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US 9,038,884 B2Granted
Carton with opening and reclosing feature
AssigneeRock-Tenn Shared Services, LLC
InventorLinda A. Bernstein
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Abstract
A seal end carton having a feature that creates an aperture and that may be opened and reclosed. The carton may be constructed from a flat carton blank that is then folded and sealed. The carton further includes an opening and reclosing feature that can be opened and reclosed multiple times.
Claims16
A carton formed from a single piece of foldable material comprising:
- a front panel disposed between and foldably connected to a pair of side panels;
- a back panel opposite the front panel, the back panel disposed between and foldably connected to the pair of side panels;
- a top panel opposite a bottom panel;
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- an opening and reclosing feature that extends across a portion of each of the pair of side panels and that extends across the front panel and that comprises a first height at the front panel that is greater than a second height of the opening and reclosing feature at either of the pair of side panels,
- wherein the opening and reclosing feature is configured to be opened and closed repeatedly,
- wherein the opening and reclosing feature comprises a tab having an open position and a closed position, and
- wherein, when the tab is in the open position, an aperture is exposed providing access to an interior of the carton and a portion of the tab having the first height abuts with a rear portion of the aperture having a third height that is shorter than the first height, creating a friction fit that secures the tab in the open position.
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A carton comprising:
- a first side panel and a second side panel opposite the first side panel;
- a front panel separating the first and second side panels;
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- an opening and reclosing feature movable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the opening and reclosing feature is formed by perforation and fold lines and extends across the front panel and across a portion of each of the side panels,
- wherein, when in the open position, the opening and reclosing feature reveals an aperture providing access to an interior of the carton;
- wherein, when in the closed position, the opening and reclosing feature covers the aperture and blocks access to an interior of the carton;
- wherein the opening and reclosing feature has a first height at a front of the feature along the front panel that is greater than a second height of the feature along either of the two side panels;
- wherein the opening and reclosing feature comprises a tab that folds along the fold lines when the opening and reclosing feature is moved to the open position;
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- wherein, when the opening and reclosing feature is in the open position, top and bottom edges of the front of the opening and reclosing feature abut a rear portion of the aperture, the rear portion of the aperture having a height that is slightly smaller than the first height of the front of the opening and reclosing feature.
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A blank comprising:
- a first panel and a second panel of substantially the same dimensions separated from one another by a third panel;
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- a first perforation line and a second perforation line, wherein a first fold line joins a first end of the first perforation line to a first end of the second perforation line and wherein a second fold line joins a second end of the first perforation line to a second end of the second perforation line, and
- wherein each of the first perforation line and the second perforation line extends across the third panel and across a portion of the first panel and across a portion of the second panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.