Carton with integral handle and package
AssigneeWestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
InventorsBradford J. Walling, Brandon L. Ramsuer, Caleb S. Loftin
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Abstract
A package includes a carton (10) and a plurality of articles (B). The carton includes carton walls (14, 16, 26b/30b) and at least one handle structure (HA2) formed from at least one (26b/30b) of the carton walls. The at least one handle structure includes a tab (44b) formed from the at least one of the carton walls. The tab is hingedly connected, by a hinged connection (42b), to the at least one of the carton walls and arranged to fold at least in part about an article disposed within the carton to form at least a portion of a handle opening (40b) so as to allow a user (U) to grasp a portion of the article and the carton disposed adjacent to the article.
Claims22
A carrying handle for a carton which comprises a plurality of carton panels, the carrying handle comprising a handle structure formed from at least one of the carton panels, the handle structure comprising a tab struck from the at least one of the carton panels, the tab being hingedly connected, by a hinged connection, to the at least one of the carton panels and arranged to fold at least in part about an article disposed in the carton to define at least in part a first handle opening in the at least one of the carton panels so as to allow a user to grasp the article as well as a portion of the carton disposed adjacent to the article to carry the carton.
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A package comprising a carton and a plurality of articles, the carton comprising a plurality of carton walls including a top wall, a base wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall and a second end wall, the carton comprising at least one handle structure formed from at least one of the carton walls, the at least one handle structure comprising a tab struck from the at least one of the carton walls, the tab being hingedly connected, by a hinged connection, to the at least one of the carton walls and arranged to fold at least in part about an article disposed within the carton to form at least a portion of a handle opening so as to allow a user to grasp the article as well as a portion of the carton disposed adjacent to the article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.