Claims
- 1. In a carton comprising
- (A) sides and ends defining a rectangular parallelepiped, said sides being formed by side panels and said ends by end panels, one of the carton ends comprising first, second, and third end panels which are connected to first, second and third side panels, respectively;
- (i) said first and third end panels extending from said first and third side panels, respectively, a substantial distance towards said third and first side panels, respectively, in an at least partially overlying relationship,
- (ii) said second end panel being pivotably connected to said second side panel and extending partially over said first and third end panels; and
- (B) means adhering said second end panel to the outer of said first and third end panels which permits said second end panel to be separated from said outer end panel and pivoted to expose the previously underlying portion of said outer end panel;
- the improvement comprising
- at least one of said first and third end panels having a length in excess of the side panel from which it extends, with said excess length being at least partially compacted and folded against said outer end panel by said second end panel when said second end panel extends partially over said first and third end panels, thereby providing a sift-resistant carton.
- 2. The carton of claim 1 wherein said at least one end panel is said outer end panel.
- 3. The carton of claim 1 wherein said excess length is compacted and folded at least partially over said outer end panel.
- 4. The carton of claim 1 wherein said excess length is secured at its free end to said second end panel.
- 5. The carton of claim 1 wherein said second end panel has a width less than that of said carton by at least said excess length.
- 6. The carton of claim 1 wherein said second end panel has a width less than that of one of said first and third end panels.
- 7. The carton of claim 1 wherein said second end panel has a width less than that of said outer end panel.
- 8. The carton of claim 1 wherein said second end panel is spaced by at least said excess length from the vertex between said second side panel and an adjacent side panel.
- 9. The carton of claim 1 wherein said first end panel includes a first region which is weakened and is defined by at least on weakened portion in which that end panel is at least partially cut through, said third end panel includes a second region which is weakened and is defined by at least one weakened portion in which that end panel is at least partially cut through, said first and second regions being disposed in an overlaying relationship adjacent said second end panel, said second end panel fully overlaying at least the outer of said first and second regions in said outer end panel, said pivoting of said second end panel exposing said outer region.
- 10. The carton of claim 9 wherein said first or second region in the inner end panel of said first and third end panels is removed.
- 11. The carton of claim 9 wherein said at least one end panel is said outer end panel.
- 12. The carton of claim 11 wherein said first or second region in said outer end panel is secured at one end to said excess length and laterally to said outer end panel.
- 13. In a carton comprising
- (A) sides and ends defining a rectangular parallelepiped, said sides being formed by side panels and said ends by end panels, one of the carton ends comprising first, second, and third end panels which are connected to first, second and third side panels, respectively;
- (i) said first and third end panels extending from said first and third side panels, respectively, a substantial distance towards said third and first side panels, respectively, in an at least partially overlying relationship,
- (ii) said second end panel being pivotably connected to said second side panel and extending partially over said first and third end panels; and
- (B) means adhering said second end panel to the outer of said first and third end panels which permits said second end panel to be separated from..said outer end panel and pivoted to expose the previously underlying portion of said outer end panel;
- the improvement comprising
- at least one of said first and third end panels having a length in excess of the side panel from which it extends, with said excess length being at least partially compacted and folded against and over said outer end panel by said second end panel when said second end panel extends partially over said first and third end panels, and
- said second end panel having a width less than that of said carton by at least said excess length and being spaced by at least said excess length from the axis of intersection between said second side panel and an adjacent side panel, thereby providing a sift-resistant carton.
- 14. The carton of claim 13 wherein said excess length is secured at its free end to said second end panel.
- 15. The carton of claim 13 wherein said first end panel includes a first region which is weakened and is defined by at least one weakened portion in which that end panel is at least partially cut through, said third end panel includes a second region which is weakened and is defined by at least one weakened portion in which that end panel is at least partially cut through, said first and second regions being disposed in an overlaying relationship adjacent said second end panel, said first or second region in the inner end panel of said first and third end panels being removed, said first or second region in said outer end panel being secured at on end to said excess length and laterally to said outer end panel, said second end panel fully overlaying at least the outer of said first and second regions in said outer end panel, said pivoting of said second end panel exposing said outer region.
- 16. The carton of claim 13 wherein said second end panel has a width less than that of one of said first and third end panels.
