US3146936A

US3146936A - Carton and blank therefor

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Publication number: US3146936A
Application number: US207635A
Authority: US
Inventors: Armand E Hodapp
Original assignee: FERGUSON LANDER BOX CO
Current assignee: FERGUSON LANDER BOX CO
Priority date: 1962-07-05
Filing date: 1962-07-05
Publication date: 1964-09-01
Anticipated expiration: 1981-09-01

Description

Sept. 1, 1964 A. E. HoDAPP 3,146,936

CARTON AND BLANK THEREFOR Filed July 5, 1962 INVENTOR.

B s @Myij' United States Patent 3,146,936 CARTQN AND BLANK THEREFOR Armand E. Hodapp, Naperville, Ill., assignor to Ferguson- Lander Box Co., a corporation of Illinois Filed July 5, 1962, Ser. No. 207,635 2 Claims. (Cl. 229-51) This invention relates to a food carton and, more particularly, a carton of paperboard or the like allowing easier removal of ice cream type products and a blank therefor.

As presently known, paperboard cartons for ice cream type products either are openable at an end or may be opened by movement of a top cover panel. In the latter instance, the top cover panel is pivotally connected to the back Wall of the carton so that the entire top panel opens. This renders it diiiicult to rmly grip the carton while a product is being removed therefrom, as by dipping, and the carton tends to twist when partly empty.

An object of this invention is to provide a new and improved carton providing easier removal of a product therefrom.

Another object of the invention is to provide a carton as defined in the preceding paragraph in which the structure providing easier removal of the product from the carton also provides added rigidity for the carton to eliminate side-to-side twisting of the carton during removal of a product.

A further object of the invention is to provide a carton blank which can be set up to form the carton having the improved results set forth above and in which adjacent carton blanks can be nested together to reduce to a minimum the amount of carton material used for a blank.

Further objects and advantages will become apparent from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective elevational view of a closed v carton looking toward a front corner thereof;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view looking toward a rear corner of the carton with the carton open and a persons hand shown holding the carton;

FIG. 3 is a plan View of a carton blank on an enlarged scale and with a fragmentary part of an adjacent carton blank shown adjacent thereto;

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary perspective elevational view 0f a carton with an alternate form of sealing; and

FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 4 showing still another form of sealing of a carton.

While this invention is susceptible of embodiment in many different forms, there is shown in the drawings and will herein be described in detail an embodiment of the invention, together with modifications thereof, with the understanding that the present disclosure is to be considered as an exemplication of the principles of the invention and is not intended to limit the invention to the embodiments illustrated. The scope of the invention will be pointed out in the appended claims.

The carton of this invention is indicated generally at 10 in FIGS. 1 and 2 and is formed from a carton blank of suitable material such as paperboard which is indicated generally at 11 in FIG. 3. An adjacent carton blank is indicated generally at 12 in FIG. 3.

This invention relates primarily to the top panel construction and, as shown in FIGS. l and 2, the top is composed of two panels or

sections

13 and 14. As more fully described hereinafer, the top panel 13 is secured to the remainder of the carton to form an integral part thereof while the top panel 14 may be opened as shown in FIG. 2 to permit access to the contents of the carton. The top panel 13, which is secured to the remainder of the carton, aids in grasping the carton by a hand of a user, as shown in FIG. 2, and imparts additional rigidityv to the carton.

Reference is now made to the carton blank 11 shown in FIG. 3. The carton blank has a bottom panel 15 to which afront wall panel 16 and a rear Wall panel 17 are scoringly connected by

score lines

18 and 19, respectively. The top panel 13 is scoringly connected to the rear panel 17 by a score line 20. The

top panels

13 and 14 are pivotally connected together along a score line 21. The bottom panel 15 has at its opposite ends a pair of

end closing llaps

25 and 26 connected to the panel by

score lines

27 and 28, respectively. The front panel 16 has a pair of flaps at its opposite ends with the flap 29 being secured thereto by a score line 30 and a ap 31 being secured thereto by a score line 32.

The rear wall panel has a pair of

aps

32 and 33 secured thereto by

score lines

34 and 35, respectively. In setting up the carton, the front panel 16 and the rear panel 17 are folded into parallel relation and normal to the bottom panel 15. The

top panels

13 and 14 are folded to a position to overlie the bottom panel 15 and the carton is then held in assembled relation by carton sealing means. This carton sealing means as shown in the embodiment of FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 includes a panel 4) scoringly connected by a score line 41 to the top panel 14 and a glue strip 42 which is glued to the front panel 16 as shown in FIG. l and secured to the panel 40 by a tear strip 43. Upon tearing oif of the tear strip 43, the top panel 14 and its connected panel 40 are free to move to an open position, as shown in FIG. 2.

The ends of the carton are formed by rst folding in the

flaps

25 and 26 that are connected to the bottom panel 15 and then folding the

end Wall aps

29 and 32 into overlapped relation at one end and the

end wall flaps

31 and 33 into overlapped relation at the opposite end. The

front wall aps

29 and 31 are disposed inside the

rear wall aps

32 and 33 and the flaps at each end are glued together to complete the closure of the carton.

