Shelf Ready Display with Dual Dispensing Features

• US 20140299656A1
• Filed: 10/11/2012
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mars Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Mars Incorporated
• Inventors: Wintermute, William
• Granted Patent: US 9,415,893 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 229/122.1
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/22 Boxes or like containers with side walls of substantial depth for enclosing contents B65D43/162, B65D81/02, B65D81/3813 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/16 the tubular body being formed with an aperture or removable portion arranged to allow removal or insertion of contents through one or more sides contents-dispensing means B65D5/72
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/722 having an alternating movement co-operating with incised or scored openings near the bottom-edges of the bodies of tubular containers

Abstract

A dispenser carton including a removable bin dispenser. The removable bin dispenser forms part of the exterior surface of the carton, but may be detached from the carton to allow access to the carton. The carton has a dual dispensing feature in that the carton may either be displayed with the removable bin dispenser positioned on the carton to form a counter top dispenser configuration or a hanging configuration or the carton may be displayed with the removable bin dispenser simply removed to form a shelf-loaded carton configuration.

Claims

1. A dispenser carton including:

a plurality of major flaps including a first inside major flap and a second outside major flap, wherein said first inside major flap includes a cut out area,

a plurality of minor flaps including a first minor flap and a second minor flap,

a removable bin dispenser including a removable bin dispenser flap, wherein said removable dispenser is formed of the material of a carton,

wherein said cut out area of said first inside major flap is positioned so that said second outside major flap can be adhered to said first minor flap and said first inside major flap without adhering said removable bin dispenser flap, and

wherein said removable bin dispenser may be separated from said carton to display the contents of said carton.

2. The dispenser carton of claim 1 wherein said removable bin dispenser is composed of paperboard.

3. The dispenser carton of claim 1 wherein said removable bin dispenser is composed of stiffened paper.

4. The dispenser carton of claim 1 wherein said removable bin dispenser includes a fluted intermediate layer.

5. The dispenser carton of claim 1 wherein said removable bin dispenser includes a display tab.

6. The dispenser carton of claim 1 wherein said removable bin dispenser flap includes a notch.

7. The dispenser carton of claim 6 wherein said notch is usable to position said removable bin dispenser in an open position relative to said carton.

8. The dispenser carton of claim 1 wherein said second outside major flap includes an access slot positioned so that a folding arm can access said removable bin dispenser flap to initiate folding said removable bin dispenser flap.

9. The dispenser carton of claim 1 wherein said removable bin dispenser flap includes a fold initiation area and said second outside major flap includes an access cut out positioned over said fold initiation area to initiate folding said removable bin dispenser flap.

10. The dispenser carton of claim 1 including an adhesive applied to said first inside major flap and first minor flap.

11. The dispenser carton of claim 10 wherein said adhesive is selected from the group consisting of pressure sensitive adhesive, hot melt adhesive, cold melt adhesive, and combinations thereof.

12. The dispenser carton of claim 10 wherein said adhesive is cold seal adhesive.

13. A method of forming dispenser carton, said method including:

providing a dispenser carton having a plurality of major flaps including a first inside major flap and a second outside major flap, wherein said first inside major flap includes a cut out area,

wherein said dispenser carton also has a plurality of minor flaps including a first minor flap and a second minor flap,

wherein said dispenser carton also has a removable bin dispenser flap;

positioning said dispenser carton so that said major flaps, minor flaps, and removable bin dispenser flap are foldable inwardly to form a side of said dispenser carton;

folding inward said removable bin dispenser flap;

folding inward said first minor flap and said second minor flap so that said first minor flap covers said removable bin dispenser flap;

folding inward said first inside major flap so that said cut out area of said first inside major flap is positioned over said first minor flap;

positioning an adhesive on the exterior face of said first inside major flap and said first minor flap; and

folding inward said second outside major flap to contact said adhesive to adhere said second outside major flap to said first inside major flap.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein said positioning said adhesive includes a first positioning on the exterior face of said first minor flap and a second positioning on the exterior face of said inside major flap.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein a product is positioned in said dispenser carton before folding inward said removable bin flap.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein said product is side loaded into said carton.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein said product is shingled.

18. The method of claim 13 wherein said adhesive is selected from the group consisting of pressure sensitive adhesive, hot melt adhesive, cold melt adhesive, and combinations thereof.

19. The method of claim 13 wherein said adhesive is a cold melt adhesive.