via a fold line to the opposite edge of the bottom tab. The packager can close these closures by folding and inserting without having to use glue. According to another embodiment, the upper closure includes an upper adhesive tab instead of the upper insertion tab, which abuts an outside of a side wall and is adhesively bonded thereto, and/or the lower closure has a lower adhesive tab instead of a lower insertion tab, which abuts an outside of a side wall and is adhesively bonded thereto.

According to a further embodiment, the folding booklet is connected via a fold line to the side wall, which is opposite to the side wall connected via a fold line to the cover tab. After folding up the cover tab, the folding booklet can be removed particularly easily from the folding box.

According to a further embodiment, the folding booklet is connected via a fold line to the side wall, which is connected at its lower edge via a fold line to the bottom tab. A folding box in which the cover tab and the bottom tab are connected via fold lines to side walls opposite to one another is particularly stable.

According to a further embodiment, the folding booklet includes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 sheets. The design in principle enables a folding booklet having an arbitrary number of sheets. The folding booklets can be printed with a particularly large amount of information.

According to a further embodiment, the upper dust tabs and the lower dust tabs have widenings at the edges adjoining the fold lines on both sides and the upper and lower insertion tabs engage below the widenings of the upper and lower dust tabs with recessed edges on both sides of the fold lines and lock with these dust tabs. Due to the locking, the lower and upper closure do not open inadvertently.

According to a further embodiment, on both sides of the fold line which connects the cover tab to the upper insertion tab, upper cuts offset outward with respect to this folding line are provided, which separate outwardly protruding upper tongues of the cover tab from the recessed edges of the upper insertion tab, and/or between the bottom tab and the lower insertion tab, on both sides of the folding line which connects the bottom tab to the lower insertion tab, lower cuts offset outward with respect to this fold line are provided, which separate outwardly protruding lower tongues of the bottom tab from the recessed edges of the lower insertion tab. The recessed edges are formed by the offset cuts and the protruding tongues cover the folding box at the corners adjacent to the insertion tabs.

According to a further embodiment, the sheets of the folding booklet are connected to one another alternately via at least one scored line and at least one perforation line. The at least one scored line and the at least one perforation line form fold lines between the sheets of the folding booklet.

According to a further embodiment, the at least one scored line and the at least one perforation line are arranged so that with sheets folded in a zigzag shape, the fold along the at least one scored line is oriented in one direction and the fold along the at least one perforation line is oriented in the opposite direction. This formation of the fold lines is advantageous in production, because the blank can be scored and perforated from the same side. Otherwise, the scored lines would be introduced from different sides into the material for the folding of the sheets in opposite directions.

According to a further embodiment, the fold lines between the side walls and the adhesive tab, between the side walls and the dust tabs, between the side walls and the cover tab and the bottom tab and between the cover tab and the upper insertion tab and the bottom tab and the lower insertion tab are grooved lines. The grooved lines can be introduced simultaneously into the cardboard during the stamping out of the blanks. In particular, they can be introduced into the material simultaneously with the scored lines and perforation lines from the same side.

According to one preferred embodiment, the folding box consists of cardboard. The folding box is produced, for example, from cardboard painted on one side. The cardboard can have printing on the outside. Furthermore, the sheets of the folding booklet can be printed on one side or both sides.

The invention will be explained in more detail hereinafter on the basis of the appended drawings of an exemplary embodiment. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 shows a flat-lying blank to form the folding box in a perspective view diagonally from above and from the side;

FIG. 2 shows the blank at the beginning of the folding of the folding booklet in the same perspective view;

FIG. 3 shows the blank at the end of the folding of the folding booklet in the same perspective view;

FIG. 4 shows the blank during the folding of the folding booklet against the inside of the side wall connected thereto in the same perspective view;

FIG. 5 shows the blank having the folding booklet folded against the inside of the side wall in the same perspective view;

FIG. 6 shows the pre-folded and pre-adhesively bonded flat-lying folding box in the same perspective view;

FIG. 7 shows the erected folding box having open upper and lower closures in a perspective view diagonally from the front;

FIG. 8 shows the erected folding box, closed at the top and bottom, in a perspective view diagonally from the front;

FIG. 9 shows the open folding box having folding booklet separated and partially pulled out in a perspective view diagonally from the front;

FIG. 10 shows the folding box having removed folding booklet in a perspective view diagonally from the front;

FIG. 11 shows the folding box having removed and unfolded folding booklet in a perspective view diagonally from the front;

FIG. 12 shows the open folding box before being re-closed in a perspective view diagonally from the front.

