AU2021424030A1

AU2021424030A1 - Folding box with integrated folding booklet

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Publication number: AU2021424030A1
Application number: AU2021424030A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Stefan Gallien; Stefan Jähnigen
Original assignee: GPI Frankfurt and Augsburg GmbH
Current assignee: GPI Frankfurt and Augsburg GmbH
Priority date: 2021-01-27
Filing date: 2021-07-20
Publication date: 2023-08-10
Also published as: WO2022161648A1; EP4284726A1; MX2023008565A; JP2024504782A; CA3205361A1; DE102021101755A1

Abstract

A folding box with integrated folding booklet (31), comprising • side walls (2, 3, 4, 5), wherein adjacent side walls are connected to one another at longitudinal edges via fold lines, • a side wall is connected via a fold line at a longitudinal edge to an adhesive flap (6) which is adhesively bonded to an adjacent side wall, • or a side wall has two portions which overlap one another and are adhesively bonded to one another, • an upper closure which covers an upper opening delimited by the upper edges of the side walls, • a lower closure which covers a lower opening delimited by the lower edges of the side walls, • a folding booklet comprising a plurality of sheets (32-35) which are connected to one another via fold lines at their longitudinal edges and are folded together about these fold lines and of which an outer sheet (32) is connected via a fold line to an upper edge of a side wall (2), • wherein the folding booklet is folded about the fold line between the outer sheet and the side wall against the inner side of the side wall, and the remaining sheets of the folding booklet are arranged between the outer sheet and the side wall.

Description

Folding box with integrated folding booklet

The invention relates to a folding box with an integrated folding booklet.

Folding boxes for packaging pharmaceuticals have to be provided according to the medical product

code with patient information cards (patient alert card) which explain possible interactions with

other medications in the case of special pharmaceuticals. The patient information card has to be

separable from the folding box so that it can be carried along on the body by the patient and can

be presented, for example, in the pharmacy in order to check the ability to combine with other

medications.

Inserting the patient information card together with the medications (for example, tablet blisters)

and package inserts into the folding boxes is known. This is an increased expenditure for the

packager, since the patient information cards are supplied separately and have to be fed into the

folding boxes with the tablet blisters and the package inserts. To ensure that each folding box

contains a patient information card, a control weighing or another control measure possibly has to

be carried out.

Furthermore, integrating patient information cards in the folding box construction is known. In this

case, the patient information card can be arranged as an extension, which is separable along a

perforation line, of an external adhesive tab on an outside of the folding box. The folding box can

be prepared accordingly at the folding box producer, so that the packager only still has to pack

medications and package inserts. It is disadvantageous that only comparatively little information

can be accommodated on the one-sided card.

In addition, folding boxes are known which include a tab connected to the opening edge via a fold

line, which tab carries a patient information card on one side, using which it is folded against the

inside of a side wall of the folding box. The patient information card can thus be designed as a

fanfold. In this embodiment, the preparation of the folding box by the folding box producer is

comparatively complex.

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Furthermore, folding boxes are known in which an internal adhesive tab is connected via a

perforation line to a patient information card, which abuts the inside of a side wall of the folding

box. The patient information card can be formed by a single sheet or by a fanfold. The patient

information card is adhesively bonded to the inside of the side wall and the sheets of the fanfold

are adhesively bonded to one another so that the patient information card flatly abuts the side wall

and does not block the filling of tablet blisters and package inserts. These folding boxes can also

be pre-folded and pre-adhesively bonded at the packaging producer, so that the packager only still

has to fill in the tablet blisters and the package inserts and close the ends of the folding box. The

expenditure for the additional adhesive bonds of the patient information card and the fact that this

makes it more difficult to remove and unfold the card are disadvantageous.

Proceeding therefrom, the invention is based on the object of providing a folding box with a patient

information card, wherein the patient information card can be printed with a comparatively large

amount of information and the folding box can be produced and filled more easily.

The object is achieved by a folding box having the features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments

of the folding box are specified in the dependent claims.

