Abstract: A relatively large food container includes a food box member in combination with a removable relatively small unfolded food container blank or insert. More specifically, the food box member includes an outside box member portion, the unfolded food container blank or insert is in a form of an inside box member portion, and perforations or slit cuts connect the outside box member portion to the inside box member portion. The removable unfolded food container blank is shaped and has fold lines so that when suitably manipulated it is adapted to form a triangularly-shaped small food box. The triangularly-shaped small food box is eminently suitable for storing left-over triangularly-shaped pieces or “wedges” of pizza.

Abstract: The invention is a triangular shipping container that is easily closed, easily opened, and that is reusable. The container is formed from a cardboard sheet that is provided with a number of mating male and female tabs.

Abstract: A pet house substantially formed from a unitary blank of material, foldable from a collapsed state for shipping and storage to an erect state for use. The house includes a bottom having four edges. The house also includes first and second side walls and first and second end walls. The side walls are attached to one another forming an apex at the top of the house. One end wall includes an opening to permit the pet to ingress and egress the house. The bottom includes a slot near one edge for receiving a locking tab which extends from one of the side walls. Fasteners are provided for attaching the first and second end walls to the first and second side walls.

Abstract: A rigid pack (100) with a hinged lid (12) serves both as a carton proportioned to accommodate a plurality of packets (1) of cigarettes (3), and as a single packet (1); in either instance the pack comprises a container (10) surmounted by a lid (12) hinged to one open end (11) of the container and rotatable between positions in which the container (10) is open and closed, respectively. The pack (100) appears prismatic in shape and substantially triangular in section.

Abstract: A secondary beverage carton which has two opposing non-rectangular, preferably triangular, side walls. The carton has at least one coincident acute angle. The side walls are connected by end walls. Preferably one end wall has a can access panel which is severable to provide an opening for the cans.

Abstract: The invention is a triangular shipping container that is easily closed, easily opened, and that is reusable. The container is formed from a cardboard sheet that is provided with a number of mating male and female tabs.

Abstract: A carton serving as a package for a Transformable Pyramid, which is a built-up type intellectual teaching aid, is produced from a cardboard divided into two groups of four right triangular faces for folding into first and second pyramidal parts, respectively. The first and the second pyramidal parts in the folded state provide two open-bottomed four-face pyramidal bodies connected and closable to each other to fitly enclose the Transformable Pyramid therein. Instructions of use and color strips showing outer appearance of the Transformable Pyramid may be printed on front and reverse surfaces of the eight faces of the carton. The carton therefore has the advantages of occupying a reduced space, and providing a fit package with instructions to facilitate display and promotion of the packaged goods.

Abstract: A food container has a top and a bottom joined by sides walls. An interface between the top and the side walls is perforated to permit separation of the top from the side walls. The top and bottom being formed with fold lines, the fold lines adapted to permit the container to be collapsed to a first, substantially flat configuration and to be erected to a second erect configuration wherein the top, bottom and side walls define an interior. A tab is formed in the top, and the tab is arranged to be grasped and pulled to separate the top from the side walls for opening the container.

Abstract: A box is formed from a blank of foldable material and includes a first wall and a second wall. The second wall is folded about a first wall fold line to form a first box corner. A third wall is folded about a second wall fold line to form a second box corner. A triangular top is folded about a top fold line. A triangular bottom is folded about a bottom fold line. A plurality of apertures is formed in the top. An insert having a plurality of panels is positioned between the first, second and third walls when the walls are folded about the wall fold lines.

Abstract: A relatively large food container includes a food box member in combination with a removable relatively small unfolded food container blank or insert. More specifically, the food box member includes an outside box member portion, the unfolded food container blank or insert is in a form of an inside box member portion, and perforations or slit cuts connect the outside box member portion to the inside box member portion. The removable unfolded food container blank is shaped and has fold lines so that when suitably manipulated it is adapted to form a triangularly-shaped small food box. The triangularly-shaped small food box is eminently suitable for storing left-over triangularly-shaped pieces or “wedges” of pizza.

