Tamper-proof dispensing carton

• US 4,139,121 A
• Filed: 05/27/1977
• Issued: 02/13/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Waldorf Corp
• Original Assignee: Champion International Corporation (International Paper Company)
• Inventors: Roccaforte, Harry I.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dixson, Jr., William T.
• Application Number:
  US05/801,147
• Time in Patent Office: 627 Days
• Field of Search: 206/361, 206/362, 206/372, 206/210, 206/409, 206/44.12, 206/491, 206/494, 206/45.34, 206/45.31, 206/45.12, 221/302, 221/310, 221/307, 221/63, 221/48
• US Class Current: 221/302
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/02 for dispensing rod-shaped articles, e.g. needles packages for cigarettes provided with dispensing means B65D85/1009; dispensers for drinking straws A47G21/184
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 206/807 Tamper proof

Abstract

A tamper-proof dispensing carton particularly suited for packaging of elongated articles is of generally rectangular configuration including a top panel having a central arcuate opening, with a strip extending diametrically across the opening to divide the opening into two segments, and with the strip being releasably connected to the top panel. Secured to the inside surface of the top panel and extending across the arcuate opening is a covering formed by two sections which overlap along a seam disposed immediately below the diametrically extending strip. By this arrangement, the dispensing carton may be displayed on a shelf without requiring an additional outer wrapping, and the consumer may readily obtain access to the contents of the carton by merely removing the diametrically extending strip. The removable strip also functions to make the dispensing carton tamper-proof while on the store shelf.

Claims

1. A substantially rectangular tamper-proof carton for containing and dispensing elongated articles, said articles being disposed perpendicular to the lengthwise dimension of the carton, said carton comprising top, bottom, and sidewall panel members, said top panel including a first semi-elliptical opening having a length less than that of said elongated articles, the lengthwise dimension of said first semi-elliptical opening being disposed perpendicular to the length of the carton;

said top panel further including a second semi-elliptical opening having a length less than that of said elongated articles, the lengthwise dimension of said second semi-elliptical opening being disposed perpendicular to the length of the carton;

a substantially rectangular strip member disposed between said first and second openings, and having its lengthwise dimension perpendicular to the length of the carton, the central portion of said strip member having a length greater than that of said elongated articles; and

a sheet of transparent film secured to the inner surface of said top panel, said film being formed of two overlapping segments, each film segment covering one of said semi-elliptical openings, said film segments overlapping along a seam disposed immediately below said strip member.