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US 4,718,545 AGranted
Carton for shipping and display
AssigneeSwingline Inc.
InventorsJohn G. Chrzanowski, Janice A. Jaworski
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Abstract
A carton for shipping and display of contained products, which carton has an end closure arrangement which can be manipulated to three (3) positions; a first position closed and locked; a second in which the closure is open for display; and a third position in which the closure is closed for display. The carton includes a stand and removal pannels to reveal to prospective buyers the contained products.
Claims5
A carton for use as a shipping and display container comprising:
- (a) a rectilinear product container body including front top panel, back bottom panel, side panels and locking bottom panels;
- (b) an upper opening flap arrangement including a main flap hinged to the back bottom panel, two minor side tabs hinged to said side panels, the upper opening flap including three tandem flap sections;
- such upper opening flap arrangement in turn having
- (i) a first closed position for shipping;
- (ii) a second open position in which a flap section of the main flap extends beyond the container body in the same plane as the back bottom panel;
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- (iii) a third position closed for display in which the main flap is folded with all flap sections parallel to one another and at least one of said side tabs tucked in between the two said flap sections;
- and
- (c) a removable panel portion in the front top panel for removal to expose the product.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.