Including A Segment Of Box Material Bonded To A Sidewall And Severably Attached To A Flange Or Tab Prior To Tearing Patents (Class 229/226)
  • Patent number: 7669755
    Abstract: A blank capable of being formed into a carton to define a volume for receiving articles is provided. The carton includes a lid formed hingedly connected at a fold at one end and including a line of weakening to facilitate separation of the lid from the main body of the carton. The volume can accommodate introduction of ice or other substance with and/or between the articles and the lid can be hinged between open and closed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Leslie Smalley
  • Patent number: 6484928
    Abstract: The invention relates to a side fill carton used for example for granular materials comprising an extra panel (15) between the top (11) and the bottom (13) panels and thus forming a second compartment (8) in which a three dimensional object (7), such as a tool kit for example, can be placed while being isolated from the main compartment (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Paulus Antonius Augustinus Hoefte
  • Patent number: 6394340
    Abstract: An easy-opening, liquid-tight package has an interior space for storage. The package includes a front wall, a rear wall opposing the front wall, a pair of opposing side walls, a bottom wall and a top wall opposing the bottom wall. A seal wall is contiguous with the top wall and extends from a juncture of the top wall and the seal wall. The seal wall has an edge that is opposite the juncture. The seal wall is sealed to the front wall at an exterior surface of the front wall. At least one line of weakness is formed in the top wall, extending from the seal wall at the edge into the top wall. The line of weakness defines a cover portion of the top wall. The cover portion is formed from a portion of the seal wall and a portion of the top wall. When the top wall and seal wall are separated along the line of weakness, the cover portion is separable from the package to define an open area for accessing the interior storage space of the package. A blank for the package is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance, SA
    Inventors: David Anchor, Sheila Moss, Matt Aho, Craig Boyd, Chris Moss
  • Patent number: 5947368
    Abstract: A folding carton is described having locking means constructed entirely from paperboard stock to provide unique reclosure and reseal characteristics for a top opening lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Fold-Pak Corporation
    Inventors: Glen A. Thresher, Karl F. DeMay
  • Patent number: 5875963
    Abstract: A flip-top reclosable carton is comprised of an outer carton and an internal collar. The outer carton includes opposing top and bottom walls, opposing front and back walls, and opposing first and second side walls. The first and second side walls and the front wall include a continuous horizontal tear means for opening up the carton from a sealed form to form a lid hingedly connected to a base. The top wall includes first and second top minor flaps hingedly connected to upper ends of the respective first and second side walls. The internal collar is integrally formed with the first and second top minor flaps. The collar is disposed within the carton and includes a front panel and opposing first and second side panels adjacent to the respective front wall and the opposing first and second side walls of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Tenneco Packaging
    Inventors: James L. Stone, Thomas J. Brink
  • Patent number: 5743462
    Abstract: A nested blank arrangement comprises first and second unitary, continuous blanks each for forming a side-filled, flip-top reclosable carton having opposing top and bottom walls, opposing front and back walls, and opposing first and second side walls. Each blank includes at least five panels hingedly connected to each other along generally horizontal fold lines. Each panel includes opposing first and second vertical edges. In order of connection, the panels include an inner front panel, a bottom panel, a back panel, a top panel, and an outer front panel. First and second side closure flaps are hingedly connected to each of the panels along the respective first and second vertical edges. The first and second side closure flaps cooperate to form the opposing first and second side walls of the carton. The first and second blanks are vertically oriented in opposite directions and are horizontally adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Tenneco Packaging
    Inventor: James L. Stone
  • Patent number: 5505374
    Abstract: A side-filled, flip-top reclosable carton comprises opposing top and bottom walls and opposing front and back walls where the front wall includes inner and outer panels. First and second top minor flaps extend from opposing ends of the top wall. First and second bottom minor flaps extend from opposing ends of the bottom wall. First and second back major flaps extend from opposing ends of the back wall. First and second wing flaps extend from opposing ends of the front inner panel. First and second front major flaps extend from opposing ends of the front outer panel. The first and second front major flaps and the front outer panel including a continuous horizontal tear strip for opening up the carton from a sealed form to form a lid hingedly attached to a base section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventor: James L. Stone
  • Patent number: 5297727
    Abstract: The present carton has a tear strip that is fully removed from the carton when the carton is opened. This is the case since the tear strip and associated adhesive is only across the front panel and the two pendant side flaps. It is not across the rear panel to which the lid remains hingedly attached after opening. In addition the side flaps attached to the front and rear panels are of a size of essentially that of the side of the carton which provides the carton with additional stacking strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Inventor: Murray J. Brioux
  • Patent number: 5205478
    Abstract: A disposable enclosed container is provided which is loaded with product from an end and accessed through a hooded top for dispensing of product. An end construction comprising a leading minor flap panel, a trailing minor flap panel, an inner major flap panel, an intermediate minor flap panel, and an outer major flap panel allows a blank to be assembled into a sleeve for loading of product and to be subsequently assembled into a container which may be opened into a tray and hooded top for dispensing of product. An apparatus for erecting and loading the sleeve, and then assembling the ends of the sleeve to form the container is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Rock-Tenn Company
    Inventors: Henry Wiscusen, III, Jerry A. Garmon
  • Patent number: 5092516
    Abstract: A carton formed from a carton blank comprising a unitary sheet of material hvaing cut out portions, cut lines, fold lines and perforated lines to form various sections which are folded together to form a carton having a hinged lid which may be moved between closed and opened positions to remove materials from the carton and which lid is retained in the closed position by a frictional fit between portions of the lid and a front panel portion of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging Corporation
    Inventor: Raymond S. Kastanek