Reusable Hinged Closure Provides An Access Opening Which Is Coextensive With The Entire Top Wall Of The Box Patents (Class 229/223)
  • Patent number: 10940975
    Abstract: A display ready container having an outer front wall panel and an inner front wall panel. The outer front wall panel has a display opening formed therein and a display edge defining at least a portion of the display opening. The inner front wall panel has a removable inner cover section disposed against the front wall panel to cover at least a portion of the display opening, and overlapping at least a portion of the display edge. An area of weakness is formed in the removable inner cover section that is configured to deform when pulled outwardly to decrease in at least one of the width and height dimensions in a desired manner to effect removal of the removable inner cover section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Royal Box Group, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew A. Nixon, Jonathan M. Genord, Carl Jeffrey Jolley
  • Patent number: 9932142
    Abstract: A wraparound case comprises: a case main body including a top face panel and a bottom face panel that face each other, a front face panel and a back face panel that face each other, a pair of side face panels that face each other, and an insertion flap that extends out from the top face panel and overlaps with the front face panel; a hinge section that is formed between the top face panel and the back face panel; a slit that is formed along a ridgeline between the top face panel and each of the pair of side face panels; and tear sections that couple a front face panel side and a back face panel side of the top face panel with the pair of side face panels, and that are torn when the top face panel is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Kagawa, Nobuyuki Kimoto
  • Publication number: 20140305821
    Abstract: The present application relates to a package for smoking articles. The package has a container (2) for receiving smoking articles and a lid (3) hingedly attached to the container to enclose a space for smoking articles defined by the container when the lid is closed. In one aspect, a line of weakening (29) is defined along a juncture between the lid and the container prior to initial opening of the lid, and a tear element (90) is configured to act on the line of weakening to separate the lid from the container along the juncture to allow the lid to hinge relative to the pack. The present application also relates to a blank for a package for smoking articles and a blank for an inner frame of a package for smoking articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Paul Gibson, Stephen Lewis, Sabrina Bartram
  • Patent number: 8701974
    Abstract: A carton has a closure flap (18, FIG. 4) held in a closed condition prior to initial opening of the carton by a connection between a face of the closure flap and an opposing face of an adjacent wall (4) of the carton. The flap is connected is to a part (30) of the adjacent wall which is removable from the remainder of that wall along one or more first patterns of weakness (32). The connection being in a predetermined zone (34) of the removable part defined by one or more second patterns of weakness (36) so that when the part (30) is removed from the remainder of the wall (4), the predetermined zone (34) can be separated from the remainder of the part (30) along the second pattern(s) of weakness (36) to remain attached to the closure flap. The carton may be formed from a blank (10, FIG. 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Cadbury Enterprises PTE Limited
    Inventors: Philip Davies, Silvio Bugelli
  • Patent number: 8469259
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging (1) for bar-like or bar-shaped foodstuffs, in particular for bars of chocolate, with a rectangular base (2), two side elements (3) which are arranged on opposite sides of the rectangular base (2), are separated from the base (2) via folding lines (5) and can be folded inwards along the folding lines (5), and a first and a second cover element (4.1, 4.2) which are arranged on the two other opposite sides of the rectangular base (2), separated from the latter via folding lines (5), and which partially overlap with the two side elements in the folded state. The first cover element (4.1) has a perforation (6) by means of which a flap (7) can be separated from a fixing region (9), and the second cover element (4.2) can be inserted into an opening (10) for re-closing of the packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Roland Clement, Marie-Dominique Nallet
  • Patent number: 8348143
    Abstract: A confectionery container (11) is constructed from one or more pieces of foldable material (10, FIG. 1). A first end is closed by a wall (32) incorporating at least part of a dispensing chute (35) movable between an open position for the dispensing of items and a closed position for the containment of items within the container. The first end wall (32) comprises two or more end closure flaps (28, 29) arranged such that they can be assembled into the first end wall after the items have been introduced into a partially formed container through the first end (32). The chute (35) may have a base (36) and a pair of side walls (12a, 14a), at least one of the side walls (12a, 14a) having a leading edge (39) which contacts a side wall (55) of the container to limit opening movement of the chute. The container (11) is preferably formed from a unitary blank (10, FIG. 1) and the container side walls may have inner panels (12, 13, 14, and 15) and outer panels (16, 17, 18, and 19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Cadbury Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Asit Mohda, William John Davis
