Carton with dispensing feature
AssigneeRiverwood International Corporation
InventorsRaymond Rudolph Spivey, Leonard Michael Cooper
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Abstract
An enclosed carton comprising a dispenser in one end of the carton that can be easily opened and closed without tearing the paperboard, the dispenser having a dispensing flap joined at its inner edge to the end of the bottom panel, with the dispensing flap being attached at its side to the side exiting panels of the carton by gusset straps, with the outer edge of the dispensing flap being tucked beneath the bottom edges of side exiting end flaps when the carton is closed, with the dispensing flap having a holding flap recessed in its outer edge for engaging a holding tab on the bottom edges of the side exiting flap.
Claims12
An enclosed carton for carrying a plurality of containers, the carton having a closed end and an exiting end capable of permitting a container to exit the carton and subsequently being closed, the carton comprising:
- (a) a bottom panel having side edges, a closed end and an exiting end;
- (b) a pair of side walls, each side wall having a lower edge, an upper edge, a closed end and an exiting end, the lower edge of said side wall being foldably connected to a side edge of said bottom panel, each side wall extending upwardly from said lower edge to said upper edge;
- (c) a top having side edges foldably joined respectively to the upper edges of said side walls;
- (d) at least one closing end flap capable of closing the closed end of the carton;
- (e) a dispensing flap having an outer edge connected by two side edges to an inner edge, said dispensing flap foldably joined at its inner edge to the exiting end of the bottom panel, said dispensing flap being foldably connected at its side edges to the exiting end of the side walls by gusset straps;
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- (f) a pair of end panels having inner edges joined at the exiting end of the upper portion of the side walls at the exiting end of the carton;
- said dispensing flap and end panels being configured so that the outer edge of the dispensing flap is partially tucked behind the end panels when the carton is closed.
Dispensing means for a carton for carrying a plurality of containers, wherein said carton includes:
- (a) a bottom panel;
- (b) a pair of side walls;
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- (c) a pair end panels for closing each end of the carton;
- wherein said dispensing means is formed in one end of the carton with the dispensing means comprising a dispensing flap having an inner edge, the dispensing flap foldably joined at its inner edge to an end of the bottom panel, the pair of end panels at said one end of the carton foldably joined at their inner edges to the end edges of the upper portion of the side walls, said dispensing flap further having an outer edge connected by two side edges to its inner edge, said dispensing flap being foldably connected at its side edges to the end edges of the side walls by gusset straps, said dispensing flap and end panels being configured so that the outer edge of the dispensing flap is partially tucked behind the end panels when the carton is closed.
A dispenser for a carton for carrying a plurality of containers, wherein said carton includes:
- (a) a bottom panel;
- (b) a pair of side walls;
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- (c) a pair end panels for closing each end of the carton;
- wherein said dispenser is formed in one end of the carton with the dispenser comprising a dispensing flap having an inner edge, the dispensing flap foldably joined at its inner edge to an end of the bottom panel, the pair of end panels at said one end of the carton foldably joined at their inner edges to the end edges of the upper portion of the side walls, said dispensing flap further having an outer edge connected by two side edges to its inner edge, said dispensing flap being foldably connected at its side edges to the end edges of the side walls by gusset straps, said dispensing flap and end panels being configured so that the outer edge of the dispensing flap is partially tucked behind the end panels when the carton is closed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.