Abstract: A pizza storage device for keeping leftover pizza slices fresher for longer periods of time. The pizza storage device includes a triangular-shaped container having top, side, and bottom walls, and also having an opening in a side thereof; and also includes a shelving assembly for supporting slices of pizza in the triangular-shaped container; and further includes a door being hingedly attached to the triangular-shaped container and being closable over the opening; and also includes a fastening assembly being attached to the triangular-shaped container and to the door.

Abstract: A rigid container for tobacco products is prismatic in shape, substantially rectangular or triangular in section, and presents a plurality of side faces each presenting a flat central portion and two longitudinally oriented lateral bands of curved profile of which the concave surface is directed toward the inside of the container; the contiguous lateral bands of each two adjacent side faces are joined one to the other along a sharp longitudinal corner edge.

Abstract: A food container has a top and a bottom joined by sides walls. An interface between the top and the side walls is perforated to permit separation of the top from the side walls. The top and bottom being formed with fold lines, the fold lines adapted to permit the container to be collapsed to a first, substantially flat configuration and to be erected to a second erect configuration wherein the top, bottom and side walls define an interior. A tab is formed in the top, and the tab is arranged to be grasped and pulled to separate the top from the side walls for opening the container.

Abstract: A package for holding a lamp and collapsible shade where a blank is folded into an open ended generally triangularly shaped box, the lamps and collapsible shade being disposed in the box and the open end of the box being closed off by a foldable panel.

Abstract: A food container includes an inner receptacle and an outer sleeve. The inner receptacle and the outer sleeve are slidably engaged to contain a food item within the container. The container has a locking mechanism that engages the inner receptacle with the outer sleeve to prevent the container from accidentally sliding open. The outer sleeve folds into a flat position so that the outer sleeve may be stored in a small space.

Abstract: A rigid pack (100) with a hinged lid (12) serves both as a carton proportioned to accommodate a plurality of packets (1) of cigarettes (3), and as a single packet (1); in either instance the pack comprises a container (10) surmounted by a lid (12) hinged to one open end (11) of the container and rotatable between positions in which the container (10) is open and closed, respectively. The pack (100) appears prismatic in shape and substantially triangular in section.

Abstract: A generally rectangular blank of preferably cardboard material having a multitude of strategically positioned cut lines, fold lines, and perforated tear lines. The present invention can be formed into at least two differently shaped and sized boxes; thus, efficiently accommodating a whole pizza in its original rectangular shape, and efficiently accommodating a slice or other portion of pizza in its reduced-size, triangular shape. In addition to the typical cut and fold lines found in a common pizza box, the present invention provides, generally, eight sets of perforated tear lines strategically positioned such that a rectangularly-shaped pizza box may be torn along the perforated tear lines to form a generally triangularly-shaped, smaller dimensioned pizza box.

Abstract: A container for foodstuff is formed from a blank of card and having triangular end walls connected by rectangular side walls to form a triangular prism shaped container. One side wall of the container is hinged to another wall of the container to provide an opening for insertion/removal of foodstuff and to form a lid for closing the opening. The edges of the lid and edges of the container extending from the hinge have integral tabs with a fold line at the hinge, whereby the tabs fold inwardly beneath the lid as it is closed over the opening to assist in retaining foodstuff in the container.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to several related forms of PICTURE FRAMES for displaying photographs or similar illustrations. More particularly, the disclosure is directed to picture frames constructed from a single flat die-cut foldable paperboard blank convertible into a three-dimensional picture frame without requiring the use of adhesive, adhesive tape, staples, clips or other fastening materials. This is accomplished by the use of rectangular paperboard panels approximately the size of the photo or other picture to be displayed, with infolding flaps on at least three edges of the panel to engage the edges of the photo to entrap the photo and hold it in place.

