Carton for dispensing articles
OwnerMartinus C. Bakxinventor
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Abstract
A carton includes a top wall (132, 136) having an opposed side edge, first and second opposed side panels (112, 116) extending downward from the opposed side edges of the top wall respectively, and a bottom wall (152, 156) extending between the first and second side panels. The bottom wall is slanted downwardly from the back end of the carton to the front end of the carton. A first wedge panel (162) is hingedly connected to the lower end edge of the first side panel and extending upwards to its upper end edge. The bottom wall is hingedly connected to the upper end edge of the first wedge panel.
Claims23
A carton, comprising:
- a top wall having an opposed side edge;
- first and second opposed side panels extending downward from the opposed side edges of the top wall respectively;
- and
- a bottom wall extending between the first and second side panels, the bottom wall being slanted downwardly from a back end of the carton to a front end of the carton,
- wherein a first wedge panel is hingedly connected to a lower end edge of the first side panel and extending upwards to an upper end edge of the first wedge panel, and wherein the bottom wall is hingedly connected to the upper end edge of the first wedge panel.
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A blank for forming a carton, the blank comprising:
- a pair of first and second side panels;
- a first bottom panel hingedly connected to the first side panel by a first wedge panel;
- and
- a second bottom panel hingedly connected to a second wedge panel;
- wherein the first and second panels are hingedly interconnected by an end wall panel and
- the end wall panel is hingedly connected to a first bottom flap which is hingedly connected to a first gusset panel.
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A blank for forming a carton, comprising
- a first set of panels that are hingedly connected one to the next and are configured to form a tubular structure, the first set of panels comprising:
- a first connecting panel;
- a first wedge panel joined together with the first connecting panel;
- a first side panel hingedly connected to the first wedge panel;
- a top panel hingedly connected to the first side panel;
- a second side panel hingedly connected to the top panel;
- a second wedge panel hingedly connected to the second side panel;
- a bottom panel hingedly connected to the second wedge panel;
- and
- a second connecting panel hingedly connected to the bottom panel,
- wherein the first and second connecting panels are secured together in face contacting arrangement upon formation of the tubular structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.