CA1036983A - Combined shipping, article display and dispensing carton - Google Patents
Combined shipping, article display and dispensing cartonInfo
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- CA1036983A CA1036983A CA218,685A CA218685A CA1036983A CA 1036983 A CA1036983 A CA 1036983A CA 218685 A CA218685 A CA 218685A CA 1036983 A CA1036983 A CA 1036983A
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- Prior art keywords
- carton
- aperture
- tab
- dispensing
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
- B65D71/06—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers
- B65D71/12—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers the packaging elements, e.g. wrappers being formed by folding a single blank
- B65D71/36—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers the packaging elements, e.g. wrappers being formed by folding a single blank having a tubular shape, e.g. tubular wrappers, with end walls
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D2571/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans, pop bottles; Bales of material
- B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
- B65D2571/00129—Wrapper locking means
- B65D2571/00135—Wrapper locking means integral with the wrapper
- B65D2571/00141—Wrapper locking means integral with the wrapper glued
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D2571/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans, pop bottles; Bales of material
- B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
- B65D2571/00555—Wrapper opening devices
- B65D2571/00561—Lines of weakness
- B65D2571/00598—The tearable part having a specific use
- B65D2571/00604—The tearable part having a specific use for supporting the wrapper in a dispensing position, e.g. inclined
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D2571/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans, pop bottles; Bales of material
- B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
- B65D2571/00648—Elements used to form the wrapper
- B65D2571/00654—Blanks
- B65D2571/0066—Blanks formed from one single sheet
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D2571/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans, pop bottles; Bales of material
- B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
- B65D2571/00709—Shape of the formed wrapper, i.e. shape of each formed element if the wrapper is made from more than one element
- B65D2571/00722—Shape of the formed wrapper, i.e. shape of each formed element if the wrapper is made from more than one element tubular with end walls, e.g. walls not extending on the whole end surface
- B65D2571/00728—Shape of the formed wrapper, i.e. shape of each formed element if the wrapper is made from more than one element tubular with end walls, e.g. walls not extending on the whole end surface the end walls being closed by gluing
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D2571/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans, pop bottles; Bales of material
- B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
- B65D2571/00833—Other details of wrappers
- B65D2571/00882—Supporting members
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Abstract
ABSTRACT
The invention relates to a carton and a one-piece blank for forming it, the carton having a detachable portion defining an article dispensing aperture in one wall and also serving, when cooperating with the bottom of the carton, as a pedestal so as to incline the carton from the vertical so that the articles will always be presented to said aperture.
The invention relates to a carton and a one-piece blank for forming it, the carton having a detachable portion defining an article dispensing aperture in one wall and also serving, when cooperating with the bottom of the carton, as a pedestal so as to incline the carton from the vertical so that the articles will always be presented to said aperture.
Description
~.~3~3 This inverltion rclates to colllbined shipping, article display and dispensincJ cartons an~ blanks for forming said cartons, each of the latter having an article dispensing aperture therein.
Cartons having article dispensing apertures therein are well known. For instance, it is known, vide U.S. Specification Nos. 1,956,642 (Einson) and 3,258,114 (King) as well as British Specification No. 205,600 (Shirley) to provide such cartons with at least one supporting stand or pedestal cooperating with the bottom of the carton so as to incline the latter towards the front whereby the contents or articles will be displayed more advantageously through the dispensing aperture. However, although each of these arrangement has been formed from a one-piece blank, the panel forming the pedestal has been additional to thatdefining the dispensing aperture and the remainder of the carton. The present invention overcomes this disadvantage and, hence, effects a saving in material.
It is also known vide U.S. Specification Nos. 1,341,893 (Fitzgerald), 1,668,171 (Pratt), 1,803,851 (Horvath), 1,840,439 (Ewell) and 2,142,883 (Chaney) to provide cartons, having a dis-pensing aperture, with a supporting stand or pedestal to incline the carton. However, and in these examples, the carton is formed from one blank and the stand or pedestal from another blank. Again, the present in~ention offers a saving in material.
Furthermore, U.S. Specification No. 1,862,685 (Kennett) discloses a carton formed from a one-piece blank portions of which define dispensing openings as well as a discharge opening and supporting stand. The article dispensing openings in Kennett's arrangement are circular and are located in the front of the carton while the salesman partially pushes each article through the said openings by placing his hand through the discharge opening located at the back of the carton.