Abstract: A display easel for displaying literature and holding a blister pack is disclosed. The display easel has a cover flap to cover a literature display panel. Both the literature display panel and the cover flap are connected to a blister pack panel positioned behind the literature display panel. At the opposite end of the display easel from the connection between the cover flap, the literature display panel, and the blister pack panel, a bottom is formed by attaching a base section to the bottoms of the literature display panel and the blister pack panel. There are pockets in the literature display panel and the blister pack panel into which literature and a blister pack, respectively, may be inserted In one aspect of the present invention, all of these sections are formed from a unitary sheet of paperboard material.

Abstract: A container (1) for holding products and comprising a lower part (3) including a bottom panel (5) and side walls (8, 9) upstanding therefrom as well as a top part (4) including a lid (10) and side walls (13, 14) depending therefrom. At least one side wall (15) of the lower and top parts (3 and 4 respectively) extending in adjoining overlapping relationship. The lid (10) is prolonged at its edge (18) that is turned towards the common side wall (15) in order to form a projecting lid-opening grip flap (19). The flap, having been doubled, extends back rearwardly to and connects to the common side wall via a tear perforation (23). At a score (11) between the lid (10) of the top part (4) and at least one of its other side walls (13, 14) there is a rear face cut score (24), such that the lid (10), when a pulling force is applied on the lid-opening grip flap (19), may be opened as a result of splitting of the tear perforation and the rear-face cut score.

Abstract: A triangular paperboard container for fast foods, particularly pizza slices, is fashioned from two triangular tray halves. The upper tray half is provided with a plurality of manually actuable over center toggle locking tabs which are pushed down and pass between opposed tips of respective notches. The notches are spaced along the upper edges of the bottom tray half side walls. When pushed downwardly, each toggle locking tab engages and distorts opposed points at the entrance to each notch, the opposed points resuming their original position after the tab has passed them, by virtue of the inherent resiliency of paperboard. The locking tabs themselves also distort somewhat when pushing them down. Each notch includes oppositely sloping edges against which opposite sides of a corresponding toggle locking tab engage.

Abstract: A food storage container has a generally rigid tubular sleeve with a generally constant cross-sectional shape along the length thereof and with first and second open ends. A flexible inner storage bag is located within the generally rigid tubular sleeve for storing a food product, and, most preferably, for storing potato chips or other food chips. A generally rigid sleeve includes a first tab adjacent the first open end of the outer sleeve formed by cutting a corner of the outer sleeve and folding the cut corner inward and a second tab adjacent the second open end of the outer sleeve formed by cutting a corner of the outer sleeve and folding the cut corner inward. These first and second tabs retain the inner storage bag within the sleeve. The tabs can be manually moved aside to access the inner bag and thus the food contents therein.

Abstract: An improved breakaway container for food and other perishable products comprising a simple construction and reliable breakage mechanism using a thumb cut scoring. By applying pressure to the thumb cut scoring, a tear is initiated in a circumferential scoring, thereby allowing for the separation of excess container wall from the container.

Abstract: An improved breakaway container for food and other perishable products comprising a simple construction and reliable breakage mechanism using a thumb cut scoring. By applying pressure to the thumb cut scoring, a tear is initiated in a circumferential scoring, thereby allowing for the separation of excess container wall from the container.

Abstract: A single corrugated cardboard blank which when folded forms a hollow elongated prism. The carrying case includes side panels connected at side fold lines to opposing sides of a central panel, and upper and lower panels are connected by fold lines to opposing ends of the central panel and the side panels. The upper and lower panels form a substantially flat base when the blank is in the folded position. A side flap is further connected by a side fold line to one of the side panels. The side flap includes projecting tabs which communicate with slits in the central panel when the blank is folded. Also, the side flap is substantially a same shape as the side panels and the central panel, but may also be slightly wider than the side panels.

Abstract: Packaging for food products is provided which combines a flexible pouch within a stand-up tent-style carton which effects display of the product in an upright orientation within a divided merchandiser. The carton has a non-uniform width. The bottom portion of the carton is narrower than the top portion of the carton, as a result of which the carton, and thus the entire package, complies with a very strict display face dimension limit of the merchandiser.

Abstract: The present invention provide a collapsible, recyclable, fluid receptacle readily assembled from a either single blank or two substantially identical blanks to form an outer shell and a flexible inner liner attached to said shell having sufficient strength and properties to retain a liquid therein without leaking.

