Carton With Dispenser Features
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorMark Urban
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Abstract
A carton for holding an article includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels including a front panel, a back panel, and at least one bottom panel, a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, the plurality of end flaps at least partially overlapped to form at least one closed end of the carton, a dispenser having a dispenser opening at least partially defined along the plurality of panels for accessing the article in the interior of the carton, and an article separating member at least partially received in the interior of the carton for at least partially separating a selected portion of the article from a remainder thereof.
Claims41
A carton for holding an article, the carton comprising:
- a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels comprising a front panel, a back panel, and at least one bottom panel;
- a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, the plurality of end flaps at least partially overlapped to form at least one closed end of the carton;
- a dispenser comprising a dispenser opening at least partially defined along the plurality of panels for accessing the article in the interior of the carton;
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- an article separating member at least partially received in the interior of the carton for at least partially separating a selected portion of the article from a remainder thereof.
A blank for forming a carton for holding an article, the blank comprising:
- a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton formed from the blank, the plurality of panels comprising a front panel, a back panel, and at least one bottom panel;
- a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, the plurality of end flaps for being at least partially overlapped to form at least one closed end of the carton formed from the blank;
- dispenser features for at least partially forming a dispenser opening at least partially defined along the plurality of panels for accessing the article in the interior of the carton formed from the blank;
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- an article separating member for being at least partially received in the interior of the carton formed from the blank for at least partially separating a selected portion of the article from a remainder thereof.
A method of forming a carton for holding an article, the method comprising:
- obtaining a blank, the blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising a front panel, a back panel, and at least one bottom panel, a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, and dispenser features;
- obtaining an article separating member;
- positioning the plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton formed from the blank;
- at least partially overlapping the plurality of end flaps to form at least one closed end of the carton formed from the blank;
- positioning the dispenser features at least partially forming a dispenser opening at least partially defined along the plurality of panel for accessing the article in the interior of the carton;
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- at least partially positioning the article separating member in the interior of the carton for at least partially separating a selected portion of the article from a remainder thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.