Claims
- 1. Carton apparatus, comprising: first and second compartment members each having a plurality of sidewalls, bottom flaps and top flaps and defining a substantially enclosed interior volume;
- said first and second compartment members each comprising a tab extending from at least one said top flap and joined to the at least one said top flap with a line of weakness so as to be manually severable therefrom;
- the tab of one of said compartment members in overlapping relationship with a top flap of the other of said compartment members and secured thereto with securement means; and the lines of weakness of the first and second compartment members being aligned end-to-end.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the lines of weakness of the first and second compartment members are colinearly aligned.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the top flap of each compartment member which is joined to one of the tabs of a respective compartment member is also joined to a first of said sidewalls of the same respective compartment member in overlapping relationship with the one tab, and the first sidewalls of the first and second compartment members are in substantial contact with one another.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the carton apparatus has a top end, defining an interior volume at the top end and has two opposing top closure means extending from an opposing pair of said sidewalls of the carton apparatus with the top closure means cooperating to enclose the interior volume at the top end of the carton apparatus, each top closure means including compartment member top flaps joined together by a tab.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the tab of one of said compartment members overlies a top flap of the other of said compartment members.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the tab of one of said compartment members underlies a top flap of the other of said compartment members.
- 7. A method of making a multi-compartment separable carton apparatus comprising the steps of:
- providing first and second compartment members, each with a plurality of sidewalls, bottom flaps and top flaps and defining a substantially enclosed interior volume;
- providing each of the first and second compartment members with a tab extending from at least one top flap and joining the tab to the at least one top flap with a line of weakness so as to be manually severable therefrom;
- arranging the first and second compartment members so that the tabs of respective compartment members extend toward the other compartment member and so that at least some of the sidewalls of the first and second compartments are mutually opposing;
- bringing the mutually opposing sidewalls of the first and second compartment members adjacent one another so that the tabs of respective compartment members are in overlapping relationship with the other compartment member; and securing the tabs of the respective compartment members to the other compartment member so as to join the two compartment members together along the lines of weakness to form said carton apparatus.
- 8. The method of claim 7 wherein the top flaps of the first and second compartment members are positioned prior to the securing step so that the tabs are coplanar aligned with one another.
- 9. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of aligning the lines of weakness end-to-end so that the compartment members are severable from one another with a continuous motion.
- 10. The method of claim 9 wherein the lines of weakness are colinearly aligned.
- 11. The method of claim 7 wherein the step of arranging the first and second compartment members comprises:
- sequentially forming the first and second compartment members with similar orientations;
- rotating one of the compartment members so as to face the tab thereof in an opposite direction from its initial direction; and
- moving at least one of the compartment members so as to bring the first and second compartment members into side-by-side relationship.
- 12. The method of claim 7 wherein at least one of the tabs of a respective compartment member overlies the other compartment member.
- 13. The method of claim 7 wherein at least one of the tabs of a respective compartment member underlies the other compartment member.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/756,851 filed Sep. 9, 1991, abandoned.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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