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Carton and liner tear-tape assembly
Assignee: Packaging Corp of America
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Filing: 1992-10-07
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Granted: 1993-08-17
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Expires: 2012-10-07
Abstract
Abstract A liner-carton assembly includes a tear-tape mechanism for use with an offset printing operation. The assembly includes a carton having a top, a bottom, a pair of opposing sides and a flip-open top section including the top and a portion of the opposing sides. The liner is constructed and arranged to provide structural support to the carton and it includes a pair of opposing sides for fitting the liner snugly inside the carton. Moreover, the liner includes a tear-tape material on an outside surface thereof, and the carton includes means adjacent the tear-tape for tearing the top section along at least three sides to access the inside of the carton. Further, a two-part tab, which includes a first part connected to the tear-tape material and a second part connected to the carton, permits a user to hand-grasp the tab and pull the tear-tape material and separate the top section of the carton.
Inventors
- 👤 James L. Stone
- 👤 Thomas J. Weber
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 20:49
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D5/00; B65D5/42; B65D5/54; B65D5/5405; B65D5/542; B65D5/56; B65D5/566
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
89 words
A liner-carton assembly, comprising: a carton having a top, a bottom, a pair of opposing sides and a top section including the top and a portion of the opposing sides; a liner constructed and arranged in the carton and including a pair of opposing sides for fitting the liner snugly inside the carton; wherein the liner includes an open-assist tape-type material on a surface thereof, and the carton includes means adjacent the tape-type material for at least partially tearing the top section to access the inside of the carton.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
89 words
A liner-carton assembly, comprising: a carton having a top, a bottom, a pair of opposing sides and a top section including the top and a portion of the opposing sides; a liner constructed and arranged in the carton and including a pair of opposing sides for fitting the liner snugly inside the carton; wherein the liner includes an open-assist tape-type material on a surface thereof, and the carton includes means adjacent the tape-type material for at least partially tearing the top section to access the inside of the carton.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A liner-carton, according to claim 1, wherein the liner extends from the top of the carton to the bottom of the carton so as to provide structural support to the carton.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
A liner-carton, according to claim 1, wherein the surface of the liner upon which the tape-type material resides is adjacent an inside surface of the carton and wherein the liner is arranged to frictionally fit to the top section of the carton.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A liner-carton, according to claim 1, wherein the carton further includes means, located generally in parallel to the tape-type material, for facilitating separation of the top section of the carton.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
50 words
A liner-carton, according to claim i, wherein the surface of the liner upon which the tape-type material resides is adjacent an inside surface of the carton, and the carton further includes means, located generally in parallel to the tape-type material, for facilitating separation of the top section of the carton.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
A liner-carton, according to claim 1, further including a tab, connected to the tape-type material, which is constructed and arranged to permit a user to hand-grasp the tab for pulling the tape-type material and separating the top section of the carton.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
A liner-carton, according to claim 6, wherein the tab includes a first portion which is attached to the liner and a second portion which is attached to the carton.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
A liner-carton, according to claim 7, wherein the first and second portions are adhered to each other.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
A liner-carton, according to claim 1, wherein the tape-type material is constructed and arranged on at least three contiguously adjacent sides of the carton
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
145 words
A liner-carton assembly, comprising: a carton having a top, a bottom, a pair of opposing sides and a top section including the top and a portion of the opposing sides; a liner constructed and arranged to provide structural support to the carton and including a pair of opposing sides for fitting the liner snugly inside the carton; wherein the liner includes a tear-tape material on an outside surface thereof, and the carton includes means adjacent the tear-tape material for tearing the top section along at least three sides to access the inside of the carton; and a two-part tab including a first part connected to the tear-tape material and a second part connected to the carton, said two-part tab being constructed and arranged to permit a user to hand-grasp the tab and pull the tear-tape material and thereby separate the top section of the carton.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
145 words
A liner-carton assembly, comprising: a carton having a top, a bottom, a pair of opposing sides and a top section including the top and a portion of the opposing sides; a liner constructed and arranged to provide structural support to the carton and including a pair of opposing sides for fitting the liner snugly inside the carton; wherein the liner includes a tear-tape material on an outside surface thereof, and the carton includes means adjacent the tear-tape material for tearing the top section along at least three sides to access the inside of the carton; and a two-part tab including a first part connected to the tear-tape material and a second part connected to the carton, said two-part tab being constructed and arranged to permit a user to hand-grasp the tab and pull the tear-tape material and thereby separate the top section of the carton.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
A liner-carton, according to claim 10, wherein said means for tearing includes score lines.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
A liner-carton, according to claim 11, wherein the score lines are included in at least three of the four sides of the carton.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
A liner-carton, according to claim 10, wherein said means for tearing includes a pair of score lines arranged in parallel.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
25 words
A liner-carton, according to claim 11, wherein the pair of score lines are included in at least three of the four sides of the carton.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
41 words
A liner-carton, according to claim 10, wherein the opposing sides of the carton include one side having a flap portion which is secured to another one of the sides, and wherein the first part of the two-part tab overlaps the flap.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1996-08-16 | 1997-02-15 | 1997-08-17 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2000-08-16 | 2001-02-15 | 2001-08-17 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2004-08-16 | 2005-02-15 | 2005-08-17 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |