Tear strip for a carton

Claim 2

A paperboard carton including top, bottom, front, rear and end wall panels, at least one of said panels comprising a pair of overlapping flaps, a detachable tear strip connected to the outer of said overlapping flaps by a severance line comprising at least two rows of linearly positioned, substantially uniformly spaced cuts extending through the thickness of the paperboard, a cut score line in the outer surface of said outer flap spaced apart from said severance line and extending substantially the entire length of said outer flap, and a cut scored portion provided on the outer surface of the inner of said overlapping flaps, having substantially the same configuration as the tear strip and in substantial registry therewith; said tear strip being adhesively affixed to said substantially registering cut scored portion by a continuous coating of adhesive along substantially the entire length of said tear strip; said cut score line and said cut scored portion being cut only partially through the thickness of the respective flaps; and said rows of cuts being so arranged that the cuts of one row fully overlap the uncut spaces of the adjacent row.

Claim 3

The carton according to claim 1 wherein the tear strip is defined by a pair of spaced such severance lines and wherein a cut score line is provided on each longitudinal side of the tear strip.

Claim 4

An integral paperboard blank for forming a carton cut and scored to provide top, bottom, front, rear and end wall panels, at least one of said panels comprising a pair of overlapping flaps, a detachable tear strip connected to one of said overlapping flaps by a severance line comprising at least two rows of linearly positioned, substantially uniformly spaced cuts extending through the thickness of the paperboard, said rows of cuts being so arranged that the cuts of one row fully overlap the uncut spaces of the adjacent row, a cut score line in the outer surface of the flap having the tear strip connected thereto, spaced apart from said severance line, extending substantially the entire length of said flap, and being cut only partially through the thickness of said flap, and a cut scored portion provided on the other of said overlapping flaps for adhesive affixation to the tear strip by a continuous coating of adhesive along substantially the entire length of said tear strip, having substantially the same configuration as the tear strip, situated so as to be in substantial registry with the tear strip when the flaps are in overlapping position relative to each other, and being cut only partially through the thickness of said flap.

Claim 5

An integral paperboard blank for forming a carton cut and scored to provide top, bottom, front, rear and end wall panels, at least one of said panels comprising a pair of overlapping flaps, a detachable tear strip connected to one of said overlapping flaps by a severance line comprising at least two rows of linearly positioned, substantially uniformly spaced cuts extending through the thickness of the paperboard, said rows of cuts being so arranged that the cuts of one row fully overlap the uncut spaces of the adjacent row, a cut score line in the outer surface of the flap having the tear strip connected thereto, spaced apart from said severance line, extending substantially the entire length of said flap, and being cut only partially through the thickness of said flap, and a cut scored portion provided on the other of said overlapping flaps for adhesive affixation to the tear strip by a continuous coating of adhesive along substantially the entire length of said tear strip, having substantially the same configuration as the tear strip, situated so as to be in substantial registry with the tear strip when the flaps are in overlapping position relative to each other, and being cut only partially through the thickness of said flap.

Claim 6

The blank in accordance with claim 3 wherein the tear strip is defined by a pair of spaced such severance lines and wherein a cut score line is provided on each longitudinal side of the tear strip.

Claim 7

A paperboard carton cut and scored to provide a bottom panel, a front wall panel hingedly connected to one edge of said bottom panel, a rear wall panel hingedly connected to the other edge of said bottom panel, end wall members connected to said panels, and a cover hingedly connected to the upper edge of said rear wall panel and provided with cover flaps which comprise cover end wall panels and a cover front wall panel, a tear strip detachably connected to said cover front wall panel by a severance line comprising at least two rows of linearly positioned, substantially uniformly spaced cuts extending through the thickness of the paperboard, said rows of cuts being so arranged that the cuts of one row fully overlap the uncut spaces of the adjacent row, a cut score line in the outer surface of said cover front wall panel spaced apart from said severance line, extending substantially the entire length oF said cover front wall panel, and being cut only partially through the thickness of said cover front wall panel, and a cut scored portion of substantially the same configuration as the tear strip provided on the outer surface of said front wall panel, in substantial registry with said tear strip, and being cut only partially through the thickness of the front wall panel; said tear strip being adhesively affixed to said substantially registering cut scored portion by a continuous coating of adhesive along substantially the entire length of said tear strip.

