US5341923A
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Premium package
Assignee: GOLDEN BOOKS PUBLISHING COMPANY Inc
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Filing: 1993-02-05
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Granted: 1994-08-30
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Expires: 2013-02-05
Abstract
Abstract A premium package having an easily removable premium panel secured thereto and disposed therein, includes a parallelepiped carton defining an interior void and having a pair of opposed major side panels and a pair of opposed minor side panels connecting the major side panels. At one end of the carton, a major end panel is secured to one of the major side panels and defines a tuck flap, the major end panel being movable between a closed position wherein it closes the one end of the carton and an open position wherein it enables access to the carton void. A premium panel is secured to the other of the major side panels by a line of weakness and disposed within the carton void.
Inventors
- 👤 James D. Arasim
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 04:48
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D5/00; B65D5/42; B65D5/4208; B65D5/4212; B65D5/4216; B65D5/4225; B65D5/4229; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S206/00; Y10S206/806; Y10S206/815; Y10S206/831
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
190 words
A premium package having an easily removable premium panel secured thereto and disposed therein, comprising a parallelepiped carton defining an interior void and having (A) a pair of opposed major side panels, (B) a pair of opposed minor side panels connecting said major side panels, and (C) at one end of said carton (i) a major end panel secured to one of said major side panels and defining a tuck flap, said major end panel being movable between a closed position wherein it closes said one end of said carton and an open position wherein it enables access to said carton void, and (ii) a removable premium panel secured to the other of said major side panels by a line of weakness and disposed within said carton void, being secured at one end thereof to one end of said other major side panel by said line of weakness, said one end of said other major side panel defining a finger cutout, thereby enabling said one end of said premium panel to be grasped by fingers on both sides thereof when said one major end panel is in said open position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
190 words
A premium package having an easily removable premium panel secured thereto and disposed therein, comprising a parallelepiped carton defining an interior void and having (A) a pair of opposed major side panels, (B) a pair of opposed minor side panels connecting said major side panels, and (C) at one end of said carton (i) a major end panel secured to one of said major side panels and defining a tuck flap, said major end panel being movable between a closed position wherein it closes said one end of said carton and an open position wherein it enables access to said carton void, and (ii) a removable premium panel secured to the other of said major side panels by a line of weakness and disposed within said carton void, being secured at one end thereof to one end of said other major side panel by said line of weakness, said one end of said other major side panel defining a finger cutout, thereby enabling said one end of said premium panel to be grasped by fingers on both sides thereof when said one major end panel is in said open position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The package of claim 1 additionally including at said one end of said carton a pair of minor end panels secured to respective ones of said minor side panels.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
49 words
The package of claim 2 wherein said major end panel in said closed position extends substantially across the thickness of said carton, covers both of said minor end panels, and has said tuck flap disposed underlying an adjacent portion of said other major side panel and said premium panel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The package of claim 1 wherein said premium panel is not folded and has a dimension greater than said major end panel.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The package of claim 1 wherein said premium panel is secured parallel to said other major side panel.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
213 words
A premium package having an easily removable premium panel secured thereto and disposed therein, comprising a parallelepiped carton defining an interior void and having (A) a pair of opposed major side panels, (B) a pair of opposed minor side panels connecting said major side panels, and (C) at one end of said carton (i) a major end panel secured to one of said major side panels and defining a tuck flap, said major end panel being movable between a closed position wherein it closes said one end of said carton and an open position wherein it enables access to said carton void, (ii) a premium panel secured at one end thereof to one end of the other of said major side panels by a line of weakness and disposed within said carton void, and (iii) said one end of said other major side panel defining a finger cutout, thereby enabling said one end of said premium panel to be grasped by fingers on both sides thereof when said one major end panel is in said open position; said major end panel in said closed position extending substantially across the thickness of said carton and having said tuck flap disposed underlying an adjacent portion of said other major side panel and said premium panel.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
213 words
A premium package having an easily removable premium panel secured thereto and disposed therein, comprising a parallelepiped carton defining an interior void and having (A) a pair of opposed major side panels, (B) a pair of opposed minor side panels connecting said major side panels, and (C) at one end of said carton (i) a major end panel secured to one of said major side panels and defining a tuck flap, said major end panel being movable between a closed position wherein it closes said one end of said carton and an open position wherein it enables access to said carton void, (ii) a premium panel secured at one end thereof to one end of the other of said major side panels by a line of weakness and disposed within said carton void, and (iii) said one end of said other major side panel defining a finger cutout, thereby enabling said one end of said premium panel to be grasped by fingers on both sides thereof when said one major end panel is in said open position; said major end panel in said closed position extending substantially across the thickness of said carton and having said tuck flap disposed underlying an adjacent portion of said other major side panel and said premium panel.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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