The folding box with integrated folding booklet according to the invention comprises:

• side walls, wherein adjacent side walls are connected to one another at longitudinal edges

via fold lines,

• one side wall is connected via a fold line at one longitudinal edge to an adhesive tab, which

is adhesively bonded to an adjacent side wall,

• or one side wall includes two sections that overlap and are adhesively bonded to one

another,

• an upper closure, which covers an upper opening delimited by the upper edges of the side

walls,

• a lower closure, which covers a lower opening delimited by the lower edges of the side

walls,

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* a folding booklet comprising multiple sheets, which are connected to one another via fold

lines at their longitudinal edges and are folded together around these fold lines and of which

an outer sheet is connected via a fold line to an upper edge of a side wall,

• wherein the folding booklet is folded around the fold line between the outer sheet and the

side wall against the inside of this side wall and the remaining sheets of the folding booklet

are arranged between the outer sheet and the side wall.

A folding booklet is integrated in the folding box according to the invention, which comprises

multiple sheets that are connected to one another via fold lines at their longitudinal edges. The side

walls are also connected to one another via fold lines at the longitudinal edges, so that the fold lines

between the sheets of the folding booklet and the fold lines between the side walls extend in parallel

to one another. An outer sheet of the folding booklet is connected via a folding line to an upper

edge of a side wall, wherein the upper edge of the side wall extends perpendicularly to the

longitudinal edge of the side wall. The folded folding booklet is folded around the fold line, which

connects it to the upper edge of a side wall, against the inside of this side wall, wherein the outer

edge of the folding booklet, which is connected via a fold line of the side wall, covers the remaining

sheets of the folding booklet. Since the outer sheet covers the remaining sheets of the folding

booklet, it is designated as the "outer sheet". The sheets of the folding booklet therefore do not

block the opening of the folding box, which is delimited by the upper edges of the side wall. Rather,

the outer sheet of the folding booklet forms a type of ramp, along which the product can be filled

into the folding box without being blocked. It is not necessary to adhesively bond the sheets of the

folding booklet to one another and to the side wall abutting thereon. The folding box is therefore

particularly well suitable for the automatic filling with medications, in particular in the form of

tablet blisters and package inserts, at high speed.

The folding box including the folding booklet can be produced by the folding box producer. The

folding box can be formed together with the folding booklet from a one-piece blank, so that the

3 WBD (US) 62833970vl printing and the stamping, grooving, and scoring as well as the folding of the cardboard can each be combined.

The folding box can be pre-folded and pre-adhesively bonded at the folding box producer. One

piece blanks for forming the folding boxes can be transported for this purpose having the

longitudinal edges of the sheets of the folding booklet and the side walls in the machine running

direction. By means of switches, first the sheets of the folding booklet can be folded and by means

of a retaining hook moved synchronously to the blanks passing through, the folded folding booklets

can be folded against the insides of the side wall connected thereto via a fold line. The adhesive

tab can be folded against the inside of a side wall by means of a further switch. In an adhesive

station, the adhesive tabs or sections of side walls can be provided with glue and by means of a

further switch, side walls or sections of side walls can be folded and longitudinal seam adhesive

bonds can be produced. Such pre-folded and adhesively bonded flat-lying folding boxes can be

supplied stacked one on top of another to the packager. The flat-lying folding boxes only have to

be erected there by folding up the side walls around the fold lines at their longitudinal edges, filled

through the opening between the upper edges of the side walls, and closed by closing the lower

closure and the upper closure. In principle, this can take place without further adhesive bonds. The

packaging can be performed by an automatic machine at high speed and with high process

reliability.

According to one preferred embodiment, the sheets of the folding booklet are not adhesively

bonded to one another and/or the folding booklet is not adhesively bonded to the side wall, to which

the folding booklet is connected via a fold line.

According to a further embodiment, the folding booklet is separable from the side wall, to which

it is connected via a fold line, along a weakening line. Separating the folding booklet out of the

folding box is facilitated in this way. In principle, however, it is also possible to separate the folding

booklet from the folding box without such a weakening line, for example with the aid of scissors.

