Carton with liner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10961014-B2
Application number	US-201916377755-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 8, 2019
Priority date	Apr 9, 2018
Publication date	Mar 30, 2021
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021

Abstract

A reinforced package comprising a carton comprising a front panel, a first side panel foldably connected to the front panel along a first fold line, a back panel foldably connected to at least the first side panel along a second fold line, and a second side panel foldably connected to at least one of the front and back panels. A bag is at least partially attached to the carton. An access feature can be selectively opened for receiving products into the interior space of the bag. The access feature extends in at least a portion of the carton and the bag. The carton can be positionable in a non-erect position wherein the interior space of the bag is at least partially collapsed and in an erect position wherein the interior space of the bag is increased. The first side panel and the second side panel comprise retention features for retaining the carton in the erect position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A reinforced package, comprising:
a carton comprising a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels comprising a front panel, a first side panel foldably connected to the front panel along a first fold line, a back panel foldably connected to at least the first side panel along a second fold line, and a second side panel foldably connected to at least one of the front panel and the back panel, the carton comprising a carton opening at a top of the reinforced package;
a bag at least partially attached to the carton at least partially in the interior of the carton, the bag comprising an interior space and an open top end, wherein the open top end of the bag is positioned proximate to the carton opening at the top of the reinforced package; and
an access feature for being selectively opened for receiving products into the interior space of the bag, the access feature extending in at least a portion of the carton and in at least a portion of the bag, the access feature comprising an access panel extending in at least the front panel, the access panel being at least partially removable from the front panel for forming an access opening in the carton;
wherein the carton is positionable in a non-erect position wherein the interior space of the bag is at least partially collapsed and in an erect position wherein the interior space of the bag is increased, the carton being configured to support the bag in the erect position, and the first side panel and the second side panel comprise retention features for at least partially retaining the carton in the erect position.

2. The reinforced package of claim 1 , wherein the access panel is at least partially separable from the front panel along a line of weakening.

3. The reinforced package of claim 1 , wherein the access panel is at least partially separable from the front panel along a first score formed in an exterior surface of the front panel and a second score formed in an interior surface of the front panel, the second score being spaced apart from the first score, the access panel being for at least partially removing an outer portion of material from the front panel between the first score and the second score to form a rim in the front panel, the rim extending along the access opening when the access panel is at least partially removed from the front panel.

4. The reinforced package of claim 3 , wherein the access feature further comprises an access flap that is at least partially separable from at least one of the front panel and the access panel along a tear line, the first score and the second score intersecting the tear line.

5. The reinforced package of claim 1 , wherein the access feature further comprises an access flap that is at least partially separable from at least one of the front panel and the access panel for initiating removal of the access panel from the front panel.

6. The reinforced package of claim 1 , wherein the access feature further comprises an access aperture extending in the bag, the access aperture being at least partially aligned with the access panel.

7. The reinforced package of claim 6 , wherein the bag is attached to the front panel and the back panel of the carton, the bag being attached to the front panel at least at locations extending above and below the access panel, between the access panel and the first side panel, and between the access panel and the second side panel.

8. The reinforced package of claim 1 , further comprising a handle extending in the carton.

9. The reinforced package of claim 8 , wherein the handle comprises a comfort flap foldably connected to the first side panel adjacent a handle opening in the first side panel.

10. The reinforced package of claim 8 , wherein the handle is a first handle extending in the first side panel, and the reinforced package further comprises a second handle extending in the second side panel.

11. The reinforced package of claim 10 , wherein the first side panel comprises a first upper portion, the second side panel comprise a second upper portion, the first upper portion and the second upper portion extend upwardly past the open top end of the bag in the interior of the carton, and the first handle and the second handle extend in the respective first upper portion and second upper portion above the open top end of the bag.

12. The reinforced package of claim 11 , wherein the front panel comprises a first upper edge, the back panel comprises a second upper edge, and the first upper portion of the first side panel and the second upper portion of the second side panel extend upwardly from the first upper edge and the second upper edge.

13. The reinforced package of claim 8 , wherein the handle extends in an upper portion of the first side panel, and the upper portion extends away from the interior of the carton from upper edges of the front panel and the back panel.

14. The reinforced package of claim 8 , wherein the handle is spaced upwardly from the open top end of the bag.

15. The reinforced package of claim 8 , wherein the first side panel comprises a first panel portion foldably connected to a second panel portion along a lateral fold line, and the handle extends in each of the first panel portion and the second panel portion of the first side panel.

16. The reinforced package of claim 1 , wherein the retention features comprise at least a V-shaped fold line extending from the first fold line and extending in the first side panel, and the V-shaped fold line comprises a vertex that is spaced apart from the first fold line.

17. The reinforced package of claim 16 , wherein the first fold line is arcuate and is concave with respect to the first side panel.

18. The reinforced package of claim 1 , wherein the retention features comprise at least a first V-shaped fold line extending from the first fold line and a second V-shaped fold line extending from the second fold line, and each of the first V-shaped fold line and the second V-shaped fold line extends in the first side panel.

19. The reinforced package of claim 18 , wherein each of the first fold line and the second fold line is arcuate and is concave with respect to the first side panel.

20. The reinforced package of claim 18 , wherein the retention features further comprise a longitudinal fold line extending in the first side panel from a first vertex of the first V-shaped fold line to a second vertex of the second V-shaped fold line, the first side panel comprises a first panel portion foldably connected to a second panel portion along a lateral fold line, and the longitudinal fold line intersects with the lateral fold line.

21. The reinforced package of claim 1 , wherein a lower edge of the carton extends along a bottom of the carton for supporting the carton in the erect position, and the bag comprises a closed bottom extending proximate to the bottom of the carton.

22. The reinforced package of claim 1 , wherein the carton further comprises a first bottom end flap foldably connected to the front panel and a second bottom end flap foldably connected to the back panel, and the first bottom end flap and the second bottom end flap are at least partially overlapped with respect to one another to at least partially form a bottom of the carton.

23. The reinforced package of claim 22 , wherein at least one of the first bottom end flap and the second bottom end flap is at least partially folded along a botto

Assignees

• Graphic Packaging Int Llc

Inventors

• Tart Christopher

Classifications

• B65D5/606 Primary

  Bags or bag-like tubes loosely glued to the wall of a "tubular" container · CPC title

• B65D5/3628

  collapsed along median lines of two opposite sides of the rectangular tubular body · CPC title

• B65D5/4612

  formed by extensions of side flaps or by side flaps of a container formed by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides · CPC title

• B65D5/4608

  Handgrip holes · CPC title

• B65D5/4204

  Inspection openings or windows · CPC title