Carton with tab
AssigneeInno-Pak, LLC
InventorsJonathan D. Sill, Steven A. Mayer
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Abstract
A foldable food carton including a lid portion; a bottom portion; and a viewable tab attached to the lid portion, wherein the tab comprises one or more of alphabetic text, numeric text, QR code, bar code, graphic, design, or combination thereof printed on the tab. A method of assembling a carton with a viewable tab, including providing a carton in an unfolded configuration, and folding the carton into an assembled configuration, wherein upon folding the carton into the assembled configuration the tab moves from a first position to a second position.
Claims14
A carton comprising:
- a bottom portion;
- a lid portion hingeably attached to the bottom portion such that the lid portion is configured to be movable between a closed position and an opened position;
- a window formed by a window cutout line disposed within the lid portion;
- a viewable tab attached to the lid portion along an edge of the window cutout line therein in a first position, the viewable tab having a message printed on a side of the viewable tab that faces flat against the window when the viewable tab is in the first position;
- wherein the viewable tab is configured to be movable to a second position such that the viewable tab extends vertically up from and perpendicular to the window cutout line of the window with the message on the side of the viewable tab being viewable;
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- wherein the viewable tab is automatically moveable from the first position to the second position as a result of at least one of folding the carton to an assembled state or closing the lid portion.
A method of assembling a carton with a viewable tab, the method comprising:
- a. providing a carton in an unfolded configuration, the carton comprising:
- a bottom portion;
- a lid portion;
- a window formed by a window cutout line disposed within the lid portion;
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- a viewable tab attached to the lid portion along an edge of the window cutout line therein in a first position such that the viewable tab having a message printed on a side of the viewable tab that faces flat against the window;
- b. folding the carton into an assembled configuration, wherein upon folding the carton the lid portion is hingeably attached to the bottom portion such that the lid portion is movable between a closed position and an opened position;
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- c. moving the viewable tab to a second position such that the viewable tab extends vertically up from and perpendicular to the window cutout line of the window with the message on the side of the viewable tab being viewable when the lid portion is in the closed position, and wherein moving the viewable tab to the second position comprises the viewable tab automatically moving from the first position to the second position as a result of at least one of folding the carton to an assembled state or closing the lid portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.