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Cutting method to prevent interlocking of adjacent panels
US-8770397-B2Abstract
A method for removing material between the panels of a foldable blank ( 100 ), includes the steps of: separating at least a portion of the blank with a contoured line ( 25 ) to define a first panel ( 15 ) and a second panel ( 20 ), terminating the contoured line at a vertex (V), selecting one of the first and second panels as a trimmed panel ( 15 ) from which material is to be removed, defining a first line (R) that includes a pair of first and second points (P 1 , P 2 ) on an edge of the trimmed panel, and removing a portion (A) of the trimmed panel defined by the first line and a section of the edge lying between the first and second points.
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