Carton and carton blank
AssigneeWestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
InventorEric Boukredine
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Abstract
A carton of the gable top style for packaging one or more articles. The carton includes a plurality of panels for forming walls of the carton including: a first side panel; a first end panel having an upper portion and a lower portion; a web panel formed from part of the upper portion and hinged to the first side panel. The carton is convertible from a flat collapsed form into an erected form. In the flat collapsed form, the first side panel is disposed in an overlying or face to face relationship with the first end panel. In the erected form, the first side panel and the first end panel form walls of a tubular structure and define at least in part an interior of the carton for receiving one or more articles.
Claims17
A carton for packaging one or more articles, the carton comprising a plurality of panels for forming walls of the carton including:
- a first side panel;
- a first end panel having an upper portion and a lower portion;
- a web panel formed from part of the upper portion and hinged to the first side panel,
- wherein the carton is convertible from a flat collapsed form into an erected form, wherein in the flat collapsed form, the first side panel is disposed in an overlying or face to face relationship with the first end panel, wherein in the erected form, the first side panel and the first end panel form walls of a tubular structure and define at least in part an interior of the carton for receiving one or more articles, and
- wherein the web panel is secured in face to face relationship with the first side panel when the carton is in the flat collapsed form.
A carton of the gable top style for packaging one or more articles, the carton comprising a plurality of panels for forming walls of the carton including:
- a top panel;
- a first side panel;
- a first end panel having an upper portion and a lower portion;
- a web panel formed from part of the upper portion and hinged to the first side panel,
- wherein the carton is erected from a flat collapsed form into an erected form, in the flat collapsed form, the first side panel is disposed in an overlying relationship with the first end panel, in the erected form, the first side panel and the first end panel provide walls of a tubular structure and define at least in part an interior of the carton for receiving one or more articles,
- wherein the web panel is retained in a folded condition when the carton is erected whereby automatically folding the upper portion of the first end panel with respect to the lower portion such that the upper portion of the first end panel tapers inwardly towards the top panel.
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A blank for forming a carton of the gable top style, the blank comprising:
- a plurality of panels for forming walls of the carton including:
- a first side panel;
- a first end panel having an upper portion and a lower portion;
- a web panel formed from part of the upper portion and hinged to the first side panel,
- wherein the blank may take a flat collapsed form in which the first side panel is disposed in an overlying or face to face relationship with the first end panel, the blank is manipuable from the flat collapsed form into an erected form in which the first side panel and the first end panel form walls of a tubular structure and define at least in part an interior for receiving one or more articles,
- wherein the web panel is retained in face to face relationship with the first side panel when the blank is manipulated into the erected form.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.