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Carton, carton blank and method for forming the carton

US5794812A · kind A · utility

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24References
14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 29, 1996
Grant dateAug 18, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 29, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB31B2105/001
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A carton, formed from a unitary sheet of a relatively rigid material having a sheet of a relatively flexible fluid impervious material secured thereto and wherein a top portion of the sheet of a relatively flexible fluid impervious material extends upwardly from a common plane formed below the fold lines of the top panels of the unitary sheet of a relatively rigid material, wherein the top portion of the sheet of a relatively flexible fluid impervious material has facing surfaces adjacent to the top edge thereof that can be folded over two times to form a folded portion lying substantially in a plane parallel to the common plane.

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