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A package includes a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel connecting the top panel and the bottom panel to each other and a second side panel also connecting the top panel and the bottom panel to each other. The bottom panel, the first side panel, the top panel and the second side panel form a sleeve having a cross-section essentially formed as a rectangle. The sleeve is adapted to slidably receive an insert along a sliding direction normal to the rectangle. The package includes a locking member which includes an arch-shaped portion extending i...
A package includes a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel connecting the top panel and the bottom panel to each other and a second side panel also connecting the top panel and the bottom panel to each other. The bottom panel, the first side panel, the top panel and the second side panel form a sleeve having a cross-section essentially formed as a rectangle. The sleeve is adapted to slidably receive an insert along a sliding direction normal to the rectangle. The package includes a locking member which includes an arch-shaped portion extending into the rectangular cross section to releasably retain the insert. The present disclosure also relates to a blank for forming the package.
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What is claimed is: 1. A package comprising a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel connecting the top panel and the bottom panel to each other and a second side panel also connecting the top panel and the bottom panel to each other; wherein the bottom panel, the first side panel, the top panel and the second side panel form a sleeve having an opening, the sleeve having a substantially rectangular cross-section, the cross-section being defined by the first side panel, the bottom panel, the second side panel and the top panel, wherein a first ins...
What is claimed is: 1. A package comprising a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel connecting the top panel and the bottom panel to each other and a second side panel also connecting the top panel and the bottom panel to each other; wherein the bottom panel, the first side panel, the top panel and the second side panel form a sleeve having an opening, the sleeve having a substantially rectangular cross-section, the cross-section being defined by the first side panel, the bottom panel, the second side panel and the top panel, wherein a first inside corner of the rectangle is defined by the top panel and the second side panel, and a second inside corner is defined by the second side panel and the bottom panel; wherein the sleeve is adapted to receive an insert slidable therein along a sliding direction normal to said rectangular cross-section; wherein the package further comprises a locking member disposed at the second side panel and including an arch-shaped portion extending in an arch-shaped direction into the rectangular cross-section from a first position adjacent the first inside corner to a second position adjacent the second inside corner, wherein the locking member has an extension greater than a linear distance between the first and second inside corners. 2. The package according to claim 1 wherein the first inside corner and the second inside corner are located at two opposite edges of one of said panels. 3. The package according to claim 2 wherein said one of said panels constitutes one of the side panels. 4. The package according to claim 1 wherein the bottom panel and the first side panel are foldable in relation to each other about a first fold line forming a hinge between the bottom panel and the first side panel, the first side panel and the top panel are foldable in relation to each other about a second fold line forming a hinge between the first side panel and the top panel, the top panel and the second side panel are foldable in relation to each other about a third fold line forming a hinge between the top panel and the second side panel, and wherein the second side panel and the bottom panel are foldable in relation to each other about a fourth fold line forming a hinge between the second side panel and the bottom panel. 5. The package according to claim 4, wherein the sleeve is collapsible by simultaneous folding of the side panels in one and the same folding direction about the first and third fold lines, respectively, in relation to the bottom panel such that the second side panel is folded towards the bottom panel, and wherein said first inside corner of the rectangle is defined by the top panel and the second side panel. 6. The package according to claim 1 wherein the second side panel comprises a first side panel portion connected to the bottom panel and a second side panel portion connected to the top panel, whereby an outer surface of the first portion abuts and is attached to an inner surface of the second portion. 7. The package according to claim 6, wherein the locking member is integrally formed with said first portion of the second side panel. 8. The package according to claim 1, wherein the arch-shaped portion comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first position being located at a first distance along the top panel from said first inside corner. 9. The package according to claim 8, wherein the first and second portions of the locking member are interconnected along a fold line parallel with said normal to said rectangle, and wherein a distance from the first position to the second position along the top panel and the second side panel substantially coincides with a distance from the first position to the second position along the first and second portions of the locking member. 10. The package according to claim 9, wherein the first portion is adapted to extend from said second position such that a geometric component along the bottom panel extends past the first position. 11. The package according to claim 8, wherein the locking member further comprises a third portion adapted to extend from said first position located at said first inner side corner along an inside surface of the top panel to the second portion, wherein the second and third portions of the locking member are interconnected along a fold line parallel with said normal to said rectangle. 12. The package according to claim 1, wherein said first inside corner of the rectangle is defined by the top panel and the second side panel and the second inside corner of the rectangle is defined by the top panel and the first side panel. 13. The package according to claim 12, wherein a first geometric distance is defined between said first position and said second position when the sleeve is erected and has a cross-section essentially formed as a rectangle and a second geometric distance is defined between said first position and said second position when the sleeve is collapsed such that the second side panel is folded against the bottom panel, wherein the second geometric distance is larger than said first geometric distance, and wherein the locking member has a length exceeding said first geometric distance and essentially coinciding with said second geometric distance. 