Abstract: A blank for forming a carton with integral tamper-proof pouring spout, the method of forming the carton, and the resultant carton, said carton comprising first and second side wall panels, first and second end wall panels hingedly connected to said first and second side wall panels, and top and bottom closure panels attached to said side wall panels to form a tubular carton of rectangular cross-section, one of said wall panels of said erected carton including an inner and outer panel having a dispensing opening with a pouring spout formed therethrough being movable from a closed to an open position, and an access tab located above and immediately adjacent to said pouring spout and removably attached to said outer panel and said pouring spout to prevent opening of said spout until said access tab is removed.

Abstract: A carton has a handle formed on its top. The carton comprises top and bottom walls connected by a tubular body. The top wall has inner and outer panels extending from opposite sides of said tubular body and being overlapped and having portions secured together. An integral, reinforced, three-ply elongated handle panel is formed from a portion of the outer top panel twice bent back upon itself, and is substantially equally spaced from the tubular body opposite sides. A cut and perforated scoreline is formed in the outer top panel to define the handle panel, which scoreline has a midsection partially parallel to a free end edge of the outer top panel and has flared end portions joined to the midsection for added strength at its joinder to the tubular body. This handle panel lies flat against the top wall of the carton while it is shipped and stored, and is readily accessible by lifting along the scoreline.

Abstract: A blank for forming a tray having a bottom wall panel and a pair of side wall panels extending therefrom and foldable relative thereto, with each side wall panel having a side flap extending therefrom. A pair of end panels extend from the bottom wall panel and are foldable relative thereto with the end panels each having an end flap extending therefrom. The end flap is connected to the end wall panel by a tearable fold line to permit the end flap to be removed therefrom. A transparent cover assembly made of plastic extends over the tray and is adhered to the side flanges and the end flaps. The side flaps and the end flaps are then folded down against the side walls and the end walls of the tray and adhered thereto. An end flap is then lifted and when pulled up, the transparent cover assembly will sever easily to permit access to the contents of the package.

Abstract: A display package is formed by a carton which is wrapped around a container. The carton has a top panel, upper panels extending from the top panel, side panels depending from the upper panels and a bottom panel coupled to the side panels along its edges remote from the upper panels. Lower openings are formed in the side panels adjacent the bottom panels, while upper openings are formed in the upper panels adjacent the top panel. Reinforcing flaps extend from opposite side edges of the upper panels and the side panels, and overlie and are secured to surfaces of the upper and side panels adjacent their openings to reinforce lateral edges of the openings. The container is mounted in the carton above the bottom panel, between the side panels and below the top panel and upper panels and is secured by its top extending through the upper openings and its bottom extending through the lower openings.

Abstract: An easy opening carton and blank for forming same made from a paperboard material comprising a laminate of a smooth cover sheet and an inner lining, or a unitary construction are provided. The generally rectangular carton has opposed front and back walls, opposed side walls and opposed top and bottom walls. A parallel array of perforation lines are disposed on one side wall adjacent the top wall in a configuration such as a V or a semi-circle to form an easy opening area. The parallel array of perforations includes a plurality of parallel lines of perforations having each perforation in alternating positions between adjacent lines of perforations. The parallel array of perforations defines a wide area of penetration which sufficiently weakens the inner paperboard lining to facilitate opening the carton. Inward pressure on the easy opening area will separate the area from the side walls and permit the top wall to be torn back to form a pour spout.

Abstract: The cutting edge for a sheet material dispensing carton has a plastic portion bonded to the paperboard material forming the carton. When the carton blank is formed, the plastic and paperboard are cut concurrently to form one edge of the blank. The paperboard and plastic material forming the teeth of the cutting edge are compressed to increase the sharpness of the cutting edge teeth.

Abstract: A carton has a handle formed on its top. The carton comprises top and bottom walls connected by a tubular body. The top wall has inner and outer panels extending from opposite sides of said tubular body which are overlapped and secured together. Opposed ends of the inner top wall panel are also adhesively secured to flaps extending therebeneath from opposed said walls. An elongated extensible handle panel is formed from a portion of the overlapped inner and outer top wall panels and the side wall flaps which is substantially equally spaced from the tubular body opposite sides by providing a pair of perforated spaced score lines in the inner and outer top wall panels, which score lines extend substantially parallel to a free edge of the inner and outer top wall panels, and parallel perforated score lines in each side wall flap substantially colinear with the score lines in the top panels, the latter extending downwardly into each adjacent side wall.

Abstract: A carton provided with a carrying handle on the top wall. The handle comprises a plastic strip folded back on itself adjacent one end with an accordion pleat. The ends of the strip are affixed to the inner surface of the lower of two overlying flaps forming the top wall. The strip extends through complemental openings in the overlying flaps forming the top wall, and can be extended vertically because of the pleated end to form a hand hold. A pivotable panel is hingedly connected to and cut from the lower of the two overlying flaps adjacent the openings through which the handle extends to close the opening in the top wall to preclude contaminants from entering the interior of the carton through the openings.

Abstract: An insect capturing device of substantially hollow construction comprises a generally rectangular bottom panel, a generally rectangular top panel, four side panels extending between the top and bottom panels, four generally triangular entrance ways formed at the intersections of adjacent side panels and the bottom panel, and four internal baffles each of which is disposed within the device and each of which partially obstructs an associated one of the entrance ways.