  • Patent number: 8297489
    Abstract: A packaging container includes a body plate defined into front and back faces by a first folding line. The front face includes second and third folding lines. The second and third folding lines define two connection portions. The body plate further includes an enclosing plate. A fourth folding line is located between the front face and the enclosing plate. The back face is folded upwards along the first folding line, and the connection portions are folded inwards along the second and third folding lines. The connection portions are stuck to the back face. A first pre-folding line and a second pre-folding line are located between the second and third folding lines. A fifth pre-folding line and a sixth pre-folding line are located on the back face. Two seventh pre-folding lines and two eighth pre-folding lines are defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Inventor: Hsing Er Tsai
  • Publication number: 20120199640
    Abstract: A recloseable closure for a container such as secondary packaging. The recloseable closure has a tuck tab to be tucked into a tuck slit to maintain the closure in a closed configuration to maintain articles within the secondary packaging. The tuck tab has a unique configuration, and the tuck slit has a protrusion that also has a unique configuration and which is positioned to cover the tuck tab when the tuck tab is tucked in the tuck slit. The tuck tab may be shaped to conform to the shape of the contents of the container, and/or may have a graphic element printed thereon, illustrating the contents of the container. The tuck slit protrusion may be configured to conform to the shape of the tuck tab and to bear the same graphic element as on the tuck tab. Thus, when the tuck tab is tucked into the slit, the tuck slit protrusion covers the tuck tab while still displaying substantially the same graphic element displayed by the tuck flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyson Thorne, Andrew Bontorno
  • Publication number: 20120118780
    Abstract: A package having a parallelepiped-shaped container, which is cup-shaped and has a bottom wall, an open top end opposite the bottom wall, a front wall and a rear wall opposite and parallel to each other, and two parallel lateral walls interposed between the front wall and the rear wall; and a lid, which rotates between a closed position and an open position respectively closing and opening the open top end of the container, and has a top wall hinged to the rear wall of the container, and a front wall which, in the closed position, is superimposed on the front wall of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Ivanoe Bertuzzi, Marco Ghini, Andrea Biondi
  • Patent number: 8066178
    Abstract: A carton for a plurality of products comprising a front panel and a rear panel, the front panel and the rear panel connected one to the other by a top panel and a bottom panel, each of the front panel, the top panel and the bottom panel having appended side flaps. Each of the appended side flaps of the top panel and the bottom panel having a recess, the recesses of the top panel flaps being in alignment with the recesses of the bottom panel flaps to form a combined recess. A product separator is located in the carton, the product separator having a separator panel with an appended first panel and a second panel, each of the first panel and the second panel being fitted into a combined recess to thereby secure the product separator in the carton. The front panel is at least partially transparent. Each of the front panel flaps having an appended glue flap, the appended glue flaps having a plurality of glue tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Alan Sorrentino, Andreas Haefliger
  • Patent number: 7934359
    Abstract: A blank for producing a package of tobacco articles; the package of tobacco articles has a group of tobacco articles wrapped in a tubular inner sheet of packing material closed axially by two end folds, and an outer package, which is formed by folding the blank, surrounds the group of tobacco articles, is parallelepiped-shaped, and has a top wall contacting a first end fold of the inner sheet of packing material, a bottom wall contacting a second end fold of the inner sheet of packing material, and a number of lateral walls; and the blank has two transverse fold lines, and a number of longitudinal fold lines defining, between the two transverse fold lines, a first panel forming part of a first minor lateral wall, a second panel forming a first major lateral wall, a third panel forming a second minor lateral wall, a fourth panel forming a second major lateral wall, and a fifth panel forming the rest of the first minor lateral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: G.D Societa' per Azioni
    Inventors: Marco Ghini, Roberto Polloni, Stefano Negrini
  • Patent number: 7837089
