Cooler box with handle round

• US 8,479,525 B2
• Filed: 03/16/2011
• Issued: 07/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Graphic Packaging International Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Graphic Packaging International Incorporated
• Inventors: Brand, Kirsten L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ali, Mohammad M
• Application Number:
  US13/048,917
• Publication Number:
  US 20110162408A1
• Time in Patent Office: 846 Days
• Field of Search: 62/60, 62/62, 624/571, 624/572, 624/573, 220/515, 220/574.2, 220/592.03, 229/117.16, 229/200, 229/240, 229/242, 53/488, 534/92, 206/170, 206/175, 206/427
• US Class Current: 62/60
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2571/00141 glued
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2571/0045 for hands
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2571/00574 whereby contents can still be carried after the line has been torn
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2571/0066 formed from one single sheet
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2571/00728 the end walls being closed by gluing
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/541 the lines of weakness being provided in one or more closure flaps
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/542 the lines of weakness being provided in the container body
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 71/36 having a tubular shape, e.g. tubular wrappers, with end walls
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/18 providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient with thermal insulation B65D81/38; ice-boxes with cooling means F25D

Abstract

A blank, carton, package, and method for enclosing a plurality of containers in a carton is disclosed. The carton includes first and second top panels, first and second side panels, and a bottom panel. The top panels each include separation lines with one top panel disposed over the other top panel when formed as a carton. The carton is openable along the separation lines to expose the containers. The carton is capable of receiving a cooling substance therewithin when the top panels are separated along the separation lines. The carton including at least two handle tear lines with a handle disposed therebetween. The handle capable of being engaged to move the carton or package as desired.

Claims

1. A carton for cooling containers, the carton comprising:

a first top panel, a second top panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a bottom panel, and two ends formed by at least one end flap;

the first top panel being separable along a first tear line and the second top panel being separable along a second tear line;

a first access opening separating the first tear line into at least two segments and a second access opening separating the second tear line into at least two segments; and

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the first top panel being disposed over the second top panel so that the first tear line is in registration with the second tear line and so that the first access opening is aligned with the second access opening.

2. The carton of claim 1 wherein the first top panel and the second top panel can be separated into their two sections to expose at least partially containers in the carton.

3. The carton of claim 1 wherein the first tear line and the second tear line are parallel.

4. The carton of claim 1 wherein the first tear line lies over the second tear line.

5. The carton of claim 1 wherein the first access opening is covered by a first finger flap.

6. The carton of claim 1 wherein the second access opening is covered by a second finger flap.

7. The carton of claim 1 wherein the first access opening and the second access opening form a single access opening.

8. The carton of claim 1 wherein after the first top panel and the second top panel are opened along the first tear line and the second tear line, respectively, a cooling substance is provided in the carton.

9. The carton of claim 1 wherein the first tear line and the second tear line extend at least partially into the two ends.

10. The carton of claim 1 wherein the two ends are formed with more than one layer of paperboard.

11. A blank capable of being formed in a carton sized to contain a plurality of containers, the blank comprising:

a first top panel with a first tear line for separating the first top panel into at least two first sections;

the first top panel connected to a first side panel along a first fold line;

the first side panel connected to a bottom panel along a second fold line;

the bottom panel connected to a second side panel along a third fold line;

the second side panel connected to a second top panel along a fourth fold line;

the second top panel including a second tear line for separating the second top panel into at least two second sections;

the second top panel connected to a connecting panel along a fifth fold line;

a first access opening in the first top panel and a second access opening in the second top panel; and

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a first transverse fold, line and a second transverse fold line disposed perpendicular the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth fold lines;

the first transverse fold line and the second transverse fold line at least partially defining end flaps along edge portions of the first top panel, first side panel, bottom panel, second side panel, and second top panel;

wherein the first tear line is for being in registration with the second tear line and the first access opening is for being aligned with the second access opening when forming a carton from the blank.

12. The blank of claim 11 wherein the first access opening is disposed along the first tear line.

13. The blank of claim 12 wherein the first access opening is covered by a first finger flap.

14. The blank of claim 11 wherein the second access opening is disposed along the second tear line.

15. The blank of claim 14 wherein the second access opening is covered by a second finger flap.

16. The blank of claim 11 wherein the at least two first sections are each approximately half the first top panel.

17. The blank of claim 11 wherein the at least two second sections are each approximately half the second top panel.

18. The blank of claim 11 wherein the connecting panel includes a handle.

19. The blank of claim 11 wherein the end flaps of the second top panel include a first end flap adjacent the first transverse fold line and a second end flap adjacent the second transverse fold line;

the second tear line extending into the first end flap and the second end flap.

20. The blank of claim 19 including a third tear line in the first end flap and a fourth tear line in the second end flap;

the third tear line and the fourth tear line generally parallel the first and second transverse fold lines.