US 6,206,280 B1 · Folding carton and blank with reclosure means

Abstract

An ice cream carton blank foldable into a flat sleeve for transportation and storage and erectable into a carton which includes a top cover having left and right top cover end flaps hingedly connected thereto, a cover panel extending downwardly from the top cover having left and right cover panel end flaps hingedly connected thereto, a cover panel extending downwardly from the top cover having left and right cover panel end flaps hingedly connected thereto, an in-folding flap folded under and adhesively adhered to the cover panel and left and right junctures connecting the in-folding flap with the left and right cover panel end flaps folded into abutting relation to the left and right cover panel end flaps, the cover panel end flaps being secured in abutting relation to the top cover end flap with the junctures strengthening the corners defined thereby.

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Dependent claims

A paperboard carton, comprising:

(a) an in-folding flap adhesively connected to a cover panel, said cover panel connected to left and right cover panel end flaps;
(b) a left juncture further connecting said in-folding flap to said left cover panel end flap;
and
(c) a right juncture further connecting said in-folding flap to said right cover panel end flap;
wherein said left juncture is folded over onto said left cover panel end flap and said right juncture is folded over onto said right cover panel end flap.

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A foldable blank comprising

a top cover having left and right top cover end flaps hingedly connected thereto,
a front cover panel hinged to a front edge of said top cover,
said front cover panel having left and right cover panel end flaps hingedly connected thereto,
an in-folding flap connected to said cover panel,
a left juncture further connecting said in-folding flap to said left cover panel end flap,
a right juncture further connecting said in-folding flap to said right cover panel end flap,
said in-folding flap and said left and right junctures being hingedly connected with said front cover panel and said left and right cover panel end flaps respectively so as to be foldable into abutting relation thereto,
said front cover panel disposed in abutting relation thereto with said in-folding panel and said left and right top cover end flaps being constructed and arranged to be folded with respect to said top cover into an erected position extending generally perpendicular thereto,
said left and right cover panel end flaps when in said erected position with said left and right junctures disposed in abutting relation thereto being constructed and arranged to be folded into an erected position wherein said left and right cover panel end flaps are disposed in engagement with said left and right top cover end flaps respectively.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Folding carton and blank with reclosure means

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Folding carton and blank with reclosure means

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Abstract

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