Tear strip carton

• US 3,263,900 A
• Filed: 02/12/1965
• Issued: 08/02/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bruce R. Powell, Martin Link
• Original Assignee: Bruce R. Powell, Martin Link
• Inventors: Link, Martin, Powell, Bruce R.
• Application Number:
  US04/432,087
• Time in Patent Office: 536 Days
• US Class Current: 229/240
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/542 the lines of weakness being provided in the container body

Claims

1. A BLANK FOR A TEAR STRIP CARTON COMPRISING FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR PANELS, CONNECTED ALONG FOLD LINES, REPRESENTING THE TOP, SIDE, BOTTOM AND SIDE OF SAID CARTON RESPECTIVELY;

AND A FIFTH PANEL CONNECTED ALONG A FOLD LINE TO THE FOURTH PANEL;

SAID FIRST, SECOND, FOURTH AND FIFTH PANELS HAVING TRANSVERSE, ALIGNED, PARALLEL TEAR LINES, SAID FIFTH PANEL BEING LONGITUDINALLY CUT ALONG A LINE BETWEEN THE TEAR LINES AND SPACED FROM THE FREE LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF THE PANEL TO PROVIDE AREA BETWEEN SUCH EDGE AND THE CUT FOR A GLUE LINE ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PANEL TO SECURE THE FIFTH PANEL TO THE FIRST PANEL AND FORM A TUBE;

A TRANSVERSE FOLD LINE IN SAID THIRD PANEL IN GENERAL PARALLEL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID BETWEEN THE TEAR LINES OF THE SECOND PANEL;

SAID TEAR LINES IN THE FIRST PANEL ENDING NEAR THE FREE LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF THE PANEL AND HAVING CUTS TO FORM A TAB WHICH CAN BE LIFTED.