Claim 8

A paperboard carton cut and scored to provide a bottom panel, a front wall panel hingedly connected to one edge of said bottom panel, a rear wall panel hingedly connected to the other edge of said bottom panel, end wall members connected to said panels, and a cover hingedly connected to the upper edge of said rear wall panel and provided with cover flaps which comprise cover end wall panels and a cover front wall panel, a tear strip detachably connected to said cover front wall panel by a severance line comprising at least two rows of linearly positioned, substantially uniformly spaced cuts extending through the thickness of the paperboard, said rows of cuts being so arranged that the cuts of one row fully overlap the uncut spaces of the adjacent row, a cut score line in the outer surface of said cover front wall panel spaced apart from said severance line, extending substantially the entire length oF said cover front wall panel, and being cut only partially through the thickness of said cover front wall panel, and a cut scored portion of substantially the same configuration as the tear strip provided on the outer surface of said front wall panel, in substantial registry with said tear strip, and being cut only partially through the thickness of the front wall panel; said tear strip being adhesively affixed to said substantially registering cut scored portion by a continuous coating of adhesive along substantially the entire length of said tear strip.

Claim 9

The carton according to claim 5 wherein the tear strip is defined by a pair of spaced such severance lines and wherein a cut score line is provided on the outside of each of said severance lines and substantially parallel therewith.

Claim 10

An integral paperboard blank for forming a carton cut and scored to provide a bottom panel, a front wall panel hingedly connected to one edge of said bottom panel, a rear wall penal hingedly connected to the other edge of said bottom panel, end wall members connected to said panels, and a cover hingedly connected to the upper edge of said rear wall panel and provided with cover flaps which comprise cover end wall panels and a cover front wall panel, a tear strip detachably connected to said cover front wall panel by a severance line comprising at least two rows of linearly positioned, substantially uniformly spaced cuts extending through the thickness of the paperboard, said rows of cuts being so arranged that the cuts of one row fully overlap the uncut spaces of the adjacent row, a cut score line in the outer surface of said cover front wall panel spaced apart from said severance line, extending substantially the entire length of said cover front wall panel, and being cut only partially through the thickness of said cover front wall panel, and a cut scored portion of substantially the same configuration as the tear strip provided on the outer surface of said front wall panel, adapted to be in substantial registry with the tear strip, and being cut only partially through the thickness of the front wall panel; said tear strip being adapted for adhesive affixation to said substantially registering cut scored portion by a continuous coating of adhesive along substantially the entire length of said tear strip.

Claim 11

An integral paperboard blank for forming a carton cut and scored to provide a bottom panel, a front wall panel hingedly connected to one edge of said bottom panel, a rear wall penal hingedly connected to the other edge of said bottom panel, end wall members connected to said panels, and a cover hingedly connected to the upper edge of said rear wall panel and provided with cover flaps which comprise cover end wall panels and a cover front wall panel, a tear strip detachably connected to said cover front wall panel by a severance line comprising at least two rows of linearly positioned, substantially uniformly spaced cuts extending through the thickness of the paperboard, said rows of cuts being so arranged that the cuts of one row fully overlap the uncut spaces of the adjacent row, a cut score line in the outer surface of said cover front wall panel spaced apart from said severance line, extending substantially the entire length of said cover front wall panel, and being cut only partially through the thickness of said cover front wall panel, and a cut scored portion of substantially the same configuration as the tear strip provided on the outer surface of said front wall panel, adapted to be in substantial registry with the tear strip, and being cut only partially through the thickness of the front wall panel; said tear strip being adapted for adhesive affixation to said substantially registering cut scored portion by a continuous coating of adhesive along substantially the entire length of said tear strip.

Claim 12

The blank in accordance with claim 7 wherein the tear strip is defined by a pair of spaced such severance lines and wherein a cut score line is provided on the outside of each of said severance lines and substantially parallel therewith.