Envelopes – wrappers – and paperboard boxes – Paperboard box – Compartmented
Patent
1993-01-29
1993-09-07
Elkins, Gary E.
Envelopes, wrappers, and paperboard boxes
Paperboard box
Compartmented
229207, 229240, 229243, 229903, 229906, 426118, B65D 542, B65D 554
Patent
active
052421066
ABSTRACT:
A food package including a closed carton containing a food product, the closed carton including a carton tray and a carton closure. The carton closure having cuts therein which include (1) cuts in the lid flap providing an opening tab hinged along the front edge to a corner portion of the lid wall panel operable to be manually gripped and moved from a normal storage position into a venting position, (2) cuts in the corner portion of the lid wall panel operable in response to the movement of the opening tab into the venting position thereof to enable the corner portion to be extended in upturned opening relation with respect to the remainder of the lid wall panel including a remainder of the front edge thereof to provide venting access, (3) cuts in the lid flap defining a zip strip having a manually grippable end disposed in a normal storage position adjacent the opening tab so as to be operable to be manually gripped after the opening tab is moved into its venting position so as to enable the zip strip to be manually removed from the lid flap, and (4) cuts in the lid wall panel enabling a substantial portion of the lid wall panel including a substantial portion of the zip strip released front edge to be manually moved into an eating position wherein a substantial portion of the tray is open to provide eating access.
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Elkins Gary E.
Gulf State Paper Corporation
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