Ice cream carton
First Claim
1. A carton for packaging ice cream or the like comprising connected front, bottom and rear body panels;
- a cover panel hinged to said rear body panel;
a closure flap depending from the front edge of said cover panel, an end flap depending from both end edges of said cover panel;
two inner end flaps extending toward one another but terminating in spaced apart relation, said inner end flaps being hinged to the end edges of said front and rear body panels;
an outer end wall panel hinged at both ends of said bottom body panel; and
a removable section generally defined by a severance line and located adjacent the upper edge of each said outer end wall panel, each cover end flap overlying and being adhesively joined to the adjacent removable section and each said removable section being readily yieldable to detachment along the severance line from the outer end wall panel and remaining affixed to the cover end flap when said carton is opened.
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Abstract
A carton and a blank for forming same include front, bottom and rear body panels, end walls, and a cover having end flaps overlying the upper portions of the end walls. The end flaps are secured to the end walls at generally centrally located areas thereon to retain the cover flaps in close proximity to the adjacent side panels and thus prevent their catching and spreading outwardly during subsequent processing or shipping of the carton. The cover remains easy to open as these centrally located areas are weakened to separate from their adjacent portions as the cover is lifted. A reclosure feature and anti-leak feature are also provided.
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Citations
10 Claims
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1. A carton for packaging ice cream or the like comprising connected front, bottom and rear body panels;
- a cover panel hinged to said rear body panel;
a closure flap depending from the front edge of said cover panel, an end flap depending from both end edges of said cover panel;
two inner end flaps extending toward one another but terminating in spaced apart relation, said inner end flaps being hinged to the end edges of said front and rear body panels;
an outer end wall panel hinged at both ends of said bottom body panel; and
a removable section generally defined by a severance line and located adjacent the upper edge of each said outer end wall panel, each cover end flap overlying and being adhesively joined to the adjacent removable section and each said removable section being readily yieldable to detachment along the severance line from the outer end wall panel and remaining affixed to the cover end flap when said carton is opened. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
- a cover panel hinged to said rear body panel;
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5. A blank for forming a carton for packaging ice cream or the like comprising front, bottom and rear body panels hinged together in side-by-side relation, said bottom panel intervening said front and said rear body panels, and a cover panel hinged to the side edge of the rear body panel that opposes said bottom panel;
- an outer end wall panel at both sides of the blank hinged to each end edge of said bottom body panel;
a short inner end flap at both sides of the blank hinged to each end edge of one of said front and said rear body panels;
a long inner end flap at both sides of the blank hinged to each end edge of the other of said front and rear body panels;
a cover end flap at both sides of the blank connected to the end edges of said cover panels;
a closure flap hinged to the side edge of said cover panel that opposes said rear body panel, said closure flap including end tabs hinged to the opposed ends thereof; and
a removable section defined generally by a severance line and located along the outer edge of each said outer end wall panel. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
- an outer end wall panel at both sides of the blank hinged to each end edge of said bottom body panel;
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9. A container for packaging comestibles such as ice cream, or the like, comprising
a main body section having front, bottom, and rear body panels and having inner and outer end walls cooperating with said panels to form a box-like receptacle having an upper opening for receiving the comestible therethrough, a cover section for covering said upper opening to said body section including a top cover panel hingedly connected to said rear body panel, a pair of side closure flaps and a front closure flap each hingedly connected to said top cover panel and each depending from an edge of said top cover panel, a tear strip means on said front closure flap detachably connected to said front panel of said body section, means defining a removable section in central portions of said outer end walls, and means joining said removable sections to said side closure flaps to retain said flaps closely adjacent said outer end walls and joining the same with sufficient strength that the removable sections will readily detach and remain affixed to said side closure flaps as said cover section is pivoted upwardly from a closed position for covering the comestible to an open position for allowing access to the comestible.
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