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US 8,740,054 B2Granted
Convertible shipping and display carton
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorFelicia A. Pinkstone
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Abstract
A carton includes a front wall and a back wall opposite one another, and a first side wall and a second side wall opposite one another, where the front wall and back wall are joined to the first side wall and second side wall along reinforced corner areas, each of which includes an interior reinforcing flap and an exterior reinforcing flap. The carton further includes a line of disruption extending at least partially across the front wall, first side wall, and second side wall, where the line of disruption at least partially defines a removable portion of the carton.
Claims27
A carton comprising:
- a plurality of walls including
- a front wall and a back wall opposite one another, and
- a first side wall and a second side wall opposite one another, wherein the front wall and back wall are joined to the first side wall and second side wall along reinforced corner areas, each of the reinforced corner areas includes an exterior reinforcing flap and an interior reinforcing flap, each exterior reinforcing flap being in face-to-face contact with at least one of the front wall and the back wall;
- and
- a line of disruption extending at least partially across the front wall, first side wall, and second side wall, wherein the line of disruption at least partially defines a removable portion of the carton.
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A carton comprising:
- a plurality of walls including
- a bottom wall,
- a front wall and a back wall opposite one another, and
- a first side wall and a second side wall opposite one another, wherein the front wall, back wall, first side wall, and second side wall each have an interior surface and an exterior surface;
- a plurality of reinforcing flaps including
- a first pair of reinforcing flaps foldably connected to the front wall,
- a second pair of reinforcing flaps foldably connected to the back wall,
- a third pair of reinforcing flaps foldably connected to the first side wall, and
- a fourth pair of reinforcing flaps foldably connected to the second side wall,
- wherein
- the first pair of reinforcing flaps and the second pair of reinforcing flaps are adhesively joined to the interior side of the first side wall and the second side wall, and
- the third pair of reinforcing flaps and the fourth pair of reinforcing flaps are adhesively joined to the exterior side of the front wall and the back wall;
- and
- a line of disruption extending at least partially across each of the first side wall, second side wall, and front wall, wherein the line of disruption defines a removable portion of the carton.
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A blank for forming a carton, the blank comprising:
- a plurality of panels including
- a bottom panel,
- a front panel and a back panel foldably connected to the bottom panel and opposite one another, and
- a first side panel and a second side panel foldably connected to the bottom panel and opposite one another, wherein the front panel and back panel are configured to join to the first side panel and the second side panel forming reinforced corner areas when the blank is formed into a carton,
- a first exterior reinforcing flap and a second exterior reinforcing flap foldably connected to the first side panel, and
- a third exterior reinforcing flap and a fourth exterior reinforcing flap foldably connected to the second side panel, wherein the first exterior reinforcing flap and the second exterior reinforcing flap are configured to be in face-to-face contact with the exterior surface of the front panel when the blank is formed into a carton, and the third exterior reinforcing flap and the fourth exterior reinforcing flap configured to be in face-to-face contact with the exterior surface of the back panel when the blank is formed into a carton,
- a line of disruption extending at least partially across the front panel, first side panel, and second side panel, wherein the line of disruption at least partially defines a removable portion of the carton when the blank is formed into the carton.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.