Article carrier with dispensing feature
AssigneeThe Mead Corporation
InventorsJohn M. Holley, Jr., James R. Oliff
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Abstract
An article carrier comprising a bottom, top and a pair of side walls interconnected to form a tubular carrier, end flaps foldably joined respectively to each end of said walls, web panels interconnecting the ends of adjacent end flaps, a pair of tear lines formed respectively in the adjacent end flaps disposed at the opposite ends of one end flap and extending respectively from one end of the adjacent end flaps to the fold lines between the adjacent end flaps and the associated walls, and a pair of expansion slits extending respectively from the inner ends of the tear lines into the adjacent walls.
Claims4
An article carrier comprising a bottom wall, a pair of side walls joined respectively to the side edges of said bottom wall and extending upwardly therefrom, a top wall joined along the side edges thereof respectively to the upper edges of said side walls, a pair of end flaps foldably joined respectively to the ends of said side walls at one end of the carrier, another end flap foldably joined to the end of said bottom wall at said one end of the carrier, a web panel interconnecting each end of said another end flap and the adjacent one of said pair of end flaps, a pair of tear lines formed respectively in said pair of end flaps and extending respectively from the junctions between said pair of end flaps and the associated side wall and terminating respectively along the edges of said pair of end flaps substantially adjacent said web panels, and a pair of expansion slits formed respectively in said side walls and comprising extensions of said tear lines, said expansion slits terminating respectively interiorly of said side walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.