Coated Carton and Method of Making Same
AssigneeInno-Pak, LLC
InventorsMike Evans, Jonathan D. Sill
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Abstract
A pattern-coated carton. The pattern-coated carton, may include a floor panel; side panels extending about a periphery of the floor panel, wherein the floor panel and side panels are configurable to form a container body; a closure portion, wherein the closure portion is configured to secure a top opening of the container body; and a patterned barrier coating disposed in a pattern on select portions of an outer surface of the container body.
Claims30
A pattern-coated carton, comprising:
- a. a floor panel;
- b. side panels extending about a periphery of the floor panel, wherein the floor panel and side panels are configurable to form a container body;
- c. a closure portion, wherein the closure portion is configured to secure a top opening of the container body;
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- d. a patterned barrier coating disposed in a pattern on one or more select portions of an outer surface of the container body.
A method of making a pattern-coated carton, the method comprising:
- a. providing a quantity of uncoated paper material;
- b. applying barrier coating to a first side and a second side of the paper material, wherein the barrier coating is applied to substantially an entire surface of the first side of the paper material and applied as a pattern to one or more select portions of a surface of the second side of the paper material;
- c. cutting the coated paper material into an unassembled pattern-coated carton blank;
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- d. assembling the cut out blank into an assembled pattern-coated carton, comprising:
- i. a floor panel;
- ii. side panels extending about a periphery of the floor panel, wherein the floor panel and side panels are configurable to form a container body;
- iii. a closure portion, wherein the closure portion is configured to secure a top opening of the container body;
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- iv. a barrier coating disposed in a pattern on one or more select portions of an outer surface of the container body.
A method of making a pattern-coated carton, the method comprising:
- a. providing a quantity of paper material comprising a barrier coating on a first side thereof;
- b. applying a patterned barrier coating to a second side of the paper material, wherein the patterned barrier coating is applied to select portions of a surface of the second side of the paper material;
- c. cutting the coated paper material into an unassembled pattern-coated carton blank;
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- d. assembling the cut out blank into an assembled pattern-coated carton, comprising:
- i. a floor panel;
- ii. side panels extending about a periphery of the floor panel, wherein the floor panel and side panels are configurable to form a container body;
- iii. a closure portion, wherein the closure portion is configured to secure a top opening of the container body;
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- iv. a barrier coating disposed in a pattern on one or more select portions of an outer surface of the container body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.