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US 9,162,793 B2Granted
Carton
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorsNoel G. Stewart, Scott C. Biondich, Caroline Marie Kibler, Lynwood M. Mallard
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Abstract
The present application and the resultant patent provide a carton for a number of articles. The carton may include a top wall, a pair of sidewalls, a rear wall, and a dispenser section. The dispenser section may extend along a top wall portion of the top wall, a side wall portion of each of the pair of sidewalls, and the rear wall.
Claims14
A carton for a number of articles, comprising:
- a top wall having a length and a width;
- a pair of sidewalls positioned on opposite sides of the top wall and extending along the length of the top wall;
- a back wall;
- and
- a dispenser section comprising a dispenser flap that comprises all of the back wall;
- the dispenser section extending along more than half of the top wall and a side wall portion of each of the pair of sidewalls;
- wherein one of the pair of sidewalls comprises an opening for a handle cutout, such that the handle cutout is positioned within the one of the pair of sidewalls.
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A blank for use in erecting a carton, comprising:
- a top panel having a length and a width, the top panel comprising a top panel flap;
- a pair of side panels positioned on opposite sides of the top panel and extending along the length of the top panel, wherein one of the pair of side panels comprises an opening for a handle cutout;
- each of the pair of side panels comprising a side panel flap separated by a tear line;
- and
- a dispensing flap extending along a majority of the top panel and along the side panels and the tear lines separating the side panels and the side panel flaps, wherein the dispensing flap comprises all of the top panel flap;
- wherein the opening is disposed within the one of the pair of side panels, such that the handle cutout is positioned within the one of the pair of side panels.
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A carton, comprising:
- a top wall having a width and a length that is greater than the width;
- a pair of sidewalls positioned on opposite sides of the top wall and extending along the length of the top wall, wherein at least one of the pair of sidewalls comprises an opening for a handle cutout, the opening disposed within the one of the pair of sidewalls;
- a back wall;
- a dispensing flap;
- the dispensing flap extending along the top wall and the pair of sidewalls, wherein the dispensing flap comprises all of the back wall;
- and
- a plurality of articles therein, wherein the plurality of articles is positioned in the carton such that central axes of the plurality of articles are transverse to the length of the top wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.