Abstract: A carton erected from a one-piece paperboard carton blank permits a frozen pizza to be heated in a microwave oven while still in the carton. The carton has a bottom panel in contact with the pizza crust, the bottom panel having openings to permit venting of steam vapor during heating and the openings forming cross-straps to support the crust. The openings are sealed by a closure panel prior to heating and portions of the closure panel open like shutters on a window and are used, during heating, to support the carton above the oven shelf.

Abstract: A carton, and a blank for forming the same, is disclosed which is adapted for storing and heating a food product such as a pizza. The carton includes a bottom wall defined by a bottom panel and closure panel, disposed in abutting and coplanar relationship. The bottom panel is provided with a plurality of venting apertures. In use, the closure panel is rotated away from the bottom panel such that a pair of elevator panels extend therebetween. The closure panel thereby defines a base for supporting the bottom panel in spaced relationship to the bottom of the oven. Further, the venting apertures are uncovered allowing moisture to escape from the carton while the pizza is being heated.

Abstract: An automatic lock bottom carton with a pyramid closure is disclosed having two tabs extending from two panels that lock into corresponding openings on tabs of oppositely presented panels. The double lock prevents the collapsing of the pyramidal shape so that it can support a product in its intended form. The carton can be of single cell or multiple cell structure with one of the pyramid sides derived from the center divider.

Abstract: A take out carton and a blank for forming the same is disclosed having a flat top portion and unique locking closure which provides additional stability for the carton. More particularly, a carton is disclosed having a tubular side wall and an auto-erecting lock bottom. The subject carton further includes a pair of opposed top panels, each having a pair of tab receiving apertures disposed adjacent the side edges thereof. A pair of opposed closure panels are provided each including two triangles. Each triangle further includes a central fold line defining a pair of minor triangular portions. The carton may have a generally inverted truncated pyramidal configuration to permit stacked nesting of the plurality of cartons. In the closed condition of the carton, the top edges of the top panels are in abutting relationship to define the flat top configuration.

Abstract: A carton having a plurality of sidewalls forming a rectangular tube includes a transversely extending platform therewithin spaced from one end of the carton. The platform is hingedly joined along one lower edge of a sidewall by a triangularly shaped connecting tab specially cut to allow pivoting of the platform 180.degree. relative to the sidewall to which it is joined. Printing is applied to only one side of the one piece blank from which the carton is formed, and the platform is pivoted during folding of the blank to dispose the printed side of the platform facing upwardly to be viewed through a display opening in one of the sidewalls.

Abstract: A take out carton and a blank for forming the same is disclosed having a gabled top portion and unique locking closure which provides additional stability for the carton. More particularly, a carton is disclosed having a tubular side wall and an auto-erecting lock bottom. The subject carton further includes a pair of opposed top panels, each having a pair of tab receiving apertures disposed adjacent the side edges thereof. A pair of opposed closure panels are provided each including a base triangle and two side triangles. Each side triangle further includes a central fold line defining a pair of minor triangular portions. The carton has a generally inverted truncated pyramidal configuration to permit stacked nesting of the plurality of cartons. In the closed condition of the carton, the top edges of the top panels are in abutting relationship to define the gabled top configuration.

Abstract: A fast food carton having a food-receiving tray portion provided with an inverted, conical, central depression for receiving a liquid sauce. The tray includes a pair of relatively inverted, truncated conical portions concentric with the central depression to receive the food. A cover element is hingedly connected to the circumference of the tray.

Abstract: A carton having at least three sides for containing a product on a hollow core and having end walls at least one of which forms a core retainer comprising an inner wall coupled to a first side of said carton and having an orifice therein, an overlapping wall coupled to a second side of said carton and having a projection thereon extending through said orifice into said hollow core whereby said core is held in said carton and an outer wall coupled to a third side of said carton for closing the end of said carton.

