Abstract: A laminated packaging material for fabrication into a container for a flowable food product is disclosed herein. The laminated packaging material has a fluted medium between a first layer and second layer. The fluted medium may have a flute density of 200 to 450 flutes per linear foot. The fluted medium may also have a flute height profile of 8 mils to 50 mils. The laminated packaging material may be fabricated into a gabletop carton or a parallelepiped container such as the TETRA BRIK.RTM. container. The laminated packaging material may have a barrier layer such as aluminum or another gas impermeable composition. The laminated packaging material provides substantial material savings due to the fluted medium.

Abstract: A gabletop carton for storing liquid, viscous and solid material includes a carton material stock formed of paperboard having at least an inner facing sheet, an outer facing sheet and a fluted medium fixedly positioned between the inner and outer facing sheets. The fluted medium is positioned between the inner and outer facing sheets so as to define substantially flat, inner and outer facing sheet surfaces. The carton material stock is formed to define a bottom wall, a plurality of upstanding side walls and a top portion having a gable configuration. The bottom wall is contiguous with the upstanding side walls which are defined by a plurality of side wall creases in the material stock. The bottom wall is defined by a plurality of bottom wall creases in the material stock that are generally transverse to the side wall creases.

Abstract: Plastic container closures which are preferably injection molded through a centrally placed ingot are disclosed. The closures include a cover panel with a circumferential rim and a pouring opening which corresponds to only a portion of the area of the cover panel. The closure also includes an integral grip and a tearing denotation provided by a reduced thickness groove in the cover panel around the periphery of the portion of the cover panel which is to be removed and in which that groove extends from a point in the proximity of the circumferential rim towards a point displaced from the center of the cover panel at a location beyond the center with respect to the first point, and in which the reduced thickness groove is interrupted to provide a hinge for the portion of the cover panel to be removed subsequent to opening.