    Abstract: A box includes an outer shell surrounding an inner sleeve having spaced apart first and second sleeve side walls attached to a sleeve bottom wall. A split sleeve top wall spaced apart from sleeve bottom wall defines spaced apart first and second open ends therebetween. Split sleeve top wall includes first and second sleeve sections separated by a sleeve split. Outer shell includes first and second shell side walls attached to a shell bottom wall and covering first and second open ends of inner sleeve. A shell top wall spaced apart from shell bottom wall includes first and second shell sections separated by a shell split substantially perpendicular to sleeve split. Flanges extend from shell top and bottom walls and first and second shell side walls along and bonded to outside surfaces of the sleeve side walls. The shell and sleeve are constructed from shell and sleeve blanks respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: International Paper
    Inventor: Lee James Pacheco
  • Publication number: 20100116874
    Abstract: An easy opening feature to open a sealed and taped carton, such as a partially perforated tab, adjacent an opening in an end panel of the carton where an adhesive strip is placed over a top panel of the carton and extends down the end panel and over at least a portion of the tab. Upon removing the tab from the carton the adhesive strip is removed along with the tab. A method for opening the carton comprises applying a force to lift up on the partially perforated tab to remove the tab from the carton and to continue lifting upward to remove the remainder of the adhesive strip from the top panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventor: Gary Herbert Carmichael
  • Publication number: 20100108751
    Abstract: A confectionery container (11) is constructed from one or more pieces of foldable material (10, FIG. 1). A first end is closed by a wall (32) incorporating at least part of a dispensing chute (35) movable between an open position for the dispensing of items and a closed position for the containment of items within the container. The first end wall (32) comprises two or more end closure flaps (28, 29) arranged such that they can be assembled into the first end wall after the items have been introduced into a partially formed container through the first end (32). The chute (35) may have a base (36) and a pair of side walls (12a, 14a), at least one of the side walls (12a, 14a) having a leading edge (39) which contacts a side wall (55) of the container to limit opening movement of the chute. The container (11) is preferably formed from a unitary blank (10, FIG. 1) and the container side walls may have inner panels (12, 13, 14, and 15) and outer panels (16, 17, 18, and 19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Cadbury Holdings Limited
    Inventors: William John Davis, Asit Mohda
  • Publication number: 20100084460
    Abstract: A box formed from a single cardboard piece, having a breakable knurling bounding a portion removable from the box and having a mirrored surface. The box can be used to contain plasters or pharmaceutical or cosmetic products applicable to the face of a user who is able to use said mirrored portion extracted from the box to clearly view that point of the face on which the plasters or products are to be applied by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: GI.BI.EFFE S.r.l.
    Inventor: Rubina LO DUCA
  • Patent number: 7611042
    Abstract: A blank for forming a carton of the end loading type for containing a plurality of beverage cans, the capacity of the carton can be increased to accommodate the insertion of ice-cubes into the carton for cooling the beverage cans contained therein, the blank for forming the carton, including a series of main panels including at least one top panel, one of the top panels having a tear strip and thereby being separable into two parts, the blank further including end extension panels, wherein upon constructing the blank into the set up carton, separating the top panel, by deploying the tear strip, allows each end extension panel and each of the separated parts of the top panel to be raised above the tops of the beverage cans to increase the capacity of the carton to accommodate the insertion of ice cubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Bates, Michael Scrimger, Jean-Michel Auclair
  • Patent number: 7540404
    Abstract: A packaging box (10) includes a pair of lids (2, 3), and the pair of lids (2, 3) have tongues (2b, 3b) extending from their heads and lid gluing portions (2c, 3c) arranged in specific areas on the outer surfaces of these tongues (2b, 3b). A body (1) of the packaging box (10) has a pair of body gluing portions (1f, 1g) individually glued to the lid gluing portions (2c, 3c) and at least one transverse split-open portion (5) for guiding a fracture in a side face of the packaging box (10). Both open-side ends (1e) have side-end split-open portions (6, 7) arranged so as to surround the body gluing portions (1f, 1g). Thus, even if the tongues provided at the heads of the lids are glued to side plates, the packaging box can be easily and accurately split and spread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ken Arai
  • Publication number: 20090072018
    Abstract: A box formed from a single piece of punched and crease-lined cardboard sheet, the box having an inviolable security seal which is broken when the closed box is opened for the first time. The closed box presents a high resistance to deformation when subjected to external stresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: GI.BI.EFFE S.r.I.
