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US 11,174,064 B2Granted
Carton with impact-resistant features
AssigneeGraphie Packaging International, LLC
InventorsMatthew R. Kearns, Aaron Lee Bates
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Abstract
A carton for holding one or more articles, the carton including a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton and at least partially forming a body portion of the carton, a plurality of impact-resistant panels foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, and a plurality of end flaps for forming a closed end of the carton. The plurality of end flaps includes a first end flap foldably connected to an impact-resistant panel of the plurality of impact-resistant panels and a second end flap foldably connected to a panel of the plurality of panels, a lateral edge of the second end flap is a folding edge about which the first end flap is folded to at least partially form the closed end.
Claims37
A carton for holding one or more articles, the carton comprising:
- a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton and at least partially forming a body portion of the carton;
- a plurality of impact-resistant panels foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, the plurality of impact-resistant panels comprising a first impact-resistant panel and a second impact-resistant panel;
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- a plurality of end flaps for forming a closed end of the carton, the plurality of end flaps comprises a first end flap foldably connected to the first impact-resistant panel of the plurality of impact-resistant panels, a second end flap and a third end flap each foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, and a fourth end flap foldably connected to the second impact-resistant panel of the plurality of impact-resistant panels, a lateral edge of the second end flap is a folding edge about which the first end flap is folded to at least partially form the closed end such that the second end flap is positioned between the first end flap and the first impact-resistant panel that is foldably connected to the first end flap, each of the first end flap, the second end flap, the third end flap, and the fourth end flap overlaps each respective other of the first end flap, the second end flap, the third end flap, and the fourth end flap to form the closed end of the carton.
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A blank for forming a carton for holding one or more articles, the blank comprising:
- a plurality of panels for extending at least partially around an interior of the carton formed from the blank and the plurality of panels being for at least partially forming a body portion of the carton;
- a plurality of impact-resistant panels foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, the plurality of impact-resistant panels comprising a first impact-resistant panel and a second impact-resistant panel;
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- a plurality of end flaps for forming a closed end of the carton formed form the blank, the plurality of end flaps comprises a first end flap foldably connected to the first impact-resistant panel of the plurality of impact-resistant panels, a second end flap and a third end flap each foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, and a fourth end flap foldably connected to the second impact-resistant panel of the plurality of impact-resistant panels, a lateral edge of the second end flap is a folding edge about which the first end flap is for being folded to at least partially form the closed end of the carton formed from the blank such that the second end flap is positioned between the first end flap and the first impact-resistant panel that is foldably connected to the first end flap when the carton is formed from the blank, each of the first end flap, the second end flap, the third end flap, and the fourth end flap being for overlapping each respective other of the first end flap, the second end flap, the third end flap, and the fourth end flap to form the closed end of the carton formed from the blank.
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A method of forming a carton for holding one or more articles, the method comprising:
- obtaining a blank comprising a plurality of panels, a plurality of impact-resistant panels foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels and comprising a first impact-resistant panel and a second impact-resistant panel, and a plurality of end flaps comprising a first end flap foldably connected to the first impact-resistant panel of the plurality of impact-resistant panels, a second end flap and a third end flap each foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, and a fourth end flap foldably connected to the second impact-resistant panel of the plurality of impact-resistant panels;
- folding the plurality of panels at least partially around an interior of the carton such that the plurality of panels at least partially forms a body portion of the carton;
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- folding the plurality of end flaps to at least partially form a closed end of the carton, a lateral edge of the second end flap is a folding edge about which the first end flap is folded to at least partially form the closed end such that the second end flap is positioned between the first end flap and the first impact-resistant panel that is foldably connected to the first end flap, each of the first end flap, the second end flap, the third end flap, and the fourth end flap overlaps each respective other of the first end flap, the second end flap, the third end flap, and the fourth end flap to form the closed end of the carton.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.