bottom-lock packaging design|food packaging design

This is a tube box with friction tab top and snap lock bottom(snap lock also called Houghland), with interlocking dustflap and top cover.The upper and the lower tucks are the extensions of the same panel.  There are three tuck structures and two offset ways of the dustflaps. The bottom snap lock is for strengthening.

Features of packaging box design:
1 One paper after folding, and glue and seal the sides, make a tube type box.
2 The upper and down openging can seal the tuck structure of the reverse tuck.
3 Tuck lock structure: the tuck and the lock combined together can be very protective and not easy to open.
4 The bottom strengthened snap lock is also called automatic end lock packaging box.

Advantages and suages of packaging box design:
1 If use the bottom lock style on the top, can use glue which save materials and time.
2 Bottom lock structure can contain many types of commodities, the bottom can bear a certain weight, which is widely used in many large and small packaging boxes.
3 If the box sizes are too big, can also adopt the set-up syle.

Key points of end-lock packaging sructure design:
1 The box end must bear the weight of the inside goods, and also bear moves, pressures.
2 The design should be strong, simple. So, usually use the locks to protect the goods inside.
3 This kind of lock structure is simple, beautiful and economic. And it is the most commonly used structure in packaging. The cost is low. It is widely used in cosmetic packaging design, wine packaging design and food packaging design.