,~ - 1- ~, 1~3f~ 3 The portion of the carton defining the discharge opening is adapted to form the supporting stand. ln the present invention, however, the contents of the carton are presented to the dispensing r . .. . , . , . _ .. , . _ _ .. _ _ _ . _ . .. .. . .. .. . .
- la -~.'' -~3ti~3 contents o~ the carton are presentfed to tlle dispensing aperture under gravity and the portion of the blank defining the dispensing aperture also forms the pedestal.
According to one br~ad aspect, thereEore, the present invention relates to a combined shipping, article display and dispensing carton having a wall structure consisting of mutually opposed side and end walls; a bottom; and a top; a tab in a selected one of said walls adjacent a selected marginal edge of said bottom and having its ends extending into the two neighbouring walls; said tab being completely detachable from said wall structure to define an article dispensing aperture and being foldable for interlocking cooperation with said bottom at a location adjacent to a marginal edge of the bottom opposite to said selected marginal edge thereof to form a pedestal inclining the carton from the vertical towards said aperture so that said articles are always presented by gravity, unobstructed and in a direction normal to their longitudinal axes, to said aperture where substantially their overall length is dis-played for identification before removal through said aperture and from said carton.
~ccording to another broad aspect, the present invention relates to a one-piece blank for forming a combined shipping, article display and dispensing carton, said blank being cut and scored to provide a plurality of interconnected panels certain of which subsequently form a wall structure consisting of mutually opposed side and end walls, while others subsequently form a bottom with slots therein and a top; portions, adjacent contiguous marginal edges of selected adjacent wall panels, being cut and scored to form a tab capable of being completely detachable from said selected wall panels to define an article dispensing aperture i,
Cartons having article dispensing apertures therein are well known. For instance, it is known, vide U.S. Specification Nos. 1,956,642 (Einson) and 3,258,114 (King) as well as British Specification No. 205,600 (Shirley) to provide such cartons with at least one supporting stand or pedestal cooperating with the bottom of the carton so as to incline the latter towards the front whereby the contents or articles will be displayed more advantageously through the dispensing aperture. However, although each of these arrangement has been formed from a one-piece blank, the panel forming the pedestal has been additional to thatdefining the dispensing aperture and the remainder of the carton. The present invention overcomes this disadvantage and, hence, effects a saving in material.
It is also known vide U.S. Specification Nos. 1,341,893 (Fitzgerald), 1,668,171 (Pratt), 1,803,851 (Horvath), 1,840,439 (Ewell) and 2,142,883 (Chaney) to provide cartons, having a dis-pensing aperture, with a supporting stand or pedestal to incline the carton. However, and in these examples, the carton is formed from one blank and the stand or pedestal from another blank. Again, the present in~ention offers a saving in material.
Furthermore, U.S. Specification No. 1,862,685 (Kennett) discloses a carton formed from a one-piece blank portions of which define dispensing openings as well as a discharge opening and supporting stand. The article dispensing openings in Kennett's arrangement are circular and are located in the front of the carton while the salesman partially pushes each article through the said openings by placing his hand through the discharge opening located at the back of the carton.
,~ - 1- ~, 1~3f~ 3 The portion of the carton defining the discharge opening is adapted to form the supporting stand. ln the present invention, however, the contents of the carton are presented to the dispensing r . .. . , . , . _ .. , . _ _ .. _ _ _ . _ . .. .. . .. .. . .
- la -~.'' -~3ti~3 contents o~ the carton are presentfed to tlle dispensing aperture under gravity and the portion of the blank defining the dispensing aperture also forms the pedestal.
According to one br~ad aspect, thereEore, the present invention relates to a combined shipping, article display and dispensing carton having a wall structure consisting of mutually opposed side and end walls; a bottom; and a top; a tab in a selected one of said walls adjacent a selected marginal edge of said bottom and having its ends extending into the two neighbouring walls; said tab being completely detachable from said wall structure to define an article dispensing aperture and being foldable for interlocking cooperation with said bottom at a location adjacent to a marginal edge of the bottom opposite to said selected marginal edge thereof to form a pedestal inclining the carton from the vertical towards said aperture so that said articles are always presented by gravity, unobstructed and in a direction normal to their longitudinal axes, to said aperture where substantially their overall length is dis-played for identification before removal through said aperture and from said carton.
