Carton and blank therefor
AssigneeWestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
InventorsNathaniel B. Ball, Meng-Chuan Wu
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, a carton, and a blank for forming the carton. An aspect of the invention provides a package comprising a carton or article carrier loaded with one or more articles. The package comprises a group of generally cylindrical articles each having an end and a cylindrical side. The carton is disposed at least partially around the group of articles B. The carton comprises a plurality of panels including: a bottom wall, a top wall, first and second opposed side walls and first and second opposed end walls. The group of articles are arranged in a plurality of rows of articles comprising a first row and a second row.
Claims16
A package comprising a carton or article carrier loaded with one or more articles, the package comprising a group of generally cylindrical articles each having an end and a cylindrical side, the carton being disposed at least partially around the group of articles B, the carton comprising a plurality of panels including a bottom wall, a top wall, first and second opposed side walls and first and second opposed end walls, wherein the group of articles are arranged in a plurality of rows of articles comprising a first row and a second row, the first row extends along the bottom wall such that the cylindrical sides of the articles of the first row are disposed in contact with the bottom wall and such that the ends of the articles of the first row are disposed adjacent to and at least partially in contacting relationship with one of the opposed side walls, the second row being disposed on the first row such that the ends of the articles of the second row are disposed adjacent to and at least partially in contacting relationship with one of the opposed side walls and are nested with the articles of the first row, each of the first and second rows includes a pair of first and second endmost articles at opposite ends of the respective row, the first end wall of the carton is disposed in contact with the first endmost articles of the first and second rows, the second end wall of the carton is disposed in contact with the second endmost articles of the first and second rows, the carton further comprises an article dispensing feature which comprises a removable panel detachably connected at least in part to one of the opposed side walls so as to define a dispenser opening in said one of the opposed side walls, the articles of the group may exit from the carton through the dispenser opening, the dispenser opening is positioned and sized such that the ends of at least one of the articles in the first row and of at least another one of the articles in the group are exposed to view for removal through the dispenser opening.
A blank for forming a carton, which comprises a bottom wall and two opposed side walls, for packaging a group of articles arranged in two or more rows, wherein a first row of the two or more rows is configured to extend along the bottom wall such that cylindrical sides of the articles of the first row are configured to be disposed in contact with the bottom wall and such that ends of the articles of the first row are configured to be disposed adjacent to and at least partially in contacting relationship with one of the opposed side walls, and a second row of the two or more rows is configured to be disposed on the first row such that the ends of the articles of the second row are configured to be disposed adjacent to and at least partially in contacting relationship with one of the opposed side walls, the blank comprising a plurality of primary panels for defining an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels comprising:
- a bottom wall panel;
- a top wall panel;
- first and second opposed side walls panels;
- and
- first and second opposed end walls panels;
- wherein the blank further comprises:
- an article dispensing feature which comprises:
- a removable panel detachably connected at least in part to one of the opposed side wall panels so as to define a dispenser opening in said one of the opposed side wall panels, the dispenser opening is positioned and sized such that the ends of at least one article in the first row and of at least another one of the articles in the group are exposed to view for removal through the dispenser opening in a setup carton such that the articles of the group may exit from the carton through the dispenser opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.