# US 2010/0163609 A1 · Carton with Increased Width Access Opening > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2010/0163609 A1 - Document ID: US20100163609A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/347,331 - Filed: 2008-12-31 - Published: 2010-07-01 - Earliest claimed: 2008-12-31 - Assignees: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC - Inventors: Nicholas R. Bull - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100163609A1 ## CPC - B65D 5/2033: {polygonal having more than four sides, e.g. hexagonal, octogonal} - B65D 71/36: {having a tubular shape, e.g. tubular wrappers, with} end walls - B65D 2571/00141: glued - B65D 2571/00444: for fingers - B65D 2571/0066: formed from one single sheet - B65D 2571/00728: the end walls being closed by gluing - Y10T 29/49815: Disassembling - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract An eight-sided, octagonal carton having an increased width opening and strength as compared to a four-sided, rectangular carton, and providing for improved removal of a food product stored within the carton. The octagonal carton has a top panel, a bottom panel, and an octagonal sidewall comprising a pair of longitudinal segments and a pair of transverse end segments. The end segments further comprise a pair of individual panels that can fold at an angle to provide three sides along each end segment; two angled sides and one side perpendicular to the longitudinal segments. To gain access to the interior of the carton, only one of the panels needs to be opened creating an access opening through which the food product is extracted. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A carton for containing a plurality of individual food items for removal, the carton comprising: a top panel and a bottom panel each having a pair of longitudinal edge portions and a pair of shorter transverse edge portions; and a sidewall extending between the top and bottom panels to form an interior of the carton, the sidewall having a pair of longitudinal segments extending between the longitudinal edge portions of the top and bottom panels to join the top and bottom panels, and the sidewall having a pair of end segments extending between the transverse edge portions of the top and bottom panels, each of the end segments having a pair of panels each attached to an edge portion of one of the sidewall longitudinal segments and having an outer segment generally perpendicular to the longitudinal segments and an intermediate segment extending at an angle between the edge portion of the longitudinal segment of the sidewall and the outer segment, the end segments each being individually movable from a closed position to an open position to permit access to the interior of the carton, and an end segment in the open position creates an access opening that has a width greater than half a width of the carton. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The carton according to claim 1, wherein a width of the individual food items is less than the width of the access opening such that the items can be removed through the access opening. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The carton according to claim 1, wherein the sidewall longitudinal segments together with the end segments provide an octagonal sidewall. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The carton according to claim 3, wherein the carton has at least a 40% increase in strength compared to a carton having a rectangular sidewall. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The carton according to claim 1, wherein the individual food item is a packaged beverage product. ### Claim 6 A carton comprising a top, bottom and sidewall defining an interior of the carton, the sidewall being octagonal, having a pair of longitudinal panels and a pair of transverse ends each having three sides, each of the transverse ends being defined by a pair of end panels having angled segments connected to the longitudinal panels along one edge and an outward segment along an opposite edge and positioned to be generally perpendicular to the longitudinal panels when cooperating with the other of the pair of end panels to enclose the interior, one of the pair of end panels being movable relative to the connected longitudinal panel to create an access opening for the interior of the carton, the access opening having a width greater than if the one of the end panels was entirely perpendicular relative to the longitudinal panels. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The carton according to claim 6, wherein the carton has at least a 40% increase in strength compared to a carton having a rectangular sidewall. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The carton according to claim 6, wherein a width of the individual food items is less than the width of the access opening such that the items can be removed through the access opening. ### Claim 9 A method of removing a plurality of individual items from a carton having a pair of sidewall end panels of substantially the same size, the method comprising: moving one of the pair of sidewall end panels from a closed position to an open position to provide an access opening permitting access to the interior of the carton, the access opening having a length greater than half a width of the carton; and removing at least one of the plurality of items from the interior of the carton through the access opening. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein a pair of tabs depending from a top panel of the carton and a pair of tabs upstanding from a bottom panel of the carton are sealed against a back surface of the end panels, each pair of tabs sealing against one of the pair of end panels, and further comprising separating one pair of the end panels from one of the pairs of tabs upon opening to provide the access opening. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the carton has an octagonal sidewall.