Double cell, double slide dispensing carton and carton blank for forming same

• US 4,361,270 A
• Filed: 06/24/1981
• Issued: 11/30/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1981
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Waldorf Corp
• Original Assignee: Champion International Corporation (International Paper Company)
• Inventors: Roccaforte, Harry I.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ross, Herbert F.
• Application Number:
  US06/276,797
• Time in Patent Office: 524 Days
• Field of Search: 229/7 SC, 229/17 SC, 229/27, 221/91, 221/86, 221/87, 221/124, 221/305, 221/306, 222/144.5
• US Class Current: 229/120.03
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/723 Sliding elements for covering and uncovering discharge openings of containers, e.g. slide-closures

Abstract

A dispensing carton particularly adapted for use with small candies includes a pair of parallel tubular compartments which are closed at one end, while the upper end of the carton includes a pair of independently operable sliding tabs which are disposed intermediate overlapping cover flaps. The upper closure of the carton includes two sets of registered openings, each set of openings registering with one of the compartments. Each sliding tab is hingedly connected to a pivotally connected top portion of an end wall. The sliding tabs may be individually moved to positions such that both compartments are open, or one compartment is open while the other compartment is closed, or where both compartments are closed.

Claims

1. A reclosable dispensing carton comprising:

an elongated tubular enclosure having a generally rectangular cross section including alternately, hingedly connected first and second opposed side walls and first and second opposed end walls, said end walls being defined by inner and outer coplanar panels;

a partition panel extending from said first side wall to said second side wall thereby dividing said carton into two discrete elongated tubular compartments;

a bottom closure sealing one end of said carton; and

a top closure structure sealing the opposed end of said carton, said top closure structure including;

a first cover flap hingedly connected to the first side wall and disposed perpendicular thereto so as to cover the upper end of each said compartment, said first flap having a pair of spaced apertures, each of which is aligned with one of said compartments;

a second cover flap hingedly connected to said second side wall and including first and second hingedly connected sections,

said first section being coplanar with and overlying said first cover flap and having a pair of apertures disposed in register with said apertures of said first flap, and with said second section of said second cover flap overlying and being adhesively bonded to said first wall; and

a pair of closure tabs respectively hingedly connected to a flap portion of the outer panel of each said end wall, each said closure tab being slidably interposed between said first and second cover flaps and being of a length sufficient to cover the adjacent aperture in said first cover flap, said flap portion of each said outer panel being pivotally connected to the remaining portion of the outer panel of the end wall,

whereby, the closure tabs may be independently slidably displaced outwardly to uncover the respective registered apertures so as to enable the contents within the compartments to be dispensed either from one compartment alone or from both compartments simultaneously.

2. A reclosable dispensing carton as recited in claim 1 wherein said first section of said second cover flap includes a plurality of V-shaped grooves disposed at each opposite end thereof.

3. A reclosable dispensing carton as recited in claim 1 wherein the portion of said first side wall to which the second section of said second cover flap is bonded is embossed in the carton blank.

4. A reclosable dispensing carton as recited in claim 1 wherein said second section of the second cover flap includes chamfered corners.

5. A reclosable dispensing carton as recited in claim 1 wherein the bottom closure includes a pair of tabs respectively hingedly connected to the bottom ends of each of the outer panels of said end walls, said tabs extending inwardly and perpendicularly to said end walls;

a first elongated tab extending from and hingedly connected to said second side wall and disposed perpendicular thereto so that said first elongated tab completely covers the bottom of the carton; and

a second elongated tab extending from and hingedly connected to the first side wall, said second elongated tab being coplanar with and overlying said first elongated tab and adhesively bonded thereto.

6. A reclosable dispensing carton comprising:

an elongated tubular enclosure having a generally rectangular cross section including alternately, hingedly connected first and second opposed side walls and first and second opposed end walls, said second side wall including a depressed area adjacent the top of said second side wall, said end walls being defined by inner and outer coplanar panels;

a partition panel extending from said first side wall to said second side wall so as to divide said carton into two discrete elongated tubular compartments;

a bottom closure sealing one end of said carton; and

a top closure structure sealing the opposed end of said carton, said top closure structure including;

a first cover flap hingedly connected to the first side wall and disposed perpendicular thereto so as to cover the upper end of each said compartment, said first flap having a pair of spaced apertures each of which is aligned with one of said compartments;

a second cover flap hingedly connected to said second side wall and including first and second hingedly connected sections, said first section being coplanar with and overlying said first cover flap and having a pair of apertures in register with said apertures of said first flap, said second cover flap having a V-shaped groove disposed at each of its opposed ends, and with said second section of said second cover flap being disposed in said depressed area and adhesively bonded to said first side wall; and

a pair of closure tabs respectively hingedly connected to a top portion of the outer panel of each said end wall and slidably interposed between said first and second cover flaps, each said closure tab having a length sufficient to overlay the adjacent aperture in said first cover flap, said top portion of each said outer panel being pivotally connected to the remaining portion of the outer panel of the end wall,

whereby, end closure tabs may be independently slidably displaced outwardly to uncover the respective registered apertures to enable the material in the compartments to be dispensed either from one compartment alone or from both compartments simultaneously.

7. A reclosable dispensing carton as recited in claim 6 wherein said carton is formed from a single sheet of paperboard material.

8. A reclosable dispensing carton as recited in claim 6 wherein the bottom closure includes a pair of tabs respectively hingedly connected to the bottom ends of each of the outer panels of said end walls, said tabs extending inwardly and perpendicular to said end walls;

a first elongated tab extending from and hingedly connected to said second side wall and disposed perpendicular thereto so that said first elongated tab completely covers the bottom of the carton; and

a second elongated tab extending from and hingedly connected to the first side wall, said second elongated tab being coplanar with and overlying said first elongated tab and adhesively bonded thereto.

9. A carton blank for a dispensing carton having a discrete pair of compartments which includes a pair of independently slidably mounted valve openings at the top thereof and also a closed bottom, said blank comprising, in turn,

a first outer end panel having a tab extending from the bottom portion thereof, a top portion pivotally connected to said outer panel of said end wall and a closure tab hingedly connected to said top portion of the outer panel of the first end wall;

a first side wall panel having a flap extending from the bottom portion thereof, and an elongated first cover flap extending from the top thereof, said first cover flap including first and second hingedly connected section panels, said first section panel of said first cover flap including a pair of apertures disposed intermediate the length of said first section panel, said first section panel further including a pair of V-shaped grooves disposed at each of the opposed ends of said first section panel, and a second section panel hingedly connected to said first section panel of said cover flap and including chamfered corners;

a second outside panel of a second end wall having a tab extending from the bottom portion thereof and having a top portion panel pivotally connected to the top portion thereof, said top portion panels having a closure tab hingedly connected thereto;

a second side wall panel hingedly connected to the second outside panel of the second end wall and having an elongated flap extending from the bottom portion thereof, and a second cover flap extending from the top portion thereof, said second cover flap including a pair of apertures disposed intermediate the length of said second cover flap, said second side wall panel having an embossed depressed area therein adjacent to the top thereof;

an inner panel portion of the first end wall hingedly connected to said second side wall panel;

an inner panel portion of the first side wall hingedly connected to said inner panel of the first end wall;

a partition panel hingedly connected to said inner panel portion of the first side wall;

an inner panel portion of the second side wall hingedly connected to said partition panel; and

an inner panel of the second end wall hingedly connected to said inner panel portion of the second side wall.