Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
308 words
A film material dispensing carton for supporting a roll of film, wrapping paper, or the like material and comprising front, back, and bottom panels foldably connected together, an openable top panel foldably connected to the back panel and providing closure at this location for the carton, said top panel having a slot therein for dispensing through unrolling of a quantity of the film material, side walls foldably connecting with one of said panels for providing side closure at each end of the said carton, a front flap foldably connecting with the forward edge of the top panel, a cutting means secured to the leading edge of the said front flap, said front flap having a fold line approximately at its mid-point and extending its full length, with the folding of the front flap along its fold line and its insertion contiguously against the inside of the front panel arranges the said cutting means into position for severing a segment of the unrolled film, each side wall including a first flap, said first flap being foldably connected to the back panel, a second flap foldably connected with the front panel and being arranged into adjacency with the said first flap, said second flap having an aperture therethrough for supporting the roll of film material at an end thereof, a pair of positioning flaps foldably connected together and also being foldably connected to an edge of the said first flap, each said pair of positioning flaps having an aligned aperture therethrough for assisting in support of the roll, a support flap foldably connecting with the opposite edge of the said first flap, said support flap having an aperture therethrough and being foldable in half and into adjacency with each other and against the said pair of positioning flaps for providing additional support to the proximate end of the material roll.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
308 words
A film material dispensing carton for supporting a roll of film, wrapping paper, or the like material and comprising front, back, and bottom panels foldably connected together, an openable top panel foldably connected to the back panel and providing closure at this location for the carton, said top panel having a slot therein for dispensing through unrolling of a quantity of the film material, side walls foldably connecting with one of said panels for providing side closure at each end of the said carton, a front flap foldably connecting with the forward edge of the top panel, a cutting means secured to the leading edge of the said front flap, said front flap having a fold line approximately at its mid-point and extending its full length, with the folding of the front flap along its fold line and its insertion contiguously against the inside of the front panel arranges the said cutting means into position for severing a segment of the unrolled film, each side wall including a first flap, said first flap being foldably connected to the back panel, a second flap foldably connected with the front panel and being arranged into adjacency with the said first flap, said second flap having an aperture therethrough for supporting the roll of film material at an end thereof, a pair of positioning flaps foldably connected together and also being foldably connected to an edge of the said first flap, each said pair of positioning flaps having an aligned aperture therethrough for assisting in support of the roll, a support flap foldably connecting with the opposite edge of the said first flap, said support flap having an aperture therethrough and being foldable in half and into adjacency with each other and against the said pair of positioning flaps for providing additional support to the proximate end of the material roll.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
The invention of claim 1 and including a locking tab formed integrally with and extending from one edge of each support flap, a corresponding slot formed through the bottom panel, said tab being inserted into the said slot to lock the said side wall into position.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
59 words
The invention of claim 1 and including a locking tab formed integrally of said pair of positioning flaps and at the juncture of their fold line, a slot formed at the juncture of the connection of the support flap with the said first flap, said positioning flaps tab inserting within the said slot to retain the said flaps erect.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
83 words
The invention of claim 1 and wherein said side walls include stop means that limit the extent of insertion of the folded front flap into contiguity with the front panel, said stop means including a shoulder formed upon the frontal edge of the inwardmost positioning flap, whereby the folded front flap encounters the said positioning flap shoulder to limit the extent of insertion of the folded front flap to thereby fix its cutting means into a severing position just above the top panel.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
The invention of claim 4 wherein said carton is formed from a unitary blank.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The invention of claim 1 wherein said carton is formed from a unitary blank.