Divisible food carton

• US 3,168,234 A
• Filed: 06/20/1963
• Issued: 02/02/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fred H. Bartz
• Original Assignee: Fred H. Bartz
• Inventors: Bartz, Fred H.
• Application Number:
  US04/289,235
• Time in Patent Office: 593 Days
• US Class Current: 229/101.2
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/5445 for dividing a tubular body into separate parts

Claims

1. A CARTON FOR ICE CREAM AND THE LIKE INCLUDING A CARTON BODY DEFINED BY UPPER AND LOWER SECTIONS, SAID UPPER AND LOWER SECTIONS BEING COMPRISED OF FOLDED PORTIONS COOPERATIVELY DEFINING THE SIDE PANELS OF SAID CARTON, SAID LOWER SECTION HAVING FLAPS JOINED TO THE FOLDED PORTIONS THEREOF TO DEFINE BOTTOM CLOSURE FLAPS FOR SAID CARTON, SAID UPPER SECTION HAVING FLAPS JOINED TO THE FOLDED PORTIONS THEREOF TO DEFINE TOP CLOSURE FLAPS FOR SAID CARTON, SAID UPPER SECTION BEING JOINED TO SAID LOWER SECTION AT A MEDIAL PORTION OF SAID CARTON, SAID LOWER SECTION BEING POSITIONED WITHIN THE FOLDED PORTIONS OF SAID UPPER SECTION AT SAID MEDIAL PORTION, SAID LOWER SECTION HAVING UPPER FLAPS EXTENDING UPWARDLY WITHIN AND ALONGSIDE THE FOLDED PORTIONS OF SAID UPPER SECTION, SAID UPPER SECTION HAVING A TRANSVERSE TEAR LINE POSITIONED ABOVE SAID MEDIAL PORTION, SAID LOWER SECTION HAVING FOLD LINES BETWEEN THE FOLDED PORTIONS THEREOF AND SAID UPPER FLAPS ADJACENT SAID TEAR LINE, SAID UPPER FLAPS HAVING SIZES AND PROPORTIONS SUCH AS TO FORM TOP CLOSURE FLAPS FOR SAID LOWER SECTION AFTER DIVISION OF SAID CARTON ALONG SAID TEAR LINE.