Carton for an article
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorsMatthew R. Kearns, Steven M. Oliveira
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Abstract
A carton for holding at least one article includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels comprising a front panel, a back panel, and at least one side panel, at least one top end flap foldably connected to a panel of the plurality of panels, and at least one bottom end flap foldably connected to a panel of the plurality of panels. The at least one bottom end flap is for forming a closed bottom of the carton and the at least one top end flap is for forming a closed top of the carton. The closed top of the carton has a square configuration and the closed bottom has a round configuration.
Claims33
A carton for holding at least one article, the carton comprising:
- a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels comprising a front panel, a back panel, and at least one side panel, adjacent panels of the plurality of panels are foldably connected at a respective at least one fold line, the at least one fold line comprises a lateral fold line intersecting a respective pair of oblique fold lines;
- a plurality of corners extending from the closed top of the carton to the closed bottom of the carton, each corner has a respective upper corner portion and a respective lower corner portion disposed between respective adjacent panels of the plurality of panels, each lower corner portion is at least partially defined between the respective pair of oblique fold lines;
- at least one top end flap foldably connected to a panel of the plurality of panels, the at least one top end flap is for forming a closed top of the carton;
- at least one bottom end flap foldably connected to a panel of the plurality of panels, the at least one bottom end flap is for forming a closed bottom of the carton;
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- the closed top of the carton has a square configuration and the closed bottom has a round configuration.
A blank for forming a carton for holding at least one article, the blank comprising:
- a plurality of panels for extending at least partially around an interior of the carton formed from the blank, the plurality of panels comprising a front panel, a back panel, and at least one side panel, adjacent panels of the plurality of panels are foldably connected at a respective at least one fold line, the at least one fold line comprises a lateral fold line intersecting a respective pair of oblique fold lines;
- a plurality of corner portions for forming a plurality of corners extending from the closed top of the carton to the closed bottom of the carton formed from the blank, each corner portion has a respective upper corner portion and a respective lower corner portion disposed between respective adjacent panels of the plurality of panels, each lower corner portion is at least partially defined between the respective pair of oblique fold lines;
- at least one top end flap foldably connected to a panel of the plurality of panels, the at least one top end flap is for forming a closed top of the carton formed from the blank;
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- at least one bottom end flap foldably connected to a panel of the plurality of panels, the at least one second end flap is for forming a closed bottom of the carton formed from the blank such that the closed top of the carton formed from the blank has a square configuration and the closed bottom formed from the blank has a round configuration.
A method of forming a carton for holding at least one article, the method comprising:
- obtaining a blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising a front panel, a back panel, and at least one side panel, adjacent panels of the plurality of panels are foldably connected at a respective at least one fold line, the at least one fold line comprises a lateral fold line intersecting a respective pair of oblique fold lines, the blank further comprising at least one top end flap foldably connected to a panel of the plurality of panels, and at least one bottom end flap foldably connected to a panel of the plurality of panels, the blank further comprising a plurality of corner portions, each corner portion has a respective upper corner portion and a respective lower corner portion disposed between respective adjacent panels of the plurality of panels, each lower corner portion is at least partially defined between the respective pair of oblique fold lines;
- folding the plurality of panels at least partially around an interior of the carton and such that the plurality of corner portions form a plurality of corners;
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- folding the at least one top end flap to form a closed top of the carton and folding the at least one bottom end flap to form a closed bottom of the carton such that the closed top of the carton has a square configuration and the closed bottom has a round configuration, each corner of the plurality of corners extends from the closed top of the carton to the closed bottom of the carton.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.