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According to a further embodiment, the weakening line extends along an arc in the side wall, to

which the folding booklet is connected via a folding line, wherein the two ends of the arc fall in

the upper edge of the side wall to which the folding booklet is connected. This enables the folding

booklet to be separated from the side wall by pressing in the side wall within the arc. According to

a further embodiment, the arc is dimensioned so that it can be pressed in by means of a thumb.

According to a further embodiment, linear sections of the weakening line coincide on both sides

of the arc with the fold line between folding booklet and side wall. In this way, separating the

folding booklet from the fold line on both sides of the arc is facilitated.

According to a further embodiment, the width of the sheets of the folding booklet is less than the

width of the side wall which the folding booklet abuts. In this way, the removal of the folding

booklet from the folding box after the separation from the side wall is facilitated. To further

facilitate the removal of the folding booklet, according to a further embodiment, the two

longitudinal edges of the folding booklet have the same distance from the two adjacent longitudinal

edges of the side wall which the folding booklet abuts.

According to a further embodiment, the upper edge of the outer sheet of the folding booklet

protrudes further upward with a protruding area than the upper edges of the remaining sheets of

the folding booklet. The upper edges of the remaining sheets of the folding booklet are covered by

the protruding area and a smooth transition is formed from the fold line at the upper edge of the

side wall to the multiple sheets of the folding booklet folded one on top of another.

According to a further embodiment, the outer sheet of the folding booklet has bevels below the

protruding area at the two sides and the remaining sheets have corresponding bevels at the upper

comers, which overlap the bevels of the sheets folded one on top of another at the two sides. During

filling, tablet blisters, package inserts, and the like can slide along the bevels without remaining

hanging at the lateral edges of the folding booklet.

According to a further embodiment, the sheets of the folding booklet are folded together in one of

the following ways: zigzag-shaped folding, wound folding, altar folding, parallel center folding,

5 WBD (US) 62833970vl mixed folding made up of parallel and cross folding. In zigzag folding, which is also designated as fan folding, multiple sheets are folded in alternating directions, due to which the folding booklet obtains an appearance similar to an accordion. In wound folding, the sheets connected to one another longitudinally are always folded in the same direction. In a folding booklet having three sheets, the two lateral sheets are folded onto the middle sheet overlapping one another. In altar folding, the lateral edges of the folding booklet are folded inward without overlap onto a middle sheet. In the case of folding having three sheets, the middle sheet is twice as wide as the two lateral sheets. When the middle part is divided by a middle fold line into two sheets, an altar fold having four sheets results, which is also designated as an eight-side altar fold. In parallel center folding, the section of the cardboard she from which the folding booklet is formed is folded multiple times always in the center. Mixed folding is a combination of one of the above-mentioned parallel folds and a cross fold or cross-break fold, in which the cardboard material is folded multiple times at right angles.

According to a further embodiment, the upper closure comprises upper dust tabs, which are

connected via fold lines to upper edges of two opposing side walls, a cover tab, which is connected

via a fold line to an upper edge of a further side wall, and an upper insertion tab, which is connected

via a fold line to the opposite edge of the cover tab, and/or the lower closure comprises lower dust

tabs, which are connected via fold lines to lower edges of two opposing side walls, a bottom tab,

which is connected via a fold line to a lower edge of a further side wall, and a lower insertion tab,

which is connected via a fold line to the opposite edge of the bottom tab. The packager can close

these closures by folding and inserting without having to use glue. According to another

embodiment, the upper closure includes an upper adhesive tab instead of the upper insertion tab,

which abuts an outside of a side wall and is adhesively bonded thereto, and/or the lower closure

has a lower adhesive tab instead of a lower insertion tab, which abuts an outside of a side wall and

is adhesively bonded thereto.

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According to a further embodiment, the folding booklet is connected via a fold line to the side wall,

which is opposite to the side wall connected via a fold line to the cover tab. After folding up the

cover tab, the folding booklet can be removed particularly easily from the folding box.

which is connected at its lower edge via a fold line to the bottom tab. A folding box in which the

cover tab and the bottom tab are connected via fold lines to side walls opposite to one another is

particularly stable.