Abstract: A collapsible shipping container comprises a lid, a base, and a dolly. The lid includes a top wall and a plurality of lid side walls extending downward from the top wall. The base includes a bottom wall and a plurality of base side walls extending upward from the bottom wall. The top wall and the bottom wall are each generally triangular in shape. The base and the lid are releasably engageable to each other and are each convertible between an erected form and a collapsed form. The dolly includes a support frame and a pair of wheels rotatably mounted to the support frame. The support frame is connected to the base with the wheels projecting through respective holes formed in the base.

Abstract: A container can be juxtaposed with another container to form an integrated package of containers. Each container is substantially triangular in horizontal section and forms first, second and third walls and has a top enclosed bottom. Each top of the container is formed as a substantially T-top closure formed from first and second pinched walls converging at the third wall. A container can be selectively dimensioned and juxtaposed together so that the containers form a rectangular configured package. The containers can be held together to maintain the juxtaposed containers in a substantially rectangular configuration.

Abstract: A container for solids or liquids is formed to have two walls which converge and meet at the apex thereof. A container opening is formed at the apex. Each of the walls converging at the apex is extended beyond the apex to form a flap or spout hingedly connected to the container at its apex. The contents may be sealed in the container by making the flap or spout to be an enclosed triangular shape and/or by sealing the flap or spout against one of the converging walls. Thus, access to the contents of the container requires either that the triangular spout or flap be cut, and/or that it be unsealed from the wall. The container may be resealed by applying a plastic clip to the folded flap or spout and/or by providing a reusable fastening to selectively retain the flap or spout against one of the converging walls. The container has a triangular configuration at its apex. This configuration may be continued throughout the whole of the container or it may be provided at its upper portion only.

Abstract: A quick-assembly corrugated box has an automatic bottom panel which extends from a side panel, and has two converging reverse-scored fold lines which extend outwardly from the side panel. End flaps are folded up from the automatic bottom panel and are adhesively connected to the end panels to form double ply side walls. One of the end flaps has a diagonal fold line, with portions of the flap above the diagonal fold line only being adhered to the end panel. The angles of the reverse scored fold lines are selected to allow the automatic bottom panel to be deployed from a folded position alongside the side and end panels to an assembled position perpendicular to the side and end panels, simply by displacing one side panel with respect to the other. Substantially increased stacking strength is provided by inserting right-angle corner pieces in reinforcement-receiving pockets defined between the edges of the end flaps and the end panels.

Abstract: A tubular carton or pack is of triangular cross section for carrying, for example, a rolled-up paper product. The carton is formed from a blank which is folded-up to form an inner lining and then an outer shell. Each end is closed by a triangular end piece (24) which is retained in position by retainer flaps (25) which are inserted between the inner lining and outer shell. The carton may have a short end portion arranged to hinge open along a fold line formed across the base side of the carton, to allow easy access to its contents.

Abstract: A foldable laminated paperboard chest for transporting and storing food products, and a one-piece laminated paperboard blank from which such a chest is constructed. The chest includes a leak-proof corner construction and a plastic film coating layer to prevent leakage of fluid contents, an integral handle, and a locking closure top.

Abstract: A longitudinally-opening container having a faceted tubular body is disclosed. The tubular body is formed by splitting a tube longitudinally, or from a single sheet of paperboard folded to form two end openings. End caps that cover each end opening are split in half along a central axis, forming sections having confronting edges along the median axis and bounded on either end by respective sections of the end caps. The container opens longitudinally into two trays connected by a living hinge. The living hinge is formed by a taped seam or a longitudinal fold in the body. The living hinge aligns the confronting edges to engage releasable locking means on those edges when the container closes. The locking means holds all the edges of the container in substantial alignment with each other.

Abstract: A covered food container especially adapted to hold a single slice of pizza or the like is described having a polygonal configuration and an integrated cover which folds over and is securely latched to enclose the contents. The covered food container can be formed from a single sheet of material such as cardboard or styrene foam and has the advantage that the top and base trays forming the container are interchangeable.

