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US 6,371,365 B1Granted
Display and shipping carton
AssigneeKraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
InventorsDaniel E. Doucette, Cynthia Lynn Wilcox
Life of this patent
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Abstract
A carton for display and shipping of product units includes two or more carton portions disposed side-by-side and a one-piece lid member spanning the carton portions. A line of weakness divides the lid member into portions corresponding to each carton portions. The lid member and carton portions include weakening so as to facilitate tear out with a simple manipulation by the user. A single carton unit is also disclosed.
Claims20
A carton for display and shipping of product units, comprising:
- carton portions disposed side-by-side, each said carton portion having opposed side walls, opposed front and back walls and a bottom wall, cooperating to form an open top receptacle;
- said carton portion front walls including removable panels;
- a monolithic lid member including a front wall covering the front walls of said carton portions, an opposed back wall covering the back walls of said carton portions, and a top wall covering said carton portions;
- said front wall of said lid member including a first removable zipper strip partially covering the front walls of the said carton portions;
- said back wall of said lid member including a second removable zipper strip partially covering the back walls of the said carton portions;
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- said lid member top wall defining a line of weakness generally aligned with adjacent, side-by-side sidewalls of said carton portions, so that, with removal of said first and said second zipper strips, and tearing along said line of weakness, individual closed carton members are formed.
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A carton for display and shipping of product units, comprising:
- carton portions disposed side-by-side, each said carton portion having opposed side walls, opposed front and back walls and a bottom wall, cooperating to form an open top receptacle;
- said carton portion front walls including removable panels;
- a monolithic lid member including a front wall covering the front walls of said carton portions, an opposed back wall covering the back walls of said carton portions, a top wall covering said carton portions, and a pair of opposed side margins partially covering a side wall of each carton portion;
- said front wall of said lid member including a first removable zipper strip partially covering the front walls of the said carton portions;
- said back wall of said lid member including a second removable zipper strip partially covering the back walls of the said carton portions;
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- said lid member top wall defining a line of weakness generally aligned with adjacent, side-by-side sidewalls of said carton portions, so that, with removal of said first and said second zipper strips, and separation along said line of weakness, individual closed carton members are formed.
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A carton for display and shipping of product units, comprising:
- a carton portion having opposed side walls, opposed front and back walls and a bottom wall, cooperating to form an open top receptacle;
- said carton portion front wall including a removable panel;
- a monolithic lid member including a front wall covering the front wall of said carton portion, an opposed back wall covering the back wall of said carton portion, a top wall covering said carton portion, and a pair of opposed side margins partially covering the side wall of said carton portion;
- the front wall of said lid member joined to said removable panel;
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- said lid member top wall defining lines of weakness generally aligned with sidewalls of said carton portions, so that, with removal of said lid member front wall, said removable panel is removed to form an opening for access to said product units.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.