CARTON

• US 3,871,568 A
• Filed: 09/06/1973
• Issued: 03/18/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Peter Bahler
• Original Assignee: Peter Bahler
• Inventors: Bahler, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilreath, Stanley N.
• Application Number:
  US05/394,702
• Time in Patent Office: 558 Days
• Field of Search: 229/14R,14BA,14BE,14BL,44R,51TS,51TC,51SC 220/17,6R
• US Class Current: 229/225
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/0426 the inner container being a bottle, canister or like hollow container

Abstract

A carton having an outer cardboard box and an inner plastics container having a snap fitting lid which is secured to a lid hingedly connected to the box so that as the box lid is swung to open the box the snap fitting lid is removed from the container and as the box lid is shut the container lid snaps shut onto the container. The box lid is preferably formed integrally with the box and a tear-off strip is provided which leaves a hinge connection between the lid and the box so that the former can be swung to open the latter.

Claims

1. A carton comprising an outer cardboard box having an inner plastics container fitting snugly inside said cardboard box, said cardboard box having a swing lid comprising a side wall and a top of overlapping flaps connected to said side wall, said container having a snap fitting lid with two projecting therefrom, said tabs being clamped between said overlapping flaps thereby coupling said snap fitting lid to said swing lid to remove the former from said container when the swing lid is moved to open the box and to seal the box.

2. A carton according to claim 1 wherein said cardboard box and said swing lid are joined together by a strip which is removable to leave a hinge connection between the side wall of said top and said cardboard box.

3. A carton according to claim 2 wherein said cardboard box and said swing lid are rectangular, said swing lid having two pairs of flaps, one pair of flaps on opposing edges of said side wall overlapping the pair of flaps on the other edges of said side wall, and said snap fitting lid has two pairs of tabs on opposite sides thereof.