    Inventor: Carmelo LO DUCA
  • Publication number: 20080190791
    Abstract: A blank for producing a package of tobacco articles; the package of tobacco articles has a group of tobacco articles wrapped in a tubular inner sheet of packing material closed axially by two end folds, and an outer package, which is formed by folding the blank, surrounds the group of tobacco articles, is parallelepiped-shaped, and has a top wall contacting a first end fold of the inner sheet of packing material, a bottom wall contacting a second end fold of the inner sheet of packing material, and a number of lateral walls; and the blank has two transverse fold lines, and a number of longitudinal fold lines defining, between the two transverse fold lines, a first panel forming part of a first minor lateral wall, a second panel forming a first major lateral wall, a third panel forming a second minor lateral wall, a fourth panel forming a second major lateral wall, and a fifth panel forming the rest of the first minor lateral wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: G.D SOCIETA'PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Marco Ghini, Roberto Polloni, Stefano Negrini
  • Patent number: 7325720
    Abstract: A package formed from a cardboard blank having crease lines and wall panels, bottom flaps forming a bottom of the package and top flaps, namely short-side flaps and long-side flaps, folded and heat sealed together to form the top of the package. One of the long-side flaps has at its free end a seal tab, which is provided with a heat seal adhesive and is sealed against the opposite long-side flap. The seal tab has a smaller length than the width of the package for enabling it to be brought down into the top of the package for re-closing thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Forpacknings/AB Nord-Emballage
    Inventors: Ulf Jeppsson, Niilo Poyhonen
  • Publication number: 20040222281
    Abstract: A light-weight mailing product is provided, including first and second walls parallel to each other, each wall having first, second, third and fourth edges, and a third wall attached along the first edges of the first and second walls connecting the first wall to the second wall. The product also includes first and second wall flaps, the first wall flap attached along the second edge of the first wall and the second wall flap attached along the second edge of the second wall, the first wall flap substantially overlapping the second wall flap with the first and second wall flaps parallel to the third wall, and the first and second wall flaps attached together with an adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventor: Thomas Mangerson
  • Publication number: 20040195298
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reclosable, cuboidal folding box having a rear wall, a front wall, two or more side walls which connect the front and rear walls, a base closure, and a top closure, which is formed by three closure tabs and has an insertion flap. A double-layered hanging tab is articulated on the front wall or the rear wall via a severable tamperproof surface, which is fixed to the insertion flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: Beiersdorf AG
    Inventors: Gunther Schultz, Andreas Schabert
  • Patent number: 6631803
    Abstract: A beverage cooler box is provided which is intended to receive ice or other cooling means to keep containers packaged therein cool. The box is made of a material which is impervious to liquid which may be contained within the box during use. The box includes folding end panels which extend continuously between adjacent front and rear panels; therefore, there are no seams or breaks in the material around the lower portion of the box which might degrade the ability of the box to hold a liquid. Also disclosed is a method of assembling the cooler box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignees: Coors Brewing Company, Graphic Packaging Corporation
    Inventors: Terrance E. Rhodes, Brett Lee Schuetz, Michael Christopher Cruz, Patricia O. Shibata, Lee Buxton, Patrick B. Edson, Raymond Scott Kastanek, Gary Lawrence Gresge, Stephen Mark Kaczmarek
  • Publication number: 20030141357
    Abstract: An easy-open folding carton having a manufacturer's joint in which two panels are joined by an adhesive. One of the two panels includes a plurality of punch scores. The other panel is coated with a coating and includes a plurality of uncoated “knock-outs” that are aligned with the punch scores. The adhesive is disposed between the two panels in alignment with the knock-outs and punch scores. The panel that includes the punch scores is preferably coated, except for an uncoated stripe that extends through the approximate center of the punch scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Michael P. Ronan, Thomas C. Plett, Craig A. Hower, Bruce Valkier, Mark F. Mettler
