E-commerce packaging system

Abstract

In the context of e-commerce, the packaging system of the present invention provides the necessary protection of consumer goods from rigors of transportation and parcel delivery while providing significant environment and cost savings.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A packaging system comprising a plurality of personal care consumer goods contained in a plurality of six-sided 3-ply corrugated cardboard boxes, wherein the plurality of six-sided 3-ply corrugated cardboard boxes containing consumer goods are contained within a five-sided 3-ply corrugated carboard tray,
 wherein the 3-ply cardboard, of said boxes, comprising a flute type selected from A flute, C flute, B flute, or combination thereof;   wherein the 3-ply cardboard, of said tray, comprises a flute type selected from A flute, C flute, or B flute, or combination thereof.   
     
     
         2 . The packaging system of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of said boxes is selected from 2 to 10. 
     
     
         3 . The packaging system of  claim 1 , wherein the interior volume of each of said plurality of boxes (when devoid of contents) is from 1000 cm 3  to 8000 cm 3 . 
     
     
         4 . The packaging system of  claim 1 , wherein the height of the tray is from 20% to 90% relative to the height of said boxes contained in the tray. 
     
     
         5 . The packaging system of  claim 1 , wherein the overall mass of the system is from 3 kg to 23 kg. 
     
     
         6 . The packaging system of  claim 1 , wherein the mass of each of the plurality of boxes is 0.5 kg to 5 kg. 
     
     
         7 . The packaging system of  claim 1 , wherein the personal care consumer goods are selected from liquid body wash, hair shampoo, or hair conditioner. 
     
     
         8 . The packaging system of  claim 7 , wherein the plurality of boxes is six boxes, and wherein the personal care consumer goods are bottles of hair shampoo product, there are 2 to 8 bottles of hair shampoo product contained in each of the six boxes, and wherein the mass of each bottle of hair shampoo product is from 50 g to 750 g. 
     
     
         9 . The packaging system of  claim 1 , wherein the number of personal care consumer goods contained in each box is from 1 to 10. 
     
     
         10 . The packaging system of  claim 1 , wherein each of the outer plies, of the six-sided 3-ply corrugated cardboard box, is independently comprised of paper having a density from 100 grams per square meter (“gsm”) to 400 gsm. 
     
     
         11 . The packaging system of  claim 1 , wherein each of the outer plies, of the five-sided 3-ply corrugated cardboard tray, is independently comprised of paper having a density from 75 gsm to 275 gsm. 
     
     
         12 . The packaging system of  claim 1 , wherein the interior (flute) ply, of the six-sided 3-ply corrugated cardboard box, is comprised of paper having a density from 70 gsm to 270 gsm. 
     
     
         13 . The packaging system of  claim 1 , wherein the interior (flute) ply, of the five-sided 3-ply corrugated cardboard tray, is comprised of paper having a density from 80 gsm to 280 gsm. 
     
     
         14 . The packaging system of  claim 1 , wherein the cardboard blank, used to assemble the five-sided 3-ply corrugated cardboard tray, has a mass less than 0.90 kg. 
     
     
         15 . The packaging system of  claim 1 , wherein the cardboard blank, used to assemble the six-sided 3-ply corrugated cardboard box, has a mass less than 0.3 kg. 
     
     
         16 . The packaging system of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of said boxes is selected from 4 to 8; and wherein the interior volume of each of said plurality of boxes (when devoid of contents) is from 3000 cm 3  to 5000 cm 3 . 
     
     
         17 . The packaging system of  claim 16 , wherein the height of the tray is from 40% to 60% relative to the height of said boxes contained in the tray. 
     
     
         18 . The packaging system of  claim 17 , wherein the overall mass of the system is from 8 kg to 16 kg; and
 wherein the mass of each of the plurality of boxes (containing consumer goods) is from 1 kg to 3.5 kg.   
     
     
         19 . The packaging system of  claim 18 , wherein each of the outer plies, of the six-sided 3-ply corrugated cardboard box, is independently comprised of paper having a density from from 240 gsm to 260 gsm; and
 wherein each of the outer plies, of the five-sided 3-ply corrugated cardboard tray, is independently comprised of paper having a density from 160 gsm to 190 gsm.   
     
     
         20 . The packaging system of  claim 19 , wherein the interior (flute) ply, of the six-sided 3-ply corrugated cardboard box, is comprised of paper having a density from 155 gsm to 185 gsm; and
 wherein the interior (flute) ply, of the five-sided 3-ply corrugated cardboard tray, is comprised of paper having a density from 165 gsm to 195 gsm.