Expandable, stay-open snack package
AssigneeNabisco Technology Company
InventorJoseph Countee
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AssigneeNabisco Technology Company
InventorJoseph Countee
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A reclosable, stackable, standable package for food products such as baked goods easily converts from a parallelepiped form to a widened shape on top for easy access to the snack which is contained within an inner liner bag. The package stays in a widened open configuration throughout hand-to-mouth snacking even while resting on its front or back panel. The outer carton of the package has score lines on the front and the back panels of the carton extending from the lower corners of the front and the back panels to the center of the upper edge of the front and the back panels. Score lines also extend across the center of the top front and back flaps. The score lines in combination with the disconnected top flaps design not only allows the top of the package to form a wide oval shaped opening for easy access to the packaged goods, but also allows the package to stay opened while snacking. Also, the expanded package does not tip or rock during snacking, but rather keeps in stable contact with an underlying at least substantially flat support surface.
A food package for snacks comprising a carton and a liner bag inside said carton, said carton comprising:
A blank form for a carton comprising:
A recloseable snack package for hand-to-mouth snacking comprising a carton and a liner bag inside said carton, wherein said carton comprises a front panel and a back panel each of a substantially planar rectangular shape when the package is closed, the width of the front and the back panel being less than about 80% of the height of the front or the back panels, and score lines for allowing the front and back panels to flex into a non-planar shape, wherein two score lines extend across the front panel, one from each of the bottom corners of the front panel to the center of the top edge of the front panel, and two score lines extend across the back panel, one from each of the bottom corners of the back panel to the center of the top edge of the back panel, said score lines allowing the package to stay opened in said non-planar shape during hand-to-mouth snacking for a prolonged period of time without the application of external pressure to the package.
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