US 3,987,893 AGranted

Display carton and blank therefor

AssigneeChampion International Corporation

InventorWallace E. Hanson

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Abstract

A one-piece paperboard blank for erection into a display carton capable of supporting an article, such as an inflatable basketball, football, etc., in a manner that opposed surfaces of the article are exposed includes solid top, bottom, and side panels, while the back panel is defined by specially curved portions articulated to the top and bottom panels, and lock panels articulated to the side panels, with the lock panels and the curved panels being interconnected by intermediate articulated webbed corners. The open front panel includes a top concavely curved front portion which is articulated to the top panel, as well as to articulated pairs of cushion flaps, extending from said first and second side panels. Another pair of articulated cushion flaps secured respectively to the first and second side panels cooperates with lower foldable front portions so as to provide a peripheral support for the article. The peripheral supports of the front and rear panels of the carton provide a suspended peripheral support for the article, and enable the front and rear portions of the article to be exposed.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A one-piece paperboard blank for erection into an article shipping and display carton comprising consecutively articulated glue tab, first side, top, second side, and bottom panels,

said top and bottom panels each having two opposed ends, with said top and bottom panels each including curved back panels respectively articulated to one end thereof, while said first and second side panels include lock tab panels, with said curved back panels and said lock tab panels being interconnected by intermediate articulated webbed corners which are bent inwardly upon erection of the carton to define an open back portion of the carton wherein the edge portions of said curved back panels engage said article;
said top panel further including, at the opposite end thereof, an articulated upper front panel which is concavely curved with respect to said top panel;
said first and second side panels having two opposed ends, with said first and second side panels each including, at one end thereof, articulated pairs of cushion flaps which are bent inwardly upon erection of the carton and include curved edges for engaging said article;
and
said bottom panel including, at the opposite end thereof, an articulated lower front panel having a locking panel which upon erection of the carton, cooperates with portions of said pairs of said cushion flaps to define a lower display surface that is spaced from said concavely curved upper front panel to define an open front portion of the carton.

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In a carton for display packaging of an article wherein two opposed surfaces of the article are exposed, said carton comprising a pair of side panels, top and bottom panels, an open front panel, and an open rear panel,

said rear panel defined by:
(1) two opposed back portions articulated respectively from said top and bottom panels, each portion being concavely curved relative to said respective top and bottom panel;
(2) two pairs of webbed corner panels articulated respectively from said side panels;
and (3) lock tab panels articulated respectively from said side panels intermediate said webbed corner panels, said lock tab panels being interlocked with said concavely curved back portions and the webbed corner panels to provide a peripheral support for the article;
and
said front panel being defined by:
(1) an upper front portion articulated from said top panel, said upper front portion being concavely curved with respect to said front panel;
(2) a first pair of cushion flap portions articulated from said side panels and said front portions;
(3) a foldable lower display surface articulated from said bottom panel;
and (4) a second pair of cushion flap portions articulated from said side panels and said foldable lower display surface, said upper front panel and said first and second cushion flap portions operative to provide a peripheral support for the article.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.