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US 2006/0191811 A1Published application
Wrap-around carton with dispensing feature
OwnerJames Fogle, Robert Sutherland +1inventors
InventorsJames Fogle, Robert Sutherland, Kevin May
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Abstract
A wrap-around article carrier has a plurality of tuck-in flaps and gussets to restrain the articles the carrier is designed to carry from falling out of the carrier. The carrier further comprises a dispensing feature, which once removed allows the articles in the carrier to be dispensed in a controlled manner.
Claims31
A carrier package, comprising:
- a carrier, comprising
- a top panel,
- a first side panel adjacent to the top panel,
- a second side panel adjacent to the top panel and disposed on a side of the carrier package opposite to the first side panel,
- a bottom panel adjacent to each of the first and second side panels and opposite from the top panel,
- a first upper gusset at least partially closing an upper part of a first end of the carrier,
- a first lower gusset at least partially closing a lower part of the first end of the carrier,
- a second upper gusset at least partially closing an upper part of a second end of the carrier,
- a second lower gusset at least partially closing a lower part of the second end of the carrier, and
- a dispenser pattern extending at least partially across at least one panel selected from the group consisting of the side panels and the top panel, with the dispenser pattern defining a dispenser flap that is at least partially removable from a remainder of the carrier so that a dispenser opening is defined by the remainder of the carrier in response to the dispenser flap having been at least partially removed from the remainder of the carrier;
- and
- a plurality of containers located within the carrier,
- wherein the dispenser flap is configured so that when the dispenser flap is at least partially removed so that the dispenser opening is defined by the remainder of the carrier, the containers can be dispensed through a dispenser opening in the carrier.
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A blank for erecting into a wrap-around carrier, the blank comprising:
- a top panel;
- a first side panel foldably connected to the top panel;
- a second side panel that is opposite from the first side panel and is foldably connected to the top panel;
- a first bottom panel foldably connected to the first side panel;
- and
- a second bottom panel foldably connected to the second side panel,
- wherein the first bottom panel and the second bottom panel are for being secured together when the blank is erected into the wrap-around carrier, and
- wherein a dispenser pattern extends at least partially across at least two panels selected from the group consisting of the side panels and the top panel, with the dispenser pattern defining a dispenser flap for being at least partially removable from a remainder of the blank.
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A carrier package, comprising:
- a carrier, comprising
- a top panel,
- a first side panel adjacent to the top panel,
- a second side panel adjacent to the top panel and disposed on a side of the carrier package opposite to the first side panel,
- a bottom panel adjacent to each of the first and second side panels and opposite from the top panel, the bottom panel comprising a first bottom panel joined to a second bottom panel by at least primary male and primary female locking elements,
- at least one first gusset at least partially closing a first end of the carrier,
- at least one second gusset at least partially closing a second end of the carrier, and
- a dispenser pattern extending at least partially across at least one of the side panels and the top panel, with the dispenser pattern defining a dispenser flap that is at least partially removable from a remainder of the carrier so that a dispenser opening is defined by the remainder of the carrier in response to the dispenser flap having been at least partially removed from the remainder of the carrier;
- and
- a plurality of containers located within the carrier,
- wherein the dispenser flap is configured so that when the dispenser flap is at least partially removed, the containers can be dispensed through the dispenser opening.
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A carrier package, comprising:
- a carrier, comprising
- a top panel,
- a first side panel adjacent to the top panel,
- a second side panel adjacent to the top panel and disposed on a side of the carrier package opposite to the first side panel,
- a bottom panel adjacent to each of the first and second side panels and opposite from the top panel, the bottom panel comprising a first bottom panel joined to a second bottom panel by at least primary male and primary female locking elements,
- at least one first gusset at least partially closing a first end of the carrier,
- at least one second gusset at least partially closing a second end of the carrier, and
- a retention panel, wherein the carrier includes opposite first and second ends that are each open, and the retention panel extends completely across the first end;
- and
- a plurality of containers located within the carrier.
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A carrier package, comprising:
- a carrier, comprising
- a top panel,
- a first side panel adjacent to the top panel,
- a second side panel adjacent to the top panel and disposed on a side of the carrier package opposite to the first side panel,
- a bottom panel adjacent to each of the first and second side panels and opposite from the top panel, the bottom panel comprising a first bottom panel joined to a second bottom panel by at least primary male and primary female locking elements,
- at least one first gusset at least partially closing a first end of the carrier,
- at least one second gusset at least partially closing a second end of the carrier, and
- a retention flap that is not in contact with either of the first and second side panels and extends downwardly from the top panel to partially obstruct an open end of the carrier;
- and
- a plurality of containers located within the carrier.
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A carrier package, comprising:
- a carrier, comprising
- a top panel,
- a first side panel adjacent to the top panel,
- a second side panel adjacent to the top panel and disposed on a side of the carrier package opposite to the first side panel,
- a bottom panel adjacent to each of the first and second side panels and opposite from the top panel, the bottom panel comprising a first bottom panel joined to a second bottom panel by at least primary male and primary female locking elements,
- at least one first gusset at least partially closing a first end of the carrier,
- at least one second gusset at least partially closing a second end of the carrier, and
- a retention flap that is not in contact with either of the first and second side panels and extends upwardly from the bottom panel to partially obstruct an open end of the carrier;
- and
- a plurality of containers located within the carrier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.