Carton with display header
View Patent ↗More than one embodiment of a blank and carton are provided. In one embodiment, a blank forms a carton with an opening flap that forms a display header for the carton. The opening flap is defined along a tear line pattern in a side panel and an overlapped and adhered end flap configuration, with the overlapped portion defined along a fold line. The opening flap is foldable along the fold line to dispose interior surfaces of the overlapped end flaps in facing relationship with one another. A portion of the opening flap extends into the carton interior, and can be received into two tuck-in flaps formed in another side panel. A display header is formed of the exposed portion of the opening flap when the opening flap is oriented in a display configuration. In another embodiment, only one tuck-in flap is included.
1. A carton comprising:
a first side panel, a second side panel, a third side panel, and a fourth side panel;
a first end formed by a first side panel end flap, a second side panel end flap, a third side panel end flap, and a fourth side panel end flap; the first side panel end flap being connected to the first side panel along a first fold line; the second side panel end flap being connected to the second side panel along a second fold line; the third side panel end flap being connected to the third side panel along a third fold line; the fourth side panel end flap being connected to the fourth side panel along a fourth fold line; a first portion in the first end defined between a peripheral edge of the first side panel end flap and a fifth fold line in the first side panel end flap; the third side panel end flap overlapping and being adhered to the first portion of the first side panel end flap;
a second end formed by a fifth side panel end flap, a sixth side panel end flap, a seventh side panel end flap, and an eighth side panel end flap;
an opening flap including a second portion defined in the third side panel by a tear line pattern; the opening flap being separable along the tear line pattern and being foldable along the fifth fold line to dispose the first side panel end flap and the third side panel end flap in a facing relationship and to dispose the second portion inside the carton in a facing relationship with an inner surface of the first side panel;
wherein the second panel end flap and the fourth panel end flap remain attached along the second fold line and the fourth fold line, respectively, to the carton when the opening flap is separated along the tear line pattern and folded along the fifth fold line.
2. The carton of claim 1 wherein the entirety of the second portion is disposed inside the carton.
3. The carton of claim 2 wherein, when the opening flap is folded along the fifth fold line, at least a section of the third panel end flap extends inside the carton.
4. The carton of claim 2 wherein the tear line pattern includes a finger flap and wherein detachment along the tear line pattern is initiated at the finger flap.
5. The carton of claim 2 wherein at least one tuck-in flap is included in the first side panel.
6. The carton of claim 5 wherein the at least one tuck-in flap is sized to receive an edge of the second portion when the opening flap is folded along the fifth fold line and the second portion is disposed inside the carton.
7. The carton of claim 1 wherein, when the opening flap is folded along the fifth fold line, the third panel end flap extends inside the carton.
8. The carton of claim 1 wherein the tear line pattern includes a finger flap and wherein detachment along the tear line pattern is initiated at the finger flap.
9. The carton of claim 1 wherein at least one tuck-in flap is included in the first side panel.
10. The carton of claim 9 wherein the at least one tuck-in flap is sized to receive an edge of the second portion when the opening flap is folded along the fifth fold line and the second portion is disposed inside the carton.
11. A package comprising:
a carton and a plurality of articles disposed in the carton;
the carton comprising:
a first side panel, a second side panel, a third side panel, and a fourth side panel;
a first end formed by a first side panel end flap, a second side panel end flap, a third side panel end flap, and a fourth side panel end flap; the first side panel end flap being connected to the first side panel along a first fold line; the second side panel end flap being connected to the second side panel along a second fold line; the third side panel end flap being connected to the third side panel along a third fold line; the fourth side panel end flap being connected to the fourth side panel along a fourth fold line; a first portion in the first end defined between a peripheral edge of the first side panel end flap and a fifth fold line in the first side panel end flap; the third side panel end flap overlapping and being adhered to the first portion of the first side panel end flap;
a second end formed by a fifth side panel end flap, a sixth side panel end flap, a seventh side panel end flap, and an eighth side panel end flap;
an opening flap including a second portion defined in the third side panel by a tear line pattern; the opening flap being separable along the tear line pattern and being foldable along the fifth fold line to dispose the first side panel end flap and the third side panel end flap in a facing relationship and to dispose the second portion inside the carton in a facing relationship with an inner surface of the first side panel;
wherein the second panel end flap and the fourth panel end flap remain attached along the second fold line and the fourth fold line, respectively, to the carton when the opening flap is separated along the tear line pattern and folded along the fifth fold line.
12. The package of claim 11 wherein the entirety of the second portion is disposed inside the carton.
13. The package of claim 12 wherein, when the opening flap is folded along the fifth fold line, at least a section of the third panel end flap extends inside the carton.
14. The package of claim 12 wherein the tear line pattern includes a finger flap and wherein detachment along the tear line pattern is initiated at the finger flap.
15. The package of claim 12 wherein at least one tuck-in flap is included in the first side panel.
16. The package of claim 15 wherein the at least one tuck-in flap is sized to receive an edge of the second portion when the opening flap is folded along the fifth fold line and the second portion is disposed inside the carton.
17. The package of claim 11 wherein, when the opening flap is folded along the fifth fold line, the third panel end flap extends inside the carton.
18. The package of claim 11 wherein the tear line pattern includes a finger flap and wherein detachment along the tear line pattern is initiated at the finger flap.
19. The package of claim 11 wherein at least one tuck-in flap is included in the first side panel.
20. The package of claim 19 wherein the at least one tuck-in flap is sized to receive and edge of the second portion when the opening flap is folded along the fifth fold line and the second portion is disposed inside the carton.