In the present application, the specifications “upper” and “lower”, “inner” and “outer”, and specifications derived therefrom such as “above” and “below”, “inside” and “outside” relate to the erected enclosed folding box, in which the side walls are vertically oriented and the upper closure is located above the lower closure.

According to FIG. 1, a blank 1 comprises side walls 2, 3, 4, 5, which are connected to one another at the longitudinal edges via fold lines. The side walls 2, 4 are wider than the side walls 3, 5. The other longitudinal edge of the side wall 2 is connected via a fold line to an adhesive tab 6.

The upper edges of the side walls 3, 5 are connected via fold lines to upper dust tabs 7, 8. The lower edges of the side walls 3, 5 are connected via fold lines to lower dust tabs 9, 10.

The upper dust tabs 7, 8 and the lower dust tabs 9, 10 each have widenings 11, 12, 13, 14 at the lateral edges adjoining the fold lines (cf. FIG. 4).

The side wall 4 is connected at the upper edge via a fold line to a cover tab 15, which is connected at the opposite edge via a fold line to an upper insertion tab 16. On both sides of the latter fold line, upper cuts 17, 18 offset outward are provided between the cover tab 15 and the upper insertion tab 16, which cuts separate outwardly protruding upper tongues 19, 20 of the cover tab 15 from recessed edges 21, 22 of the upper insertion tab 16 (cf. FIG. 6).

The lower edge of the side wall 2 is connected via a fold line to a bottom tab 23, which is connected at the opposite edge via a fold line to a lower insertion tab 24. On both sides of the latter fold line, lower cuts 25, 26 offset outward in relation thereto are provided, which separate outwardly protruding lower tongues 27, 28 of the bottom tab 23 from recessed edges 29, 30 of the lower insertion tab 24 (cf. FIG. 6).

The outer corners 2 of the upper and lower insertion tabs 16, 24 have roundings.

Furthermore, the blank 1 comprises a folding booklet 31, which includes multiple sheets 32, 33, 34, 35 connected to one another via fold lines at their longitudinal edges. The outer sheet 32 of the folding booklet is connected via a folding line to the upper edge of the side wall 2. The sheets 32, 33, 34, 35 are not as wide as the side wall 2, so that the longitudinal edges of the folding booklet 31 have a distance from the longitudinal edges of the side wall 2 on both sides. The outer sheet 32 is connected in the middle to the upper edge of the side wall 2.

The outer sheet 32 includes a protruding area 36, which protrudes further toward the upper edge of the side wall 2 than the upper edges of the remaining sheets 33, 34, 35 of the folding booklet 31 (cf. FIG. 3). The outer sheet 32 includes bevels 37, 38 on both sides below the protruding area 36 and the remaining sheets 33, 34, 35 also include bevels 39 to 44 on both sides of their upper edge.

The fold lines between the sheets 32 and 33 as well as 34 and 35 are each formed as scored lines and the fold lines between the sheets 33 and 34 are formed as perforation lines in the form of interrupted scored lines.

A weakening line 45 extends along a semicircular arc 46 in the side wall 2, wherein the two ends of the arc 46 fall in the upper edge of the side wall 2. On both sides of the arc 46, linear sections 47, 48 of the weakening line 45 and the fold line coincide between folding booklet 31 and side wall 2.

The folding booklet 31 can be in particular a patient information card.