Abstract: An expandable food such as popcorn is sealed within a pouch formed of a substantially oxygen-impermeable, flexible, synthetic high polymer film which is dimensioned so as to fit for storage and efficient cooking of the food product in an outer bowl-like protective paperboard container. The outer container and pouch can be heated in a microwave oven and the expandable pouch and food is supported and confined in the bowl of the outer container, from which the food can be consumed. The outer container is formed from a unitary blank which can be partially erected and shipped in a flat, knockdown condition to a food processor for filling with the food pouch. The base of the outer container is provided with self-locking tabs to prevent the bowl-like container from collapsing and returning to its knock-down, shipped condition after fully erected and filled with the food pouch.

Abstract: An expandable food such as popcorn is sealed within a pouch formed of a substantially oxygen-impermeable, flexible, synthetic high polymer film which is dimensioned so as to fit for storage and efficient cooking of the food product in an outer bowl-like protective paperboard container. The outer container and pouch can be heated in a microwave oven and the expandable pouch and food is supported and confined in the bowl of the outer container, from which the food can be consumed. The outer container is formed from a unitary blank which can be partially erected and shipped in a flat, knock-down condition to a food processor for filling with the food pouch. The base of the outer container is provided with self-locking tabs to prevent the bowl-like container from collapsing and returning to its knock-down, shipped condition after fully erected and filled with the food pouch.

Abstract: A display support in which a back wall is provided with a pair of horizontal walls; and a front concave wall which is a smooth concave curve without any folds therein extending continuously in an arc from the outer edge of one horizontal wall to the outer edge of the other horizontal wall. A fold line in the back wall at a specific location which is substantially equal to the sum of the lengths of the two horizontal walls on the back wall minus the linear length of the front concave wall divided by two, a minimum of indenting of the back wall is obtained in order to obtain the smooth contour of the front concave wall. This fold line in the back wall may be provided adjacent the top horizontal wall or adjacent the bottom horizontal wall at the specific location with respect to the respective walls above noted.

Abstract: A one-piece carton blank is erected into a carton containing a sheet of material rolled on a spool, the carton having a liftable top panel which is connected to a hood panel. The hood panel has a cutting edge, for example, a metal serrated strip protruding from its free edge, to tear the selected length of the sheet material. When the carton is closed the hood panel lies against the front panel of the carton. The carton is opened by the user inserting a finger through one, or preferably two, orifices in the hood panel and pushing against the front panel to break adhered areas and thereby free the hood from the front panel. The hood may have one or more liftable strips formed by parallel breakable score lines, the strips terminating at the orifice.

Abstract: A carton, formed of a unitary blank of paper board, having an openable pull flap which can be reclosed by the interlocking of a pull tab and a slot receiving an enlarged end of the tab. The flap is located on only one panel forming the carton or on two such panels. The tab is located either inside or outside the flap, and the slot is correspondingly located either outside or inside the flap.

Abstract: A flip top dispenser carton is provided having improved end closures which may be readily erected on automatic equipment. The end closures are defined by a plurality of end flaps, having complimentary triangular configurations enabling selective adhesive connections to be established between certain flaps. In addition, an improved reinforced straight cutting edge is provided to facilitate cutting of rolls of film such as wax paper and aluminum foil.

Abstract: An article carrier and a blank for forming the same is provided having an integral carrying handle which is configured to relieve local stress in the area of the handle which would otherwise tend to tear or deform the paperboard material from which the carrier is formed. More particularly, a cut line is provided in a top panel of the carrier which defines a handle tab that pivots about a hinge line. In addition, the cut line includes two straight portions which extend beyond the top panel into the opposed side panels of the carrier and are contiguous with a pair of stress relieving apertures also disposed in the opposed side panels.

Abstract: A carton has a handle formed on its top. The carton comprises top and bottom walls connected by a tubular body. The top wall has inner and outer panels extending from opposite sides of said tubular body and being overlapped and secured together. An elongated handle panel is formed from a portion of the outer top panel, and is substantially equally spaced from the tubular body opposite sides. A score line is formed in the outer top panel to define the handle panel, which score line extends substantially parallel to a free end edge of the outer top panel and at least to the tubular body. This handle panel lies flat against the top wall of the carton while it is shipped and stored, and is readily accessible by tearing along the score line. The handle panel is oriented to lift the carton in line with the carton center of gravity to avoid tilting of the carton.

Abstract: A rectangular carton has centering structure to hold a carded product away from the front and back panels of the carton. The carton has end closure panels hinged to the front and back panels and end closure flaps hinged to side panels for closure on a standard carton forming machine of the seal end type. The end closure panels on the back panel have end support flaps folded and secured back in angular engagement with the back panel behind the card. The end closure flaps on the side panels have tap extensions folded back for angular engagement with the side panels in front of the card. The folded back card centering portions cam into place to hold the card away from the front and back panels of the carton during the final end closing and sealing operation.

Abstract: A display support in which a back wall is provided with a pair of horizontal walls; and a front concave wall which is a smooth concave curve without any folds therein extending continuously in an arc from the outer edge of one horizontal wall to the outer edge of the other horizontal wall. A fold line is provided in the back wall transverse to the back wall and parallel to the horizontal walls. By providing this fold line in the back wall at a specific location which is substantially equal to the sum of the lengths of the two horizontal walls and the back wall minus the linear length of the front concave wall divided by two, a minimum of indenting of the back wall is obtained in order to obtain the smooth contour of the front concave wall.

Abstract: A dispensing carton particularly adapted for use with small candies includes a pair of parallel tubular compartments which are closed at one end, while the upper end of the carton includes a pair of independently operable sliding tabs which are disposed intermediate overlapping cover flaps. The upper closure of the carton includes two sets of registered openings, each set of openings registering with one of the compartments. Each sliding tab is hingedly connected to a pivotally connected top portion of an end wall. The sliding tabs may be individually moved to positions such that both compartments are open, or one compartment is open while the other compartment is closed, or where both compartments are closed.