Dispensing carton

• US 3,102,675 A
• Filed: 06/29/1961
• Issued: 09/03/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Archie M. Schrom
• Original Assignee: Archie M. Schrom
• Inventors: Schrom, Archie M.
• Application Number:
  US04/120,587
• Time in Patent Office: 796 Days
• US Class Current: 206/251
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/728 for drawer-and-shell-type containers
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/1054 combined with an outer sleeve connected to the lid

Claims

1. A DISPENSING CARTON COMPRISING AN INNER AND OUTER TUBULAR CASING, EACH CASING BEING GENERALLY RECTANGULAR IN CROSS-SECTION, SAID INNER CASING BEING SLIDABLY RECEIVED AND CLOSELY FITTING WITHIN SAID OUTER CASING AND BEING CLOSED AT THE BOTTOM END, THE UPPER END OF SAID INNER CASING BEING FORMED WITH COOPERATING CLOSURE HALVES, EACH OF SAID HALVES BEING HINGEDLY MOUNTED WITH RESPECT TO AN OPPOSING SIDE OF SAID INNER CASING FOR MOVEMENT TOWARD EACH OTHER INTO A MATING CLOSED POSITION AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER TO EXPOSE A PORTION OF THE CONTENTS OF THE CONTAINER IN THE OPENED POSITION, SAID OUTER CASING FORMING A SUPPORTING SHOULDER ON OPPOSING SIDES SPACED FROM THE UPPER END OF SAID CASING, AND OPPOSING WEBS EACH SECURED RESPECTIVELY FOR HINGED MOVEMENT AT ONE END TO ONE OF SAID CLOSURE HALVES AND AT THE OTHER END TO ONE OF SAID SIDES OF SAID OUTER CASING BELOW SAID SHOULDERS, SAID WEBS PULLING SAID CLOSURE HALVES OVER SAID SHOULDERS WHEN SAID INNER CASING IS MOVED UPWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID OUTER CASING, AND THE OPPOSING SIDES OF SAID OUTER CASING ACTING TO GUIDE SAID CLOSURE HALVES INTO A MATING CLOSED POSITION WHEN SAID INNER CASING IS MOVED DOWNWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID OUTER CASING.