Carton with supplemental information panel

• US 6,347,704 B1
• Filed: 05/30/2000
• Issued: 02/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Meadwestvaco (WestRock Company)
• Original Assignee: MPC Packaging Corporation
• Inventors: Dixon, Rodney D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sewell, Paul T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): ARNOLD III, TROY G
• Application Number:
  US09/580,763
• Time in Patent Office: 630 Days
• Field of Search: 206/831, 206/459.5, 206/232, 403/12
• US Class Current: 206/459.5
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/0254 with end closures formed by inward folding of flaps and securing them by means of a tongue integral with one of the flaps
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/422 as an extra panel or panels folded against or inside the container B65D5/4237 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 206/831 Detachable coupon

Abstract

A carton for packaging articles, having at least one supplemental information panel hingedly connected to one of the wall panels. The supplemental information panel is disposed inside the carton and can be withdrawn through an end of the carton.

Claims

1. A carton for packaging an item, said carton comprising:

(a) a plurality of wall panels of substantially equal length, each of said wall panels having first and second end edges and side edges;

coated outer surfaces for printing thereon;

wherein said wall panels are connected together along said side edges to form corners;

(b) at least one supplemental information panel having at least one surface for printing thereon and connected to at least one of said wall panels along one of said end edges; and

(c) said at least one supplemental information panel being formed of at least two sub-panels, the length of any sub-panel being no greater than the corresponding dimension of the adjacent wall panel end edge, the sub-panels being foldably disposed one upon the other and positionable within said carton such that said information panel is extendable from an opened end of said carton.

2. The carton of claim 1 wherein one of said wall panels forms an interior panel having end edges, said interior panel adhered to one of said wall panels to form said carton.

3. The carton of claim 1 further including end closure panels hingedly connected to at least one said wall panel first end edge and to at least one said wall panel second end edge.

4. The carton of claim 2 wherein said at least one supplemental information panel is hingedly attached to an end edge of said interior panel and extends outwardly therefrom through the end of said carton.

5. A blank for folding into a carton, said blank comprising:

(a) a plurality of wall panels, all of which are substantially the same length, and which are hingedly connected together along side edges, said panels having end edges; and

(b) at least one supplemental information panel formed of at least two hingedly connected sub-panels extending outwardly from and hingedly connected to at least one end edge of at least one wall panel, the length of any sub-panel being no greater than the corresponding dimension of the adjacent wall panel end edge.

6. The blank of claim 5 wherein one of said plurality of wall panels forms an interior wall panel having end edges, said interior panel being hingedly connected to a side edge of another one of said wall panels and capable of underlying and being adhered to one of said wall panels to form said carton.

7. The blank of claim 5 wherein at least one of said wall panel end edges at each end of said carton is provided with a closure panel hingedly secured thereto.

8. The blank of claim 5 further comprising a coating on at least one surface thereof for printing.