  • Publication number: 20020070268
    Abstract: Recloseable, cuboidal folding box 1 having a front side wall 11, a rear side wall 12, a right-hand side wall 13, which connects the front side wall 11 and the rear side wall 12, and a left-hand side wall 14, having a base closure 20, which is formed, in particular, by four base closure flaps 21, 22, 23, 24, having a top closure 30, it being possible for two base closure flaps 21, 22 to be adhesively bonded to one another, having a tear-open tab 40, which is integrated in the rear side wall 12, is retained in the rear side wall 12 by means of a weakening or predetermined tearing line 41,
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventor: Gunther Schultz
  • Patent number: 6402018
    Abstract: Recloseable, cuboidal folding box 1 having a front side wall 11, a rear side wall 12, a right-hand side wall 13, which connects the front side wall 11 and the rear side wall 12, and a tab-forming section 14, having a base closure 20, which is formed by four base closure flaps 21, 22, 23, 24, having a top closure 30, which is formed by four closure flaps 31, 32, 33, 34, it being possible for two base closure flaps 21 22 and/or two closure flaps 31,32 to be adhesively bonded to one another, having a tear-open tab 40, which is integrated in the rear side wall 12, is retained in the rear side wall 12 by means of a weakening or predetermined tearing line 41 and is connected to a closure flap 32 of the top closure 30 via a folding line 302, and having at least one inner rear wall 15 which is attached to the tab-forming section 14 and on which if appropriate an intermediate wall 16 and, adjoining the intermediate wall 16, an inner front wall is [sic] articulated, it being the case that the tab-forming sect
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Beiersdorf AG
    Inventor: Günther Schultz
  • Patent number: 6390358
    Abstract: A paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein is convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation. The paperboard container comprises a tubular container member, a bottom member and a top member, with the top member being telescopically received within the container member to seal the top member to the container. The top member is pivotable about the hinge portion and is pivotable to the sealed orientation to substantially reseal the container member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Stone Container Corporation
    Inventors: Noel G. Stewart, L. David Fielder, Joseph J. Hart, Angela L. Rowland, Suzanne Theresa Barker
  • Patent number: 6349866
    Abstract: A paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein is convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation. The paperboard container comprises a tubular container member, a bottom member and a top member, with the top member being telescopically received within the container member to seal the top member to the container. The top member is pivotable about the hinge portion and is pivotable to the sealed orientation to substantially reseal the container member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Stone Container Corporation
    Inventors: Noel G. Stewart, L. David Fielder, Angela L. Rowland, Suzanne Theresa Barker
  • Patent number: 6279819
    Abstract: A recloseable, cuboidal folding box which has a tamperproof seal and a hanging means both of which are provided in the top region of the folding box, and which can be erected, filled and closed easily and quickly with the aid of machines, and which is prepared from a single-piece folding blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Beiersdorf AG
    Inventor: Günther Schultz
  • Publication number: 20010015374
    Abstract: Recloseable, cuboidal folding box 1 having a front side wall 11, a rear side wall 12, a right-hand side wall 13, which-connects the front side wall 11 and the rear side wall 12, and a tab-forming section 14, having a base closure 20, which is formed by four base closure flaps 21, 22, 23, 24, having a top closure 30, which is formed by four closure flaps 31, 32, 33, 34, it being possible for two base closure flaps 21, 22 and/or two closure flaps 31, 32 to be adhesively bonded to one another, having a tear-open tab 40, which is integrated in the rear side wall 12, is retained in the rear side wall 12 by means of a weakening or predetermined tearing line 41 and is connected to a closure flap 32 of the top closure 30 via a folding line 302, and having at least one inner rear wall 15 which is attached to the tab-forming section 14 and on which if appropriate an intermediate wall 16 and, adjoining the intermediate wall 16, an inner front wall is [sic] articulated, it being the case that the tab-forming se
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Inventor: Gunther Schultz
  • Patent number: 6209785
    Abstract: A box (200) for solid and semi-solid food products is formed from a blank and has a body portion, a base portion and a lid portion, the lid portion having a tear-away strip for opening the sealed box. Side panels (22) of the body portion have overlapping end flaps (34, 38) which lie across the top of the body portion and have crease lines (46) running substantially parallel to the fold line which separates the flaps from their respective panels. The creased regions are pushed inwards towards their respective panels and the non-creased region of each flap lies substantially perpendicular to the side panels to form a suspended surface. This surface may support a spoon (S) or other item and is covered by the overlapping end flaps (54, 56) on the front and rear panels of the body portion; thereby allowing the item to be sold with the food product as a single unit but without contacting the food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Allied Balfour Limited
    Inventor: Amit Ben-Haim
  • Patent number: 5975415
    Abstract: A reclosable carton having an integrated hang tab adapted for use on standard store pegboard or racking displays wherein the integrity of the hangtab is such that it will withstand the loading of weights comparable to or exceeding those withstood by pressure sensitive hangtabs. The hangtab is perforated along the bottom so that it can be torn off by the consumer after purchase. With the hangtab in use, the carton with which it is integrated provides continuous closure to the product inside via a top inside major flap which prevents dust and debris from entering the carton. A zipstrip is included and it provides a positive closure for the package which is tamper evident and secure. A reclose tab is integrated into the zipstrip. When the zipstrip is removed, the reclose tab is created. It can be tucked into a corresponding opening in the carton front wall panel for carton reclosure. Additionally, a secure locking ellipse is incorporated into the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Co.
    Inventor: Sally A. Zehnal
  • Patent number: 5971261
    Abstract: A carton which is intended especially for drugs, as well as a blank for forming the same. The carton comprises a sleeve portion consisting of at least three wall-forming panels (1,2,4,6) which are interconnected by folding lines (3,5,7) and by a closure tab (8), which is attached to a first wall-forming panel (1) along a folding line (9) and engages a second wall-forming panel (6), ends flaps (10,11;12,13;14,15) attached to the ends of the sleeve portion along folding lines (16,17,18,19,20,21) and closing the ends of the sleeve portion and the carton comprises an additional panel (25), which is connected to one of the wall-forming panels (1,2,4,6) along a folding line (26) and which overlies at least one of the wall-forming panels (1,2,4,6). The use of the carton for carrying at least one pharmaceutically active substance as described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Astra Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Tina Grunfeld, Magnus Ny
  • Patent number: 5441198
    Abstract: In order to be able to reclose a package for a product, the package includes a plurality of walls which in fully assembled relation include at least one package access wall and at least one package container wall. The package container wall is disposed at an angle to the package access wall, the latter of which has a tongue adapted to extend from inside to out through a slot in the package container wall so as to be in confronting relation to an outer surface thereof. With this arrangement, the tongue on the package access wall may be releasably secured to the outer surface of the package container wall in such manner as to releasably maintain the package access wall in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    Inventor: Thomas P. McQueeny
  • Patent number: 5335847
    Abstract: A flat top thermoplastic coated container and blank including side edge panels, a front edge panel adaptable to being folded back onto itself and having an arcuate-shaped perforated line formed thereon, and a cover panel. The perforated line breaks upon the cover panel being opened to form a horizontal, arcuate-shaped pouring edge. The side edge panels are wider adjacent the cover panel than adjacent the front edge panel to effectively control film delamination upon the cover panel being opened and prevent seepage or "wicking" at the side seam upper edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignee: Elopak Systems A.G.
    Inventor: Robert E. Lisiecki
  • Patent number: 5325989
    Abstract: A blank and method of folding for forming a box for granular material such as soap and the like including one piece of stock material having a first series of panels for forming outer walls of the box and a second series of connected panels for forming a liner within the box. The box includes top and bottom end flaps on each of the outer panels of substantial length for substantial overlapping of the end flaps to create a secure seal at both the top and the bottom ends of the box. The box also includes a tear strip opening and a resealable cap structure which is formed after the tear strip is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Eagle Paper Box Company
    Inventor: Kenneth D. Karalus
  • Patent number: 5213255
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a carton for containing and protecting a single, wedge-shaped piece of dessert-type pie is provided. The carton comprises generally parallel, triangular top and bottom panels each having a base edge and converging side edges. A trapezoidal rear wall is foldably coupled to the base edges and extends between the top and bottom panels. An inner side wall panel is foldably coupled to each of the converging edges of the bottom panel and extends generally straight upwardly therefrom. An outer side wall panel is foldably connected to each of the converging edges of the top panel and extends generally straight downward therefrom. The outer side panels are closely adjacent to, overlying and affixed along one edge to the inner side wall panels. Each outer side wall panel has an opening structure comprised of a generally central, deflectable, finger-receiving opening tab and a line of weakness generally collinear with the opening tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Waldorf Corporation
    Inventor: Raymond A. Cote
  • Patent number: 5161734
    Abstract: A sift-resistant, reclosable carton for granular or powdered materials. The carton is a six-sided enclosure including opposed top and bottom walls, opposing front and back walls, and opposing end walls. Each end wall is comprised of an inner layer having a top edge abutting the top wall and an outer layer. The outer layer has a horizontal tear strip thereacross. The front wall has an inner layer having a top edge abutting the top wall and an outer layer. The outer layer has a horizontal tear strip thereacross which is integral with the tear strips of the end walls, forming one continuous tear strip. A glue flap is integrally attached to the top edge of the inner layer of the front wall along substantially its full length. The glue flap has a distal attachment portion and a proximal locking portion. The two portions are joined along a full length line of weakness. The distal attachment portion is secured to the inner surface of the outer layer of the front wall above the tear strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble
    Inventors: Dennis J. Ruehl, Charles L. Gunn, James L. Stone
  • Patent number: 5156331
    Abstract: A reclosable box construction suitable for storing, transporting, and dispensing sheet materials, as well as an article and method for making the box construction. The box construction has an outer shell and an insert member. The outer shell member has a generally rectangular central panel of flexible sheet material, a pair of side panels folder into a plane above the central panel, a first and second wing panels positioned over a portion of each of said side panels at opposite longitudinal ends of the central panel, the second wing panel having a removable pull tab element. The insert member comprises top and bottom rectangular panels joined at a fold line and having a tearable perforation line along its entire width. The insert member is positioned within the outer shell such that the side panels are between the top and bottom rectangular panels. The bottom insert panel is positioned between said central panel and the side panels and the top insert panel is between the side panels and the two wing panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Hoechst Celanese Corporation
    Inventor: Donald A. Pirre
  • Patent number: 5106013
    Abstract: A shipping container for a book is provided formed from a single blank of foldable sheet material. The container includes top and bottom major panels, opposed side minor panels, end wall assemblies foldably connected to opposite ends of one major panel, and closure panels foldably connected to opposite ends of the other major panel. First tuck flaps are foldably connected to opposite ends of one side panel. Each closure panel has a foldable second tuck flap extending laterally from one side thereof. Each assembly includes a narrow first panel foldably connected to the one major panel, a second panel foldably connected to the first panel, and a narrow third panel foldably connected to the second panel. The first, second and third panels are arranged in side by side relation. The first panel is folded under the one major panel, and the second panel spans the distance therebetween, and engages an adjacent end surface of the book. The third panel engages the concealed surface of the other major panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventors: James D. Southwell, Herbert A. Patterson