Angled tissue carton
View Patent ↗A product including a shipping box containing a plurality of sheet-material dispensers. The sheet-material dispensers enclose a stack of sheets formed from a sheet-material. The dispenser includes a top, a bottom, a first side wall, and a second sidewall. The first and second sidewall comprising either a triangle, truncated triangle, or a trapezoid. Two or more sheet material dispensers are interrelated within the shipping box to form a substantially parallelepiped shape for efficient shipping.
1. A product comprising:
a shipping box containing a plurality of sheet-material dispensers;
the sheet-material dispensers housing a stack of sheets formed from a sheet-material, the dispenser comprising a top, a bottom, a first side wall, and a second sidewall, the first and second sidewalls comprising either a triangle, truncated triangle, or a trapezoid, said top comprising a dispensing opening;
wherein two or more sheet-material dispensers are interrelated within the shipping box to form a substantially rectangular prism shape; and
wherein the shipping box comprises a fill efficiency, and the fill efficiency is between about 85 percent to about 100 percent.
2. The product of claim 1 wherein the dispenser comprises a triangular shape and the first and second sidewalls comprise an isosceles triangle having two 45 degree angles and one 90 degree angle, and the top comprises a first dispensing panel, a second dispensing panel, and a dispensing opening.
3. The product of claim 1 wherein the dispenser comprises a truncated triangular shape having one or more corners with an edge panel, and the first and second sidewall comprise a truncated isosceles triangle having two 45 degree angles and one 90 degree angle, and the top comprises a first dispensing panel, a second dispensing panel and a dispensing opening.
4. The product of claim 1 wherein the dispenser comprises a trapezoid shape and the first and second sidewalls comprise a trapezoid.
5. The product of claim 4 wherein the first and second sidewalls comprise a trapezoid having two 90 degree angles, one 45 degree angle, and one 135 degree angle, and the top comprises an angled dispensing panel having a dispensing opening.
6. The product of claim 2 wherein the stack comprises a bell-shaped stack.
7. The product of claim 3 wherein the stack comprises a bell-shaped stack.
8. The product of claim 2 wherein the shipping box comprises a fill efficiency, and the fill efficiency is between about 95 to about 100 percent.
9. The product of claim 3 wherein the shipping box comprises a fill efficiency, and the fill efficiency is between about 95 to about 100 percent.
10. The product of claim 4 wherein the shipping box comprises a fill efficiency, and the fill efficiency is between about 95 to about 100 percent.
11. The product of claim 1 wherein a plurality of shipping boxes are arranged into a pallet volume having a pallet efficiency, and the pallet efficiency is between about 80 to about 100 percent.
12. The product of claim 2 wherein a plurality of shipping boxes are arranged into a pallet volume having a pallet efficiency, and the pallet efficiency is between about 85 to about 100 percent.
13. The product of claim 3 wherein a plurality of shipping boxes are arranged into a pallet volume having a pallet efficiency, and the pallet efficiency is between about 85 to about 100 percent.
14. The product of claim 4 wherein a plurality of shipping boxes are arranged into a pallet volume having a pallet efficiency, and the pallet efficiency is between about 85 to about 100 percent.
15. The product of claim 3 wherein the dispenser comprises an edge panel located between the bottom and the first dispensing panel, an edge panel located between the bottom and the second dispensing panel, and an edge panel located between the first dispensing panel and the second dispensing panel.
16. The product of claim 1 wherein the shipping box comprises a display ready shipping box having a removable panel formed by a weakened line.
17. The product of claim 1 wherein the shipping box holds a plurality of multi-pack bundles comprising at least two dispensers secured together by a band, shrink wrap film, or adhesive to form a rectangular prism.
18. The product of claim 1 wherein the shipping box holds a plurality of multi-pack bundles comprising at least four dispensers secured together by a band, shrink wrap film, or adhesive to form a substantially rectangular prism shape.
19. The product of claim 1 wherein the stack comprises a bell-shaped stack and the sheets comprise facial tissue.
20. The product of claim 1 wherein the shipping box contains 24 dispensers.
21. The product of claim 1 wherein the shipping box contains 48 dispensers.