Abstract: An erected paperboard carton includes a covering member which is removable by the customer to form a "boutique" carton, i.e., a decorated carton without advertising matter. The covering member is a removable covering panel overlying a top panel of the carton and connected, by a tear line, to the carton body. The covering panel is connected, by a fold line, to a lift panel having side flaps with severable "S" cuts.

Abstract: A carton, erected from a one-piece paperboard blank, includes an unobtrusive hanging panel strengthened by a reinforcing panel, the hanging panel initially being attached to the bottom of a carton by side flaps. In order to hang the carton the hanging panel is swung away from the carton by breaking score lines. After the carton has been opened the hanging panel may be used as a recloseable tuck.

Abstract: In a carton of rectangular cross-section having first and second side wall panels, first and second end wall panels and top and bottom closure panels, an improved top closure panel comprising a hang tab extending upwardly from the top of one of said side wall panels, said tab being integrally formed with and pivotally attached to the top edge of said one of said side wall panels, a top cover panel integrally formed with and hingedly attached to the top edge of the other one of said side walls and extending across the top of said carton, said top cover panel including an extension thereon, means attaching said extension to said tab, and a tear strip integrally formed in, removably attached along all its sides but one to, and hingedly attached along said one side thereof to said top edge of said one of said side wall panels for opening the top of said carton to remove the contents thereof, said tear strip, when detached from said carton along said removably attached sides, being folded under said tab about said

Abstract: A wrapping device, formed of a unitary paperboard blank, secured tightly against the sides of a container and against the cap thereon, which is easily torn upon attempted upward movement of the cap for the purpose of, for example, the attempted fraudulent switching of a low price-marked cap to a larger size, higher priced container. The wrapping device is in the form of an elongated strap of paperboard, which has at least one aperture therein through which a part of the container's cap protrudes. A carton for a plurality of capped containers is formed from a plurality of the wrapping devices, which are in turn formed from a unitary blank. An assembly for a plurality of capped containers is formed from a plurality of the wrapping devices releasably coupled together.

Abstract: A multi-sided container, preferably formed of a unitary blank, having an internal support formed of two hingedly connected divider panels receiving a fragile article, such as a light bulb, therebetween. One of the divider panels is hingedly connected to a glue flap which also interconnects a plurality of panels to form the multi-sided container. The divider panels have V-shaped notches at the tops thereof, and at least one divider panel has an aperture therein for receiving a part of the fragile article.

Abstract: A rectangularly shaped carton for containing a plurality of flexible, rectangularly shaped planar articles, such as diapers, in stacked rows therein includes a specially configured dispensing opening in the front wall thereof for controlling the dispensing of the articles therefrom in a manner to prevent inadvertant removal of multiple quantities of the articles. The dispensing opening includes a first and second vertical dimension which are respectively longer and shorter than the longest edge of each of the articles, while the edges of the front wall defining such opening extend oblique to any of the edges of the articles whereby to limit dispensing of the articles to a one-at-a-time basis. A triangular dispensing opening is preferred which is provided with a similarly shaped, tear-away closure panel hingedly connected along the base side thereof to the front wall to permit reclosing the carton.

Abstract: A compartmented container made from a single integral blank wherein, on a succession of folds a vertical auxiliary compartment is formed and a vertical main compartment is formed with the carton having a bottom closure permitting the loading therein of a container and one of the walls of the auxiliary compartment having an upwardly extending flap adapted to receive and retain an additional cap for said container and maintain it near the top of said auxiliary carbon thereby making it possible to pierce or otherwise open the container in the main carton and thereafter to find ready access to the additional cap for reclosing. The upwardly extending flap is a resilient tab or panel which retains and raises the additional cap toward the top of said carton.

Abstract: A glued folder includes pockets at the opposed ends thereof for engaging the opposed ends of an elongated product to be packaged and displayed. The glued folder is formed from a single paperboard blank, having a bottom panel, as well as side panels folded and bonded along the rear surface of a main display panel, with the latter including slots such that a portion of the main display panel at each opposed end thereof cooperates with the other panels to define the pockets. The folder is secured by a single strip of adhesive applied to one side panel.