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US 12,654,901 B2Granted
Stackable carton, blank and method of forming
AssigneeWestRock Shared Services, LLC
InventorJohn Valencia
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Abstract
Carton (100) includes a bottom wall (104), a plurality of side walls (140, 142, 144, 146) connected to the bottom wall, and a top wall (106) releasably coupled to one of the side walls. The carton also includes a handle (112) formed by at least a portion of the top wall. The carton further includes a planar surface (114) at least partially formed by the handle (112) and the top wall (106).
Claims11
A carton for packaging product, the carton comprising:
- a plurality of panels that form an internal volume, a handle and a planar surface of the carton, the plurality of panels comprising:
- a first side panel;
- a second side panel foldably connected to the first side panel;
- a third side panel foldably connected to the second side panel;
- a fourth side panel foldably connected to the third side panel;
- a first handle panel foldably connected to the first side panel and releasably coupled to the second side panel and the fourth side panel;
- and
- a second handle panel foldably connected to the third side panel and releasably coupled to the second side panel and the fourth side panel,
- wherein an interior surface of the first handle panel overlaps at least a portion of an exterior surface of the second handle panel such that exterior surfaces of the first handle panel and the second handle panel face outward of the carton and such that the first handle panel and the second handle panel together form the handle and form at least a portion of the planar surface, and wherein a locking mechanism couples the first handle panel and the second handle panel to the second side panel and the fourth side panel respectively.
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A blank for forming a carton, the blank comprising:
- a first side panel;
- a second side panel foldably connected to the first side panel;
- a third side panel foldably connected to the second side panel;
- a fourth side panel foldably connected to the third side panel;
- a first handle panel foldably connected to the first side panel;
- a second handle panel foldably connected to the third side panel;
- a first portion of a locking mechanism on each one of the first handle panel and the second handle panel;
- and
- a second portion of the locking mechanism on each one of the second side panel and the fourth side panel,
- wherein, when the carton is formed from the blank:
- an interior surface of the first handle panel overlaps at least a portion of an exterior surface of the second handle panel such that exterior surfaces of the first handle panel and the second handle panel face outward of the carton;
- the first portion of the locking mechanism and the second portion of the locking mechanism cooperate to couple the first handle panel and the second handle panel to the second side panel and the fourth side panel;
- and
- the first handle panel and the second handle panel form a handle and at least a portion of a planar surface of the carton.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.