- 17. The carton of claim 13 wherein said second end panel has a width less than that of said outer end panel.
- 18. In a sheet-like blank for forming a carton having side panels and end panels, the blank comprising at least four side panels and at least three end panels; first, second and third end panels being foldably connected to first, second and third side panels, respectively; each of the first, second and third end panel being defined by opposed ends and opposed sides, one of the ends of each of the first, second and third end panels being connected to a respective side panel; the first and third end panels each extending from the respective side panel a distance which is substantial compared to the width between opposed sides of the second side panel;
- the improvement comprising
- one of said first and third end panels having a length in excess of the side panel from which it extends, with said excess length being adapted to be at least partially compacted and folded against one of said first and third end panels by said second end panel when said second end panel extends partially over said first and third end panels, thereby providing a sift-resistant carton blank.
- 19. The blank of claim 18 wherein said second end panel has a width less than that of the carton by at least said excess length.
- 20. The blank of claim 19 wherein said second end panel has a width less than that of one of said first and third end panels.
- 21. The blank of claim 20 wherein said second end panel has a width less than that of said outer end panel.
- 22. The blank of claim 18 wherein said second end panel is spaced by at least said excess length from the vertex between said second side panel and an adjacent side panel.
- 23. The blank of claim 18 wherein said first end panel includes a first region which is weakened and is defined by at least one weakened portion in which that end panel is at least partially cut through, said third end panel includes a second region which is weakened and is defined by at least one weakened portion in which that end panel is at least partially cut through, said first and second regions being of generally the same size and being disposed in generally corresponding locations relative to the respective first side thereof and lying within given distances from the respective first side of the respective end panel, said second end panel extending a distance from said second side panel which is greater than each of the given distances.
- 24. The blank of claim 23 wherein one of said first or second regions of said first and third end panels is removed.
- 25. The blank of claim 24 wherein the other of said first or second regions in said first and third end panels is secured at one end to said excess length and laterally to said respective end panel.
- 26. In a sheet like blank for forming a carton having side panels and end panels, the blank comprising at least four side panels and at least three end panels; first, second and third end panels being foldably connected to first, second and third side panels, respectively; each of the first, second and third end panels being defined by opposed ends and opposed sides, one of the ends of each of the first, second and third end panels being connected to a respective side panel; the first and third end panels each extending from the respective side panel a distance which is substantial compared to the width between opposed sides of the second side panel;
- the improvement comprising
- one of said first and third end panels having a length in excess of the side panel from which it extends, with said excess length being adapted to be at least partially compacted and folded against and over one of said first and third end panels by said second end panel when said second end panel extends partially over said first and third end panels, and
- said second end panel having a width less than that of the carton by at least said excess length and being spaced by at least said excess length from the common axis of said second side panel and an adjacent side panel.
- 27. The blank of claim 26 wherein said second end panel has a width less than that of one of said first and third end panels.
- 28. The blank of claim 27 wherein said second end panel has a width less than that of said outer end panel.
- 29. The blank of claim 26 wherein said first end panel includes a first region which is weakened and is defined by at least one weakened portion in which that end panel is at least partially cut through, said third end panel includes a second region which is weakened and is defined by at least one weakened portion in which that end panel is at least partially cut through, said first and second regions being of generally the same size and being disposed in generally corresponding locations relative to respective first sides thereof and lying within given distances from the respective first side of the respective end panel, said second end panel extending a distance from said second side panel which is greater than each of the given distances, said first or second region in one of said first and third end panels being removed, the other of said first or second region being secured at one end to said excess length and laterally to said respective end panel, but totally cut through at the other end.
- 30. In a carton comprising:
- (A) sides and ends defining a rectangular parallelepiped, said sides being formed by side panels and said ends by end panels, one of the carton ends comprising first, second, and third end panels which are connected to first, second and third side panels, respectively;
- (i) said first and third end panels extending from said first and third side panels, respectively, a substantial distance towards said third and first side panels, respectively, in an at least partially overlying relationship.