~ccording to another broad aspect, the present invention relates to a one-piece blank for forming a combined shipping, article display and dispensing carton, said blank being cut and scored to provide a plurality of interconnected panels certain of which subsequently form a wall structure consisting of mutually opposed side and end walls, while others subsequently form a bottom with slots therein and a top; portions, adjacent contiguous marginal edges of selected adjacent wall panels, being cut and scored to form a tab capable of being completely detachable from said selected wall panels to define an article dispensing aperture i,
- 2 -,i c if)3~ 3 in said carton; said tab having a Inedian Eold line and a pair of spaced end fold lines normal to said median fold line; said also tab being provided with tongues, whereby upon its removal and upon a folding manipulation about its said median and end fold lines and interlocking cooperation of the tongues with the slots in the bottom of the carton at a location in an end of the carton opposite to the aperture, the tab also serves as a pedestal to incline the carton from the vertical towards said aperture to that said articles are always presented by gravity, unobstructed and in a direction normal to their longitudinal axes, to said aperture where substantially their overall length is displayed for identification before removal through said aperture and from said carton.
The invention is illustrated, by way of example, in the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a plan view of a one-piece blank from which the carton is formed and Figure 2 is a similar view of the obverse side thereof;
Figure 3 is a detail view;
Figure 4 is a perspective view of an erected carton partic-ularly showing its underside;
Figure 5 is a side elevation of the carton; and Figure 6 is a further detail view.
Referring to the drawings, and to Figures 1 and 2 in particular, the one-piece blank shown therein is cut and scored to provide a plurality of panels of pair of which, 1, 2 ultimately serve as a pair of side walls, while others, 3,4 ultimately serve as a pair of mutually opposed end walls. Panels
The invention is illustrated, by way of example, in the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a plan view of a one-piece blank from which the carton is formed and Figure 2 is a similar view of the obverse side thereof;
Figure 3 is a detail view;
Figure 4 is a perspective view of an erected carton partic-ularly showing its underside;
Figure 5 is a side elevation of the carton; and Figure 6 is a further detail view.
Referring to the drawings, and to Figures 1 and 2 in particular, the one-piece blank shown therein is cut and scored to provide a plurality of panels of pair of which, 1, 2 ultimately serve as a pair of side walls, while others, 3,4 ultimately serve as a pair of mutually opposed end walls. Panels
- 3 -5,6 ultimately serve as bottom end closure flaps with further panels 9 serving as bottom side closure flaps. Panel 4 is also provided with an adjacent sub-panel 10 which ultimately serves as the "manufacturer's cJap".
It will be seen -that portions of panels 1-3 are bounded by a line of severance 11 which defines a tab T provided with sets of tongues 12,13.
Each bottom side closure flap 9 is provided with a pair of slots 14 therein whereas the bottom side closure flap 7 is provided with similar slots 15 extending normal to the slots 14.
Additionally, one face (as viewed in Figure 2) of flaps 6,7,8 and 10 is coated with pressure sensitive adhesive as are spaced portions of tab T. The obverse side of the blank, as is shown in Figure 1, has selected portions of flaps 5 and 9 and tab T coated in a similar manner.
In known manner, the blank is folded so as to form a carton having a wall structure formed by panels 1-4, a top closure formed by panels 5,6 and a bottom closure formed by panels 7-9. The contents of the carton are preferably cylindrical articles A
such as, for example, tinned food etc.
When the retailer requires that the carton be placed on a shelf for display purpose and subsequent sales of the articles therein, he gently presses on the tab T, where it has been located adjacent a selected marginal edge of the bottom, and removes it from the carton. The end portions, defined by score-lines 16,17 and line of severance 11, of the tab T are then folded so as substantially to assume the positions shown in Figure 3 where the coated end portions of tab T will adhere to the coated portions of the obverse face of said tab so as to form a pedestal P. The
It will be seen -that portions of panels 1-3 are bounded by a line of severance 11 which defines a tab T provided with sets of tongues 12,13.
Each bottom side closure flap 9 is provided with a pair of slots 14 therein whereas the bottom side closure flap 7 is provided with similar slots 15 extending normal to the slots 14.
Additionally, one face (as viewed in Figure 2) of flaps 6,7,8 and 10 is coated with pressure sensitive adhesive as are spaced portions of tab T. The obverse side of the blank, as is shown in Figure 1, has selected portions of flaps 5 and 9 and tab T coated in a similar manner.
In known manner, the blank is folded so as to form a carton having a wall structure formed by panels 1-4, a top closure formed by panels 5,6 and a bottom closure formed by panels 7-9. The contents of the carton are preferably cylindrical articles A
such as, for example, tinned food etc.
