CARTON WITH MULTIPLE COMPARTMENTS

• US 20100282828A1
• Filed: 05/07/2010
• Published: 11/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Graphic Packaging International Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Graphic Packaging International Incorporated
• Inventors: Burke, Bradley J.
• Application Number:
  US12/775,758
• Publication Number:
  US 20100282828A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 229/120.02
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/48024 inserted
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/606 Bags or bag-like tubes loosely glued to the wall of a "tubular" container
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/1303 Paper containing [e.g., paperboard, cardboard, fiberboard, etc.]

Abstract

A carton for holding a plurality of articles. The carton comprises a plurality of panels at least partially enclosing an interior space of the carton. The plurality of panels comprises a front panel, a back panel, and at least two side panels. The carton comprises a liner at least partially attached to an interior surface of the carton. The carton comprises at least two compartments that are separated by at least a portion of the liner.

Claims

1. A carton for holding a plurality of articles, the carton comprising:

a plurality of panels that at least partially form an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels comprising a front panel, a back panel, and at least two side panels;

a liner at least partially attached to an interior surface of the carton; and

at least two compartments that are separated by at least a portion of the liner.

2. The carton of claim 1, wherein the liner comprises a first liner portion overlaying at least a portion of the front panel, a second liner portion overlaying at least a portion of the back panel, and a third liner portion.

3. The carton of claim 2, wherein the first liner portion comprises a first attachment region, the second liner portion comprises a second attachment region, and the third liner portion is attached to the first attachment region and the second attachment region.

4. The carton of claim 3, wherein at least a portion of the third liner portion extends generally perpendicularly to the front panel.

5. The carton of claim 3, wherein the third liner portion is attached to the first attachment region at an edge margin of the third liner portion.

6. The carton of claim 3, further comprising an attachment flap foldably attached to one of the at least two side panels, wherein the attachment flap is adhered to the back panel.

7. The carton of claim 1, wherein the plurality of panels comprise at least one divider panel at least partially separating the at least two compartments of the carton.

8. The carton of claim 7, wherein the back panel is a first back panel foldably connected to one of the at least two side panels and the plurality of panels comprises a second back panel foldably connected to the another one of the at least two side panels, and wherein the at least one divider panel comprises a first divider panel foldably connected to the first back panel.

9. The carton of claim 8, further comprising an attachment flap foldably connected to the first divider panel and adhered to a first liner portion overlaying at least a portion of the front panel.

10. The carton of claim 8, wherein the liner comprises a first liner portion overlaying at least a portion of the front panel, a second liner portion overlaying at least a portion of the second back panel, and a third liner portion overlaying at least a portion of the first back panel and the first divider panel.

11. The carton of claim 10, wherein the second liner portion comprises an attachment region attached to the first liner portion.

12. The carton of claim 10, wherein the at least one divider panel further comprises a second divider panel foldably connected to the second back panel and at least partially in face-to-face contact with the first divider panel.

13. The carton of claim 12, wherein the second liner portion overlays at least a portion of the second divider panel.

14. The carton of claim 12, wherein the second back panel comprises at least one wing at least partially in face-to-face contact with and adhered to the first back panel.

15. The carton of claim 14, wherein the at least one wing comprises a first wing and a second wing, and wherein the second divider panel is connected to the second back panel at a lateral fold line that at least partially extends between the first wing and the second wing.

16. The carton of claim 12, further comprising an attachment flap foldably connected to the second divider panel and adhered to the first liner portion.

17. The carton of claim 1, further comprising at least two end flaps respectively foldably connected to respective panels of the plurality of panels, wherein the end flaps are overlapped with respect to one another and thereby at least partially form a closed end of the carton, the at least two end flaps comprise a front end flap foldably connected to the front panel.

18. The carton of claim 17, further comprising a dispenser comprising a tear pattern extending in at least the front end flap and the first side panel, the tear pattern comprising at least a fold line extending in the front end flap and at least one tear line.

19. The carton of claim 18, wherein the at least two end flaps further comprises a back end flap foldably connected to the back panel, and wherein the tear pattern further extends in the back end flap.

20. A blank for forming a carton for containing a plurality of articles, the blank comprising:

a plurality of panels comprising a front panel, a back panel, and at least two side panels;

a liner at least partially attached to an interior surface of the blank for at least partially forming at least two compartments that are separated by at least a portion of the liner when the blank is formed into the carton.

21. The blank of claim 20, wherein the liner comprises a first liner portion overlaying at least a portion of the front panel, a second liner portion overlaying at least a portion of the back panel, and a third liner portion.