The blank 1 is processed in such a way that according to FIG. 2, the sheets 32, 33, 34, 35 of the folding booklet are initially folded together in a zigzag shape, as shown in FIG. 3. The folded-together folding booklet 31 is then folded according to FIG. 4 in the direction toward the inside of the side wall 2 until it abuts thereon according to FIG. 5.

In further steps, the adhesive tab 6 is folded against the folding booklet 31 and the side wall 4 is folded around the common fold line with the side wall 3 against its inside. In this way, the side wall 5 is brought into contact with the inside on the adhesive tab 6 and adhesively bonded thereto. The flat pre-folded and pre-adhesively bonded folding box 49 of this type is shown in FIG. 6. It can be stacked one on top of another with a large number of corresponding pre-folded and pre-adhesively bonded folding boxes 49. The preceding steps are preferably carried out at the folding box producer.

At the packager, the flat folded folding box 49 is erected in that the outer longitudinal edges are pressed together somewhat. The side walls 3, 5 are erected perpendicularly to the side walls 2 and 3 in this case. The upper and lower edges of the side walls 2, 3, 4, 5 delimit upper and lower openings 50, 51 of the folding box 49 here. The folding box is shown in this state in FIG. 7.

Tablet blisters and package inserts can be inserted into the open folding box 49 through the upper opening 50. The filling takes place through the upper opening 50, since the folding booklet 31 is linked on there and the protruding area 36 covers the remaining sheets 33, 34, 35 arranged below the outer sheet 32, so that they do not obstruct the filling of the folding box 49. Rather, the outer sheet 32 forms a ramp, past which the tablet blisters and package inserts slide. During the feed, the tablet blisters and the package inserts are guided along the bevels 37 to 44 placed one on top of another so that they do not become blocked there.

Finally, the folding box is closed by folding in the upper dust tabs 7, 8 and the lower dust tabs 9, 10 into the upper opening 50 and the lower opening 51 and also by closing the cover tab 15 and the bottom tab 23 and also inserting the upper insertion tab 16 and the lower insertion tab 24 between the dust tabs 7, 8, 9, 10 and the side wall 2 or the side wall 4, respectively.

In this case, the recessed edges 21, 22, 29, 30 of the upper insertion tab 16 and the lower insertion tab 24 engage below adjacent widenings 11, 12, 13, 14 of the upper dust tabs 7, 8 and the lower dust tabs 9, 10 and are locked in the closed position in this way.

The protruding tongues 19, 20, 27, 28 of the cover tab 15 and the bottom tab 23 cover the gaps between the insertion tabs 16, 24 and the adjacent side walls 2, 4 at the edges. At the upper side, they cover the gaps on both sides of the folding booklet 31 in particular.

The closed folding box 49 is shown in FIG. 8.

According to FIG. 9, the folding booklet 31 is separated from the side wall 2 by pressing in the weakening line 45 in the area of the arc 46 and pulling off along the linear sections 47, 48. The upper closure 52 of the folding box 49 formed by the upper dust tabs 7, 8 and the cover tab 15 is opened. The folding booklet 31 may be pulled out of the upper opening 50.

According to FIG. 10, the folding booklet 31 is pulled completely out of the folding box 49.

The folded-open folding booklet 31 is shown in FIG. 11.

According to FIG. 12, the folding box 49 can be reclosed after removing the folding booklet 31 in that the upper dust tabs 7, 8 are folded into the upper opening 50, the cover tab 15 is folded closed, and the upper insertion tab 16 is inserted into the gaps between the upper dust tabs 7, 8 and the side wall 2.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

• • 1 blank
  • 2, 3, 4, 5 side wall
  • 6 adhesive tab
  • 7, 8 upper dust tab
  • 9, 10 lower dust tab
  • 11, 12, 13, 14 widening
  • 15 cover tab
  • 16 upper insertion tab
  • 17, 18 upper cuts
  • 19, 20 upper tongue
  • 21, 22 recessed edge
  • 23 bottom tab
  • 24 lower insertion tab
  • 25, 26 lower cut
  • 27, 28 lower tongue
  • 29, 30 recessed edge
  • 31 folding booklet
  • 32 outer sheet
  • 33, 34, 35 remaining sheets
  • 36 protruding area
  • 37-44 bevel
  • 45 weakening line
  • 46 arc
  • 47, 48 linear section
  • 49 folding box
  • 50 upper opening
  • 51 lower opening
  • 52 upper closure

