A container for liquids has a top, a bottom and a mid-section. A plurality of side panels forming the mid-section, and a plurality of top panels enclose the top of the container. One of the top panels has an openable seal for removing liquid from the container when the seal is broken. A plurality of bottom flaps are provided for closing the bottom of the container, and a baffle is secured inside of the container. The baffle has at least one opening for mixing liquid contained in the container when the container is closed and shaken.

Provided is a package sleeve made of a composite material for the manufacture of a package, including: a front surface, a rear surface, two side surfaces, base surfaces and gable surfaces which are arranged on opposite sides of the two side surfaces, the front surface and the rear surface, and a longitudinal seam which connects two edges of the composite material to form a package sleeve. The package sleeve has several fold lines. The two side surfaces have a secondary fold line running therethrough. The package sleeve is folded along both secondary fold lines. The package sleeve is open both in the region of the base surfaces and in the region of the gable surfaces. Also provided are a package and a method for manufacturing a package.

A thermally insulated package 100 for transporting a temperature sensitive payload by unmanned aerial vehicle. The thermally insulated package comprises a payload retention volume 150, at least one layer of insulation 121, 122 surrounding the payload retention volume 150 and an outer casing 110 enclosing the at least one layer of insulation 121, 122 and the payload retention volume 150. The thermally insulated package 100 is shaped to reduce drag in flight by having an aerodynamic shape, particularly in a nose section 130 and optionally a tail section 140. The thermally insulated package 100 may be particularly suitable as a single use packaging for transporting temperature sensitive goods to remote locations. A packaging blank 200 and an unmanned aerial vehicle comprising the thermally insulated package 100 are also disclosed.

Paper-based packages and methods of making the same are disclosed. In one example, a semi-rigid package comprises: a base, a first side portion, and a second side portion. The base comprises two opposed major walls and two longitudinal side walls opposed to each other. The first side portion and a second side portion are integrally formed with the base. The two side portions are respectively connected to the base along the longitudinal direction, and each side portion comprises two opposed side panels, two tapered corner portions opposed to each other, and a closure in a transverse direction. Each side panel is connected to the adjacent major wall along a transverse line, and the two opposed side panels are jointed to form the closure. At least one of the side portions may be substantially compacted and form a substantially flat transverse side wall.

A method for customizing a blank of sheet material delimited by first and second opposite sides and third and fourth opposite sides orthogonal to the first and second sides involves doing, on a face of the blank, a first couple of first and second wave-shaped crease lines and a second couple of third and fourth wave-shaped crease lines, each wave-shaped crease line being crossed by straight crease tracts, so that the third side, the first, second, third and fourth wave-shaped crease lines and fourth side delimit in succession a first top panel, a first side panel, a bottom panel, a second side panel and a second top panel, doing first and second continuous straight crease lines parallel to each other and to the straight crease tracts and delimiting respective back and front wings of each of the first top panel, first side panel, bottom panel, second side panel and second top panel. Glue is transversally applied to the straight crease lines.

A blank used to form a hexagonal shaped box, the blank having a front sidewall and a back sidewall, a first sidewall having a first sidewall top flap and a first sidewall bottom flap, a second sidewall having a second sidewall top flap and a second sidewall bottom flap, a second sidewall bottom flap extension foldably connected to the second sidewall bottom flap, a third sidewall having a third sidewall top panel, a fourth sidewall having a fourth sidewall top flap and a fourth sidewall bottom flap, a fourth sidewall bottom flap extension foldably connected to the fourth sidewall bottom flap, an inner sidewall foldably connected to the fourth sidewall, an inner sidewall flap foldably connected to the inner sidewall, a top panel including an aperture for dispensing food product there through, a bottom panel foldably connected to the front sidewall, and a slide foldably connected to the front sidewall.

A carton for holding at least one article includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels comprising a front panel, a back panel, and at least one side panel, at least one top end flap foldably connected to a panel of the plurality of panels, and at least one bottom end flap foldably connected to a panel of the plurality of panels. The at least one bottom end flap is for forming a closed bottom of the carton and the at least one top end flap is for forming a closed top of the carton. The closed top of the carton has a square configuration and the closed bottom has a round configuration.

A sealed package containing a pourable food product and comprising a bottom portion, a top portion and a main portion interposed between the bottom portion and top portion and including a plurality of side wall portions; the main portion is divided from the bottom portion and said top portion respectively by a bottom peripheral outline and a top peripheral outline extending transversally with respect to a longitudinal direction; each of the bottom peripheral outline and the top peripheral outline has a broken-line shape and is formed by a plurality of contour edges joined to each other; the bottom portion comprises a quadrilateral bottom panel delimited by the bottom peripheral outline and extending orthogonal to the longitudinal direction; the top portion comprises a quadrilateral top panel delimited by the top peripheral outline and extending transversally to the longitudinal direction; the area of the bottom panel is different from the area of a top quadrilateral obtained by projecting, along the longitudinal direction, the top panel on a reference plane parallel to the bottom panel, crossing the package and containing at least one of the contour edges of the top peripheral outline.

A sheet packaging material for producing a sealed package with a pourable food product; the packaging material has a quadrangular configuration with two boundary edges parallel to a longitudinal direction and two other boundary edges parallel to a transversal direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction; the packaging material comprises two transversal crease lines extending transversally to the longitudinal direction and dividing the packaging material into: a bottom region containing a bottom crease pattern and configured to form a bottom portion of the package; a top region containing a top crease pattern and configured to form a top portion of the package; and an intermediate region contained between the transversal crease lines and designed to form a main portion of the package having a plurality of side wall portions; the intermediate region further comprises a plurality of V-shaped crease lines having respective vertices located on or adjacent to the transversal crease lines and at given points thereof destined to define the opposite ends of respective lateral edges delimiting the side wall portions of the package; each V-shaped crease line extending in proximity of the respective transversal crease lines.

A packaging is disclosed that is made from cardboard, paper or similar, and includes a base wall and a cover wall, respectively at least one front wall and one rear wall connecting the base wall and the cover wall in order to form lateral sides of the packaging. The packaging is designed as a prismatic body along a longitudinal axis extending parallel to the base wall and cover wall, and at least one dust flap coupled to one end of at least one front wall or rear wall). The dust flap is designed in such a way that, in a closed position, it rests at least in regions on one of the front and rear walls to which it is not coupled, and/or on the base wall and/or the cover wall and protrudes at least regionally over these. The disclosure also relates to a blank for producing such a packaging.