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US 6,270,005 B1Granted
Shipping carton with slotted flaps
AssigneeKraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
InventorNeil Enciso
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Abstract
A packaging assembly is provided for containers such as plastic tubs with snap-on removable lids. A carton is provided to receive multiple containers co-planar arranged to form a tier. The containers are also stacked one on top of another to form multiple tiers. The carton includes minor flaps having recesses for at least partially receiving removable lids on a lower iter, to prevent lateral shifting of one container in the tier with respect to another upon application of an inward force.
Claims14
A packaging assembly including:
- a plurality of containers having removable lids;
- a carton defining a hollow cavity for receiving said containers, including top and bottom walls, a pair of opposed side walls extending between said top and said bottom walls, and a pair of end walls disposed between said top and said bottom walls and cooperating with said sidewalls to enclose said tub containers;
- said end walls comprising minor flaps folded from said top and said bottom walls so as to face toward the carton interior and a pair of major flaps folded from said sidewalls so as to face toward said minor flaps;
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- said minor flaps having recesses for at least partially receiving removable lids of containers disposed within said carton, so as to prevent lateral shifting of one container with respect to another upon application of inward force to said container assembly.
2 more elements
An arrangement for packaging a food product, comprising:
- a plurality of containers having snap-fit removable lids, said containers further having tapered sidewalls with lower ends of pre-determined size and upper ends of enlarged size;
- a carton defining a hollow cavity for receiving said containers, including top and bottom walls, a pair of opposed side walls extending between said top and said bottom walls, and a pair of double layer end walls disposed between said top and said bottom walls and cooperating with said sidewalls to enclose said tub containers;
- said end walls comprising minor flaps folded from said top and said bottom walls so as to face toward the carton interior and a pair of major flaps folded from said sidewalls so as to overlay said minor flaps;
- said minor flaps having recesses for at least partially receiving removable lids of containers disposed within said carton, so as to prevent lateral shifting of one container with respect to another upon application of inward force to said container assembly;
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- said removable lids are disposed immediately adjacent one another without intervening wall members.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.