Carton configured for automated loading
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1. A carton for containing one or more products, the carton comprising:
- a front panel;
a first product dispensing configuration wherein the product is accessible through a window formed in the front panel; and
a door selectively providing access to the first window, the door having a first portion being slidable between substantially adjacent first and second major panels being substantially the same length, substantially overlying each other and connected to each other effective to reduce interference between the product and the door portion during opening and closing of the door, the first and second major panels being parallel to a back major panel and one of the first and second major panels substantially overlying the back major panel, the back major panel having substantially the same length as the first and second major panels, and the back major panel being connected to a back panel, the back panel being opposite the front panel and parallel thereto.
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Abstract
A carton having a door and a method of making a carton having a door, the carton being adapted for automated assembly and/or loading by reducing or eliminating interference between side panels of a door and product during loading and use of the door. In an aspect of the invention, the door side panels are slidable within a protected region formed between adjacent panels of the carton.
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15 Claims
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1. A carton for containing one or more products, the carton comprising:
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a front panel; a first product dispensing configuration wherein the product is accessible through a window formed in the front panel; and a door selectively providing access to the first window, the door having a first portion being slidable between substantially adjacent first and second major panels being substantially the same length, substantially overlying each other and connected to each other effective to reduce interference between the product and the door portion during opening and closing of the door, the first and second major panels being parallel to a back major panel and one of the first and second major panels substantially overlying the back major panel, the back major panel having substantially the same length as the first and second major panels, and the back major panel being connected to a back panel, the back panel being opposite the front panel and parallel thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A carton for containing one or more products, the carton comprising:
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a front panel and a back panel spaced apart and generally parallel; a window formed in the front panel; a door selectively providing access to the first window, the door having a pair of side portions; a pair of first and second major panels having substantially the same lengths, one of the first major panels being connected at one edge to an edge of the front panel and at an opposite edge to one of the second major panels and the other of the first major panels being connected at one edge to an edge of the front panel and at an opposite edge to the other of the second major panels, each of the connected first and second major panels overlying each other to form a protected region for one of the side portions of the door; and a pair of back major panels each being connected at one edge to opposing edges of the back panel, each of the back major panels substantially overlying one of pairs of first and second major panels.
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