Integrated carton and shipping container design and filling manufacture process
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsRobert J. Zelenak, Jason J. Schumaker, Brandon M. Hokanson
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Abstract
An integrated carton and container which includes a collapsible container and a plurality of cartons. The carton or cartons can be filled with a product or products while the carton or cartons remain integrated with the container. The carton and container are integrated in such a way that when the container is expanded into an open position, the carton or cartons correspondingly expand into an open position. The integrated carton and container may be integrated in such a way that the integrated carton and container may be filled with a product and closed on a single apparatus.
Claims20
An integrated carton and container comprising:
- a collapsible container, the container including sidewalls, a first end and an opposite second end, the container defining an interior volume;
- a plurality of collapsible cartons, each carton including at least one sidewall, a first end, an opposite second end, wherein the first end has a flap and the second end has a second flap, each carton including a folded position and an open position and wherein, when in the folded position, the carton is substantially flat, and wherein, when in the open position, the carton is in an expanded position defining an interior volume, the plurality of collapsible cartons being arranged and positioned in the interior volume of the container such that the at least one sidewall of each carton is parallel with at least one of the sidewalls of the container;
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- wherein at least some of the cartons are releasably attached to the container or to an adjacent carton in a manner that integrates the cartons to the container such that when the container is in a collapsed position, all of the cartons are in the folded position and when the container is transitioned from the collapsed position to an open position, all of the cartons similarly transition from the folded position to the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.