According to a further embodiment, the folding booklet includes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 sheets.

The design in principle enables a folding booklet having an arbitrary number of sheets. The folding

booklets can be printed with a particularly large amount of information.

According to a further embodiment, the upper dust tabs and the lower dust tabs have widenings at

the edges adjoining the fold lines on both sides and the upper and lower insertion tabs engage

below the widenings of the upper and lower dust tabs with recessed edges on both sides of the fold

lines and lock with these dust tabs. Due to the locking, the lower and upper closure do not open

inadvertently.

According to a further embodiment, on both sides of the fold line which connects the cover tab to

the upper insertion tab, upper cuts offset outward with respect to this folding line are provided,

which separate outwardly protruding upper tongues of the cover tab from the recessed edges of the

upper insertion tab, and/or between the bottom tab and the lower insertion tab, on both sides of the

folding line which connects the bottom tab to the lower insertion tab, lower cuts offset outward

with respect to this fold line are provided, which separate outwardly protruding lower tongues of

the bottom tab from the recessed edges of the lower insertion tab. The recessed edges are formed

by the offset cuts and the protruding tongues cover the folding box at the corners adjacent to the

insertion tabs.

According to a further embodiment, the sheets of the folding booklet are connected to one another

alternately via at least one scored line and at least one perforation line. The at least one scored line

7 WBD (US) 62833970vl and the at least one perforation line form fold lines between the sheets of the folding booklet.

According to a further embodiment, the at least one scored line and the at least one perforation line

are arranged so that with sheets folded in a zigzag shape, the fold along the at least one scored line

is oriented in one direction and the fold along the at least one perforation line is oriented in the

opposite direction. This formation of the fold lines is advantageous in production, because the

blank can be scored and perforated from the same side. Otherwise, the scored lines would be

introduced from different sides into the material for the folding of the sheets in opposite directions.

According to a further embodiment, the fold lines between the side walls and the adhesive tab,

between the side walls and the dust tabs, between the side walls and the cover tab and the bottom

tab and between the cover tab and the upper insertion tab and the bottom tab and the lower insertion

tab are grooved lines. The grooved lines can be introduced simultaneously into the cardboard

during the stamping out of the blanks. In particular, they can be introduced into the material

simultaneously with the scored lines and perforation lines from the same side.

According to one preferred embodiment, the folding box consists of cardboard. The folding box is

produced, for example, from cardboard painted on one side. The cardboard can have printing on

the outside. Furthermore, the sheets of the folding booklet can be printed on one side or both sides.

The invention will be explained in more detail hereinafter on the basis of the appended drawings

of an exemplary embodiment. In the drawings:

Figure 1 shows a flat-lying blank to form the folding box in a perspective view diagonally

from above and from the side;

Figure 2 shows the blank at the beginning of the folding of the folding booklet in the same

perspective view;

Figure 3 shows the blank at the end of the folding of the folding booklet in the same

perspective view;

Figure 4 shows the blank during the folding of the folding booklet against the inside of the

side wall connected thereto in the same perspective view;

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Figure 5 shows the blank having the folding booklet folded against the inside of the side wall

in the same perspective view;

Figure 6 shows the pre-folded and pre-adhesively bonded flat-lying folding box in the same

perspective view;

Figure 7 shows the erected folding box having open upper and lower closures in a

perspective view diagonally from the front;

Figure 8 shows the erected folding box, closed at the top and bottom, in a perspective view

diagonally from the front;

Figure 9 shows the open folding box having folding booklet separated and partially pulled

out in a perspective view diagonally from the front;

Figure 10 shows the folding box having removed folding booklet in a perspective view

diagonally from the front;

Figure 11 shows the folding box having removed and unfolded folding booklet in a

perspective view diagonally from the front;

Figure 12 shows the open folding box before being re-closed in a perspective view diagonally

from the front.

