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US 4,377,237 AGranted
Multiple compartment carton
AssigneeJames River-Dixie/Northern, Inc.
InventorThomas D. Pawlowski
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Abstract
In a multiple compartment carton, one compartment has a line of weakness for opening the compartment. Protective means overlies the line of weakness, to prevent inadvertent breakage of the line of weakness.
Claims6
A multiple compartment carton, comprising:
- a first compartment and a second compartment, said second compartment having a first line of weakness for opening said second compartment, said first line of weakness defining one edge of a cover on said second compartment, said first line of weakness, in the unopened carton, joining said cover to a carton wall panel;
- and protective means overlying said first line of weakness and affixed to said wall panel.
A carton blank made of sheet material and suitable for erection into a multiple-compartment carton, said blank comprising top and bottom wall panels, end wall panels and glue flaps, connected to each other by hinge lines along opposing edges, in the sequence of:
- a first glue flap, a first end wall panel, a first top wall panel, a second end wall panel, a first bottom wall panel, a second bottom wall panel, a third end wall panel, a second top wall panel, and a second glue flap;
- said hinge line between said first end wall panel and said first top wall panel having a first line of weakness thereon;
- said hinge line between said first and second bottom wall panels being a second line of weakness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.