Abstract: A reusable and collapsible container having a collapsed configuration for storage and shipment and an assembled configuration for containing a product. The container is formed from a polymeric sheet and has substantially flat panels, hinges connecting adjacent panels, and releasable fasteners on at least some of the panels for holding the panels in an assembled configuration. The sheet has opposing walls separated by longitudinally extending webs. A portion of the hinges cross the longitudinally extending webs and are formed by hot compression of at least one wall of the sheet. Another portion of the hinges are longitudinally extending and are formed by cold compression of at least one wall of the sheet.

Abstract: A carton including a bevel panel and adjacent areas comprised of multi-ply construction. The bevel panel of each ply is defined in part by spaced score lines. The score lines of each ply are spaced apart a distance greater than the spacing of the score lines of the next outer ply. This results in the plies of the bevel panel being slightly spaced from each other. An example of such bevel panels is in the type of container formed by wrapping a slotted flexible sheet about rigid end panels having corner areas which extend through the slots.

Abstract: A gable top carton and its corresponding carton blank are disclosed. The carton includes curved side creases that are defined by curved score lines that divide one or more side panels from a top gabled structure and/or a bottom structure.

Abstract: This invention relates to improvements in the top-to-bottom compressive strength of corrugated fiber containers through the use of a minimum amount of extra fiber. Such structures of this type, generally, employ strip and patch laminations which provide minimal additional fiber and maximal reinforcement in the areas of the corrugated container panels that are under the highest compressive stresses when the containers are subjected to compressive loads.

Abstract: A paper box for packing detergent which is provided at its inner surface with a strip-shaped inlet so that the inlet closes a tear tape portion to be cut off when the box is opened and which is designed to reduce manufacturing cost, improve productivity and maintain watertightness. The paper box has four vertical wall members, top members extended from upper ends of the vertical wall members, bottom members extended from lower ends of the vertical wall members, a tear tape portion integrally formed at upper portions of three vertical wall members selected from the four vertical wall members, and a strip-shaped inlet attached to inner surfaces of the three vertical wall members such that the tear tape portion is covered with the inlet so as to ensure watertightness against the tear tape portion.

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 clamshell type container formed of a unitary blank of paperboard. The rear wall of the container includes a hinge line to permit opening and closing of the top cover. Buckling sometimes occurs at this hinge line upon cover opening. According to this invention four curved cut lines are provided in the common rear wall having the hinge line. The ends of these cut lines are pairwise contiguous and are spaced only slightly apart. The four pairs of contiguous cut line ends form the corners of an imaginary rectangle. Two opposite corners of the rectangle lie on the hinge line, while the remaining two opposite corners lie laterally of the hinge line on respective opposite sides thereof.

Abstract: A carton for housing nails and like sharp objects is provided which includes a top side defined by opposing pairs of closure flaps and including associated minor flaps which extend outwardly and cooperate with adjacent outwardly extending closure flaps when the carton is in its open position so as to effectively extend the depth of the carton by a predetermined amount. The minor flaps are integrally defined with lines of weakness whereby the flaps can be folded inwardly with respect to the associated closure flaps when the carton is in its closed position so that the top side is defined as a smooth surface by the mutual engagement of adjacent closure flaps without being obstructed by the minor flaps.

Abstract: The packaging box is made from a one-piece blank and comprises a receptacle portion and a lid portion bounded by perforation lines made in the receptacle portion. A closure flap is fixed to the lid portion. The box is opened for the first time by acting upon this flap to separate the perforated lid portion from the rest of the receptacle portion. When the box is reclosed, the lid portion is kept shut by inserting the closure flap into the box. The packaging box is fluid-tight after manufacture so that no additional wrapping sheet is needed. The blank may be made of thin cardboard and may be provided with a self-sealing coating.

Abstract: The present invention is a reclosable carton in the form of a rectangular box, having opposed parallel substantially single layer front and rear walls, opposed parallel substantially single layer side walls and a closed bottom end forming a carton body. The carton includes a top end flip-top reclosable hood. The hood includes a hood skirt and is formed by an outside main hood panel foldably connected to the carton body, an inside hood panel foldably and severably connected to the front carton wall and including a transverse fold line defining a front hood skirt panel, and two minor hood forming flaps foldably and severably connected to the carton side walls and foldably connected to the inside hood panel. The transverse fold line extends collinearly across the side panels and the carton is provided with an opening tear strip extending completely across the hood forming panels and flaps and parallel to the transverse fold line.

Abstract: An improved carton for superconcentrated detergent products. The carton includes front, rear and side panels and a cover. In one embodiment, the carton includes a liner which may be separate from the carton or integrated with the carton. The carton walls of the liner may include barrier materials. A hinge formed from perforated lines and score lines may be provided for the cover on the rear panel.

Abstract: The present invention is a recloseable hooded carton, particularly useful for containing granular material such as soap powder or the like. The carton is generally rectangular, having front and rear walls, opposed side walls, a closed bottom structure, and a top opening structure including a recloseable hood. An integral handle is provided for carrying the carton before and after opening the hood. A blank for forming the present invention is encompassed.

Abstract: At least one sidewall panel of a pizza box blank is provided with at least one removable punch-out section. For disposing of the assembled (inter-folded) pizza box, the punch-out section is removed, and the assembled box is folded in half to diminish a major dimension thereof. Additionally, a series of weakening lines are provided which allow the punched out sidewall panel to deform inwardly, into the assembled box, for further facilitating easy folding for disposal in a trash receptacle.

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 container especially suitable for bulk materials and including a cardboard tubular sleeve having its lower edge portion positioned in upwardly opening groove means on a plastic pallet. The tubular sleeve is a sleeve assembly comprising inner and outer tubular sleeves respectively formed of first and second corrugated cardboard structures with the inner sleeve positioned telescopically within the outer sleeve and with the outer annular surface of the inner sleeve secured to the inner annular surface of the outer sleeve to form a composite sleeve assembly having a thickness approximating the width of the groove means on the pallet. An auxiliary cardboard sheet is secured to the outboard surface of the outer tubular sleeve and an auxiliary cardboard sheet is secured to the inboard surface of the inner cardboard sleeve.

Abstract: A foldable box having, in addition to primary folding lines and flat segments, a number of latent destructive lines in a direction perpendicular to the length of the unfolded box. The latent destructive lines do not interfere with the formation and the normal function of the box. However, they serve to facilitate an irreversible destruction of the box, when the box is forced to be folded into a log-like structure.

Abstract: A packaging container is manufactured through fold forming, vacuum forming, injection molding or other processing to shape a plastically deformable, flexible material, comprising a tubular container body with two longitudinal edges which delimit between them a mainly flat container wall. In order to prevent deformation and/or cracking of the packaging container with normal handling of the side walls, the packaging container is provided with reinforcing elements formed through plastic deformation of the wall material in the region of the longitudinal edges. The reinforcing elements strengthen and stiffen the container and enable it to be conveniently gripped with the hand without the risk of the edges and/or the adjacent side walls being cracked or deformed.

Abstract: A tote container which is cut to form a blank from a single sheet of double-faced corrugated plastic material, the blank being scored to define individual panels, and those panels folded to an upright position to define a receptacle region. The corrugations of the plastic material define a grain, and the blank for the tote container is oriented upon the sheet of corrugated plastic material such that the lines of grain cross the scored fold lines separating the panels at an acute angle thereto, thereby permitting individual lines of grain to extend under the receptacle region of the tote container and traverse the tote container both laterally and longitudinally. This prevents the planar plies of the double-faced corrugated plastic sheet material from being perforated, and the convoluted intermediate ply from being crushed along the length thereof, when the blank is scored.