When the retailer requires that the carton be placed on a shelf for display purpose and subsequent sales of the articles therein, he gently presses on the tab T, where it has been located adjacent a selected marginal edge of the bottom, and removes it from the carton. The end portions, defined by score-lines 16,17 and line of severance 11, of the tab T are then folded so as substantially to assume the positions shown in Figure 3 where the coated end portions of tab T will adhere to the coated portions of the obverse face of said tab so as to form a pedestal P. The
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,: ` ' " ' ' " . ' ' ' ' '3 pedestal is thell "n~arricd" to, or interlocked with, the bottom of the carton when thc rctailcr inserts the tongucs 12,13 into the slots 14,15 as is shown in Figure ~. It will be observed that the pedestal cooperates with the bottom at a location adjacent to a marginal edge.
Thus, when such a carton is placed on a shelf or store counter, the pedestal P will incline the back of the carton thus permitting the cylindrical articles to be presented, under gravity and unobstructed, to the dispensing aperture located in the front of the carton in a direction normal to their longitudinal axes and where, due to the substantially V-shaped cut-outs 18 formed in the side walls of the carton, the ends of said articles can easily be grasped for withdrawal from the carton. Due to the articles being presented lengthwise to the aperture, it will be appreciated that they can be displayed therein for identification before removal through the aperture.
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,: ` ' " ' ' " . ' ' ' ' '3 pedestal is thell "n~arricd" to, or interlocked with, the bottom of the carton when thc rctailcr inserts the tongucs 12,13 into the slots 14,15 as is shown in Figure ~. It will be observed that the pedestal cooperates with the bottom at a location adjacent to a marginal edge.
Thus, when such a carton is placed on a shelf or store counter, the pedestal P will incline the back of the carton thus permitting the cylindrical articles to be presented, under gravity and unobstructed, to the dispensing aperture located in the front of the carton in a direction normal to their longitudinal axes and where, due to the substantially V-shaped cut-outs 18 formed in the side walls of the carton, the ends of said articles can easily be grasped for withdrawal from the carton. Due to the articles being presented lengthwise to the aperture, it will be appreciated that they can be displayed therein for identification before removal through the aperture.
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Claims (5)
1. A combined shipping, article display and dispensing carton having a wall structure consisting of mutually opposed side and end walls; a bottom; and a top; a tab in a selected one of said walls adjacent a selected marginal edge of said bottom and having its ends extending into the two neighbouring walls, said tab being completely detachable from said wall structure to define an article dispensing aperture and being foldable for interlocking cooperation with said bottom at a location adjacent to a marginal edge of the bottom opposite to said selected marginal edge thereof to form a pedestal inclining the carton from the vertical towards said aperture so that said articles are always presented by gravity, unobstructed and in a direction normal to their longitudinal axes, to said aperture where substantially their overall length is displayed for identification before removal through said aperture and from said carton.
2. A carton according to Claim 1 wherein said interlocking cooperation comprises tongues on said tab and cooperating slots in said bottom.
3. A carton according to Claim 2 wherein the ends of said aperture are substantially V-shaped.
4. A one-piece blank for forming a combined shipping, article display and dispensing carton, said blank being cut and scored to provide a plurality of interconnected panels certain of which subsequently form a wall structure consisting of mutually opposed side and end walls, while others subsequently form a bottom with slots therein and a top; portions, adjacent contiguous marginal edges of selected adjacent wall panels, being cut and scored to form a tab capable of being completely detachable from said selected wall panels to define an article dispensing aperture in said carton; said tab having a median fold line and a pair of spaced end fold lines normal to said median fold line; said tab also being provided with tongues, whereby upon its removal and upon a folding manipulation about its said median and end fold lines and interlocking cooperation of the tongues with the slots in the bottom of the carton at a location in an end of the carton opposite to the aperture, the tab also serves as a pedestal to incline the carton from the vertical towards said aperture so that said articles are always presented by gravity, unobstructed and in a direction normal to their longitudinal axes, to said aperture where substantially their overall length is displayed for identification before removal through said aperture and from said carton.
5. A blank according to Claim 4 wherein the ends of said aperture are substantially V-shaped.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA218,685A CA1036983A (en) | 1975-01-27 | 1975-01-27 | Combined shipping, article display and dispensing carton |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA218,685A CA1036983A (en) | 1975-01-27 | 1975-01-27 | Combined shipping, article display and dispensing carton |
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| CA1036983A true CA1036983A (en) | 1978-08-22 |
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