In the present application, the specifications "upper" and "lower", "inner" and "outer", and

specifications derived therefrom such as "above" and "below", "inside" and "outside" relate to the

erected enclosed folding box, in which the side walls are vertically oriented and the upper closure

is located above the lower closure.

According to Figure 1, a blank 1 comprises side walls 2, 3, 4, 5, which are connected to one another

at the longitudinal edges via fold lines. The side walls 2, 4 are wider than the side walls 3, 5. The

other longitudinal edge of the side wall 2 is connected via a fold line to an adhesive tab 6.

The upper edges of the side walls 3, 5 are connected via fold lines to upper dust tabs 7, 8. The

lower edges of the side walls 3, 5 are connected via fold lines to lower dust tabs 9, 10.

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The upper dust tabs 7, 8 and the lower dust tabs 9, 10 each have widenings 11, 12, 13, 14 at the

lateral edges adjoining the fold lines (cf. Figure 4).

The side wall 4 is connected at the upper edge via a fold line to a cover tab 15, which is connected

at the opposite edge via a fold line to an upper insertion tab 16. On both sides of the latter fold line,

upper cuts 17, 18 offset outward are provided between the cover tab 15 and the upper insertion tab

16, which cuts separate outwardly protruding upper tongues 19, 20 of the cover tab 15 from

recessed edges 21, 22 of the upper insertion tab 16 (cf. Figure 6).

The lower edge of the side wall 2 is connected via a fold line to a bottom tab 23, which is connected

at the opposite edge via a fold line to a lower insertion tab 24. On both sides of the latter fold line,

lower cuts 25, 26 offset outward in relation thereto are provided, which separate outwardly

protruding lower tongues 27, 28 of the bottom tab 23 from recessed edges 29, 30 of the lower

insertion tab 24 (cf. Figure 6).

The outer corners 2 of the upper and lower insertion tabs 16, 24 have roundings.

Furthermore, the blank 1 comprises a folding booklet 31, which includes multiple sheets 32, 33,

34, 35 connected to one another via fold lines at their longitudinal edges. The outer sheet 32 of the

folding booklet is connected via a folding line to the upper edge of the side wall 2. The sheets 32,

33, 34, 35 are not as wide as the side wall 2, so that the longitudinal edges of the folding booklet

31 have a distance from the longitudinal edges of the side wall 2 on both sides. The outer sheet 32

is connected in the middle to the upper edge of the side wall 2.

The outer sheet 32 includes a protruding area 36, which protrudes further toward the upper edge

of the side wall 2 than the upper edges of the remaining sheets 33, 34, 35 of the folding booklet 31

(cf. Figure 3). The outer sheet 32 includes bevels 37, 38 on both sides below the protruding area

36 and the remaining sheets 33, 34, 35 also include bevels 39 to 44 on both sides of their upper

edge.

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The fold lines between the sheets 32 and 33 as well as 34 and 35 are each formed as scored lines

and the fold lines between the sheets 33 and 34 are formed as perforation lines in the form of

interrupted scored lines.

A weakening line 45 extends along a semicircular arc 46 in the side wall 2, wherein the two ends

of the arc 46 fall in the upper edge of the side wall 2. On both sides of the arc 46, linear sections

47, 48 of the weakening line 45 and the fold line coincide between folding booklet 31 and side wall

2.

The folding booklet 31 can be in particular a patient information card.

The blank 1 is processed in such a way that according to Figure 2, the sheets 32, 33, 34, 35 of the

folding booklet are initially folded together in a zigzag shape, as shown in Figure 3. The folded

together folding booklet 31 is then folded according to Figure 4 in the direction toward the inside

of the side wall 2 until it abuts thereon according to Figure 5.

In further steps, the adhesive tab 6 is folded against the folding booklet 31 and the side wall 4 is

folded around the common fold line with the side wall 3 against its inside. In this way, the side

wall 5 is brought into contact with the inside on the adhesive tab 6 and adhesively bonded thereto.