- (ii) said second end panel being pivotably connected to said second side panel, extending partially over said first and third end panels, and having a free end; and
- (B) means adhering said second end panel to the outer of said first and third end panels which permits said second end panel to be separated from said outer end panel and pivoted to expose the previously underlying portion of said outer end panel;
- the improvement comprising at least one of said second and third end panels having a length in excess of the side panel from which it extends, with said excess length being at least partially compacted and folded against said outer end panel by said second end panel when said second end panel extends partially over said first and third end panels, thereby providing a sift-resistant carton, and
- said first and third end panels defining slits therethrough adapted to receive a portion of the free end of said second end panel, said slit of said outer end panel defining a tab, said slits being adjacent one another but slightly offset along the longitudinal axis of said carton end to preclude sifting through aligned slits while still enabling said tab to be partially received in said slit of the other of said end panels and said free end portion of said second end panel to be received through both of said slits.
- 31. In a carton comprising
- (A) sides and ends defining a rectangular parallelepiped, said sides being formed by side panels and said ends by end panels, one of the carton ends comprising first, second, and third end panels which are connected to first, second and third side panels, respectively;
- (i) said first and third end panels extending from said first and third side panels, respectively, a substantial distance towards said third and first side panels, respectively, in an at least partially overlying relationship, said first end panel including a first region which is weakened and is defined by at least one weakened portion in which that end panel is at least partially cut through, said third end panel including a second region which is weakened and is defined by at least one weakened portion in which that end panel is at least partially cut through, said first and second regions being disposed in an overlying relationship adjacent said second end panel;
- (ii) said second end panel being pivotably connected to said second side panel and extending partially over said first and third end panels; and
- (B) means adhering said second end panel to the outer of said first and third end panels which permits said second end panel to be separated from said outer end panel and pivoted to expose the previously underlying portion of said outer end panel, said second end panel fully overlying at least the outer of said first and second regions in said outer end panel, said pivoting of said second end panel exposing said outer region;
- the improvement comprising
- tab means disposed at the end of one of said weakened regions for facilitating removal thereof from its end panel, said tab means being formed by one of said first and third end panels having a longitudinal portion with a length in excess of the side panel from which it extends, with said tab means being folded against said outer end panel by said second end panel when said second end panel extends partially over said first and third end panels and exposed for grasping when said second end panel is pivoted away from said first and third end panels.
- 32. The carton of claim 31 wherein said tab means is disposed on the weakened region cf said outer end panel.
- 33. The carton of claim 31 wherein said tab means has a width substantially less than that of the weakened region on which it is disposed.
- 34. The carton of claim 31 wherein said second end panel has a width at one point less than that of said carton by at least the length of said tab means.
- 35. The carton of claim 31 wherein said tab means is disposed on the end of said weakened region adjacent the vertex of said second end panel and said second side panel.
- 36. In a sheet-like blank for forming a carton having side panels and end panels, the blank comprising at least four side panels and at least three end panels; first, second and third end panels being foldably connected to first, second and third side panels, respectively: each of the first, second and third end panels being defined by opposed ends and opposed sides, one of the ends of each of the first, second and third end panels being connected to a respective side panel; the first and third end panels each extending from the respective side panel a distance which is substantial compared to the width between opposed sides of the second side panel, the first end panel including a first region which is weakened and is defined by at least one weakened portion in which that end panel is at least partially cut through, the third end panel including a second region which is weakened and is defined by at least one weakened portion in which that end panel is at least partially cut through, the first and second regions being of generally the same size and in the erected carton being disposed in generally corresponding locations relative to the respective first side thereof and lying within given distance from the respective first side of the respective end panel, the second end panel extending a distance from the second side panel which is greater than each of the given distances;
- the improvement comprising
- tab means disposed at the end of one of said weakened regions for facilitating removal thereof from its end panel, said tab means being formed by on of said first and third end panels having a longitudinal portion with a length in excess of the side panel from which it extends, with said tab means being folded against one of said first and third end panels by said second end panel when said second end panel extends partially over said first and third end panels and exposed for grasping when said second end panel is pivoted away from said first and third panels.
- 37. The blank of claim 36 wherein said tab means has a width substantially less than that of the weakened region on which it is disposed.
- 38. The blank of claim 36 wherein said second end panel has a width at one point less than that of said carton by at least the length of said tab means.
- 39. The blank of claim 36 wherein said tab means is disposed on the end of said weakened region adjacent the vertex of said second end panel and said second side panel.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of co-pending application Ser. No. 0/344,972 filed on Apr. 27, 1989, now Pat. No. 4,941,575 issued July 17, 1990.
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