Paperboard carton with two new types of dispensers
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorGlen R. Harrelson
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Abstract
A carton for holding a plurality of containers. The carton comprises a bottom panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a plurality of flaps at a first end of said carton, a first side end flap at a second end of said carton, and a second side end flap at said second end of said carton. A panel dispenser flap is defined in said first side panel, said bottom panel, and in said second side panel by a first at least one tear line. A first portion of an end dispenser flap is defined in said first side panel and in said first side end flap by a second at least one tear line. A second portion of said end dispenser flap is defined in said second side panel and in said second side end flap by a third at least one tear line.
Claims34
A carton for holding a plurality of containers, the carton comprising:
- a bottom panel;
- a first side panel foldably connected to said bottom panel;
- a second side panel foldably connected to said bottom panel;
- a plurality of flaps at a first end of said carton;
- a first side end flap at a second end of said carton;
- and
- a second side end flap at said second end of said carton, wherein
- a panel dispenser flap is defined in said first side panel, said bottom panel, and in said second side panel by a first at least one tear line, the panel dispenser flap comprising less than a majority of the first side panel and the second side panel,
- a first portion of an end dispenser flap is defined in said first side panel and in said first side end flap by a second at least one tear line, the first portion of the end dispenser flap comprising less than a majority of the first side panel, and
- a second portion of said end dispenser flap is defined in said second side panel and in said second side end flap by a third at least one tear line, the second portion of the end dispenser flap comprising less than a majority of the second side panel.
An enclosed carton and a plurality of containers, said containers being arranged in at least a bottom and a middle row in said carton, each container having a common diameter and two ends, said carton comprising:
- a bottom panel;
- a top panel, wherein one of said bottom panel and said top panel is an exiting panel;
- a first end panel adjacent to said top panel and said bottom panel;
- a second end panel adjacent to said top panel and said bottom panel;
- a first side panel adjacent to said top panel and said bottom panel;
- and
- a second side panel adjacent to said top panel and said bottom panel, wherein
- an end panel dispenser flap is defined in said first end panel by an end panel bottom tear line and an end panel top tear line which are at least approximately parallel to each other, said end panel bottom tear line having a height from said bottom panel that is less than said diameter,
- the end panel top tear line has a height from said bottom panel that is equal to said diameter plus a distance that is less than said diameter,
- the end panel top and bottom tear lines extend into at least one of said side panels a sufficient distance to permit said end panel top and bottom tear lines to be torn so that at least one of said ends of said containers in said middle row can be grasped and removed from said carton, and
- an exiting panel dispenser flap is defined in said exiting panel by an exiting panel top tear line and an exiting panel bottom tear line, said exiting panel bottom tear line having a height from an adjacent end of said carton that is less than said diameter.
An enclosed carton and a plurality of containers, said containers being arranged in at least a bottom and a middle row in said carton, each container having a common diameter and two ends, said carton comprising:
- a bottom panel;
- a top panel;
- a first end panel adjacent to said top panel and said bottom panel;
- a second end panel adjacent to said top panel and said bottom panel;
- a first side panel adjacent to said top panel and said bottom panel;
- and
- a second side panel adjacent to said top panel and said bottom panel, wherein
- an end panel dispenser flap is defined in said first end panel by an end panel bottom tear line and an end panel top tear line,
- said end panel bottom tear line is located from said bottom panel at a height that is between approximately 40% and 80% of said diameter, and
- said end panel top tear line is located from said bottom panel at a height that is between approximately 150 and 190% of said diameter,
- said end panel top and bottom tear lines extend into at least one of said side panels a sufficient distance to permit said end panel top and bottom tear lines to be torn so that at least one of said containers in said middle row can be grasped and removed from said carton.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.