Carton construction

• US 3,202,312 A
• Filed: 01/10/1963
• Issued: 08/24/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: William G. Atkinson
• Original Assignee: William G. Atkinson
• Inventors: Atkinson, William G.
• Application Number:
  US04/250,704
• Time in Patent Office: 957 Days
• US Class Current: 206/166
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/46064 formed by folding a blank serving also as a partition in the container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/48048 Single partition formed by folding one or more blanks and provided with flaps fixed to or maintained by parts of the container body B65D5/4804 takes precedence

Claims

1. A CARTON HAVING A TOP WALL, A BOTTOM WALL, TWO SIDE WALLS AND TWO END WALLS, SAID END WALLS BEING FORMED OF OVERLAPPED EXTENSIONS OF SAID TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDE WALLS, A VERTICALLY SHIFTABLE INTERNAL PARTITION EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF SAID CARTON, A HANDLE EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID PARTITION, A SLOT IN THE TOP WALL THROUGH WHICH SAID HANDLE PROTRUDES WHILE SAID PARTITION IS SHIFTED UPWARDLY, AT LEAST ONE GUIDE FLAP CARRIED AT EITHER END OF SAID PARTITION AND HELD WITHIN SAID END WALLS FOR VERTICAL RECIPROCATION THEREIN, BEARING MEANS WITHIN EACH OF SAID END WALLS AGAINST WHICH THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID GUIDE FLAPS ARE JUXTAPOSED WHEN SAID PARTITION IS SHIFTED VERTICALLY TO ITS UPPERMOST POSITION, SAID BEARING MEANS COMPRISING A HINGED FLAP CUT FROM ONE OF SAID END WALL FORMING EXTENSION MEMBERS AND FOLDED DOWNWARDLY OVER ONE OF SAID GUIDE FLAPS, THE SAID UPPER EDGES OF SAID GUIDE FLAPS BEARING AGAINST THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HINGE PORTIONS OF SAID HINGED FLAPS.