Carton with handle
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorsMark Baldino, Aaron Lee Bates
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Abstract
A package including a carton and a plurality of articles. The carton can include a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of articles can be arranged in a plurality of rows of articles in the interior of the carton, the plurality of rows of articles can include at least a first row and a second row, and the first row can include at least one more article than the second row forming a void between a first article at an end of the first row and a second article at an end of the second row. A handle can include the first article at the end of the first row and a handle feature extending in the carton. The handle feature can be at least partially aligned with the void and can be proximate the first article.
Claims45
A package comprising a carton and a plurality of articles, the carton comprising;
- a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton;
- the plurality of articles being arranged in a plurality of rows of articles in the interior of the carton, the plurality of rows of articles comprising at least a first row and a second row, and the first row comprising at least one more article than the second row forming a void between a first article at an end of the first row and a second article at an end of the second row;
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- a handle comprising the first article at the end of the first row and a handle flap extending in the carton, the handle flap being at least partially aligned with the void and being proximate the first article at the end of the first row, wherein the handle flap is positionable between a first position preventing access to the void and a second position wherein the handle flap is folded inwardly to at least partially form a handle opening that is at least partially in communication with the void.
A method of forming a package comprising:
- obtaining a blank comprising a plurality of panels and a handle feature;
- forming an interior of a carton at least partially defined by the plurality of panels;
- arranging a plurality of articles in a plurality of rows of articles, the plurality of rows of articles comprising at least a first row and a second row, and the first row comprising at least one more article than the second row forming a void between a first article at an end of the first row and a second article at an end of the second row;
- disposing the plurality of articles at least partially in the interior of the carton;
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- forming a handle from the handle feature and the first article at the end of the first row, the handle comprising a handle flap extending in the carton, the forming the handle comprising at least partially aligning the handle flap with the void to be proximate the first article at the end of the first row, wherein the handle flap is positionable between a first position preventing access to the void and a second position wherein the handle flap is folded inwardly to at least partially form a handle opening that is at least partially in communication with the void.
A carton for containing a plurality of articles arranged in a plurality of rows of articles comprising at least a first row and a second row, the first row having at least one more article than the second row forming a void between a first article at an end of the first row and a second article at an end of the second row, the carton comprising:
- a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton for containing the plurality of articles;
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- a handle comprising a handle flap extending in the carton, the handle comprising the first article at the end of the first row when the plurality of articles is contained in the carton, wherein the handle flap is at least partially aligned with the void, is proximate the first article at the end of the first row, and is positionable between a first position preventing access to the void and a second position wherein the handle flap is folded inwardly to at least partially form a handle opening that is at least partially in communication with the void.
A blank for forming a carton for holding a plurality of articles arranged in a plurality of rows of articles comprising at least a first row and a second row, the first row having at least one more article than the second row forming a void between a first article at an end of the first row and a second article at an end of the second row, the blank comprising;
- a plurality of panels;
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- a handle feature extending in the blank for at least partially forming a handle when the carton is formed from the blank, the handle comprising a handle flap;
- wherein the handle comprises the first article at the end of the first row when the plurality of articles is contained in the carton formed from the blank, and the handle flap is for being at least partially aligned with the void, is for being proximate the first article at the end of the first row, and is for being positionable between a first position preventing access to the void and a second position wherein the handle flap is folded inwardly to at least partially form a handle opening that is at least partially in communication with the void when the plurality of articles is contained in the carton formed from the blank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.