Packaging for breakable print products

Abstract

Packaging for a breakable print product having a top side, a bottom side, a left side and a right side is provided. The packaging is formed from a single sheet of a corrugated, recyclable and bio-degradable material. The bottom side is formed from four flaps, each flap having a top horizontal inward fold and a bottom horizontal inward fold, the top horizontal inward fold of each of the four flaps forming the bottom side and the bottom horizontal inward fold of the four flaps forming an integrated cross cut section. Notches in each bottom horizontal inward fold hold a type and at least one size of a breakable print product.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . Packaging for a breakable print product, the packaging comprising:
 a top side, a bottom side, a left side and a right side, wherein the packaging is formed from a single sheet of a corrugated, recyclable and bio-degradable material;   wherein the bottom side is formed from four bottom flaps, each bottom flap having a top horizontal inward fold and a bottom horizontal inward fold, the top horizontal inward fold of each of the four bottom flaps forming the bottom side and the bottom horizontal inward fold of the four bottom flaps forming an integrated cut cross section, and   wherein notches in each bottom horizontal inward fold hold a type and at least one size of a breakable print product.   
     
     
         2 . The packaging of  claim 1 , the packaging further comprising:
 a front side and a back side,   wherein the four bottom flaps corresponds to the front side, the back side, the left side and the right side of the packaging, respectively.   
     
     
         3 . The packaging of  claim 2 , wherein the bottom flap corresponding to the front side comprises a vertical notch extending downwardly from a top edge of the top horizontal section into the bottom horizontal section, and
 wherein the bottom flap corresponding to the back side comprises a vertical notch extending downwardly from a top edge of the top horizontal section into the bottom horizontal section.   
     
     
         4 . The packaging of  claim 3 , wherein the bottom horizontal inward fold of the bottom flap corresponding to the left side and the bottom horizontal inward fold of the bottom flap corresponding to the right side are inserted into the vertical notch of the bottom flap corresponding to the front side and the vertical notch of the bottom flap corresponding to the back side. 
     
     
         5 . The packaging of  claim 1 , further comprising a securing tab positioned at an outer edge of the single sheet of a corrugated, recyclable and bio-degradable material and configured to join together two outermost sides of the packaging. 
     
     
         6 . The packaging of  claim 2 , wherein the four top flaps correspond to the front side, the back side, the left side and the right side of the packaging, respectively,
 wherein the top flap corresponding to the left side and the top flap corresponding to the right side have a top horizontal inward fold and a bottom horizontal inward fold, and   wherein the top flap corresponding to the front side and the top flap corresponding to the back side have a top horizontal inward fold, a middle horizontal inward fold and a bottom horizontal inward fold, and   wherein the bottom horizontal inward fold of each of the four top flaps forming the top side.   
     
     
         7 . The packaging of  claim 6 , wherein the top flap corresponding to the front side comprises a vertical notch extending upwardly from a bottom edge of the bottom horizontal section into the middle horizontal section, and
 wherein the top flap corresponding to the back side comprises a vertical notch extending upwardly from a bottom edge of the bottom horizontal section into the middle horizontal section.   
     
     
         8 . The packaging of  claim 7 , wherein notches in the top horizontal inward fold of the top flaps corresponding to the left side and the right side divide an upper edge of the top horizontal inward fold into tabs, and
 wherein the tabs of the top horizontal inward fold of the top flaps corresponding to the left side and the right side are inserted into the vertical notch of the top flap corresponding to the front side and the vertical notch of the top flap corresponding to the back side.   
     
     
         9 . Packaging for a breakable print product, the packaging comprising:
 a single sheet of a corrugated, recyclable and bio-degradable material with a generally rectangular outline, the sheet in landscape orientation comprising four columns, three rows and a securing tab extending beyond an outer most edge of a middle row of the sheet;   wherein a top row of the of the three rows comprises, from left to right, a first top flap, a second top flap, a third top flap and a fourth top flap, each top flap being separated from a neighboring top flap by a vertical notch extending down from a top of the sheet to the middle row of the sheet,   wherein the first top flap has a top horizontal section and a bottom horizontal section, the bottom horizontal section having a larger area compared to the top horizontal section, the top horizontal section having two notches extending down from a top of the sheet, the two notches creating three tabs,   wherein the second top flap has a top horizontal section, a middle horizontal section and a bottom horizontal section, the bottom horizontal section having a center notch through the bottom horizontal section and into the middle horizontal section, wherein the bottom horizontal section has a largest area of the three horizontal sections, the center horizontal section having a smallest area of the three horizontal section and the top horizontal section having an area between that of the bottom horizontal section and the middle horizontal section,   wherein the third top flap has a shape, notches, tabs and horizontal sections that mirror the first top flap;   wherein the fourth top flap has a bottom horizontal section, a middle horizontal section, a top horizontal section, and a vertical notch extending from a bottom of the fourth top flap upward into the middle horizontal section;   wherein a bottom row of the three rows comprises, from left to right, a first bottom flap, a second bottom flap, a third bottom flap and a fourth bottom flap, each bottom flap separated from a neighboring bottom flap by a notch extending up from a bottom of the sheet to the middle row of the sheet;   wherein the first bottom flap has a top horizontal section and a bottom horizontal section, the bottom horizontal section having three notches, the three notches creating four tabs;   wherein the second bottom flap has a top horizontal section and a bottom horizontal section, a notch extending downwardly from a top of the second bottom flap into the bottom horizontal section, and the bottom horizontal section having two notches extending up from a bottom of the sheet, the two notches creating three tabs;   wherein the third bottom flap has a shape, notches, tabs and horizontal sections that mirror the first bottom flap;   wherein the fourth bottom flap has a shape, notches, tabs and horizontal sections that mirror the second bottom flap;   wherein boundaries between horizontal sections in each flap and boundaries between each flap and the middle row of the sheet are bendable for assembling the packaging from the sheet; and   wherein no fillers internal to the packaging are needed to protect the breakable printed product.   
     
     
         10 . The packaging of  claim 9 , wherein the bottom horizontal inward fold of the first bottom flap and the bottom horizontal inward fold of the third bottom flap are inserted into the notch extending downwardly of the second bottom flap and the notch extending downwardly of the fourth bottom flap. 
     
     
         11 . The packaging of  claim 9 , wherein the securing tab is configured to join together two outermost sides of the packaging. 
     
     
         12 . The packaging of  claim 9 , wherein the three tabs of the first upper flap and the three tabs of the third upper flap are inserted into the center notch of the second top flap and the center notch of the fourth top flap.