Packaging container for instance for pharmaceutical products

Abstract

A packaging container has a substantially parallelepipedic shape extending globally longitudinally and defining an internal space. The packaging container includes a belt formed by first, second, third, and fourth main panels, the first and third main panels having first and second opposite longitudinal ends. The packaging container includes at least one closure panel joined to and extending from a respective first or second longitudinal end of the first and/or third main panel. The second and fourth main panels have first and second opposite transversal free edges. The at least one closure panel has first and second free side edges. The packaging container includes at least one reinforcing rib formed on at least one of the second main panel, the fourth main panel, or the closure panel and close to the respective first or second transversal free edges or side free edges. The at least one reinforcing rib extends transversally.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 - 15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . A packaging container for pharmaceutical products, the packaging container having a substantially parallelepipedic shape extending longitudinally and defining an internal space, the packaging container comprising:
 a belt formed by a first main panel, a second main panel joined and folded relative to the first main panel, a third main panel joined and folded relative to the second main panel, and a fourth main panel joined and folded relative to both the third main panel and the first main panel, wherein the first main panel and the third main panel each have a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end opposite to the first longitudinal end, and the second main panel and the fourth main panel each have a first transversal free edge and a second transversal free edge opposite to the first transversal free edge;   at least one closure panel joined and folded relative to at least one of the first longitudinal end of the first main panel, the first longitudinal end of the third main panel, the second longitudinal end of the first main panel, or the second longitudinal end of the third main panel, wherein the at least one closure panel has a first free side edge and a second free side edge opposite to the first free side edge; and   at least one reinforcing rib formed on at least one of the second main panel, the fourth main panel, or the closure panel and close to at least one of the first transversal free edge, the second transversal free edge, the first free side edge, or the second free side edge, the at least one reinforcing rib extending transversally.   
     
     
         17 . The packaging container according to  claim 16 , comprising at least one tamper evident member joined and folded relative to the closure panel, the first longitudinal end of the first main panel, the first longitudinal end of the third main panel, the second longitudinal end of the first main panel, or the second longitudinal end of the third main panel. 
     
     
         18 . The packaging container according to  claim 17 , wherein the at least one tamper evident member is joined and folded relative to the closure panel and at least one of the first longitudinal end of the first main panel, the first longitudinal end of the third main panel, the second longitudinal end of the first main panel, or the second longitudinal end of the third main panel. 
     
     
         19 . The packaging container according to  claim 16 , wherein the packaging container is made from a cardboard having a grammage of 180 grams per square meter (g/m 2 ) to 450 g/m 2 . 
     
     
         20 . The packaging container according to  claim 19 , wherein the cardboard has a grammage of 200 g/m 2  to 350 g/m 2 . 
     
     
         21 . The packaging container according to  claim 16 , wherein the packaging container has a width between 10 millimeters (mm) and 100 mm, a length between 30 mm and 200 mm, and a height between 10 mm and 60 mm. 
     
     
         22 . The packaging container according to  claim 21 , wherein the width is between 30 mm and 50 mm, the length is between 70 mm and 120 mm, and a height between 17 mm and 40 mm, wherein the packaging container is configured to be manipulated with one hand. 
     
     
         23 . The packaging container according to  claim 16 , comprising a plurality of reinforcing ribs on at least one of the second main panel, the fourth main panel, and the at least one closure panel, the plurality of reinforcing ribs comprising the at least one reinforcing rib. 
     
     
         24 . The packaging container according to  claim 23 , wherein the plurality of reinforcing ribs comprises between two and 15 reinforcing ribs. 
     
     
         25 . The packaging container according to  claim 16 , wherein the at least one reinforcing rib is formed at a predetermined distance from the at least one of the first transversal free edge, the second transversal free edge, the first free side edge, or the second free side edge, the predetermined distance being between 2 mm and 25 mm. 
     
     
         26 . The packaging container according to  claim 25 , comprising a plurality of reinforcing ribs formed on the second main panel and the fourth main panel and close to the first transversal free edge of the second main panel, the first transversal free edge of the fourth main panel, the second transversal free edge of the second main panel, and the second transversal free edge of the fourth main panel, the plurality of reinforcing ribs comprising the at least one reinforcing rib. 
     