Abstract: A paperboard container of generally semi-rigid construction and formed from a unitary blank of paperboard folded in the general shape of a U. The interior surface of the container is coated with a thermoplastic polymer barrier layer, the container having a manually openable, normally closed pour spout at one upper edge portion, and also having a recessed or raised bottom. The container is particularly adapted for packaging granular, dry material such as corn flakes, pretzels, and the like. Due to its construction and the thermoplastic barrier layer, the usual inner pouch which contains dry cereal is omitted, thereby effecting savings in both material and in assembly of the final package. In one embodiment, an opening is provided for carrying the package, the opening located at the top of the container. In another embodiment one side wall of the panel is provided with an extension to serve as a reclosure flap.

Abstract: A blank for constructing a box file, card index box, or the like which, in the made up form includes a pair of similar half shells hinged together along a common edge. The blank includes a pair of base members each having outwardly extending side portions on at least three sides which can be bent up to form side walls. Each side portion is joined to the adjacent side portion by an inwardly foldable connection section which is adapted to form a right angled corner when the blank is folded into shape. An interconnecting or stacking system for the file storing boxes is also provided. The stacking system includes a connector body having a slot or aperture and a generally U-shaped clip member having a pair of legs. Each leg of the clip is adapted to fit in a respective slot of the connector body. When two such connector bodies are suitably positioned in the adjacent walls of two corresponding boxes, the boxes may be clipped together by inserting the legs of the clip member into the adjacent slots.

Abstract: A triangular carrier comprised of a top panel and converging end panels connected to triangular side panels. The carrier holds a plurality of rows of articles, each article extending between the side panels, with each row containing a greater number of articles than the next lower row. For an equilateral carrier, each row contains one more article than the next lower row. Openings at the corners of the carrier allow portions of adjacent articles to protrude.

Abstract: A regressively tiered structure defining at least part of a package includes first and second tiers and a ledge. The first vertically-extending tier defines in plan a first hollow, polygonal, substantially closed figure having edges. The second vertically-extending tier defines in plan a second hollow, polygonal, substantially closed figure having edges, the second figure being in plan of appreciably smaller dimensions than and typically of the same configuration as the first figure. The horizontally-extending, generally planar, ledge is disposed intermediate to and connecting the edges of the first and second tiers which are disposed in generally a common plane, the ledge defining a plurality of overlapping ledge sides. The first and second tiers and the ledge are formed from a single sheet of flexible material.

Abstract: A pretaped container blank which may be quickly and easily formed into a three-dimensional container without the need for additional components or tools. The container blank includes (i) a plurality of interconnected panels, and (ii) a plurality of closure flaps including a carrier flap hingedly connected to at least one of the panels. The tape structure is attached to the container blank and includes (i) a release surface on the carrier flap, and (ii) a length of closure adhesive tape extending over substantially the entire length of the release surface and a distance across the panel or flap to which the carrier flap is connected sufficient for the tape to remain attached to the container blank upon removal of that length of the tape from the release surface. Several embodiments of container blanks and tape structures are disclosed.

Abstract: A paperboard container of generally semi-rigid construction and formed from a unitary blank of paperboard folded in the general shape of a U. The interior surface of the container is coated with a thermoplastic polymer barrier layer, the container having a manually openable, normally closed pour spout at one upper edge portion, and also having a recessed or raised bottom. The container is particularly adapted for packaging granular, dry material such as corn flakes, pretzels, and the like. Due to its construction and the thermoplastic barrier layer, the usual inner pouch which contains dry cereal is omitted, thereby effecting savings in both material and in assembly of the final package. In one embodiment, an opening is provided for carrying the package, the opening located at the top of the container. In another embodiment one side wall of the panel is provided with an extension to serve as a reclosure flap.