The flat pre-folded and pre-adhesively bonded folding box 49 of this type is shown in Figure 6. It

can be stacked one on top of another with a large number of corresponding pre-folded and pre

adhesively bonded folding boxes 49. The preceding steps are preferably carried out at the folding

box producer.

At the packager, the flat folded folding box 49 is erected in that the outer longitudinal edges are

pressed together somewhat. The side walls 3, 5 are erected perpendicularly to the side walls 2 and

3 in this case. The upper and lower edges of the side walls 2, 3, 4, 5 delimit upper and lower

openings 50, 51 of the folding box 49 here. The folding box is shown in this state in Figure 7.

Tablet blisters and package inserts can be inserted into the open folding box 49 through the upper

opening 50. The filling takes place through the upper opening 50, since the folding booklet 31 is

linked on there and the protruding area 36 covers the remaining sheets 33, 34, 35 arranged below

11 WBD (US) 62833970vl the outer sheet 32, so that they do not obstruct the filling of the folding box 49. Rather, the outer sheet 32 forms a ramp, past which the tablet blisters and package inserts slide. During the feed, the tablet blisters and the package inserts are guided along the bevels 37 to 44 placed one on top of another so that they do not become blocked there.

Finally, the folding box is closed by folding in the upper dust tabs 7, 8 and the lower dust tabs 9,

10 into the upper opening 50 and the lower opening 51 and also by closing the cover tab 15 and

the bottom tab 23 and also inserting the upper insertion tab 16 and the lower insertion tab 24

between the dust tabs 7, 8, 9, 10 and the side wall 2 or the side wall 4, respectively.

In this case, the recessed edges 21, 22, 29, 30 of the upper insertion tab 16 and the lower insertion

tab 24 engage below adjacent widenings 11, 12, 13, 14 of the upper dust tabs 7, 8 and the lower

dust tabs 9, 10 and are locked in the closed position in this way.

The protruding tongues 19, 20, 27, 28 of the cover tab 15 and the bottom tab 23 cover the gaps

between the insertion tabs 16, 24 and the adjacent side walls 2, 4 at the edges. At the upper side,

they cover the gaps on both sides of the folding booklet 31 in particular.

The closed folding box 49 is shown in Figure 8.

According to Figure 9, the folding booklet 31 is separated from the side wall 2 by pressing in the

weakening line 45 in the area of the arc 46 and pulling off along the linear sections 47, 48. The

upper closure 52 of the folding box 49 formed by the upper dust tabs 7, 8 and the cover tab 15 is

opened. The folding booklet 31 may be pulled out of the upper opening 50.

According to Figure 10, the folding booklet 31 is pulled completely out of the folding box 49.

The folded-open folding booklet 31 is shown in Figure 11.

According to Figure 12, the folding box 49 can be reclosed after removing the folding booklet 31

in that the upper dust tabs 7, 8 are folded into the upper opening 50, the cover tab 15 is folded

closed, and the upper insertion tab 16 is inserted into the gaps between the upper dust tabs 7, 8 and

the side wall 2.

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List of reference signs

1 blank

2,3,4,5 side wall

6 adhesive tab

7,8 upper dust tab

9, 10 lower dust tab

11, 12, 13, 14 widening

15 cover tab

16 upper insertion tab

17, 18 upper cuts

19,20 uppertongue

21,22 recessed edge

23 bottom tab

24 lower insertion tab

25,26 lower cut

27,28 lower tongue

29,30 recessed edge

31 folding booklet

32 outer sheet

33,34,35 remaining sheets

36 protruding area

37-44 bevel

45 weakening line

46 arc

47,48 linear section

49 folding box

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51 lower opening

52 upper closure

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Claims

Claims:

1. A folding box with integrated folding booklet comprising

via fold lines,

is adhesively bonded to an adjacent side wall,

another,

walls,

an outer sheet is connected via a fold line to an upper edge of a side wall,

are arranged between the outer sheet and the side wall.

2. The folding box as claimed in claim 1, in which the folding booklet is separable

along a weakening line from the side wall to which it is connected via a fold line.

