TECHNICAL FIELD

This disclosure relates to packaging. Specifically, this disclosure relates to packaging for beverage containers.

BACKGROUND

Beverage distribution often involves the shipment of fragile or breakable vessels, such as glass bottles. Packaging utilized for beverage distribution often divides and individually protects the bottles in separate cells. These separate cells are frequently defined by additional cardboard inserts that much be manufactured as separate components from the box, assembled, and then placed into the box. This assembly process involves numerous time-consuming separate steps when performed at the volume of mass production.

SUMMARY

It is to be understood that this summary is not an extensive overview of the disclosure. This summary is exemplary and not restrictive, and it is intended to neither identify key or critical elements of the disclosure nor delineate the scope thereof. The sole purpose of this summary is to explain and exemplify certain concepts of the disclosure as an introduction to the following complete and extensive detailed description.

Disclosed is a blank comprising a front panel; a wing portion coupled to the front panel by a wing hinge, the wing portion comprising an attachment panel disposed opposite from the wing hinge, the attachment panel configured to couple to the front panel to at least partially form a cavity between the front panel and the wing portion; a lower telescoping panel coupled to the front panel by a lower telescoping hinge; and an upper telescoping panel coupled to the lower telescoping panel by an upper telescoping hinge, the upper telescoping panel and the lower telescoping panel configured to fold into the cavity in a closed configuration to at least partially enclose the cavity.

Also disclosed is a box comprising a front panel; a first side panel coupled to the front panel by a first wing hinge; a second side panel coupled to the front panel by a second wing hinge; a rear panel coupled to the first side panel by a first side hinge and the second side panel by a second wing hinge, the front panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, and the rear panel at least partially defining a cavity, the front panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, and the rear panel defining an opening to the cavity; a lower telescoping panel coupled to the front panel by a lower telescoping hinge; and an upper telescoping panel coupled to the upper telescoping panel by an upper telescoping hinge, the upper telescoping panel and the lower telescoping panel being disposed external to the cavity in an open configuration, the upper telescoping panel and the lower telescoping panel being disposed within the cavity in a closed configuration.

Also disclosed is a method of forming a box from a blank, the method comprising folding a first wing portion of the blank about a first side hinge; coupling a first attachment panel of the first wing portion to a front panel of the blank; folding a second wing portion of the blank about a second side hinge; and coupling a second attachment panel of the second wing portion to the front panel.

Various implementations described in the present disclosure may include additional systems, methods, features, and advantages, which may not necessarily be expressly disclosed herein but will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following detailed description and accompanying drawings. It is intended that all such systems, methods, features, and advantages be included within the present disclosure and protected by the accompanying claims. The features and advantages of such implementations may be realized and obtained by means of the systems, methods, features particularly pointed out in the appended claims. These and other features will become more fully apparent from the following description and appended claims, or may be learned by the practice of such exemplary implementations as set forth hereinafter.

