Dispensing carton
AssigneeOwens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
InventorsRaul M Paredes, David J Bohman
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Abstract
A carton for multiple containers having a height HC in which the carton has a bottom panel, a top panel opposite the bottom panel, a front panel, a back panel, and first and second opposed end panels that form a closed carton. The carton has a transport orientation with the carton resting on the bottom panel such that containers are supportable on their ends in an upright position. The carton has a first dispensing configuration in which the carton is restable on one of the front and back panels and the containers are restable on their sides. A hinge on the bottom panel divides the bottom panel into two bottom panel portions. With the carton in the first dispensing configuration, the two bottom panel portions are in a common plane and the hinge is oriented in the vertical direction.
Claims10
A carton for multiple beverage containers having a height HC, the carton comprising:
- a bottom panel, a top panel opposite the bottom panel, a front panel, a back panel, and first and second opposed end panels, wherein the panels form a closed carton;
- a transport orientation for the carton wherein the carton is restable on the bottom panel and containers are supportable on their ends in an upright position within the carton;
- a first dispensing configuration for the carton wherein the carton is restable on one of either the front or the back panels and the containers are restable on their sides;
- a hinge on the bottom panel and dividing the bottom panel into two bottom panel portions, wherein with the carton in the first dispensing configuration and the two bottom panel portions are in a common plane and the hinge is oriented in the vertical direction;
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- a first tear away corner for dispensing the containers with the carton in a first dispensing configuration, the first tear away corner having a front portion formed from a portion of the first of the opposed end panels and also having a top portion extending from the top panel to the bottom panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.