3. The folding box as claimed in claim 1 or 2, in which the weakening line extends

along an arc in the side wall to which the folding booklet is connected via a folding

line, wherein the two ends of the arc fall in the upper edge of the side wall to which

the folding booklet is connected.

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4. The folding box as claimed in claim 3, in which linear sections of the weakening

line coincide on both sides of the arc with the folding line between folding booklet

and side wall.

5. The folding box as claimed inof any one of claims 1 to 4, in which the width of the

folding booklet is less than the width of the side wall which the folding booklet

abuts.

6. The folding box as claimed in claim 5, in which the two longitudinal edges of the

folding booklet have the same distance from the two adjacent longitudinal edges of

the side wall which the folding booklet abuts.

7. The folding box as claimed in any one of claims I to 6, in which the upper edge of

the outer sheet of the folding booklet protrudes farther upward with a protruding

area than the upper edges of the remaining sheets of the folding booklet.

8. The folding box as claimed in claim 7, in which the outer sheet of the folding

booklet includes bevels below the protruding area at the two sides and the remaining

sheets include corresponding bevels at the upper corners, wherein the bevels of the

sheets folded one on top of another overlap at the two sides.

9. The folding box as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, in which the sheets of the

folding booklet or folded together in one of the following ways: zigzag-shaped

folding, wound folding, altar folding, parallel center folding, mixed folding made

up of parallel and cross folding.

10. The folding box as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, in which the upper closure

comprises upper dust tabs, which are connected via fold lines to upper edges of two

opposing side walls, a cover tab, which is connected via a fold line to an upper edge

of a further side wall, and an upper insertion tab, which is connected via a fold line

to the opposite edge of the cover tab, and/or the lower closure comprises lower dust

tabs, which are connected via fold lines to lower edges of two opposing side walls,

16 WBD (US) 62833970vl a bottom tab, which is connected via a fold line to a lower edge of a further side wall, and a lower insertion tab, which is connected via a fold line to the opposite edge of the bottom tab.

11. The folding box as claimed in any one of claims I to 10, in which the folding booklet

is connected via a fold line to the side wall, which is opposite to the side wall

connected via a fold line to the cover tab.

12. The folding box as claimed in any one of claims I to 11, in which the folding booklet

is connected via a fold line to the side wall, which is connected at its lower edge via

a fold line to the bottom tab.

13. The folding box as claimed in any one of claims I to 12, in which the folding booklet

includes two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, or ten sheets.

14. The folding box as claimed in any one of claims I to 13, in which the at least one

sheet of the folding booklet, preferably multiple sheets of the folding booklet,

preferably all sheets of the folding booklet are printed on one side and/or both sides.

15. The folding box as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 14, in which the upper dust

tabs and the lower dust tabs include widenings at the edges on both sides adjoining

the fold lines, and the upper and lower insertion tabs havingrecessed edges on both

sides of the fold lines engage below the widenings of the upper and lower dust tabs

and lock with them.

16. The folding box as claimed in claim 15, in which, between cover tab and upper

insertion tab on both sides of the fold line which connects the cover tab to the upper

insertion tab, upper cuts offset outward with respect to this folding line are provided,

which separate outwardly protruding upper tongues of the cover tab from the

recessed edges of the upper insertion tab, and/or between the bottom tab and the

lower insertion tab, on both sides of the folding line which connects the bottom tab

to the lower insertion tab, lower cuts offset outward with respect to this fold line are

17 WBD (US) 62833970vl provided, which separate outwardly protruding lower tongues of the bottom tab from the recessed edges of the lower insertion tab.

17. The folding box as claimed in any one of claims I to 16, in which the sheets of the

folding booklet are alternately connected to one another via scored lines and

perforation lines.

18. The folding box as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 17, in which the fold lines

between the side walls and the adhesive tab, between the side walls and the dust

tabs, between the side walls and the cover tab and the bottom tab, and between the

cover tab and the upper insertion tab and the bottom tab and the lower insertion tab

are grooved lines.

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