Including A Line Of Weakness In A Closure Flap Patents (Class 229/244)
  • Patent number: 5197662
    Abstract: A carbon formed from a unitary blank of paperboard and being of rectangular parallelepiped shape. The carton is particularly adapted to contain a food product, such as a frozen juice concentrate or a frozen mass of other food product. The invention relates to a top closure construction which enables the consumer to remove the top closure so that the carton contents, particularly if in the form at a frozen brick, can easily be removed. Further, after such removal, the remainder of the carton can function as a measuring container for pouring any liquids therein which are to be added to the food product. These functions are achieved by the provision frangible lines, such as perforated tear lines, straight across the carton sidewalls, contiguous to the top of the carton sidewalls. The carton top closure is provided with a pull tab or a fin having a free end which can be manually grasped by the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: International Paper Company
    Inventors: Paul D. Roosa, Robert L. Gordon
  • Patent number: 5100004
    Abstract: A paperboard carton blank including a first panel having side walls connected thereto by scored fold lines formed between a respective one of the side walls and a respective edge of the first panel is disclosed. A second panel is provided having a side wall connected thereto by a scored fold line formed between the side wall and an edge of the second panel. A seal flap is provided and extends a predetermined distance from a predetermined edge of one of the side walls of the first panel, the predetermined edge of the side wall being that edge which extends adjacent to a predetermined edge of the second panel of a carton formed from the blank. The blank also includes opposing end panels connected to each of the side walls and the first and second panels with each of the end walls having a die cut edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: James River Corporation of Virginia
    Inventor: Morris W. Kuchenbecker