Abstract: A blank of sheet material for forming a container is provided. The blank of sheet material includes at least one major bottom panel, two opposing side panels, and two opposing end panels. Each end panel includes a plurality of fold lines that define two opposing side edges, a first minor end panel, a second minor end panel, and at least two reinforcement panels positioned between the two side edges. The at least two reinforcement panels are configured to move inwardly towards an interior cavity of the container forming a reinforcement structure when the container is formed.

Abstract: A closure for attachment to a carton. The closure comprises a base and a cover. The base includes a debossment or trough which facilitates adhesion of the closure to the carton, e.g. with hot melt. The surface of the carton to which the closure is being attached may have a debossment instead of or in addition to that of the closure.

Abstract: The tamper evidency of a carton is increased by producing stronger end flap seals. This can be done by anchoring the adhesive onto at least one of the end flaps. In a preferred embodiment there is at least one lower flap with at least one recessed area, at least one seal flap with at least one aperture and at least one top flap. The lower flaps are folded inward followed by the seal flap. An adhesive is on the inner surface of the top flap which then is folded inward onto the seal flap. The adhesive flows through the at least one aperture in the seal flap and spreads outwardly in the at lest one recessed area below the at least one seal flap to become anchored to the seal flap. This is enchanted by a plurality of recesses in the at least one lower flap adjacent to the at least one aperture in the at least one seal flap. By being anchored to the seal flap and adhesively attached to the fiberboard underside of the top flap, a strong end seal is formed on the carton.

Abstract: A carton, and a method of assembling the same, is disclosed wherein the carton closures or flaps have adhesive applied to or deposited upon particular regions thereof such that the adhesive does not interfere with or foul conveyor or support mechanisms use in connection with the carton assembling or erection equipment carton is erected or assembled in accordance with reverse-fold techniques wherein each end of the carton to be sealed has a first inside major flap folded inwardly, a pair of oppositely disposed minor end flaps are then folded inwardly so as to be disposed atop opposite end portions of the first inside major flap, and a second outside major flap is then folded inwardly so as to be disposed upon the minor end flaps as well as covering that portion of the first inside major flap remaining uncovered by the folded minor end flaps.

Abstract: A blank for forming a carton is provided. The blank comprises top, rear, bottom, front and cover panels hingedly connected in the order named. End wall-forming flaps are hingedly connected to left and right ends of the main panels. The front panel and its left and right ends flaps can each have an edge free of a lip portion.

Abstract: A sift proof carton and method of folding and sealing the major and minor end flaps of a carton to provide a sift proof container wherein the method includes providing a carton having first and second inside and outside major flaps and a pair of minor flaps, and folding the minor flaps to substantially cover an open end of the carton. Opposite sides of the first inside major flap are then mitered and both the first and second major flaps are positioned in open positions with respect to the carton. The carton is then put in motion and, during such motion, an adhesive pattern is applied from a stationary adhesive nozzle member to selected areas of the second outside major flap and the minor flaps. The first inside major flap is then folded onto the minor flaps followed by the second outside major flap which provides direct sealing contact between the second outside major flap and both minor flaps as well as portions of the first inside major flap so as to provide the sift proof carton.

Abstract: A blank for forming a carton is provided. The blank comprises top, rear, bottom, front and cover panels hingedly connected in the order named. End wall-forming flaps are hingedly connected to bottom and top ends of the main panels. An offset portion or score line is formed in the rear panel end flaps. All score lines, offset portions, perforations and breakaway features are formed in the same direction with reference to the paperboard stock.

Abstract: A blank for forming a carton is provided. The blank comprises top, rear, bottom, front and cover panels hingedly connected in the order named. End wall-forming flaps are hingedly connected to bottom and top ends of the main panels. An offset portion or score line is formed in the rear panel end flaps. All score lines, offset portions, perforations and breakaway features are formed in the same direction with reference to the paperboard stock.

Abstract: A blank for forming a carton is provided. The blank comprises top, rear, bottom, front and cover panels hingedly connected in the order named. End wall-forming flaps are hingedly connected to bottom and top ends of the main panels. An offset portion or score line is formed in the rear panel end flaps. All score lines, offset portions, perforations and breakaway features are formed in the same direction with reference to the paperboard stock.

Abstract: A leak preventing carton and blank for ice cream and the like in which the first-in and flap substantially closes the opening of the carton but leaves a gap along the top edge of the first-in flap which gap is prevented from becoming a leaking area by a boss such as a deboss which may or may not be used in conjunction with an emboss. The boss or bosses cooperate to seal the area of the gap from leakage. In addition, the carton is designed to provide for very tight corners in which excess material is provided in the blank for closing tightly the corners when the carton is erected for receiving ice cream.

