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US 5,704,540 AGranted
Carton or carton cover of rigid sheet material with handle
AssigneeThe Mead Corporation
InventorsGuy Coalier, Gerard Mathieu
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Abstract
A carton has a bottom, side walls and top. A strap handle is attached to both sidewalls and extends over the top. The handle fits into slots that extend from the side wall into the top. The handles are attached to the side wall below these slots. The ends of the slots have enlarged areas that retain the handle as it extends through the slot. The enlarged areas can be any number of different shapes.
Claims29
A carton formed from sheet material, comprising:
- first and second opposed lateral faces;
- an upper face connected between said first and second lateral faces along first and second fold lines, respectively;
- an elongate handle having first and second ends, said first end being fixed at a first fixation point to an outer surface of said first lateral face, and said second end being fixed at a second fixation point to an outer surface of said second lateral face;
- first and second slotted regions defined respectively astride said first and second fold lines, each of said slotted regions extending on either side of the respective one of said fold lines into said upper face and into the respective one of said lateral faces;
- said handle being fixed to said lateral faces beneath said slotted regions and disposed along outer surfaces of said lateral and upper faces to extend over said slotted regions and the portion of said upper face disposed between said slotted regions, whereby upon pulling of said handle in a direction substantially perpendicular to said upper face, portions of said handle move into said slotted regions.
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A blank of sheet material for forming into a carton, comprising:
- a series of rectangular panels interconnected by a series of first parallel fold lines;
- a series of flaps connected along one side of said series of panels by a plurality of second fold lines to at least some of the rectangular panels, for forming an upper face for the carton;
- first and second slotted regions defined respectively astride two of said second fold lines, said first slotted region extending on either side of the respective one of said second fold lines into one of said rectangular panels and into the one of said flaps adjacent thereto, and said second slotted region extending on either side of the respective one of said second fold lines into a non-adjacent one of said rectangular panels and into the one of said flaps adjacent thereto;
- each of said slotted regions defining a central part for forming a central slit extending across a respective one of said fold lines, and first and second widened parts defined at each end of said central slit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.