Display carton and blank therefor
First Claim
1. An end loading carton comprising an open-ended tubular casing having a pair of side walls, a bottom wall, and a pair of spaced apart top wall members defining a display opening therebetween, end wall closure flaps connected to opposite ends of said bottom and side walls, an end wall closure flap connected to an outer end of each top wall member, said end wall closure flaps being folded over to form end walls closing the casing ends, with said top wall members extending towards each other from said casing ends, a central vertical partition secured in said carton extending from said bottom wall to the underside of said top wall members, said partition having a slot therein to define a carrying handle below said top wall members with an upper portion of said partition, said partition extending between said casing ends and said bottom wall being formed by a bottom forming flap hingedly connected along a fold line to a first of said side walls and a bottom forming panel hingedly connected along a fold line to a second of said side walls, said bottom forming panel being hingedly connected along a fold line to said partition.
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Abstract
A compact carton for beer bottles and the like is formed from a unitary blank and incorporates a dividing partition having a carrying handle formed therewith disposed centrally, vertically below the top of the carton; a display opening is defined in the top of the carton permitting a pleasing display of the carton contents and access to the handle. The filled cartons can be readily stacked one on top of the other for storage and transport and the contents can be readily removed by the customer through the display opening without breaking the carton apart. The carton has the additional advantage that it can be end-loaded.
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- 1. An end loading carton comprising an open-ended tubular casing having a pair of side walls, a bottom wall, and a pair of spaced apart top wall members defining a display opening therebetween, end wall closure flaps connected to opposite ends of said bottom and side walls, an end wall closure flap connected to an outer end of each top wall member, said end wall closure flaps being folded over to form end walls closing the casing ends, with said top wall members extending towards each other from said casing ends, a central vertical partition secured in said carton extending from said bottom wall to the underside of said top wall members, said partition having a slot therein to define a carrying handle below said top wall members with an upper portion of said partition, said partition extending between said casing ends and said bottom wall being formed by a bottom forming flap hingedly connected along a fold line to a first of said side walls and a bottom forming panel hingedly connected along a fold line to a second of said side walls, said bottom forming panel being hingedly connected along a fold line to said partition.
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8. An end loading carton comprising an open ended tubular casing having a pair of side walls, a bottom wall and a pair of spaced apart top wall members, defining a display opening therebetween, end wall closure flaps connected to opposite ends of said bottom and side walls, an end wall closure flap connected to an outer end of each top wall member, said end wall closure flaps being folded over to form end walls closing the casing ends, with said top wall members extending towards each other from the casing ends, a central vertical partition extending from said bottom wall to the underside of said top wall members and between the casing ends, a pair of display openings separated by said partition, a slot defined in an upper portion of said partition to define a carrying handle below said top wall members, a pair of reinforcing panels for said carrying handle having slots defined therein to match the partition slot, said bottom wall being formed by a bottom forming flap hingedly connected along a first fold line to a first of said side walls and a bottom forming panel hingedly connected along a second fold line to a second of said side walls, said bottom forming panel being hingedly connected along a sixth fold line to said partition;
- said bottom forming flap and bottom forming panel being overlappingly secured together;
said partition being secured in said carton by at least one tab on an upper edge of said partition;
said top wall members and the partition upper edge being disposed in substantially the same plane.
- said bottom forming flap and bottom forming panel being overlappingly secured together;
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9. A one-piece blank of foldable sheet material for constructing an end-loading carton having a dividing partition, a handle and a display opening,
said blank being cut and scored to provide a top forming panel, first and second side panels integrally connected with said top forming panel, a bottom forming flap integrally connected to said first side panel, a bottom forming panel integrally connected to said second side panel and to a partition panel, and end closure flaps connected to opposite sides of said side panels, top forming panel, bottom forming panel and bottom forming flap to form end walls for closing the ends of the carton, said top forming panel being cut to define a pair of spaced apart top wall members, said top wall members extending towards each other from the end closure flaps of the top forming panel, and a handle element, said handle element being detachably secured to at least one of said side panels, at least a first slot defined in said handle element and a second slot defined in said partition panel adapted to lie against said first slot on construction of said carton to define a hand grip part.
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