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US 5,307,987 AGranted
Hooded carton
AssigneeWaldorf Corporation
InventorHarry I. Roccaforte
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Abstract
The present invention is a recloseable hooded carton, particularly useful for containing granular material such as soap powder or the like. The carton is generally rectangular, having front and rear walls, opposed side walls, a closed bottom structure, and a top opening structure including a recloseable hood. An integral handle is provided for carrying the carton before and after opening the hood. A blank for forming the present invention is encompassed.
Claims39
A carton comprising:
- front and rear walls, said front and rear walls each having a top edge;
- a bottom wall panel;
- opposed side walls extending between and connected with said front and rear walls;
- a top wall structure including a recloseable foldable hood comprising an outer hood panel foldably connected to the front wall, an inside hood panel underlying the outer hood panel and foldably connected to the rear wall, and a hood skirt foldably connected to said hood and releasably connected to said front and side walls;
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- a retaining wall secured to said front wall, a portion of said retaining wall extending above the top edge of said front wall after said carton is opened, wherein said retaining wall is formed by a front retaining wall panel and two opposed side retaining wall panels foldably carried by said front retaining wall panel, said front retaining wall panel being secured to the front wall and being releasably connected to said inside hood panel.
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A single-piece of stock material provided with cuts and scores for forming a carton blank, said blank comprising:
- a generally central portion including a plurality of foldably connected carton body forming panels and having a first end and a second end;
- an inside hood panel foldably connected to said first end;
- an outside hood panel foldably connected to said second end;
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- retaining wall panels foldably and releasably connected to said inside hood panel, said scores comprising a plurality of fold score lines for forming said foldable connections, at least a portion of said fold score lines adapted to be overlaid, including an overlying score and an underlying score wider than said overlying score, said underlying score aligned with and under said overlying score.
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A foldable joint facilitating the folding of first and second members, said joint comprising overlaid score lines including a first score line and a second score line, formed in said first and second members, respectively, said second score line being wider than said first score line, underlying said first score line and including a displaced area for receiving a portion of said first score line when said joint is folded.
A carton comprising:
- front and rear walls each having a top edge;
- a bottom wall formed by a panel foldably connected to said front and rear walls;
- opposed side walls extending between and connected with said front and rear walls;
- a top wall structure including a recloseable, foldable hood comprising:
- an outer hood panel foldably connected to said front wall and having a free edge parallel to the foldable connection between said outer hood panel and said front wall, said outer hood panel carrying a cut line parallel to said free edge and closer to said free edge than to said foldable connection between said outer hood panel and said front wall, said cut line defining a handle strip;
- an inside hood panel foldably connected to the rear wall and underlying said outer hood panel;
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- a hood skirt foldably connected to said hood and releasably connected to said front and side walls, said hood skirt including hood side flaps and a portion of said front wall, each said hood side flap being foldably connected to said outer hood panel along a fold line generally perpendicular to the foldable connection between the outer hood panel and the front wall and releasably connected to one of said side walls, said portion of said front wall foldably connected to said outer hood panel and releasably connected to said front wall;
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- a retaining wall secured to said front wall, a portion of said retaining wall extending above the top edge of said front wall after the carton is opened, said retaining wall being formed by a front retaining wall panel and two side retaining wall panels foldably carried by said front retaining wall panel, said front retaining wall panel being releasably connected to said inside hood panel before the carton is opened.
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A carton comprising:
- front and rear walls, said front and rear walls each having a top edge;
- a bottom wall panel;
- opposed side walls extending between and connected with said front and rear walls;
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- a top wall structure including a recloseable hood pivoted along an axis parallel to and spaced forwardly from the top edge of said rear wall, wherein said recloseable hood comprises:
- an outer hood panel foldably connected to the front wall;
- an inside hood panel foldably connected to the rear wall and underlying the outer hood panel;
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- a hood skirt foldably connected to said hood and releasably connected to said front and side walls.
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A carton comprising:
- front and rear walls, said front and rear walls each having a top edge;
- a bottom wall panel;
- opposed side walls extending between and connected with said front and rear walls;
- a top wall structure including a recloseable hood comprising an outer hood panel foldably connected to the front wall, an inside hood panel foldably connected to the rear wall and underlying the outer hood panel, and a hood skirt foldably connected to said hood and releasably connected to said front and side walls;
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- an integral handle formed in said top wall structure generally adjacent to the top edge of said rear wall.
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A single-piece blank provided with cuts and scores for forming a carton, said blank comprising:
- a generally central portion including a plurality of foldably connected carton body forming panels and having a first end and a second end;
- a first group of top wall forming panels foldably connected to said first end, including an inside hood panel foldably connected to said first end;
- a second group of top wall forming panels foldably connected to said second end, including an outer hood forming panel foldably connected to said second end, said outer hood forming panel designed to at least partially overlie said inside hood forming panel when said carton is formed;
- means for forming an integral handle, said means associated with said first and second group of top wall forming panels;
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- retaining wall panels foldably and releasably connected to said inside hood panel.
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A carton comprising:
- front and rear walls each having a top edge;
- a bottom wall panel;
- opposed side walls extending between and connected with said front and rear walls;
- a top wall structure including a recloseable foldable hood comprising an outer hood panel foldably connected to the front wall, an inside hood panel underlying the outer hood panel and foldably connected to the rear wall, and a hood skirt foldably connected to said hood and releasably connected to said front and side walls, said hood skirt defined by hood side flaps and a portion of said front wall, said hood side flaps each being foldably connected to said outer hood panel along a respective fold line generally perpendicular to the foldable connection between the outer hood panel and the front wall, said portion of said front wall foldably connected to said outer hood panel and releasably connected to said front wall, said hood side flaps being releasably connected to said side walls;
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- a retaining wall secured to said front wall, a portion of said retaining wall extending above the top edge of said front wall after said carton is opened, wherein said retaining wall is formed by a front retaining wall panel and two opposed side retaining wall panels foldably carried by said front retaining wall panel, said front retaining wall panel being secured to the front wall and being releasably connected to said inside hood panel at an articulation comprising overlaid score lines including a first score line and a wider second score line including a generally central displaced region for receiving a portion of said first score line when said articulation is articulated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.