Only One Of The Flanges Or Tabs Is Detachably Secured To A Sidewall Prior To Tearing Patents (Class 229/228)
  • Patent number: 11352163
    Abstract: The folding carton having a tamper evident feature that includes a flap with at least one partial cut and a full cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Steven Haidacher, Dustin R. Schenck, Edward A. Bani, Megan Gallagher, Greg Iannelli
  • Patent number: 11225354
    Abstract: A blank for forming a tamper evident container includes a plurality of panels connected together at fold lines configured for extending at least partially around an interior space, including a first side panel, a top panel, a second side panel and a bottom panel. A bottom flap is foldably connected to an edge of the bottom panel on the first end of the blank. A top flap is foldably connected to an edge of the top panel on the first end of the blank. The top flap includes a major flap and a minor flap. The major flap connects between the top panel and the minor flap. The major flap includes a tamper evident access feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: WESTROCK MWV, LLC
    Inventor: Rodney D. Dixon
  • Patent number: 9346234
    Abstract: In one aspect, the disclosure is generally directed to a carton for holding at least one product. The carton includes a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around the interior of the carton. The plurality of panels includes a front panel, a top panel, and a lid panel foldably connected to the top panel. The carton includes a lid pivotably attached to the carton. The lid includes the lid panel and the top panel and is moveable between a closed position wherein the lid panels is positioned in face-to-face contact with the front panel and an open position allowing access to the interior of the carton. The carton includes locking features for releasably attaching the reclosable lid in the closed position. The locking features include at least one male locking portion in the front panel and at least one female locking portion in the lid panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald E. Hajek, Bradley J. Burke
  • Patent number: 8746543
    Abstract: A container assembly having an inner container and an outer cover fixedly attached to one another. The inner container has multiple sidewalls for forming the inner container sidewalls and has a bottom forming flap attached thereto. The outer cover has multiple cover sidewalls that fit over the inner container sidewalls to enclose the inner container. At least one attachment member attached to and extending from the outer cover is attached to the bottom forming flap, thereby fixedly attaching the inner container to the outer container. The attachment member can be separated from the container outer cover to allow removal of the outer cover from the inner container without marring the finish of the outside face of the sidewalls of the inner container. A knockdown assembly that is erectable to form the container assembly is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Innovative Packaging Designs L.P.
    Inventors: Carl Jeffrey Jolley, Andrew Sypawka
  • Patent number: 8011567
    Abstract: Cartons have dispenser sections that when opened, allow easy access to containers or other articles stored within the carton. The cartons can be configured to allow placement on a door shelf or other shelf within a refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick James DeBusk, Raymond Rudolph Spivey, Sr., Robert L. Sutherland
  • Patent number: 7434722
    Abstract: Packaging is disclosed for electrical installation equipment, in particular, made from a folded cardboard box, with two parallel first cardboard portions which form a front and a rear wall of the packaging and with two second cardboard faces extending perpendicular thereto, of which the cardboard face forms the bottom wall and the cardboard face forms the upper wall, with first flaps formed on the longitudinal edges of the front and rear wall and the bottom wall, which are attached to the longitudinal edges and able to be bent towards one another, so that they are in a single plane, with cover flaps attached to the edges of the upper wall extending in line with the longitudinal edges and which cover the first flaps and are bonded thereto, and with a third flap arranged on the upper wall which terminates on the edge of the upper wall opposing the front wall and is bonded from inside against the inner face of the front wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: ABB Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Werner Martin
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20020036230
    Abstract: The cardboard container is characterized in that it has folding panels (501 and 502) on substantially the same surface as the sidewalls (109 and 110), which are adapted to be disposed facing said sidewalls (109 and 110) parallel to them, and which are secured on the one hand to the closure panel (140) by one of their edges and on the other hand either to an adjacent wall (107-109-110) of the base (106), or to a securement flap (142) secured to the closure panel (140), or to both of these elements, by means of a bellows (503) formed from at least two tongues (504-505-506, 515-516) secured to each other by a bend line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: JACQUES PAUL CHEVALIER, PATRICK ANDRE MARTIAL CHEVALIER, PIERRE ANDRE MARC CHEVALIER
  • 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: 5402931
    Abstract: A carton package comprising a plurality of blanks of carton material cut and scored so as to provide one or more tray compartments and a separate lid part. The lid part includes a lid panel having a pair of opposed end edges defined by a pair of opposed parallel free marginal edge portions extending along the top of a pair of opposed ends of the package and a pair of opposed side edges defined by a pair of opposed parallel lid flap panel fold lines integral with a pair of lid flap panels folded downwardly along the lid flap panel fold lines in generally perpendicular relation to the lid panel so as to define substantially the entirety of a pair of opposed sides of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: Gulf States Paper Corporation
    Inventors: Richard F. Gulliver, James R. Green
  • Patent number: 5383596
    Abstract: A carton package comprising a plurality of side-by-side tray compartments suitable to contain consumable contents therein and a lid part enclosing the tray compartments. Each tray compartment includes a bottom wall panel, side wall panels, and leak-tight integral corner connections between adjacent side wall panels. The lid part includes a planar rectangular lid panel defining package top and a pair of lid flap panels integral with the lid panel and folded perpendicular thereto to define substantially the entirety of a pair of opposed package sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Assignee: Gulf States Paper Corporation
    Inventors: Richard F. Gulliver, James R. Green
  • Patent number: 5267686
    Abstract: A food package comprising a plurality of separate portions of food and a carton assembly. The carton assembly comprises a plurality of separate open top trays corresponding in number to the number of separate portions of food and a lid structure. The separate relation of the open top trays enabling each of the separate portions of food to be separately disposed within a corresponding separate open top tray. The open top trays are erected from blanks and each includes a bottom surrounded by sides with liquid tight corner constructions and at least one outwardly extending flange. The lid structure includes a top wall panel and two top flaps. The trays, in side by side relation, are covered by the lid structure in an assembled relation and secured therein by adhesive so as to form a food package suitable for convenient transportation and handling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1993
    Assignee: Gulf States Paper Corporation
    Inventors: Richard E. Gulliver, James R. Green
  • Patent number: 5265796
    Abstract: A plural compartment carton tray is constructed from a blank. The inner compartments are integrally interconnected and arranged in side-by-side relation to provide the carton blank with an exterior periphery having spaced exterior corners. At least two of the exterior corners having a gusset wall panel integral with adjacent side wall panels along two end fold lines extending in angularly related relation with respect to one another. The side wall panels are folded along the side fold lines in the same direction into an erected position while each of the gusset wall panels is folded along the associated angularly related end fold lines in opposite directions with respect to the associated pair of adjacent side wall panels so as to bring each gusset wall panel into surface-to-surface abutting relation with an end portion of one of the associated pair of adjacent side wall panels defined by one of the associated two end fold lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Gulf States Paper Corporation
    Inventors: Richard F. Gulliver, James R. Green