22. The blank of claim 21, wherein the first liner portion comprises a first attachment region, the second liner portion comprises a second attachment region, and the third liner portion is for being attached to the first attachment region and the second attachment region.

23. The blank of claim 22, wherein at least a portion of the third liner portion extends beyond a laterally-extending edge of the plurality of panels.

24. The blank of claim 22, wherein the third liner portion comprises an edge margin for being attached to the first attachment region.

25. The blank of claim 22, further comprising an attachment flap foldably attached to one of the at least two side panels, wherein the attachment flap is for being secured to the back panel.

26. The blank of claim 20, wherein the plurality of panels comprise at least one divider panel for at least partially separating the at least two compartments of the carton formed from the blank.

27. The blank of claim 26, wherein the back panel is a first back panel foldably connected to one of the at least two side panels and the plurality of panels comprises a second back panel foldably connected to the another one of the at least two side panels, and wherein the at least one divider panel comprises a first divider panel foldably connected to the first back panel.

28. The blank of claim 27, further comprising an attachment flap foldably connected to the first divider panel, wherein the attachment flap is for being secured to a first liner portion overlaying at least a portion of the front panel.

29. The blank of claim 27, wherein the liner comprises a first liner portion overlaying at least a portion of the front panel, a second liner portion overlaying at least a portion of the second back panel, and a third liner portion overlaying at least a portion of the first back panel and the first divider panel.

30. The blank of claim 29, wherein the at least one divider panel further comprises a second divider panel foldably connected to the second back panel, wherein the second liner portion overlays at least a portion of the second divider panel, and wherein the second divider panel is for being at least partially secured in face-to-face contact with the first divider panel.

31. The blank of claim 30, wherein the second back panel comprises a first wing and a second wing, and wherein the second divider panel is connected to the second back panel at a lateral fold line that at least partially extends between the first wing and the second wing.

32. The blank of claim 30, further comprising an attachment flap foldably connected to the second divider panel, wherein the attachment flap is for being secured to the first liner portion.

33. The blank of claim 20, further comprising:

at least two end flaps respectively foldably connected to respective panels of the plurality of panels, wherein the end flaps are overlapped with respect to one another and thereby at least partially form a closed end of the carton formed from the blank, the at least two end flaps comprise a front end flap foldably connected to the front panel; and

a dispenser comprising a tear pattern extending in at least the front end flap and the first side panel, the tear pattern comprising at least a fold line extending in the front end flap and at least one tear line.

34. A method of forming a carton from a blank, the method comprising:

obtaining a blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising a front panel, a back panel, and at least two side panels, and a liner at least partially attached to an interior surface of the blank; and

forming a divider that separates at least two compartments of the carton, the divider comprising at least a portion of the liner.

35. The method of claim 34, further comprising positioning the plurality of panels to form an interior of the carton, wherein the divider extends in the interior of the carton.

36. The method of claim 35, wherein the liner comprises a first liner portion overlaying at least a portion of the front panel, a second liner portion overlaying at least a portion of the back panel, and a third liner portion, wherein the first liner portion comprises a first attachment region and the second liner portion comprises a second attachment region, and wherein the forming the divider comprises securing the third liner portion to the first attachment region and the second attachment region.

37. The method of claim 36, wherein the blank further comprises an attachment flap foldably attached to one of the at least two side panels, and the positioning the plurality of panels further comprises securing the attachment flap to the back panel.

38. The method of claim 35, wherein the back panel is a first back panel foldably connected to one of the at least two side panels and the plurality of panels comprises a second back panel foldably connected to the another one of the at least two side panels, a first divider panel foldably connected to the first back panel, and a second divider panel foldably connected to the second back panel, and wherein the positioning the plurality of panels further comprises securing the second divider panel at least partially in face-to-face contact with the first divider panel.

39. The method of claim 38, wherein the liner comprises a first liner portion overlaying at least a portion of the front panel, a second liner portion overlaying at least a portion of the second back panel and the second divider panel, and a third liner portion overlaying at least a portion of the first back panel and the first divider panel, wherein the second liner portion comprises an attachment region, and wherein the forming the divider further comprises securing the attachment region to the first liner portion,

40. The method of claim 35, wherein the blank further comprises at least two end flaps respectively foldably connected to respective panels of the plurality of panels the at least two end flaps comprise a front end flap foldably connected to the front panel, wherein the method further comprises forming an at least partially closed end of the carton by overlapping the end flaps with respect to one another.