A two-part (1, 2, 102, 118) transporting and vending package (52, 152) for containing and displaying articles (A). The articles are grouped and disposed upon the first part (1), which is augment by the second part (2) to give the package sufficient structural integrity to resist compressive forces b
A two-part (1, 2, 102, 118) transporting and vending package (52, 152) for containing and displaying articles (A). The articles are grouped and disposed upon the first part (1), which is augment by the second part (2) to give the package sufficient structural integrity to resist compressive forces being transmitted to the articles when the package is stacked with other such packages. The second part also restricts access to the articles. The package also comprises a releasable retaining means (24, 124) provided to maintain the first and second parts as a unit until access to the articles is required. The retaining means can be manipulated to deprive the package of its initial structural integrity and to provide improved access to the articles to facilitate vending.
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1. A carton for packaging articles, comprising a first part including a base panel for receiving articles and a second removable part including a structural element having a vertical size greater than the first part and sufficient to withstand a compressive force when the carton is stacked with like
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A carton for packaging articles, comprising a first part including a base panel for receiving articles and a second removable part including a structural element having a vertical size greater than the first part and sufficient to withstand a compressive force when the carton is stacked with like cartons, wherein the second part is disposed in stable contact with the first part, wherein the carton further comprises a retaining arrangement for preventing lateral separation of the first and second parts, the retaining arrangement comprising a deployable portion of one of the first and second parts and an abutting end of the other of the first and second parts, the one of the first and second parts having a first end where the deployable portion is located and a second end opposite to the first end, and wherein the abutting end of the other of the first and second parts is disposed to abut the deployable portion so that the deployable portion, when deployed, allows the abutting end to move laterally away from the second end of the one of the first and second parts to allow lateral separation of the second part from the first part in an endwise direction. 2. The carton according to claim 1, wherein the first part further includes a display panel for displaying information or graphics. 3. The carton according to claim 1, wherein the second part further includes a base panel connected to the structural element, wherein the structural element of the second part includes a pair of opposed side panels and a pair of opposed end panels so as to define an open top of the second part, wherein the first part is disposed within the second part such that the base panel of the first part is slidably disposed on the base panel of the second part and wherein the deployable portion is provided by one of the end panels of the second part. 4. A carton for packaging articles, comprising a first part including a base panel for receiving articles and a second removable part including a structural element having a vertical size greater than the first part and sufficient to withstand a compressive force when the carton is stacked with like cartons, wherein the second part is disposed in stable contact with the first part, wherein the carton further comprises a retaining arrangement for preventing lateral separation of the first and second parts, the retaining arrangement comprising a deployable portion of one of the first and second parts and an end of the other of the first and second parts, and wherein the end of the other of the first and second parts is disposed to abut the deployable portion so that the deployable portion, when deployed, allows lateral separation of the second part from the first part in an endwise direction to expose articles on the base panel of the first part, wherein the retaining arrangement further comprises one or more tabs projecting from one of the first and second parts to engage the other of the first and second parts so that vertical separation of the first and second parts is prevented. 5. The carton according to claim 4, wherein upper and lower portions of the carton comprise complementary tabs and apertures such that the tabs extending from the carton may engage apertures formed in another like carton when the carton and the other like carton are stacked one upon the other to restrict relative displacement. 6. The carton according to claim 4, wherein the one or more tabs project from the second part and received in one or more engaging apertures in the first part. 7. The carton according to claim 4, wherein the first part further includes a pair of opposed side panels and a pair of opposed end panels, the side and end panels extending upwardly from the base panel to define an open top of the first part, wherein the second part is disposed within the first part such that the structural element extends upwardly beyond respective upper edges of the side and end panels of the first part, and wherein the deployable portion is provided by one of the end panels of the first part. 8. The carton according to claim 7, wherein the structural element of the second part comprises a pair of opposed side support panels disposed alongside the side panels of the first part and an end support panel disposed alongside one of the end panels of the first part, the end support panel connecting between the side support panels. 9. A package for containing articles, which package comprises a group of articles, a supporting carton structure on which the group of articles is disposed and a removable carton structure including a pair of spaced side panels, the group having opposite sides, the supporting carton structure having a forward end and a backward end, the side panels of the removable carton structure being disposed alongside the opposite sides of the group of articles respectively, a height of the supporting carton structure at at least the forward end of the supporting carton structure being less than the height of the group of articles, the height of the side panels of the removable carton structure being greater than the height of the supporting carton structure, wherein the removable carton structure is in slidable contact with the supporting carton structure so as to be forwardly movable with respect to the supporting carton structure to be removed from the supporting carton structure, the package further comprising a retaining arrangement for preventing undesired forward movement of the removable carton structure. 10. The package according to claim 9, wherein the retaining arrangement comprises a deployable portion of one of the supporting and removable carton structures and an end of the other of the supporting and removable carton structures, the end of the other of the supporting and removable carton structures being disposed to abut the deployable portion so that the deployable portion, when deployed, allows forward movement of the removable carton structure to expose the group of articles on the supporting carton structure. 11. The package according to claim 10, wherein the retaining arrangement further comprises one or more tabs projecting from one of the supporting and removable carton structures to engage the other of the supporting and removable carton structures so that relative vertical movement of the supporting and removable carton structures is prevented. 12. The package according to claim 9, wherein the supporting carton structure comprises a display panel for displaying information or graphics. 13. The package according to claim 9, wherein at least the removable carton structure comprises apertures for facilitating air flow around the articles of the group. 14. The package according to claim 9, wherein the supporting carton structure comprises a base panel, a pair of side panels and a pair of end panels, the supporting carton structure having an open top, and the removable carton structure is disposed within the supporting carton structure. 15. The package according to claim 9 wherein the supporting carton structure comprises a base panel on which the group of article is disposed, the removable carton structure further comprises a base panel, and the supporting carton structure is disposed within the removable carton structure such that the base panel of the removable carton structure is slidably disposed under the base panel of the supporting carton structure.
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Gottfreid Thomas M. (Warsaw IN), Carton for bulk pack cut single paper.
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