IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0094962
(2011-04-27)
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등록번호 |
US-8123072
(2012-02-28)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
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대리인 / 주소 |
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
6 인용 특허 :
85 |
초록
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A carton with an improved dispenser at one of the carton which preserves the integrity of the carton when the carton is opened by permitting a bottom end flap attached to the bottom panel to remain in place and also a portion of each side end flap that is adjacent to the bottom end flap. This dispen
A carton with an improved dispenser at one of the carton which preserves the integrity of the carton when the carton is opened by permitting a bottom end flap attached to the bottom panel to remain in place and also a portion of each side end flap that is adjacent to the bottom end flap. This dispenser may also provide a safety net for the first container that is automatically dispensed when the carton is opened.
대표청구항
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1. A method of dispensing a first cylindrical container from a package, the package including an enclosed carton and a plurality of containers disposed in only a first row and a second row; the carton comprising a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side, an exiting end, and a closed end; the exit
1. A method of dispensing a first cylindrical container from a package, the package including an enclosed carton and a plurality of containers disposed in only a first row and a second row; the carton comprising a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side, an exiting end, and a closed end; the exiting end including a first side end flap connected to the first side and a second side end flap connected to the second side; the first side end flap contacting the second side end flap when folded to at least partially form the exiting end; the first container positioned in the first row above a second container in the second row; the first container contacting the top and the exiting end; a third container in the first row adjacent the first container; the carton including a dispenser defined at least partially by a tear line that includes a first tear line portion that extends across the first side end flap to the contact with the second side end flap and a second tear line portion that extends across the second side end flap to the contact with the first side end flap; the method comprising: separating along the tear line in the top, the first side, and the second side to the first tear line portion and the second tear line portion; andpivoting the dispenser about the first tear line portion and the second tear line portion, wherein the first container is caught in the dispenser when the dispenser is opened. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein, after dispensing the first container, the dispenser can be pivoted toward the top about the first tear line portion and the second tear line portion to reclose the dispenser. 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the dispenser can be separated from the carton along the first tear line portion and the second tear line portion. 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the second container has a diameter and wherein the first tear line portion and the second tear line portion are located a height from the bottom that is less than the diameter. 5. The method of claim 4 wherein the second container is in contact with the bottom and the exiting end. 6. The method of claim 1 wherein the enclosed carton is not adhesively attached to another enclosed carton. 7. The method of claim 1 wherein the top and bottom are substantially parallel, wherein the first side and the second side are substantially parallel, and wherein the exiting end and the closed end are substantially perpendicular the top, the bottom, the first side, and the second side. 8. The method of claim 1 wherein the dispenser defines a unitary structure that includes part of the top, part of the first side, part of the second side, and part of the exiting end. 9. The method of claim 1 wherein a finger flap is formed in the top to facilitate separation of the tear line. 10. The method of claim 9 wherein an insertion flap is connected to the finger flap along a finger flap fold line. 11. The method of claim 9 wherein the finger flap is located between the first container and the third container. 12. The method of claim 9 wherein the tear line in the top is located between the first container and the third container. 13. The method of claim 1 wherein the containers are cans or bottles. 14. The method of claim 1 further including an adhesive capable of holding said first side end flap and said second side end flap together. 15. A package comprising: a carton enclosing a plurality of containers;the plurality of containers positioned in only two rows including a first row above a second row; the plurality of containers including a first container in the first row, a second container in the second row, and a third container in the first row adjacent the first container; the first container and the second container contacting an exiting end of the carton;the carton comprising a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side, the exiting end, and a closed end; the exiting end including a first side end flap connected to the first side and a second side end flap connected to the second side; the first side end flap contacting the second side end flap; the carton including a dispenser being defined at least partially by a tear line that includes a first tear line portion that extends across the first side end flap to the contact with the second side end flap and a second tear line portion that extends across the second side end flap to the contact with the first side end flap; and,wherein the dispenser is separable along the tear line in the top, the first side, and the second side, and wherein the dispenser can be pivoted away from the top about the first tear line portion and the second tear line portion, and wherein the dispenser is configured to catch the first container when the dispenser is opened. 16. The package of claim 15 wherein the first side end flap overlaps the second side end flap. 17. A blank dimensioned to form a carton sized to contain a plurality of containers in only two rows including a first row above a second row, the plurality of containers including a first container in the first row and a second container in the second row; the first container and the second container each contacting an exiting end of the carton, the blank comprising: a sheet of material having first, second, third, and fourth parallel fold lines therein, said parallel fold lines defining panels of the carton,at a first end of the sheet of material, a transverse fold line connecting end flaps to the panels; each of the end flaps having a free end;the blank being capable of being formed into the carton, including a top panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a bottom panel, the exiting end, and a closed end; the exiting end being formed at least partially by the end flaps; the end flaps including at least a first side end flap and a second side end flap; the first side end flap connected along the transverse fold line to the first side panel; the second side end flap connected along the transverse fold line to the second side panel; the first side end flap extending a first distance from the transverse fold line to the free end of the first side end flap; the second side end flap extending a second distance from the transverse fold line to the free end of the second side end flap; the first distance and the second distance together being greater than the width of the bottom panel; the blank including a tear line that extends through the top panel, through the first side panel, through the second side panel, the first distance through the first side end flap, and the second distance through the second side end flap. 18. The blank of claim 17 wherein the plurality of containers includes a third container in the first row adjacent the first container, and wherein the tear line in the top panel is located between the first and third containers. 19. The blank of claim 17 wherein the second container has a diameter, and wherein the tear line in the first side end flap and in the second side end flap is at a height from the bottom panel that is less than the diameter. 20. The blank of claim 17 wherein a dispenser is formed by the tear line; the dispenser being configured to catch the first container when the dispenser is opened. 21. The blank of claim 17 wherein neither the first side panel nor the second side panel includes cut lines for receiving adhesive.
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