Paperboard carton and carton blank
AssigneeWestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
InventorsMatthew E. Zacherle, Ekaterina V. Gaidaeva
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Abstract
A carton for packaging articles includes top (14A, 14B) and bottom (18, 20) connected together by spaced side walls (12A, 12B, 12C; 16A, 16B, 16C) to form a tubular structure, and an end closure structure (22) at one end of the tubular structure. Each end closure structure includes first and second top flaps (32a, 32b) connected to the top (14A, 14B) and interconnected to anchoring panels (24a, 24b). The top flaps are not directly connected together but through the top of the carton.
Claims16
A carton for packaging a plurality of articles, comprising:
- top and bottom connected together by spaced side walls to form a tubular structure;
- an end closure structure for at least partially closing one of opposed ends of the tubular structure, the end closure structure comprising
- a pair of first and second sections connected to the top at the one of the opposed ends of the tubular structure;
- wherein the sections each comprises a top flap hingedly connected to the top, and the top flaps at the one of the opposed ends of the tubular structure are not directly connected to each other;
- wherein the top comprises a first top panel and a second top panel, the first and second top panels being hingedly connected together by a medial fold line extending between the opposed ends of the tubular structure, wherein the first top panel and the second top panel are not coplanar with one another, wherein the first top panel is parallel to the bottom and wherein the second top panel is not parallel to the bottom.
A blank for forming a carton for packaging a plurality of articles, the blank comprising:
- a plurality of panels for forming a tubular structure, the plurality of panels including first and second top panels and a bottom panel connected to the second top panel by at least one side wall panel;
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- an end closure structure for at least partially closing one of opposed ends of the tubular structure when the blank is erected into a set-up carton, the end closure structure comprising first and second top flaps connected to the first and second top panels respectively at the one of the opposed ends of the tubular structure, wherein the first and second top flaps are not directly connected to one another but through the first and second top panels;
- wherein the first and second top panels are hingedly connected together along a medial fold line extending between the opposed ends of the tubular structure, wherein the first and second top panels are not coplanar with one another in the set-up carton, wherein the first top panel is parallel to the bottom and wherein the second top panel is not parallel to the bottom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.