14. The package according to claim 1 wherein the first position is at the first inside corner. 15. The package according to claim 1 wherein the arch-shaped portion comprises a continuous arch-shaped portion. 16. The package according to claim 1 wherein the arch-shaped portion comprises a broken arch-shaped portion. 17. A blank comprising a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel and a second side panel, the second side panel comprising a first portion and/or a second portion, wherein the bottom panel and the first side panel are foldable in relation to each other about a first fold line forming a hinge between the bottom panel and the first side panel, the first side panel and the top panel are foldable in relation to each other about a second fold line forming a hinge between the first side panel and the top panel, the top panel and the second portion of the second side panel are foldable in relation to each other about a third fold line forming a hinge between the top panel and the second portion of the second side panel, and wherein the first portion of the second side panel and the bottom panel are foldable in relation to each other about a fourth fold line forming a hinge between the first portion of the second side panel and the bottom panel, wherein said first, second, third and fourth fold lines are parallel with each other, wherein the blank further comprises a locking member extending from said first portion of the second side panel in a direction perpendicular to said first, second, third and fourth fold lines, that the locking member and the first portion of the second side panel are foldable in relation to each other about a fifth fold line forming a hinge between said first portion of the second side panel and the locking member, the fourth fold line and the fifth fold line are parallel with each other and between them define said first portion, and that the locking member includes a fastening panel adapted to be positioned against and fastened to an inside surface of one of the bottom panel or the first side panel. 18. The blank according to claim 17, wherein the locking member is integrally formed with said first portion of the second side panel. 19. The blank according to claim 17, wherein the locking member is provided with an eighth fold line parallel with said fifth or seventh fold line, and wherein a sum of a distance between the eighth fold line and the fastening panel along the locking member and a distance between the fourth fold line and a designated fastening point of the fastening panel on the bottom panel is equal to a sum of a distance between the fourth and third fold lines as the blank is formed into a package and a distance between one of said fifth or seventh fold line and the eighth fold line. 20. The blank according to claim 17, wherein a first geometric distance defined between the fifth fold line and the fastening panel is larger than or equal to a second distance defined between the second and the third fold lines. 21. The blank according to claim 17 wherein the second side panel comprises first and second portions forming hinges with the bottom and top panels, respectively, the locking member extending from the first portion of the second side panel. 22. A blank comprising a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel and a second side panel, the second side panel comprising a first portion and/or a second portion, wherein the bottom panel and the first side panel are foldable in relation to each other about a first fold line forming a hinge between the bottom panel and the first side panel, the first side panel and the top panel are foldable in relation to each other about a second fold line forming a hinge between the first side panel and the top panel, the top panel and the second portion of the second side panel are foldable in relation to each other about a third fold line forming a hinge between the top panel and the second portion of the second side panel, and wherein the first portion of the second side panel and the bottom panel are foldable in relation to each other about a fourth fold line forming a hinge between the first portion of the second side panel and the bottom panel, wherein said first, second, third and fourth fold lines are parallel with each other, wherein the blank further comprises a locking member and a reinforcement panel, that the top panel and reinforcement panel are foldable in relation to each other about a sixth fold line forming a hinge between the top panel and the reinforcement panel, that the sixth fold line is perpendicular to said first, second, third and fourth fold lines, that the locking member extends from said reinforcement panel in a direction being perpendicular to said first, second, third and fourth fold lines, that the locking member and the reinforcement panel are foldable in relation to each other about a seventh fold line forming a hinge between said reinforcement panel and the locking member, that the seventh fold line is parallel with said first, second, third and fourth fold lines, and that the locking member comprises a fastening panel being adapted to be positioned against and fastened to an inside surface of one of the bottom panel or the first side panel. 23. The blank according to claim 22, wherein the locking member is integrally formed with said reinforcement panel. 24. The blank according to claim 22 wherein the second side panel comprises first and second portions forming hinges with the bottom and top panels, respectively, the locking member extending from the first portion of the second side panel. 25. A package comprising a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel arrangement connecting the top panel and the bottom panel to each other and a second side panel arrangement also connecting the top panel and the bottom panel to each other; wherein the bottom panel, the first side panel arrangement, the top panel and the second side panel arrangement form a sleeve having an opening; the sleeve having a substantially rectangular cross-section, the cross-section being defined by the first side panel, the bottom panel, the second side panel and the top panel, wherein the sleeve is adapted to receive an insert slidable therein along a sliding direction normal to said rectangular cross-section; wherein the package further comprises a locking member disposed at one of the first and second side panel arrangements and including an arch-shaped portion extending in an arch-shaped direction into the rectangular cross-section from a location adjacent a first inside corner to a location adjacent a second inside corner, wherein the locking member has an extension greater than a linear distance between the first and second inside corners, and wherein the first inside corner is defined by the top panel and the second side panel, and the second inside corner is defined by the second side panel and the bottom panel.
