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US 12,715,669 B2Granted
Carton for containers
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorHarmen Boersma
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Abstract
A carton for holding a plurality of containers includes a plurality of panels at least partially extending around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels including a front panel, a back panel, at least one side panel, at least one top panel, and at least one bottom panel, and a divider extending through the interior of the carton to form a front interior space and a back interior space, the divider including a divider panel attached to the at least one side panel.
Claims31
A carton for holding a plurality of containers, the carton comprising:
- a plurality of panels at least partially extending around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels comprising a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, at least one top panel, and at least one bottom panel;
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- a divider extending through the interior of the carton to form a front interior space and a back interior space, the divider including a divider panel attached to the first side panel and the second side panel,
- the divider panel comprises a divider portion and an attachment portion foldably connected to the divider portion, the attachment portion of the divider panel in at least partial face-to-face contact with the first side panel,
- an attachment flap foldably connected to the second side panel, the attachment flap is attached to the divider portion of the divider panel,
- the attachment portion of the divider panel is adhered to the first side panel with glue and the attachment flap is adhered to the divider portion with glue.
3 more elements
A combination of blanks for forming a carton for holding a plurality of containers, the combination comprising:
- a carton blank comprising a plurality of panels for at least partially extending around an interior of the carton formed from the combination of blanks, the plurality of panels comprising a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, at least one top panel, and at least one bottom panel;
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- a divider blank for forming a divider panel and comprising a divider portion and an attachment portion foldably connected to the divider portion, the divider blank attached to the first side panel and the second side panel of the carton blank when the carton is formed from the combination of blanks to extend through the interior of the carton and form a front interior space and a back interior space in the carton formed from the combination of blanks,
- the attachment portion of the divider blank in at least partial face-to-face contact with the first side panel in the carton formed from the combination of blanks,
- the carton blank comprises an attachment flap foldably connected to the second side panel, the attachment flap is attached to the divider portion of the divider blank in the carton formed from the combination of blanks,
- the attachment portion of the divider blank is adhered to the first side panel with glue and the attachment flap is adhered to the divider portion with glue in the carton formed from the combination of blanks.
3 more elements
A method of forming a carton for holding a plurality of containers, the method comprising:
- obtaining a carton blank comprising a plurality of panels the plurality of panels comprising a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, at least one top panel, and at least one bottom panel;
- obtaining a divider blank comprising a divider portion and an attachment portion foldably connected to the divider portion;
- positioning the plurality of panels of the carton blank extending at least partially around an interior of the carton;
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- attaching the divider blank to the first side panel and to the second side panel to form a divider extending through the interior of the carton and forming a front interior space and a back interior space in the interior of the carton,
- positioning the attachment portion of the divider blank in at least partial face-to-face contact with the first side panel,
- the carton blank comprises an attachment flap foldably connected to the second side panel,
- and the method comprises adhering the attachment portion of the divider blank to the first side panel with glue and adhering the attachment flap to the divider portion with glue.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.