Carton with asymmetrical corners

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10669061-B2
Application number	US-201715799046-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2017
Priority date	Nov 2, 2016
Publication date	Jun 2, 2020
Grant date	Jun 2, 2020

Abstract

A carton for holding at least one article. The carton includes a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton and a plurality of end flaps respectively foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels for closing at least one closed end of the carton. The carton comprises at least one asymmetrical corner extending between a top of the carton and a bottom of the carton and that transitions between a first configuration at one of the top and the bottom of the carton and a second configuration at the other of the top and the bottom of the carton.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A carton for holding at least one article, the carton comprising:
a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton;
a plurality of end flaps respectively foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels for closing at least one closed end of the carton,
the carton comprises at least one asymmetrical corner extending between a top of the carton and a bottom of the carton and that transitions between a first configuration at one of the top and the bottom of the carton and a second configuration at the other of the top and the bottom of the carton, the first configuration is a curved configuration at one end of the top and the bottom of the carton and the second configuration is a square configuration at the other of the top and the bottom of the carton.

2. The carton of claim 1 , wherein the carton comprises at least one symmetrical corner extending between the top of the carton and the bottom of the carton.

3. The carton of claim 2 , wherein the at least one symmetrical corner comprises a square configuration.

4. The carton of claim 1 , wherein the at least one asymmetrical corner comprises a plurality of fold lines.

5. The carton of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of fold lines are arranged in at least one V-shaped configuration.

6. The carton of claim 5 , wherein the at least one V-shaped configuration comprises a plurality of nested V-shaped configurations.

7. The carton of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of panels comprises at least one top panel, at least one bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, and the at least one closed end of the carton comprises a first closed end opposite a second closed end, the first closed end and the second closed end are each disposed between the first side panel and the second side panel.

8. The carton of claim 7 , wherein the at least one asymmetrical corner comprises a first asymmetrical corner between the first side panel and one of the first closed end and the second closed end and a second asymmetrical corner between the second side panel and one of the first closed end and the second closed end, and the carton comprises a first symmetrical corner between the first side panel and one of the first closed end and the second closed end and a second symmetrical corner between the second side panel and one of the first closed end and the second closed end.

9. The carton of claim 8 , wherein the first configuration is a curved configuration and the second configuration is a square configuration, and each of the first symmetrical corner and the second symmetrical corner has a square configuration.

10. The carton of claim 1 , wherein at least one panel of the plurality of panels comprises a dispenser tab defined by a tear line.

11. The carton of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of panels comprises at least one top panel, and the dispenser tab is foldably connected to the at least one top panel.

12. The carton of claim 1 , wherein at least one end flap of the plurality of end flaps comprises a main portion, a proximal extension foldably connected to the main portion, and a distal extension foldably connected to the main portion.

13. The carton of claim 12 , wherein the proximal extension and the distal extension are positioned in the interior of the carton to engage the at least one article.

14. A carton for holding at least one article, the carton comprising:
a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton;
a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels for forming at least one closed end of the carton,
the carton comprises at least one asymmetrical corner extending between a top of the carton and a bottom of the carton and that transitions between a first configuration at one of the top and the bottom of the carton and a second configuration at the other of the top and the bottom of the carton,
the at least one symmetrical corner comprises a plurality of fold lines arranged in at least one V-shaped configuration, the at least one V-shaped configuration comprises a first oblique fold line intersecting a second oblique fold line at a vertex.

15. The carton of claim 14 , wherein the at least one asymmetrical corner is formed from a corner section between at least one panel of the plurality of panels and at least one end flap of the plurality of end flaps, the corner section is foldably connected to the at least one panel at the first oblique fold line and the corner section is foldably connected to the at least one end flap at the second oblique fold line.

16. A carton for holding, at least one article, the carton comprising:
a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels comprises at least one top panel, at least one bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel;
a plurality of end flaps respectively foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels for forming a first closed end of the carton and a second closed end of the carton opposite the first closed end of the carton, the first closed end and the second closed end are each disposed between the first side panel and the second side panel,
the carton comprises at least one asymmetrical corner extending between a top of the carton and a bottom of the carton and that transitions between a first configuration at one of the top and the bottom of the carton and a second configuration at the other of the top and the bottom of the carton,
the at least one asymmetrical corner comprises a first asymmetrical corner between the first side panel and the first closed end, a second asymmetrical corner between the first side panel and the second closed end, a third asymmetrical corner between the second side panel and the first closed end, and a fourth asymmetrical corner between the second side panel and the second closed end.

17. The carton of claim 16 , wherein the first configuration is a curved configuration and the second configuration is a square configuration.

18. The carton of claim 17 , wherein at least one of the first asymmetrical corner, the second asymmetrical corner, the third asymmetrical corner, and the fourth asymmetrical corner has the respective first configuration adjacent the at least one top panel.

19. The carton of claim 18 , wherein at least one of the first asymmetrical corner, the second asymmetrical corner, the third asymmetrical corner, and the fourth asymmetrical corner has the respective second configuration adjacent the at least one top panel.

20. A carton for holding at least one article, the carton comprising:
a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels comprises at least one top panel, at least one bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel;
a plurality of end flaps respectively foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels for forming a first closed end of the carton and a second closed end of the carton opposite the first closed end, the first closed end and the second closed end are each disposed between the first side panel and the second side panel,
the carton comprises at least one asymmetrical corner extending between a top of the carton and a bottom of the carton and that transitions between a first configuration at one of the top and the bottom of the carton and a second configuration at the other of the top and the bottom of

Assignees

• Graphic Packaging Int Inc
• Graphic Packaging Int Llc

Inventors

• Smalley Brian
• Gould Steve M

Classifications

• B65D5/50

  Internal supporting or protecting elements for contents · CPC title

• B65D5/4266

  Folding lines, score lines, crease lines · CPC title

• B31B50/262

  involving folding, leading, or trailing flaps of blanks · CPC title

• B65D5/10

  with end closures formed by inward-folding of self-locking flaps hinged to tubular body · CPC title

• B31B2110/35

  rectangular, e.g. square · CPC title