Carton for displaying articles attachable to a flip sign

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018168221-A1
Application number	US-201815900055-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 20, 2018
Priority date	Jul 22, 2014
Publication date	Jun 21, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A carton for displaying articles attachable to a flip sign is disclosed, which includes a box structure having a back panel, a bottom panel, a top panel, a pair of side panels, a top front panel, a bottom front panel, a first inner panel and a second inner panel, the first inner panel having a pair of slots configured to receive a pair of tabs on an outer free edge of the second inner panel. The first and second inner panels rest adjacent to the back panel upon placing a plurality of articles within a recess, which is formed between the top front panel, the bottom front panel, the back panel, and the pair of side panels.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for displaying a plurality of articles, comprising:
assembling a box structure having an open recess on a front portion for receiving a plurality of articles, the box structure having a back panel, a bottom panel, a top panel, a pair of side panels, a top front panel, a bottom front panel, a first inner panel and a second inner panel, the first inner panel having a pair of slots configured to receive a pair of tabs on an outer free edge of the second inner panel, and wherein the first and second inner panels rest adjacent to the back panel upon placing a plurality of articles within the open recess, which is formed between the top front panel, the bottom front panel, the back panel and the pair of side panels; placing one or more articles in the open recess; and securing the assembled box structure adjacent to a flip sign.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the box structure is assembled from a blank having a left side panel and a right side panel connected to the back panel, the left side panel and right side panel each having an outer hinge flap and inner flap, the method comprising folding the outer hinge flap and the inner hinge flap to form the side panels of the assembled box structure.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the blank includes top and bottom hinge panels, the method comprising gluing the top and bottom hinge panels to a frontside of the back panel.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the box structure is assembled from a blank comprising:
a first inner panel connected to an inner top flap panel along a first edge of the inner top flap panel; a top front panel connected to the inner top flap panel along a second edge of the inner top flap panel; a top panel connected to the top front panel along a first edge of the top panel; a top hinge panel connected to the top panel along a second edge of the top panel; a back panel connected to the top hinge panel along a first edge of the back panel, the back panel connected to a left side panel and a right side panel connected along a left side edge and a right side edge of the back panel, respectively; a bottom hinge panel connected to the back panel along a second edge of the back panel; a bottom panel connected to the bottom hinge panel along a first edge of the bottom panel; a lower front panel connected to the bottom panel along a second edge of the bottom panel; an inside bottom front panel connected to the lower front panel along a first edge of the inside bottom front panel; an inside bottom panel connected to the inside bottom front panel along a first edge of the lower front panel; and a second inner panel connected to the inside bottom panel along a second edge of the inside bottom panel.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein each of the left and right side panels comprises:
an inner flap having a hinge line, which divides the inner flap into an inner hinge flap and an outer hinge flap, and one or more dust flaps.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein each of the side panels includes a pair of dust flaps, the method comprising folding the dust flaps inward.

7 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the inner top flap panel, the top panel and the bottom panel each include a left dust flap and a right dust flap.

8 . The method of claim 4 , wherein a fold line between the first inner panel and the inner top flap panel includes a pair of slots, the method further comprising
placing a corresponding tab on an outer free edge of the second inner panel in a respective one of the slots.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the blank comprises:
a pair of tabs on an outer free edge of the second inner panel.

10 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the left side panel and the right side panel each have a curved inner edge extending in a direction from the top panel to the bottom panel, the method comprising assembling the blank such that a bottom of the assembled box structure has a greater depth than a top of the assembled box structure.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the left side and the right side panels each have a pair of dust flaps on an outer free edge of the side panels.

12 . The method of claim 4 , wherein a distance from the first edge of the back panel to the second edge of the back panel is greater than a distance from the first edge of the top panel to the second edge of the top panel.

13 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the blank is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of cardboard, paperboard, plastic, metal, or combinations thereof.

14 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the blank is formed of cardboard having a weight ranging from about 100 grams per square meter to about 350 grams per square meter.

15 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the blank includes one or more of printing, embossing, debossing, embellishments and combinations thereof on an outer surface of the blank.

16 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the blank includes a lower bottom panel having a plurality of openings and an upper bottom panel having a plurality of openings, the method comprising folding the lower bottom panel and the upper bottom panel such that the openings in the lower bottom panel are aligned with the openings in the upper bottom panel and placing one or more tubular members in the aligned openings.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the lower bottom panel and the upper bottom panel include two or more rows of the openings, the method comprising folding the lower bottom panel and the upper bottom panel such that the rows of openings are aligned.

18 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the assembled box structure has a width of about 25 cm to about 30 cm, a height of about 17 cm to about 20 cm, and a depth of about 3 cm to about 7 cm.

19 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the assembled box structure is attached to the flip sign by removing a placard a pair of slots in the flip sign and sliding the assembled box structure into the pair of slots.

20 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the articles are packs of cigars or cigarettes.

Assignees

• Altria Client Services Llc

Inventors

• Fath Scott

Classifications

• A24F15/00 Primary

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• B65D5/2095

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• B65B43/265

  Opening, erecting or setting-up boxes, cartons or carton blanks · CPC title

• B65D5/52

  External stands or display elements for contents · CPC title

• B65D5/5021

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