Abstract: The invention relates to a folding box of composite cardboard material coated heat sealably at least on the inside, which has a flat bottom to which two pairs of opposite triangular folding pockets are sealed lying flat. To prevent bubble formation on the inside of the package, more particularly those areas of the triangular folding pockets which are to be sealed to one another over their complete surface, due to steam forming in the composite cardboard material during the heat activation of the areas, the heat sealable coating is perforated right into the cardboard in the areas.

Abstract: A modified glue flap of a folding carton blank for preventing glue from being squeezed out during the step of adhering the glue flap to the opposite end panel. The face of the glue flap engaged by the glue back-up wheel includes a protrusion near the trailing edge of the flap. Engagement of the protrusion by the back-up wheel causes the glue wheel to skip the trailing area of the flap. The absence of glue in this area prevents glue from being squeezed out when sealing pressure is subsequently applied to the glue flap and the opposite end panel. The protrusion may take the form of an embossed ridge, forming a channel on the opposite side of the protrusion for receiving any excess glue which would have been squeezed out.

Abstract: A paperboard carton formed from a unitary blank of paperboard. A side flap of the carton bottom is overlapped with and sealed to a side flap of the top cover. At least one of these flaps is provided with spaced abseal (adhesion resistant) areas. The interabseal areas are provided with adhesive to seal against the other, overlapping flap. The interabseal areas are bordered by cut lines extending partially through the paperboard, and are preferably embossed so as to be raised from the remaining flap area. The other front and side flaps are conventionally sealed together by an adhesive, such as a heat activated PET coating on the paperboard surface. To effect opening, these two flaps are pulled apart with the adhered together, interabseal are a of one of these flaps delaminating by virtue of the cut lines, the latter extending completely through the PET coating.

Abstract: A carton blank and a method for folding and gluing it into a reclosable carton. Corner post flaps are releasably adhered to front end flaps to permit release of the corner post flaps from the front end flaps when the top of the top opening container is initially raised to provide access to the contents.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a blank and carton for packaging ice cream or the like comprising hingedly connected cover, rear, bottom and front panels. Left and right end flaps extending from each of the cover, rear, bottom and front panel end flaps. A pocket means formed in each of the carton ends for receiving a portion of the cover panel end flaps adjacent the rear panel for reforming the carton subsequent to the initial opening thereof. The pocket means includes rear panel end flaps forming exterior liners and the corresponding front and bottom panel end flaps forming interior liners. Membrane flaps are hingedly connected to the front panel and left and right front panel end flaps for forming a substantially continuous lip along a portion of the outer periphery of the carton.

Abstract: An ice cream carton is made as a perfect cube with six smooth, unbroken, external surfaces by forming aligned embossments and windows to facilitate adhesion of the carton walls without impairing the external unbroken smooth continuity.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a blank and carton for packaging ice cream or the like comprising hingedly connected cover, rear, bottom and front panels. Left and right end flaps extending from each of the cover, rear, bottom and front panel end flaps. A pocket means formed in each of the carton ends for receiving a portion of the cover panel end flaps adjacent the rear panel for reforming the carton subsequent to the initial opening thereof. The pocket means includes rear panel end flaps forming exterior liners and the corresponding front and bottom panel end flaps forming interior liners. Membrane flaps are hingedly connected to the front panel and left and right front panel end flaps for forming a substantially continuous lip along a portion of the outer periphery of the carton.

Abstract: In a blank of cardboard packaging material for a multipack type of package for containers, in particular bottles, having an upper part with laterally bendable oblique panels provided as a transition to the side panels, which continue to form a bottom panel and provided with from and back closure flaps for equalizing tolerances in the containers that are to be enveloped, bottom flaps joined to the bottom part with bending lines are provided, with bottom flaps disposed thereon that can be folded in via bending lines and that are joined via bending lines to lower and middle side panels. Cover flaps are joined to a cover part via bending lines, and side flaps that have perforated tolerance-equalizing bending lines are joined to oblique panels in a bendable manner by means of bending lines.

Abstract: A carton formed from a unitary blank of paperboard includes a front panel, a rear panel and side panels joined to the front and rear panels along fold lines. Top and bottom closure flaps are joined to the front and rear panels. A pour spout is defined by one of the panels. The pour spout includes a generally triangular flap joined to the panel along an angled fold line. The triangular flap or area includes a lateral edge to which a closure tab or glue flap is joined. A dust flap is joined to a top edge of the triangular flap along a fold line. The dust flap defines a curved edge and a notch. The notch is positioned to engage a top edge of one of the panels to hold the spout in an open position. Glue is applied to one of the panels to engage the closure tab or glue flap to initially hold the spout in a closed position.

Abstract: A folding box blank, and a box assembled therefrom, having an integral carrying handle flap comprised of three segments with a griphole means passing through two of the segments. Relief embossings are located on all four side wall flaps and pairs of complementary cutouts are located on one of the upper and one of the lower remaining wall flaps, so that when the box is assembled the cutouts interact with the embossing by biasing against them.