Carton with insert
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorJohn Murdick Holley, JR.
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Abstract
A carton for holding a plurality of containers. The carton comprises a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels can comprise a top panel and a side panel. An insert comprises a central panel and a crown retention panel foldably connected to the central panel. An attachment flap can be foldably connected to the crown retention panel. The top panel can at least partially overlap the central panel, at least a portion of the crown retention panel can be spaced apart from the side panel in the interior of the carton, and at least a portion of the attachment flap can be at least partially in face-to-face contact with the side panel.
Claims44
A carton for holding a plurality of containers, the carton comprising:
- a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels comprises a top panel and a side panel;
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- an insert comprising a central panel and a crown retention panel foldably connected to the central panel, an attachment flap being foldably connected to the crown retention panel;
- wherein the top panel at least partially overlaps the central panel, at least a portion of the crown retention panel is spaced apart from the side panel in the interior of the carton, and at least a portion of the attachment flap is at least partially in face-to-face contact with the side panel.
In combination, a carton blank and an insert blank for forming a carton for holding a plurality of containers:
- the carton blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising a top panel and a side panel;
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- the insert blank comprising a central panel and a crown retention panel foldably connected to the central panel, an attachment flap being foldably connected to the crown retention panel;
- wherein the top panel at least partially overlaps the central panel, at least a portion of the crown retention panel is for being disposed in a position that is spaced apart from the side panel when the carton is formed from the carton blank and the insert blank, and at least a portion of the attachment flap is for being disposed at least partially in face-to-face contact with the side panel when the carton is formed from the carton blank and the insert blank.
A method of forming a carton for holding a plurality of containers, the method comprising:
- obtaining a carton blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising a top panel and a side panel;
- obtaining an insert blank comprising a central panel and a crown retention panel foldably connected to the central panel, an attachment flap being foldably connected to the crown retention panel;
- positioning the insert blank relative to the carton blank so that the top panel at least partially overlaps the central panel;
- folding the top panel relative to the side panel so that the central panel at least partially overlaps the side panel and the attachment flap is at least partially in face-to-face contact with the side panel;
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- forming an interior of the carton at least partially defined by the plurality of panels, the forming the interior of the carton comprising forming an open-ended sleeve, and the forming the interior of the carton causing the crown retention panel to fold relative to the central panel and to be disposed in a position that is spaced apart from the side panel in the interior of the carton.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.