Extended glue strips for securing cartons
AssigneeMeadWestvaco Packaging Systems, LLC
InventorCaleb S Loftin
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Abstract
A carton with at least one rounded corner includes a bottom panel for supporting lower ends of substantially cylindrical articles, four side panels, at least one corner panel extending from one of the opposed side edges of a first one of the four side panels, and at least one glue strip extending from the at least one corner panel. The at least one glue strip includes at least one glue tab extending from the proximal edge of the at least one glue strip. The at least one glue tab is secured in a face contacting arrangement to a second one of the four side panels so as to connect the first one of the four side panels to the second one of the four side panels.
Claims16
A carton, comprising
- a bottom panel for supporting ends of substantially cylindrical articles;
- four side panels;
- at least one corner panel connected to one of opposed edges of a first one of the four side panels along a first fold line;
- and
- at least one glue strip connected to the at least one corner panel along a second fold line which defines a proximal edge of the at least one glue strip, the at least one glue strip comprising at least one glue tab extending from the proximal edge of the at least one glue strip such that the at least one glue tab interrupts the second fold line;
- wherein the at least one glue tab is secured in a face contacting arrangement to a second one of the four side panels so as to connect the first one of the four side panels to the second one of the four side panels, and
- wherein the at least one glue tab is struck from the at least one corner panel such that the at least one glue tab is formed at least in part from part of the at least one corner panel between the first and second fold lines.
A blank for forming a carton for enclosing substantially cylindrical articles, comprising:
- a bottom panel;
- four side panels hingedly connected to the bottom panel;
- at least one corner panel hingedly connected to a first one of the four side panels along a first fold line;
- and
- at least one glue strip hingedly connected along a second fold line to the at least one corner panel, the at least one glue strip comprising at least one glue tab, and the at the at least one glue tab is struck at least in part from the at least one corner panel such that the at least one glue tab extends into the at least one corner panel.
A carton, comprising
- a bottom panel for supporting ends of substantially cylindrical articles;
- four side panels;
- at least one corner panel connected to one of opposed edges of a first one of the four side panels along a first fold line;
- and
- at least one glue strip connected to the at least one corner panel along a second fold line which defines a proximal edge of the at least one glue strip, the at least one glue strip comprising at least one glue tab extending from the proximal edge of the at least one glue strip such that the at least one glue tab interrupts the second fold line;
- wherein the at least one glue tab is secured in a face contacting arrangement to a second one of the four side panels so as to connect the first one of the four side panels to the second one of the four side panels, and
- wherein the at least one glue tab extends from the proximal edge of the at least one glue strip to a free end of the at least one glue tab, the free end being closer to the first fold line than the proximal edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.