Carton and blank therefor
AssigneeWestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
InventorJulien D. Merzeau
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a carton for packaging one or more articles, a blank for forming the carton and a method of packaging articles. The carton may have at least one display window for presentation of an article therein. The carton comprises a plurality of panels forming walls of a tubular structure including a top wall, a first side wall, a base wall, and a second side wall. The carton comprises an end closure structure for partially closing an end of the carton. The end closure structure comprises a top end closure flap hingedly connected to the top wall. At least one side end closure flap is hinged to a corner panel by a first fold line. The corner panel is hinged to one of the first and second side walls by a second fold line.
Claims12
A package comprising a carton and a plurality of articles disposed therein, the carton comprising a plurality of panels forming walls of a tubular structure including a top wall, a first side wall, a base wall, and a second side wall, the carton comprises a display window defined at least in the first side wall for display of a display article disposed immediately adjacent to the display window, the display article being at least partially visible through the display window from an exterior of the carton, a top opening defined, at least, in the top wall for receiving an upper portion of said display article and a bottom opening defined at least in the base wall to access said display article at a first position in which the display article is disposed entirely within an interior of the carton and a second position in which an upper portion of said display article extends through the top opening, wherein the display article comprises a neck portion having a first diameter, a main body portion having second diameter, the second diameter being greater than the first diameter and a transition region disposed between the neck portion and the main body portion, wherein the top opening is dimensioned so as to allow at least a portion of the neck portion to pass therethrough and to inhibit at least the main body portion from passing through, wherein the top wall is otherwise free of any openings positioned and dimensioned so as to allow a neck portion of any one of the plurality of articles other than the display article to pass therethrough and to inhibit at least a main body portion of said any one of the plurality of articles other than the display article from passing through.
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