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US 10,472,123 B2Granted
Retail-ready container
AssigneeGyre Innovations LP
InventorTroy M. Little
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Abstract
A blank is configured to be erected into a container including an inner tray and an outer carton frangibly connected to the inner tray. The inner tray includes an inner side wall and a bottom. The outer carton includes a top, an outer side wall, and a utility panel frangibly connected to the inner side wall.
Claims26
A blank for a retail-ready container, the blank comprising:
- a first plurality of panels, a second plurality of panels, and a third plurality of panels, the first plurality of panels and the second plurality of panels connected together along a first fold line, and the second plurality of panels and the third plurality of panels connected together along a second fold line, wherein the second fold line is frangible;
- each of the first plurality of panels, the second plurality of panels, and the third plurality of panels having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface of the second plurality of panels contiguous with the first surface of the first plurality of panels and the first surface of the third plurality of panels, and the second surface of the second plurality of panels contiguous with the second surface of the first plurality of panels and the second surface of the third plurality of panels;
- the first surface of the second plurality of panels foldable against the first surface of the first plurality of panels about the first fold line, and the second surface of the third plurality of panels foldable against the second surface of the second plurality of panels about the second fold line to thereby position the second surface of the third plurality of panels adjacent the first surface of the first plurality of panels.
A retail-ready container comprising:
- an inner tray comprising a plurality of bottom panels and a plurality of inner side panels connected to corresponding ones of the plurality of bottom panels;
- an outer carton comprising a plurality of top panels, a plurality of outer side panels connected to corresponding ones of the plurality of top panels, and a plurality of utility panels directly connected to corresponding ones of the plurality of outer side panels;
- wherein the utility panels are frangibly connected to corresponding ones of the plurality of the inner side panels along a frangible connection line.
A retail-ready container comprising:
- an inner tray comprising a plurality of bottom panels and a plurality of inner side panels connected to corresponding ones of the plurality of bottom panels;
- an outer carton comprising a plurality of top panels, a plurality of outer side panels connected to corresponding ones of the plurality of top panels, and a plurality of utility panels connected to corresponding ones of the plurality of outer side panels;
- wherein a first surface of each of the plurality of utility panels faces a corresponding surface of a corresponding one of the plurality of outer side panels and a second surface of each of the plurality of utility panels opposite the first surface faces a corresponding surface of a corresponding one of the plurality of inner side panels;
- and
- wherein the utility panels are frangibly connected to corresponding ones of the plurality of the inner side panels along a frangible connection line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.