Carton for articles
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorsRaymond R. Spivey, Sr., Robert L. Sutherland
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Abstract
A carton for containing a plurality of articles. The carton can comprise a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels can comprise a bottom panel, a top panel, and a side panel. At least two end flaps are respectively foldably attached to respective panels of the plurality of panels. The at least two end flaps can at least partially form a closed end of the carton, and the at least two end flaps can comprise a first end flap foldably connected to at least one panel of the plurality of panels at a first fold line and a second end flap foldably connected to the at least one panel at a second fold line. The second fold line is oblique relative to the first fold line.
Claims26
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 panels comprising a bottom panel, a top panel, and a side panel;
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- a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to a respective one of the bottom panel, the top panel, and the side panel, the plurality of end flaps are at least partially overlapped to form a closed end of the carton, the closed end comprising a first portion and a second portion, at least one of the first portion and the second portion being oblique with respect to the side panel,
- the plurality of end flaps comprising a first end flap foldably connected to the bottom panel at a first fold line and a second end flap foldably connected to the bottom panel at a second fold line, the second end flap having a first section foldably connected to a second section at an oblique fold line, the second fold line being oblique relative to the first fold line, and the oblique fold line being oblique relative to the first fold line, the first section folded at the oblique fold line into face-to-face contact with the second section;
- wherein the plurality of articles are arranged in a plurality of rows of articles comprising at least a first row, a second row, and a third row, each of the first row and the third row being generally aligned with the first portion of the closed end and being an inner row, the first row and the third row abutting one another on a centerline of the carton, and the second row being generally aligned with the second portion of the closed end and being an outer row adjacent the first row and spaced apart from the centerline of the carton, each of the first row and the third row comprising at least one more article than the second row.
A method of forming a package comprising a carton containing a plurality of articles, the method comprising:
- obtaining a blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising a bottom panel, a top panel, and a side panel, and a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to a respective one of the bottom panel, the top panel, and the side panel, the plurality of end flaps comprising a first end flap foldably connected to the bottom panel at a first fold line and a second end flap foldably connected to the bottom panel at a second fold line, the second end flap has a first section foldably connected to a second section at an oblique fold line, the second oblique fold line being oblique relative to the first fold line, the oblique fold line being oblique relative to the first fold line;
- forming an interior of the carton at least partially defined by the plurality of panels, the forming the interior of the carton comprising forming an open-ended sleeve;
- loading the plurality of articles into the interior of the carton in a plurality of rows of articles comprising at least a first row, a second row, and a third row, each of the first row and the third row comprising at least one more article than the second row;
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- forming a closed end of the carton by at least partially overlapping the plurality of end flaps such that that the first section is folded at the oblique fold line into face-to-face contact with the second section, the forming the closed end further comprising forming a first portion and a second portion of the closed end so that at least one of the first portion and the second portion is oblique with respect to the side panel and so that each of the first row and the third row is generally aligned with the first portion and the second row is generally aligned with the second portion, each of the first row and the third row being an inner row, each of the first row and the third row abutting one another on a centerline of the carton, and the second row being an outer row adjacent the first row and spaced apart from the centerline of the carton.
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