Carton with recloseable lid

• US 20070119914A1
• Filed: 11/21/2006
• Published: 05/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Graphic Packaging International Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Graphic Packaging International Incorporated
• Inventors: Requena, Emili, Mestre, Ignacio, Sanchez, Enric
• Granted Patent: US 7,699,214 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 229/117.340
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/549 and defining after rupture a lid hinged about a line located in the top surface of the container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/606 Bags or bag-like tubes loosely glued to the wall of a "tubular" container

Abstract

A carton includes a pivoting recloseable lid that is easy to open and recluse. The recloseable lid includes a breachable closure aperture section that can be adapted to receive a portion of a bag or other flexible container accommodated within the carton. When the lid is opened, the contents of the flexible container can be dispensed.

Claims

1. A carton, comprising:

at least one front panel;

at least one back panel;

at least one first side panel;

at least one second side panel;

a top panel; and

a closure flap, wherein

a recloseable lid is defined in the top panel and in the closure flap, the recloseable lid including a lid panel with a closure aperture section formed therein.

2. The carton of claim 1, wherein the closure aperture section is breachable to form an aperture for receiving a portion of a flexible container.

3. The carton of claim 2, wherein the closure aperture section comprises a plurality of radially extending lines of disruption.

4. The carton of claim 2, wherein the closure aperture section comprises a removable center section.

5. The carton of claim 1, wherein the recloseable lid further comprises a lid closure flap defined in the closure flap.

6. The carton of claim 5, wherein the lid closure flap is defined in the closure flap in part by at least one tear line extending across the front panel.

7. The carton of claim 6, wherein the closure flap is adhered to the at least one front panel at at least one location, and the lid closure flap is not secured to the at least one front panel.

8. The carton of claim 6, wherein the lid panel is defined in the top panel by two lines of disruption extending from a front of the top panel toward a rear of the top panel.

9. The carton of claim 1, wherein the carton is wider at the top panel than at the bottom panel.

10. The carton of claim 9, wherein:

the at least one first side panel comprises a first plurality of adhesively secured flaps; and

the at least one second side panel comprises a second plurality of adhesively secured flaps.

11. The carton of claim 9, wherein the at least one front panel comprises a bottom front panel and a top front panel.

12. The carton of claim 11, wherein the bottom front panel and the top front panel each have the shape of a trapezium.

13. The carton of claim 1, wherein the carton has the shape of a four-sided truncated pyramid.

14. The carton of claim 1, further comprising a flexible container disposed within the carton.

15. A carton blank, comprising:

at least one front panel;

at least one back panel;

a plurality of first flaps extending along a first marginal area of the blank;

at plurality of second flaps along a second marginal area of the blank;

a top panel; and

a closure flap foldably connected to the top panel, wherein

a recloseable lid is defined in the top panel and in the closure flap, the recloseable lid including a lid panel with a closure aperture section formed therein.

16. The carton blank of claim 15, wherein the closure aperture section is breachable to form an aperture for receiving a portion of a flexible container.

17. The carton blank of claim 16, wherein the closure aperture section comprises a plurality of radially extending lines of disruption.

18. The carton blank of claim 16, wherein the closure aperture section comprises a removable center section.

19. The carton blank of claim 15, wherein the recloseable lid further comprises a lid closure flap defined in the closure flap.

20. The carton blank of claim 19, wherein the lid closure flap is defined in the closure flap in part by at least one tear line extending across the closure flap.

21. The carton blank of claim 19, wherein the lid panel is defined in the top panel by two lines of disruption extending at least substantially longitudinally through the blank.

22. The carton blank of claim 15, wherein the at least one front panel comprises a bottom front panel and a top front panel.

23. The carton blank of claim 22, wherein the bottom front panel and the top front panel each have the shape of a trapezium.

24. A method of operating a carton, comprising:

providing a carton comprising;

at least one front panel;

at least one back panel;

at least one first side panel;

at least one second side panel;

a top panel; and

a closure flap, wherein a recloseable lid is defined in the top panel and in the closure flap, the recloseable lid having a closure aperture section formed therein;

providing a flexible container within the carton;

opening the lid;

inserting a portion of the flexible container through the closure aperture section;

closing the lid, wherein the portion of the flexible container projects to an exterior side of the carton through the closure aperture section.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein inserting the portion of the flexible container through the closure aperture section comprises breaching the closure aperture section.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein breaching the closure aperture section comprises breaching a plurality of radially extending lines of disruption.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein breaching the closure aperture section comprises removing a removable center section of the closure aperture section.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein closing the recloseable lid comprises:

pivoting the recloseable lid toward the at least one front panel; and

tucking a lid closure flap behind the at least one front panel.

29. The method of claim 24, wherein:

the at least one first side panel comprises a first plurality of adhesively secured flaps; and

the at least one second side panel comprises a second plurality of adhesively secured flaps.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the at least one front panel comprises a bottom front panel and a top front panel and the bottom front panel and the top front panel each have the shape of a trapezium.

31. A carton, comprising:

at least one front panel;

at least one back panel;

at least one first side panel;

at least one second side panel; and

a top panel, wherein the carton is wider at the top panel than at the bottom panel.

32. The carton of claim 31, wherein the carton has a greater depth, measured along the side panels, at the top panel than at the bottom panel.

33. The carton of claim 31, wherein the at least one front panel the shape of a trapezium.

34. The carton of claim 31, wherein the at least one first side panel has the shape of a trapezium.

35. The carton of claim 31, wherein:

the at least one first side panel comprises a first plurality of adhesively secured flaps; and

the at least one second side panel comprises a second plurality of adhesively secured flaps.

36. The carton of claim 31, wherein the carton has the shape of a four-sided truncated pyramid.

37. The carton of claim 31, further comprising a flexible container disposed within the carton.