Claims

1. A folding box with integrated folding booklet comprising side walls, wherein adjacent side walls are connected to one another at longitudinal edges via respective first longitudinal fold lines,an upper closure, which covers an upper opening delimited by respective upper edges of the side walls,a lower closure, which covers a lower opening delimited by respective lower edges of the side walls,a folding booklet comprising multiple sheets, which are connected to one another via respective second longitudinal fold lines at their longitudinal edges and are folded together around the respective second longitudinal fold lines, the multiple sheets comprise an outer sheet foldably connected to an upper edge of one of the side walls,wherein the folding booklet is folded against an interior surface of the one of the side walls the remaining sheets of the folding booklet are arranged between the outer sheet and the side wall.

2. The folding box as claimed in claim 1, in which the folding booklet is separable along a weakening line from the one of the side walls.

3. The folding box as claimed in claim 1, in which the weakening line extends along an arc in the one of the side walls, wherein the two ends of the arc fall in the upper edge of the one of the side walls.

4. The folding box as claimed in claim 3, the weakening line comprises linear sections extending from respective sides of the arc in the upper edge of the one of the side walls, and a lateral fold line connecting the folding booklet to the one of the side walls extends between the arc in the upper edge of the one of the side walls.

5. The folding box as claimed in claim 1, in which the width of the folding booklet is less than the width of the one of the side walls which the folding booklet abuts.

6. The folding box as claimed in claim 5, in which two longitudinal edges of the folding booklet are the same distance from two adjacent longitudinal edges of the side wall which the folding booklet abuts.

7. The folding box as claimed in claim 1, in which the upper edge of the outer sheet of the folding booklet protrudes farther upward with a protruding area than the upper edges of the remaining sheets of the folding booklet.

8. The folding box as claimed in claim 7, in which the outer sheet of the folding booklet includes bevels below the protruding area at two sides and the remaining sheets include corresponding bevels at upper corners, wherein the bevels of the outer sheet and the remaining sheets folded one on top of another overlap at the two sides.

9. The folding box as claimed in claim 1, in which the sheets of the folding booklet or folded together in one of the following ways: zigzag-shaped folding, wound folding, altar folding, parallel center folding, mixed folding made up of parallel and cross folding.

10. The folding box as claimed in claim 1, in which the upper closure comprises upper dust tabs, which are connected to upper edges of two opposing side walls, a cover tab, which is connected to an upper edge of a further side wall, and an upper insertion tab, which is connected to the opposite edge of the cover tab, the lower closure comprises lower dust tabs, which are connected to lower edges of two opposing side walls, a bottom tab, which is connected to a lower edge of a further side wall, and a lower insertion tab, which is connected to the opposite edge of the bottom tab.

11. The folding box as claimed in claim 10, in which the folding booklet is connected via a fold line to the one of the side walls, which is opposite to the side wall connected via a fold line to the cover tab.

12. The folding box as claimed in claim 11, in which the the one of the side walls is connected at its lower edge to the bottom tab.

13. The folding box as claimed in claim 1, in which the folding booklet includes two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, or ten sheets.

14. The folding box as claimed in claim 1, in which at least one sheet of the folding booklet is printed on at least one side.

15. The folding box as claimed in claim 10, in which the upper dust tabs and the lower dust tabs include respective widenings at respective edges on both sides, and the upper and lower insertion tabs having respective recessed edges on both sides for engagement with respective widenings.

16. The folding box as claimed in claim 15, in which the cover tab has outwardly protruding upper tongues formed at respective upper cuts and the bottom tabs have protruding lower tongues formed at respective lower cuts.

17. The folding box as claimed in claim 1, in which the respective second longitudinal fold lines include at least one scored line and at least one perforation line.

18. (canceled)