Envelopes – wrappers – and paperboard boxes – Paperboard box – With closure for an access opening
Reexamination Certificate
1998-09-11
2001-02-06
Elkins, Gary E. (Department: 3727)
Envelopes, wrappers, and paperboard boxes
Paperboard box
With closure for an access opening
C229S104000, C229S109000, C229S137000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06182888
ABSTRACT:
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Not Applicable
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
Not Applicable
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to cartons. Specifically, the present invention relates to gable top cartons and carton blanks therefor.
2. Description of the Related Art
Gable top cartons have been known for the better part of the twentieth century. Their characteristic simplicity and resealability have helped to sustain their popularity as containers for traditional liquid food products such as milk and juice, but in recent years they have been used for products ranging from ammunition to Epsom salts. Gable top cartons typically begin as generally rectangular carton blanks made of a laminated paperboard or similar material. The carton blanks are provided with a number of creases to facilitate folding and forming the blank into a rectangular carton having the characteristic gabled top.
When fully folded, filled, and sealed, the gable top cartons included a gabled top structure that engages four side-panels. Traditionally, each side panel is generally perpendicular to each adjacent side panel. The panels are each divided from one another by a single vertical score line extending the entire height of the side wall. These side panels form the characteristic hollow rectangular body of the container and define the volume of product that a carton may hold. In accordance with accepted design approaches, the design of a traditional gable top carton to accommodate a specified volume involves adjusting the dimensions of the four side walls defining the rectangular body that is to contain the specified volume. Very often, these product volume requirements are specified by the packager and selected from standard volumes that have been deemed accepted in the consumer market for the product (i.e., pint, quart, half gallon, gallon, half liter, liter, etc.). When this design approach is utilized, there exists a generally established relationship between the surface area of the carton blank and the carton volume. The surface area of the carton, and particularly the area of the four side walls constituting the bulk of the surface area, is thus generally fixed for a given container volume.
Additional end panel extensions and end panel shapes are often employed to assist in folding and sealing the traditional gable top cartons. These added extensions and shapes result in added carton surface area per unit volume of product.
The traditional approaches to gable top carton design have heretofore devoted little effort to optimizing the carton surface area per unit volume of product.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is a carton with a 45 degree off-set top seal. The off-set top seal allows for the stiffening of the side panels by the bottom corners, and also increases the carton's volume. There is also a possible material saving of seven percent for a carton.
One aspect of the present invention is a traditional gable top carton with the off-set seal. Another aspect is an eight-sided carton with an off-set top seal. Yet another aspect of the present invention is a method and apparatus of fabricating the off-set top seal carton. Still another aspect of the present invention is a carton blank for fabricating a carton with a forty-five degree off set top seal.
It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a carton with an off-set top seal.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a multi-sided carton with an off-set top seal.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a blank for an eight-sided carton with an off-set top seal.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a blank for a carton with an off-set top seal.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus of fabricating a carton with an off-set seal.
Having briefly described this invention, the above and further objects, features and advantages thereof will be recognized by those skilled in the pertinent art from the following detailed description of the invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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Elkins Gary E.
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance SA
Welsh & Katz Ltd.
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