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US 2004/0069844 A1Published application
Carton with re-closable dispensing opening
OwnerThomas Johannes Bingleinventor
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A carton is disclosed which comprises four wall panels (12, 14, 16, 18) which are bounded by crease lines (20, 22, 24, 26). A tab (28) secures the four panels into tubular form. The bottom overlapping flaps (30, 32, 34, 36). The top of the carton is closed by further flaps (46, 48, 50, 52). The flap (52) has a removable panel (72) within the area thereof, the removable panel (72) being bounded by a weakened line (74) along which it can be detached from the flap (52). The flap (48) has an area (70) coated with pressure sensitive adhesive and an area (68) coated with glue which secures the area (68) permanently to the underlying top closure structure. The areas (68, 70) are separated from one another by a crease line (66). Once the removable panel (72) has been detached for dispensing purposes, the resultant opening can be closed by pressing the area (70) down onto the remainder of the top closure structure.
A carton which comprises panels constituting the upright side walls of the carton, overlapping flaps forming an end closure for one end of the carton and overlapping flaps forming an underlying closure structure for the other end of the carton, said underlying closure structure being covered by an outer closure flap, characterized in that said outer closure flap is secured by pressure sensitive adhesive to said underlying closure structure so that it can be separated from and re-adhered to said underlying closure structure, said underlying closure structure being formed with a removable panel which can be detached to leave an opening through which the contents of the container can be dispensed, said outer closure flap closing-off said opening when re-adhered to said underlying closure structure.
A blank which comprises wall panels joined to one another along crease lines so that the wall panels can be folded with respect to one another to form a carton, first and second sets of flaps joined along crease lines to said wall panels, said first set of flaps forming a closure for one end of the carton when folded with respect to the wall panels and overlapped with one another, said second set of flaps being joined along crease lines to ends of said wall panels remote from the ends to which said first set of flaps are connected and which second set of flaps, when folded over with respect to the wall panels, form a closure for the other end of the carton, said second set of flaps including a first flap with a weakened line therein bounding a removable panel and a second flap with a dividing crease line there across separating the second flap into a first area and a second area, said first area being between said dividing crease line and the crease line along which said second flap is joined to the respective wall panel.
A carton substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6 or 7 and 8 of the accompanying drawings.
A blank substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to FIG. 1 or to FIG. 7 of the accompanying drawings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.