The top panel 13 has a pair of

tags

45 and 46 at opposite ends thereof scoringly connected to the panel by

score lines

47 and 48, respectively. The top panel 14 has a pair of

tabs

49 and 50 at opposite ends connected to the panel by

score lines

51 and 52, respectively. The pair of tabs at one end of the top panels are severably connected along a line 53 between the

tabs

45 and 49 and a line 54 between

tabs

46 and 50. The

tabs

45, 46, 49 and 50 are folded down over the ends of the carton and the

tabs

45 and 46 are glued to the end walls of the carton. The

tabs

49 and 50 are glued to a pair of

tabs

60 and 61 respectively which are folded along

respective score lines

62 and 63 to underlie the

tabs

49 and 50 and form part of the openable top. Portions of the tear strip 43 and

end tabs

65 and 66 for the glue panel or strip 42 also extend around thet ends of the carton with the latter also being glued to the carton.

With the described construction, a completely sealed carton is formed and the top panel 13 not only imparts added strength to the carton to prevent side-to-side twisting, but also facilitates grasping of the carton. When the carton is to be opened, the tear strip 43 is torn off which frees the top panel 14 for opening movement and when the carton is to be closed the top along with the parts secured thereto may be folded back to the position shown in FIG. l.

In the embodiment of FIG. 4, the carton is indicated at 10A and is similar to the carton of the embodiment shown in FIGS. l to 3 except that a straight glue strip 70 is attached to a panel 71 corresponding to the panel 40 of FIG. 1.

In the embodiment of FIG. 5, a carton indicated generally at 10B has a glue strip 72 which is spot glued in secured position and is connected to a panel 73 corresponding to the panel 40 of the construction shown in FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, the blank is designed to allow a nesting of adjacent blanks. The adjacent blank indicated generally at 12 corresponding to the blank 11 is shown in nested relation and the only lost material are

strips

81 and 82.

It Will be readily apparent that the dispensing area can be increased or decreased as desired by the location f the score line 21 between the

top panels

13 and 14.

I claim:

1. In combination with a carton formed from an integral blank having bottom, front and rear panels each having end tabs securable together to form the end walls of an erected carton, said carton having a top panel se- Cured to the rear panel, there being a scoreline between the top panel and the rear panel to provide a hinge for the top panel, the improvement which comprises a pair of aps integrally connected to the top panel at the ends thereof, said aps being securable to the end walls to hold the top panel in closed position, each of said ilaps being provided with a line of weakness extending diagonally from the free edge of the flap to said scoreliue with the flaps being severable along said line of weakness as the top panel is pivoted about said hinge.

2. In combination with a carton formed from an integral blank having bottom, front and rear panels each having end tabs securable together to form the end walls of an erected carton, said carton having a top panel secured to the rear panel, there being a scoreline intermediate the front and rear edges of the top panel to provide a hinge for the front portion of said top panel, the improvement which comprises a pair of aps integrally connected to the top panel at the ends thereof, said flaps being securable to the end walls to hold the top panel in closed position, each of said flaps being provided with a line of weakness extending diagonally from the free edge of the ap to said scoreline with the tlaps being severable along said line of weakness as the front portion of the top panel is pivoted about said hinge.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,218,509 Goodyear Oct. 22, 1940 2,314,849 Sullivan et al. Mar. 23, 1943 2,331,651 Broeren Oct. 12, 1943 2,955,000 Vohden Oct. 4, 1960 2,968,431 Pellaton Jan. 17, 1961 3,000,548 Frazier Sept. 19, 1961 3,019,959 Skowronski Feb. 6, 1962

Claims

1. IN COMBINATION WITH A CARTON FORMED FROM AN INTEGRAL BLANK HAVING BOTTOM, FRONT AND REAR PANELS EACH HAVING END TABS SECURABLE TOGETHER TO FORM THE END WALLS OF AN ERECTED CARTON, SAID CARTON HAVING A TOP PANEL SECURED TO THE REAR PANEL, THERE BEING A SCORELINE BETWEEN THE TOP PANEL AND THE REAR PANEL TO PROVIDE A HINGE FOR THE TOP PANEL, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES A PAIR OF FLAPS INTEGRALLY CONNECTED TO THE TOP PANEL AT THE ENDS THEREOF, SAID FLAPS BEING SECURABLE TO THE END WALLS TO HOLD THE TOP PANEL IN CLOSED POSITION, EACH OF SAID FLAPS BEING PROVIDED WITH A LINE OF WEAKNESS EXTENDING DIAGONALLY FROM THE FREE EDGE OF THE FLAP TO SAID SCORELINE WITH THE FLAPS BEING SEVERABLE ALONG SAID LINE OF WEAKNESS AS THE TOP PANEL IS PIVOTED ABOUT SAID HINGE.