Carton

Claim 2

A carton comprising a body defined by a bottom wall, a pair of upstanding spaced side walls joined to said bottom wall at opposite sides thereof, a top wall joined to said side walls in spaced relationship to said bottom wall, a pair of upstanding spaced end walls joined to said bottom wall at opposite ends thereof, a pair of depending end walls joined to said top wall with each depending end wall being adjacent an upstanding end wall and inboard thereof, means for effecting the folding of said body to a collapsed condition with said first-mentioned end walls sandwiched between said second-mentioned end walls and said bottom wall, and means between adjacent upstanding and depending end walls for automatically moving said first-mentioned end walls from their collapsed condition to their upstanding condition upon downward movement of said second-mentioned end walls toward their depending condition.

Claim 3

The carton as defined in claim 1 wherein said depending end walls are joined to said top wall by spaced fold lines inboard of end edges of said top wall.

Claim 4

The carton as defined in claim 1 wherein said moving means additionally secures said adjacent upstanding and depending end walls to each other.

Claim 5

The carton as defined in claim 1 wherein said moving means defines a hingeable connection between said adjacent upstanding and depending end walls.

Claim 6

The carton as defined in claim 1 wherein said moving means is defined by a hingeable panel between said adjacent upstanding and depending end walls.

Claim 7

The carton as defined in claim 1 wherein said moving means is defined by a hingeable panel between and joined to said adjacent upstanding and depending end walls.

Claim 8

The carton as defined in claim 6 wherein each upstanding end panel includes an upper terminal edge, and each hingeable panel includes a fold line disposed above the upper terminal edge of its adjacent upstanding end panel.

Claim 9

The carton as defined in claim 6 wherein each upstanding end panel includes an upper terminal edge interrupted by a fold line joining an associated one of said hingeable panels thereto.

Claim 10

The carton as defined in claim 6 wherein each upstanding end panel includes an upper terminal edge interrupted by a fold line joining an associated one of said hingeable panels thereto, and said hingeable panels each include another fold line spaced outboard of and above said upper terminal edges.

Claim 11

A carton blank comprising a bottom panel, a pair of side panels joined to said bottom panel by fold lines at opposite sides thereof, a first pair of end panels joined to said bottom panel by fold lines at opposite ends thereof, a top panel joined by a fold line to one of said side panels and being adapted to fold therealong into generally overlying relationship to said bottom wall, a second pair of end panels joined to said top panel by fold lines inboard of end edges of said top panel, said second pair of end panels being directed toward each other and a centerline of the blank, said first pair of end panels each carry a connecting panel, and said connecting panels are directed away from each other and the blank centerline whereby each of said second pair of end panels will be disposed in overlying relationship to an adjacent one of said connecting panels upon the folding of said first pair of end panels upon said bottom panel followed by the folding of said top panel into overlying relationship to said bottom panel.

Claim 12

A carton blank comprising a bottom panel, a pair of side panels joined to said bottom panel by fold lines at opposite sides thereof, a first pair of end panels joined to said bottom panel by fold lines at opposite ends thereof, a top panel joined by a fold line to one of said side panels and being adapted to fold therealong into generally overlying relationship to said bottom wall, a second pair of end panels joined to said top panel by fold lines inboard of end edges of said top panel, said second pair of end panels being directed toward each other and a centerline of the blank, said first pair of end panels each carry a connecting panel, and said connecting panels are directed away from each other and the blank centerline whereby each of said second pair of end panels will be disposed in overlying relationship to an adjacent one of said connecting panels upon the folding of said first pair of end panels upon said bottom panel followed by the folding of said top panel into overlying relationship to said bottom panel.

Claim 13

The carton blank as defined in claim 10 wherein each connecting panel includes a terminal edge, and at least one fold line between each connecting panel terminal edge and an adjacent one of said first pair of end panels.

Claim 14

The carton blank as defined in claim 10 including adhesive means joining adjacent ones of said pairs of end panels to each other.