     
         27 . The packaging container according to  claim 26 , wherein the plurality of reinforcing ribs are further formed on the at least one closure panel and close to the first free side edge and the second free side edge. 
     
     
         28 . The packaging container according to  claim 16 , comprising a plurality of reinforcing ribs formed on the at least one closure panel and close to the first free side edge and the second free side edge. 
     
     
         29 . The packaging container according to  claim 28 , wherein the plurality of reinforcing ribs are further formed on at least one of the second main panel or the fourth main panel and close to at least one of the first transversal free edge of the second main panel and the second transversal free edge of the second main panel or the first transversal free edge of the fourth main panel and the second transversal free edge of the fourth main panel. 
     
     
         30 . The packaging container according to  claim 16 , further comprising at least one supplemental folded tongue joined and folded relative to the at least one closure panel and configured to be introduced into the internal space of the packaging container and attached to the first main panel or the third main panel. 
     
     
         31 . The packaging container according to  claim 16 , comprising at least one supplemental closure panel joined and folded relative to at least one of the first longitudinal end of the first main panel, the second longitudinal end of the first main panel, the first longitudinal end of the third main panel, or the second longitudinal end of the third main panel, the at least one supplemental closure panel configured to come into contact with the at least one closure panel and to be attached therewith. 
     
     
         32 . A method for manufacturing a packaging container having a substantially parallelepipedic shape extending longitudinally and defining an internal space, the packaging container comprising:
 a belt formed by a first main panel, a second main panel joined and folded relative to the first main panel, a third main panel joined and folded relative to the second main panel, and a fourth main panel joined and folded relative to both third main panel and first main panel, wherein the first main panel and the third main panel have each a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end opposite to the first longitudinal end, and the second main panel and the fourth main panel have each a first transversal free edge and a second transversal free edge opposite to the first transversal free edge;   at least one closure panel joined and folded relative to at least one of the first longitudinal end of the first main panel, the first longitudinal end of the third main panel, the second longitudinal end of the first main panel, or the second longitudinal end of the third main panel, and the at least one closure panel has a first free side edge and a second free side edge opposite to the first free side edge; and   at least one reinforcing rib formed on at least one of the second main panel, the fourth main panel, or the closure panel and close to at least one of the first transversal free edge, the second transversal free edge, the first free side edge, or the second free side edge, the at least one reinforcing rib extending transversally,   the method comprising:
 forming the packaging container in a blank state, including delimiting each of the first main panel, the second main panel, the third main panel, the fourth main panel, and the at least one closure panel due to folding lines and cutting lines, and of providing the at least one reinforcing rib on at least one of the second main panel, the fourth main panel, or the at least one closure panel. 
   
     
     
         33 . The method according to  claim 32 , comprising:
 forming the packaging container in a raised state, including cutting along the cutting lines and folding along the folding lines in order to provide the belt with the first main panel, the second main panel, the third main panel, the fourth main panel, and the at least one closure panel.   
     
     
         34 . A blank sheet of material comprising a plurality of patterns configured to form a plurality of packaging containers, each packaging container having a substantially parallelepipedic shape extending longitudinally and defining an internal space, and each packaging container comprising:
 a belt formed by a first main panel, a second main panel joined and folded relative to the first main panel, a third main panel joined and folded relative to the second main panel, and a fourth main panel joined and folded relative to both third main panel and first main panel, wherein the first main panel and the third main panel have each a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end opposite to the first longitudinal end, and the second main panel and the fourth main panel have each a first transversal free edge and a second transversal free edge opposite to the first transversal free edge;   at least one closure panel joined and folded relative to at least one of the first longitudinal end of the first main panel, the first longitudinal end of the third main panel, the second longitudinal end of the first main panel, or the second longitudinal end of the third main panel, and the at least one closure panel has a first free side edge and a second free side edge opposite to the first free side edge; and   at least one reinforcing rib formed on at least one of the second main panel, the fourth main panel, or the closure panel and close to at least one of the first transversal free edge, the second transversal free edge, the first free side edge, or the second free side edge, the at least one reinforcing rib extending transversally.   
     
     
         35 . The blank sheet of material according to  claim 34 , the blank sheet of material being delimited by a peripheral outline defining an internal zone in which the plurality of patterns are at least partially nested.