Triangular carton

• US 3,295,740 A
• Filed: 03/10/1965
• Issued: 01/03/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Harrison R. Hall
• Original Assignee: Harrison R. Hall
• Inventors: Hall, Harrison R.
• Application Number:
  US04/438,685
• Time in Patent Office: 664 Days
• US Class Current: 206/486
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/0254 with end closures formed by inward folding of flaps and securing them by means of a tongue integral with one of the flaps

Claims

1. A TRIANGULAR CARTON HAVING IMPROVED CLOSURE MEANS WHICH COMPRISES, A BACK WALL PANEL AND A PAIR OF SIDE WALL PANELS CONNECTED TOGETHER ALONG SCORE LINES;

A BOTTOM CLOSURE FLAP FOLDABLY SECURED TO THE LOWER EDGE OF EACH WALL PANEL, ONE OF SAID BOTTOM CLOSURE FLAPS BEING AN INTERIOR FLAP HAVING A RECESSED PORTION FORMED THEREIN, ANOTHER OF SAID BOTTOM CLOSURE FLAPS BEING AN INTERMEDIATE FLAP LYING ADJACENT SAID INTERIOR FLAP, AND THE OTHER BOTTOM CLOSURE FLAP BEING AN EXTERIOR LOCKING FLAP HAVING A MALE TONGUE PORTION COOPERATIVELY POSITIONED WITHIN THE RECESSED PORTION OF SAID INTERIOR FLAP;

A TOP CLOSURE FLAP FOLDABLY SECURED TO THE UPPER EDGE OF EACH SIDE WALL PANEL, ONE OF SAID TOP CLOSURE FLAPS HAVING A SLIT LINE FORMED ALONG A PORTION OF ITS FOLDABLE CONNECTION FORMING AN OPEN PORTION THEREALONG, A LOCKING TAB FORMED PARTLY OUT OF SAID ONE TOP CLOSURE FLAP AND ITS ASSOCIATED SIDE WALL PANEL, THE OTHER OF SAID TOP CLOSURE FLAPS HAVING A TONGUE FLAP FOLDABLY PROJECTING FROM ONE EDGE THEREOF WITH A LOCKING SLIT FORMED ALONG A PORTION OF SUCH FOLD, AND SAID TONGUE FLAP PROJECTING THROUGH THE OPEN PORTION FORMED BY SAID SLIT LINE WITH SAID LOCKING TAB PROJECTING WITHIN SAID LOCKING SLIT TO PROVIDE A TRIANGULAR CARTON HAVING IMPROVED EASILY LOCKABLE CLOSURE MEANS.