Glued flap partition for visible container
AssigneeRock-Tenn Company
InventorRichard E. Gepfer
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Abstract
A lattice of partition panels is used inside a container to separate articles packaged in the container where the container may be cut along its side walls to remove a top portion of the container to expose the articles packaged therein with none of the partition panels of the lattice obstructing a view of the articles by projecting above a top edge of the container walls.
Claims16
A lattice of partition panels for use in a carton having an interior with a longitudinal length and a lateral length, the interior being defined by a bottom surrounded by laterally opposite front and back walls and longitudinally opposite left and right side walls, the walls all having substantially equal vertical heights, the lattice comprising:
- an intermediate panel having a longitudinal length substantially equal to the longitudinal length of the carton interior enabling the intermediate panel to be placed in the carton interior spanning the longitudinal length of the carton, the intermediate panel having a vertical height greater than the vertical height of the carton walls;
- a front panel spaced laterally from the intermediate panel, the front panel having a longitudinal length substantially equal to the longitudinal length of the intermediate panel and having a vertical height less than the vertical height of the intermediate panel and substantially equal to the vertical height of the carton walls enabling the front panel to be placed in the carton interior against the front wall and spanning the longitudinal length of the carton without the front panel projecting above the front wall and obstructing a view of the carton interior;
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- a left side panel and a right side panel substantially identical to each other, each said side panel having a lateral length substantially equal to the lateral length of the carton interior enabling each said side panel to be placed in the carton interior spanning the lateral length of the carton, the left and right panels having vertical heights greater then the vertical height of the carton walls and substantially equal to the vertical height of the intermediate panel;
- and,
- a flap secured to a forward edge of the left side panel and a flap secured to the forward edge of the right side panel, each said flap being secured to the front panel thereby securing the left and right side panels to the front panel, and each side flap having a vertical height less than the vertical height of the left and right side panels and substantially equal to the vertical height of the front panel.
A lattice of partition panels for use in a carton having an interior with a longitudinal length and a lateral length, the interior being defined by a bottom surrounded by laterally opposite front and back walls and longitudinally opposite left and right side walls, the walls all having substantially equal vertical heights, the lattice comprising:
- an intermediate panel having a longitudinal length substantially equal to the longitudinal length of the carton interior enabling the intermediate panel to be placed in the carton interior spanning the longitudinal length of the carton, the intermediate panel having a vertical height greater than the vertical height of the carton walls;
- a front panel spaced laterally from the intermediate panel, the front panel having a longitudinal length substantially equal to the longitudinal length of the intermediate panel and having a vertical height less than the vertical height of the intermediate panel and substantially equal to the vertical height of the carton walls enabling the front panel to be placed in the carton interior against the front wall and spanning the longitudinal length of the carton without the front panel projecting above the front wall and obstructing a view of the carton interior;
- and,
- at least one side panel having a lateral length substantially equal to the lateral length of the carton interior enabling the side panel to be placed in the carton interior spanning the lateral length of the carton, the side panel having a vertical height greater than the vertical height of the carton walls and substantially equal to the vertical height of the intermediate panel;
- and,
- a flap secured to a forward edge of the side panel, the flap being secured to the front panel thereby securing the side panel to the front panel, and the flap having a vertical height less than the vertical height of the side panel and substantially equal to the vertical height of the front panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.