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US 4,380,289 AGranted
Paperboard dispenser package with removable scoop panel
AssigneeChampion International Corporation
InventorStanley K. Bigelow
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Abstract
A rectangular-shaped paperboard dispenser package is provided with inner and outer compartments, each compartment being erected from separate blanks. The outer surface of the inner compartment is in abutting relationship with the inner surface of the outer compartment on the erected package. One side panel of the outer compartment includes a removable scoop panel that can be erected to form a scoop for dispensing the contents of the package. Due to the dual compartment construction, the dispenser package retains its structural integrity after removal of the scoop panel from the outer compartment.
Claims16
A rectangular-shaped paperboard dispenser package comprising:
- an inner compartment formed from first and second opposed pairs of substantially rectangular, upstanding inner side panels that are alternatively foldably connected, each of said inner side panels including a horizontally disposed, substantially rectangular inner bottom flap foldably connected to the bottom edge thereof, said inner bottom flaps being folded to form the bottom surface of said inner compartment;
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- an outer compartment formed from first and second opposed pairs of substantially rectangular, upstanding outer side panels that are alternatively, foldably connected, each outer side panel including a horizontally disposed, substantially rectangular outer bottom flap foldably connected to the bottom edge thereof, said outer bottom flaps being folded to form the bottom of said outer compartment, each outer side panel further including a horizontally disposed substantially rectangular outer top flap foldably connected to the top edge thereof and folded to form the top of said outer compartment, one outer side panel including a removable scoop panel for forming a scoop, said scoop panel comprising a substantially rectangular bottom surface, a first side wall foldably connected to a first edge of said bottom surface, a second side wall having substantially the same configuration as said first side wall and being foldably connected to a second edge of said bottom surface, wherein the second edge of the bottom surface is opposite the first edge thereof, first and second substantially rectangular end flaps foldably connected to said first and second side walls, respectively, said foldable connection between said side walls and said end flaps being substantially perpendicular to said foldable connection between said side walls and said bottom surface, a substantially rectangular exterior end wall foldably connected to a third edge of said bottom surface and disposed between said end flaps, a substantially rectangular interior end wall foldably connected to the edge of said exterior end wall opposite said bottom surface, said end walls being adapted to foldably engage said end flaps to secure said end flaps in perpendicular disposition to both said bottom surface and said side walls for forming said scoop panel into a scoop.
A pair of paperboard blanks for forming a rectangular-shaped dispenser package comprising:
- a first blank for forming an inner compartment, said first blank comprising an inner side wall formed from first and second pairs of substantially rectangular inner side panels that are alternatively, foldably connected, an inner gluing flap foldably connected to an inner side panel at one end of said first blank, said inner gluing flap attachable to said inner side panel at opposite end of said blank, each inner side panel including a substantially rectangular inner bottom flap foldably connected to the bottom edge thereof;
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- a second blank for forming an outer compartment, said second blank comprising first and second pairs of substantially rectangular outer side panels that are alternatively, foldably connected, an outer gluing flap foldably connected to an outer side panel at one end of said blank, said outer gluing flap attachable to the outer side panel at the opposite end of said blank, each outer side panel including substantially rectangular outer top and outer bottom flaps foldably connected to the top and bottom edges thereof respectively, one outer side panel of said second blank including a removable scoop panel for forming a scoop, said scoop panel comprising a substantially rectangular bottom surface, a first side wall foldably connected to a first edge of said bottom surface, a second side wall having substantially the same configuration as said first side wall and being foldably connected to a second edge of said bottom surface, wherein the second edge of the bottom surface is opposite the first edge thereof, first and second substantially rectangular end flaps foldably connected to first and second said side walls respectively, said foldable connection between said side walls and said end flaps being substantially perpendicular to said foldable connection between said side surfaces and said bottom surface, a substantially rectangular exterior end wall foldably connected to a third edge of said bottom surface and disposed between said end flaps, a substantially rectangular interior end wall foldably connected to the edge of said exterior end wall opposite said bottom surface, said end walls being adapted to foldably engage said end flaps to secure said end flaps in perpendicular disposition to both said bottom surface and said side walls for forming said scoop panel into a scoop.
A rectangular-shaped paperboard dispenser package comprising:
- an inner compartment formed from first and second opposed pairs of substantially rectangular, upstanding inner side panels that are alternatively foldably connected, each of said inner side panels including a horizontally disposed, substantially rectangular inner bottom flap foldably connected to the bottom edge thereof, said inner bottom flaps being folded to form the bottom surface of said inner compartment;
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- an outer compartment formed from first and second opposed pairs of substantially rectangular, upstanding outer side panels that are alternatively, foldably connected, each outer side panel including a horizontally disposed, substantially rectangular outer bottom flap foldably connected to the bottom edge thereof, said outer bottom flaps being folded to form the bottom of said outer compartment, each outer side panel further including a horizontally disposed substantially rectangular outer top flap foldably connected to the top edge thereof and folded to form the top of said outer compartment, one outer side panel including a removable scoop panel having a plurality of fold lines and cut lines whereby said scoop panel may be removed from said outer side panel of said outer compartment and folded along said fold lines to form a scoop for aiding in dispensing of the contents of said dispenser package.
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