Envelopes – wrappers – and paperboard boxes – Paperboard box – Lifting or suspending element
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-06
2005-12-06
Elkins, Gary E. (Department: 3727)
Envelopes, wrappers, and paperboard boxes
Paperboard box
Lifting or suspending element
C229S117120, C229S117220, C229S117240
Reexamination Certificate
active
06971572
ABSTRACT:
A carton includes a base wall, a pair of side walls hingedly connected to opposed side edges of the base wall, a first top panel hingedly connected to an upper edge of one of the side walls, a pair of end flaps hingedly connected to opposed end edges of the top panel and extending toward the base wall, a finger aperture defined in the top panel, and a strap handle disposed slidably with respect to an underside of the top panel and exposed to view within the finger aperture. The strap handle includes a main strap having a medial portion extending parallel to opposed side edges of the top panel. The opposite ends of the main strap are hingedly connected to the end flaps along fold lines. Each fold line extends parallel to a notional line extending between the top panel and the base wall.
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Elkins Gary E.
MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems LLC
Suzuki Tsugihiko
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