Claims
- 1. A display carton blank, comprising:
- front and back panels separated at one side by a hinge line;
- a hexagonal outer bottom panel in the shape of the bottom of said carton and hinged from the bottom of one of said panels chosen from the class consisting of said front and back panels;
- a plurality of overlappable bottom panels hinged from the bottoms of said front and back panels to overlie said bottom panel,
- said hexagonal outer panel being irregular and hinged by a first edge to the center of the bottom edge of a first one of said front and back panels, the edges of said outer panel being numbered in sequence with said first and fourth edges being equal in length and parallel, the longer edges separated by a distance h, the second, third, fifth and sixth edges being equal, the internal angles B between the second and third edges and between the fifth and sixth edges being equal and acute, the remaining internal angles A being equal and obtuse;
- first and second said identical overlappable panels each being shaped as a quadrilateral with its edges consecutively numbered starting with the hinged edge which is hinged to the sides of the bottom edge of the second one of said front and back panels, the first and second edges being equal in length to said second and third edges of said hexagon panel, the internal angles between said first and second edges being equal to B, and the internal angles between said second and third edges being equal to A;
- a third said overlappable panel in the shape of an irregular hexagon, the edges of which are consecutively numbered, with the first edge hinged to the center of the bottom edge of the second one of said front and back panels, the first and fourth edges being parallel and equal in length to the longer side of said outer hexagonal panel, the internal angle between the third and fourth edges and between the fourth and fifth edges being equal to A, the second and fifth edges being colinear with but separated from said fourth edges of said first and second overlappable panels; and,
- fourth and fifth identical said overlappable panels each triangular shaped and having consecutively numbered edges, with the first said edges hinged to the sides of the bottom edge of said first one of said front and back panels, said first edges being equal to the shorter edges of said outer hexagonal panel, said third edges being colinear but separated from the second and fifth edges of said outer hexagonal panel, the lengths of said second and third edges being such that the areas of said fourth and fifth panels are substantially equal to the portions of the areas of said first and second overlappable panels which are exposed to be attachable to said outer hexagon panel when said blank is erected.
- 2. The blank of claim 1 and further comprising:
- said front and back panels have margin panels substantially their full length on both side edges.
- 3. A carton erected from the blank of claim 2 wherein;
- said front and back panels are confronting but separated at least at the bottom thereof with said confronting margin panels attached to each other;
- and said overlappable panels are overlapping each other with said outside panel on the outside of, overlapping and attached to each of said overlappable panels.
- 4. The carton of claim 3 wherein said first and second overlappable panels are folded on the inside of said carton, said third overlappable panel is folded to overlap a portion of said first and second panels, said fourth and fifth panels are folded to overlap a portion of said first, second and third panels, and said outside panel overlaps and is attached to all of said overlappable panels.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application, Ser. No. 860,563 filed Dec. 14, 1977 for a "DISPLAY CARTON", now abandoned.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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