Fabric softener sheet dispenser cartons
AssigneeLever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsSharon Chesson, James Stone
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Abstract
A carton for housing sheets, particularly dryer sheets. The dryer sheets are preferably stacked in a "U" shape and are removed via an access flap which may include 2 hinges and may be recloseable. The carton of the invention includes lines of weakness defining the recloseable access flap in top and front panels. Portions of the front panel lateral to the access flap are attached to an underlying panel or flap, so that when the access flap is separated from the front panel to open the carton, the lateral portions remain attached to the underlying flap or panel.
Claims29
A carton comprising a top panel and a front panel, said front and top panels including lines of weakness in part defining a recloseable access flap, one of said front and top panels including a first score line defining a hinge by which said access flap is permanently attached to said one panel, a panel-separating score line separating said front and top panels, at least a portion of said panel separating score line traversing said access flap whereby said portion of the panel-separating score line traversing said access flap is positioned to act as a second hinge for opening and reclosure of said access flap, portions of said front panel lateral to said access flap being attached to an underlying panel or flap, so that when said access flap is separated from said front panel to open the carton, said lateral portions remain attached to said underlying flap or panel, said access flap having a reclosure tab, said underlying flap or panel having an aperture dimensioned to receive said reclosure tab, said carton including a panel adjacent said top panel, on a side opposite said front panel, said adjacent panel having two ends, a flap having two free side edges being disposed at each end of said adjacent panel, said underlying flap having two sides and not including a minor flap adjacent both of said sides.
A carton blank having a first panel for forming a top of a carton, said top-forming panel being separated by a scoreline from a panel for forming a front of a carton, said front-forming panel having a free edge, said top-forming and front-forming panels including lines of weakness in part defining an access flap extending from said free edge of said front-forming panel to a hinge comprising a scoreline on said top-forming panel, panels for forming sides of the carton on opposite sides of said top-forming panel and separated therefrom by parallel scorelines perpendicular to the scoreline separating said top-forming panel from said front-forming panel, and a bottom panel separated from one of said side panels by a scoreline parallel to the scorelines separating said side panels from said top panel, a flap or panel for underlying said front panel, said underlying flap or panel being separated from said bottom panel by a scoreline perpendicular to the scoreline separating said bottom panel from said side panel, said carton blank including a rear panel adjacent said top panel on a side opposite said front panel, said adjacent panel having two ends, a flap having two free side edges being disposed at each end of said adjacent panel, said underlying flap having two sides and not including a minor flap adjacent both of said sides.
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