Abstract: This relates to a device for identifying a product which may be placed within a carton. Most particularly, it relates to cartons for drinks served at a fast food establishment. The carton is formed of a paperboard having a plastic facing both interiorly and exteriorly. Identifying indicia is printed on the carton adjacent a corner of the carton and tabs are defined by cut lines which extend through the outer plastic layer and terminate within the paperboard core with the paperboard being radially delaminatable. Free ends of the cut lines remote from the corner are joined by a fold line. When the carton is folded to define corners, the tabs, which extend across the corners, automatically have their starting ends displaced from the plane of the paperboard so as to be radially grippable and displaceable.

Abstract: This relates to a carton or cup having a conventional type of gable end which includes sealing flaps which are heat sealed or bonded to one another. The cup is particularly adapted to be closed by hand wherein control over the sealing flap positions is not possible as in the case of machine closed cups. Accordingly, the intermediate folded sealing flaps are so configurated wherein the folded ends thereof will be spaced so as to define therebetween a leak path. One of the front and rear sealing flaps will be provided with a bead of hot melt material which will be aligned with the leak path and when the sealing flaps are heat bonded together, the hot melt material will melt and fill the leak path.

Abstract: This relates to a device for identifying a product which may be placed within a carton. Most particularly, it relates to cartons for drinks served at a fast food establishment. The carton is formed of a paperboard having a plastic facing both interiorly and exteriorly. Identifying indicia is printed on the carton adjacent a corner of the carton and tabs are defined by cut lines which extend through the outer plastic layer and terminate within the paperboard core with the paperboard being readily delaminatable. When the carton is folded to define corners, the tabs, which extend across the corners, automatically have their starting ends displaced from the plane of the paperboard so as to be readily grippable and removable. The projecting tabs also function as anti-stacking devices in that they project from the corners and prevent telescoped opened cartons from wedging one within the other when they are stacked for ease of handling and shipment.