Peelable on-package coupon and method for making same

• US 4,345,393 A
• Filed: 03/28/1980
• Issued: 08/24/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: General Food Corporation (Altria Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: General Food Corporation (Altria Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Price, Charles E., Ray, George C. III, Grieve, Harold R., Tomich, Robert G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): Contreras, Wenceslao J.
• Application Number:
  US06/134,736
• Time in Patent Office: 879 Days
• Field of Search: 40/312, 40/306, 40/2 R
• US Class Current: 40/312
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 19/00 Advertising or display means not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/02 Forms or constructions layered products B32B
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0289 Pull- or fold-out labels
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 206/831 Detachable coupon

Abstract

A laminated container structure in which a peelable coupon or the like forms an integral portion of the outer ply of the container wall and is defined by a perforated tear outline. In one embodiment, a release agent is coated on the back of the coupon area to prevent adherence of the coupon to the adhesive joining together the outer and inner plies of the container. In another embodiment, the inner ply is formed of cylinderboard adhesively fastened to the outer ply, the perforate coupon tear outline extending through the outer ply, adhesive and outermost layer of the inner ply so that peeling of the coupon will not remove the inner layers of the inner ply and thus not destroy the integrity of the container.

Claims

1. A carton constituting an erected carton blank formed from laminated packaging material and comprised of an inner relatively rigid ply, an outer relatively pliant ply adapted to have indicia imprinted on at least the outer surface thereof, and adhesive disposed intermediate said plies for laminating same to each other, the outer ply of said blank having a manually removable section at a predetermined interior surface area thereof enclosed by a tear outline comprised of a series of slits penetrating through said outer ply to a depth less than the thickness of said blank said slits being formed in said carton blank subsequent to the lamination of said outer ply to said inner ply and to thereby preclude any adhesive between said plies entering said slits, the opposed edges of said slits being unadhered to one another to facilitate separation of said section from said outer ply, and an adhesive release agent coated on the inner surface of said section to prevent adhesive bonding of said section with said inner ply, said removable section in the erected carton being peelable from said carton along said tear outline leaving said inner ply intact to maintain the structural integrity of said carton.

2. A carton according to claim 1 wherein said tear outline is generally rectangular in configuration with the major portion of at least one side thereof comprising a continuous slit to facilitate the separation of said removable section from said carton.

3. A carton according to claim 2 wherein said tear outline at one end of said continuous slit includes a curved proturberance defining a tab to facilitate gripping of said removable section in preparation for the peeling thereof from said carton.

4. A carton according to claim 1 wherein the inner ply of said laminated packaging material is paperboard and the outer ply is paper.

5. A carbon constituting an erected carton blank composed of laminated packaging material comprising a relatively rigid inner ply adhered to a relatively pliant outer ply adapted to have indicia imprinted on at least the outer surface thereof, said outer ply including a manually removable section defined by a tear outline extending around a predetermined interior surface area thereof, said tear outline comprising a series of slits penetrating said blank from the side of said outer ply to a depth at least equal to the thickness of said outer ply and less than the thickness of said blank, said slits being formed in said carton blank subsequent to the lamination of said outer ply to said inner ply and to thereby preclude any adhesion between said plies along said tear outline defined by said slits the opposed edges of said outer ply at said slits being unadhered to one another to facilitate manual separation of said section from said outer ply, said removable section when said blank is erected into a carton being disposed within one wall panel thereof and manually peelable therefrom along said tear outline leaving said inner ply substantially intact to maintain the structural integrity of said carton.

6. A carton according to claim 5 wherein the laminating adhesive adhering said plies together is a wax substance.