Fully enclosed carton
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1. A method of forming a fully enclosed paperboard carton, the method comprising:
- providing a carton having a top, a base, a first side panel, a second side panel, a first side end panel, and a second side end panel;
a first base end panel and a second base end panel being hingedly connected;
the first base end panel and the second base end panel each including an upper base end panel portion and a lower base end panel portion;
the first side end panel and the second side end panel being disposed at a first end of the carton;
the first side end panel and the second side end panel being substantially planar and perpendicular to the base and the top;
a first top end panel having a handle flap;
the handle flap being rotatable inwardly through 180°
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the first side end panel having a first handle hole adjacent a first side panel push through flap and the second side end panel having a second handle hole adjacent a second side panel push through flap;
the first side panel push through flap and the second push through flap being rotatable inwardly through 180°
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the first side panel and the second side panel each having a lower side panel portion that is substantially planar and perpendicular to the base, and an upper side panel portion that is substantially planar and tapers inwardly towards an edge connection with the top;
moving the first side panel push through flap and the second side panel push through flap behind the handle flap into a carrying position;
wherein a first gusset panel is hingedly connected to the first side end panel and to the lower base end panel portion of the first base end panel, and wherein a second gusset panel is hingedly connected to the second side end panel and to the lower base end panel portion of the second base end panel.
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Abstract
A fully enclosed paperboard carton having a top, a base, a pair of oppositely disposed sides and a pair of oppositely disposed end panels. Each end panel being substantially planar and perpendicular to the base and top. Each side having a lower portion that is substantially planar and perpendicular to the base and an upper portion that is substantially planar and tapers inwardly towards its edge connection with the top.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of forming a fully enclosed paperboard carton, the method comprising:
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providing a carton having a top, a base, a first side panel, a second side panel, a first side end panel, and a second side end panel;
a first base end panel and a second base end panel being hingedly connected;
the first base end panel and the second base end panel each including an upper base end panel portion and a lower base end panel portion;
the first side end panel and the second side end panel being disposed at a first end of the carton;
the first side end panel and the second side end panel being substantially planar and perpendicular to the base and the top;
a first top end panel having a handle flap;
the handle flap being rotatable inwardly through 180°
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the first side end panel having a first handle hole adjacent a first side panel push through flap and the second side end panel having a second handle hole adjacent a second side panel push through flap;
the first side panel push through flap and the second push through flap being rotatable inwardly through 180°
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the first side panel and the second side panel each having a lower side panel portion that is substantially planar and perpendicular to the base, and an upper side panel portion that is substantially planar and tapers inwardly towards an edge connection with the top;moving the first side panel push through flap and the second side panel push through flap behind the handle flap into a carrying position; wherein a first gusset panel is hingedly connected to the first side end panel and to the lower base end panel portion of the first base end panel, and wherein a second gusset panel is hingedly connected to the second side end panel and to the lower base end panel portion of the second base end panel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of forming a carton, the method comprising:
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providing a carton having a top, a base, a first side panel and a second side panel respectively connected to the top and the base, each of the first side panel and the second side panel having a lower portion and an upper portion, wherein the lower portion is generally perpendicular to the base, and the upper portion angles towards an interior of the carton, a first side end panel connected to at least one of the first side panel and the second side end panel, a first top end panel having a handle flap, the handle flap being rotatable inwardly through 180°
, the first side end panel having a first handle hole adjacent a first side panel push through flap and the second side end panel having a second handle hole adjacent a second side panel push through flap, the first side panel push through flap and the second push through flap being rotatable inwardly through 180°
, a base end panel connected to a side of the base and overlapping the first and the second side end panels to at least partially form a closed end of the carton, a gusset panel foldably connected to the base end panel and one of the first side end panel and the second side end panel, the gusset panel is upwardly folded relative to the base and has a free edge that is elevated from the base, wherein the base, the gusset panel, a portion of the first side panel, a portion of the second side panel, a portion of the first side end panel and a portion of the second side end panel form a tray, the tray being free from fluid permeable openings and having a top edge corresponding to the free edge of the gusset, andmoving the first side panel push through flap and the second side panel push through flap behind the handle flap into a carrying position. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for forming a carton from a blank, the method comprising:
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providing a blank having a top panel;
a first top end panel connected to the top panel;
the first top end panel including a handle flap that is rotatable inwardly through 180°
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a base panel;
side panels each having a lower portion and an upper portion hingedly attached to the lower portion;
a first side end panel connected to one of the side panels and a second side end panel connected to the one of the side panels;
the first side end panel having a first handle hole adjacent a first side panel push through flap and the second side end panel having a second handle hole adjacent a second side panel push through flap;
the first side panel push through flap and the second push through flap being rotatable inwardly through 180°
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a base end panel foldably connected to a side of the base panel at a longitudinal fold line for overlapping the side end panels when the blank is formed into the carton; and
a gusset panel foldably connected to the base end panel and one of the first and second side end panels, the gusset panel is foldably connected to the base end panel at a lateral fold line perpendicular to the longitudinal fold line, the gusset panel is foldably connected to the one of the first and second side end panels at an oblique fold line, wherein the longitudinal fold line, the lateral fold line and the oblique fold line intersect at a junction between the base and the one of the first and second side panels;
wherein the gusset panel has a free edge that is elevated from the base panel upon forming the blank into the carton, and the blank forms a tray comprising the base panel, the gusset panel, a portion of the first side panel, a portion of the second side panel, a portion of the first side end panel, and a portion of the second side end panel, the tray being free from fluid permeable openings and having a top edge corresponding to a free edge of the gusset;moving the first side panel push through flap and the second side panel push through flap behind the handle flap into a carrying position when the blank is formed into the carton. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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