Abstract: A three piece, non-glued, triangular paperboard carton for use in the packaging of retail products such as candy and perfumes. The carton has a central, hollow, tubular body with open ends that closed by a pair of similar top and bottom end caps, one of which has interlocking engagement with the body.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a packaging system 100 for a product 58 having an envelope 50 with a pouch 52 adapted to securely retain the product 58, the envelope 50 having a tail portion 54 extending away from the pouch 52, and a blank 10 having a leading 16 and a trailing portion 20, the blank 10 may be folded about the envelope 50 such that the tail portion 54 is trapped between the leading portion 16 and the trailing portion 20 of the blank 10.

Abstract: A box is useful for both shipping and displaying products for selection, especially elongated products such as brooms and mops. For shipping, the box is a full rectangular enclosure. For display, top and front panels can be removed or folded back to enable viewing and access to the products. Opposing panels define side walls and a back wall, and are joined by a bottom panel to define a partial enclosure, e.g., of the same height as the product. A lower front panel bridges between the side panels, and is vertically much shorter, e.g., attached to the side walls and the bottom at the front and extending only a short distance vertically. The remainder of the front of the box is open, except for a reinforced support piece bridging across the front of the box to the side walls. The support piece resists compression and can be made of one or more of wood, plastic, metal or thick, layered cardboard or corrugated craft. The support piece can be constructed as folded-up segments of a front box panel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pack for food, in particular cheese. The pack is obtained by folding and gluing a single blank, e.g. made of card. The blank comprises a wedge-shaped base zone which has two transverse cuts formed therein and which is connected to two rectangular lateral zones via respective first score lines. The ends of the cuts extend into the lateral zones and are interconnected within the lateral zones by respective second score lines. The zone between the two cut lines constitutes a strip that lies on top of the cheese once it has been inserted into the pack.

Abstract: DISPOSABLE SUPPORT FOR PIZZA, made whether of a paper covered by a waterproof material or totally in plastic, having a base of a basically triangular or circular shape, characterized by comprissing a rear edge delimited by a circular sector-shape rear edge, and a folding line, which is symmetrical to said rear edge.

Abstract: A packed electric lamp including a carton having three articulated sides defining a sleeve of triangular cross-section with opposing open ends and two opposing triangular flaps closing the open ends of the triangular sleeve. A reflector lamp having a broad face and a tapered reflector body is arranged in the carton with its broad face extending along one of the three sides defining the triangular sleeve, the other two carton sides defining the triangular sleeve extending along the tapered body and terminating at a corner of the sleeve adjacent the distal end of the reflector body. The carton has a significantly smaller plan form than rectangular or square cuboidal cartons, allowing more lamps to fit in a given space on retail shelves. The carton is formed from a unitary blank having three rectangular panels joined at fold lines and first and second opposing primary triangular flaps articulated from respective ones of the rectangular panels.

Abstract: A box is useful for both shipping and displaying products for selection, especially elongated products such as brooms and mops. For shipping, the box is a full rectangular enclosure. For display, top and front panels can be removed or folded back to enable viewing and access to the products. Opposing panels define side walls and a back wall, and are joined by a bottom panel to define a partial enclosure, e.g., of the same height as the product. A lower front panel bridges between the side panels, and is vertically much shorter, e.g., attached to the side walls and the bottom at the front and extending only a short distance vertically. The remainder of the front of the box is open, except for a reinforced support piece bridging across the front of the box to the side walls. The support piece resists compression and can be made of one or more of wood, plastic, metal or thick, layered cardboard or corrugated craft.

Abstract: The reversible triangular box is a generally rectangular sheet divided into three rectangular sections, each containing a front and back face, by two major folds. Safety sign indicia is printed on one face while advertising indicia is printed on the other face. The minimal construction of the reversible triangular box includes two triangular side sections extending from the intermediate second section. Advertising indicia is printed on one face of each triangular side section and safety sign indicia is printed on the other face. A pair of complementary side locking tab and side locking slot combinations are utilized to removably couple or link a respective triangular side section to a first main box section. A minimal construction box has a first and a second handle portion, one of which extends from a top edge region of the first section and the other one extends from the top edge region of the third section. A retaining device holds the first and second handle panels together when they are juxtaposed.