Top or bottom loading container
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsLeslie Long, Daniel Grubb, Michael Hermans
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Abstract
A container including: a container top having a dispensing opening formed from a plurality of top flaps; a container bottom disposed opposite the container top formed from a plurality of bottom flaps; and a plurality of decorative panels forming a sidewall of the container having a continuous decorative surface. The container is formed from a substantially symmetrical blank. As a result, the container can be loaded from either end on a cartoner. The container's continuous decorative surface on the sidewall allows for graphics on the container's sidewall to continue unimpeded. Advantageously, the container is designed for use on high speed cartoners and can be filled from either the top or the bottom as required.
Claims22
A container comprising:
- at least three decorative panels forming a continuous decorative surface that extends in side-fold continuity across a plurality of edges where adjacent decorative panels meet except at an edge where the first decorative panel is joined to the last decorative panel, the decorative panels forming a sidewall of the container;
- a plurality of top flaps extending from the decorative panels and folded to form a container top having at least a portion of a dispensing opening located in the container top;
- a plurality of bottom flaps extending from the decorative panels and folded to form a container bottom disposed opposite the container top;
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- wherein a blank from which the container is formed is substantially symmetrical about a longitudinal center line of the blank.
A container comprising:
- at least four decorative panels forming a continuous decorative surface that extends in side-fold continuity across a plurality of edges where adjacent decorative panels meet except at an edge where the first decorative panel is joined to the fourth decorative panel, the decorative panels forming a sidewall of the container;
- a plurality of top flaps extending from the decorative panels and folded to form a container top having a dispensing opening, the plurality of folded top flaps comprising two oppositely disposed major top flaps and two oppositely disposed minor top flaps;
- a plurality of bottom flaps extending from the decorative panels and folded to form a container bottom disposed opposite the container top;
- wherein at least a portion of the dispensing opening is located in each major top flap such that when the two major top flaps are folded closed they form the dispensing opening;
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- wherein the dispensing opening has a major axis and a minor axis with the minor axis of the dispensing opening intersecting the oppositely disposed minor top flaps on the container top.
A container comprising:
- at least four decorative panels forming a continuous decorative surface that extends in side-fold continuity across a plurality of edges where adjacent decorative panels meet except at an edge where the first decorative panel is joined to the fourth decorative panel, the decorative panels forming a sidewall of the container;
- a plurality of top flaps extending from the decorative panels and folded to form a container top having a dispensing opening, the plurality of folded top flaps comprising two oppositely disposed major flaps and two oppositely disposed minor flaps;
- a plurality of bottom flaps extending from the decorative panels and folded to form a container bottom disposed opposite the container top;
- at least a portion of the dispensing opening is located in each major top flap such that when the two major top flaps are folded closed they form the dispensing opening, and
- a dispensing window wherein at least a portion of the dispensing window is located in each major top flap such that when the two major top flaps are folded closed they from a dispensing orifice;
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- wherein on at least one of the major top flaps, the dispensing window ends short of a distal end of that major flap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.