AU2014100103A4 - A carton and blank - Google Patents

Abstract

- 23 The present invention relates to carton and a blank for making the carton. The carton can be used for carrying food items and can be placed in a cup holder. 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 ~ 't V ... .4 C~. 4 "' "N 8' '." I' t 'N", ~" 4 '4 4.-'. U

Description

A CARTON AND BLANK FIELD OF THE PRESENT INVENTION 5 The present invention relates to a carton and a blank for making the carton. The carton can be used for carrying food items and can be placed in a cup holder. The foods items that may be contained in the carton can include dry food items such as French fries, chips, wedges, crisps, biscuits and so forth. 10 BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION Exiting cartons for food items are available in a range of different forms. Examples of some cartons include cups that can 15 be used for dry or liquid food items, or collapsible buckets that is commonly used by takeaway food outlets for French fries. Cartons in the form of a rigid cup can be stacked in nested relationship, one inside the other to form a column for storage. A difficulty with the column formed is that it is often 20 cumbersome to move and can occupy a considerable amount of space. Carton cups are also relatively expensive compared to other cartons and are typically small compared to other types of cartons. Carton cups are however well suited for being held in cup holders. 25 In contrast, cartons in the form of collapsible buckets can usually be stored in a flattened configuration and can be quickly assembled when being filled. The collapsible bucket typically has an oblong shaped opening having major and minor 30 diameters, and lies on one side when in use. Whilst it can be beneficial to be able to store the carton in a flattened configuration, the bucket is not well adapted for being placed a cup holder. 35 Cup holders now exist in many different situations and environments. For instance, cup holders are frequently provided 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 - 3 in private vehicles such as cars, public vehicles such as buses and trains, public seating areas such as sports stadiums and entertainment stadiums, and on children prams and bags. Cup holders may also form a part of serving trays and other hand 5 held items. It is an object of the present invention to provide an alternative carton and blank for food items. 10 SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION The present invention relates to a carton for food items, the carton including: 15 a base wall; a sleeve having a side wall extending upward from the base wall, the side wall having two longitudinal fold lines extending in a direction along the length of the sleeve 20 that allows the sleeve to be collapsed into a flattened condition for storing the carton in a space saving manner, and allows the sleeve to be opened into an assembled condition; 25 the base wall is connected to the side wall at a folding connection, and the base wall can be moved about the folding connection when the sleeve is opened and allows the base wall to be located in an operative position in which the base wall closes an end of the sleeve to form a 30 receptacle that can contain food items and can be received by a cup holder; and the base wall and the side wall have inter-fitting formations at locations remote from the folding connection 35 that engage when the base wall is located into the 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 - 4 operative position and thereby retain the base wall in the operative position. In other words, the inter-fitting formations prevent the 5 accidental release of the base wall from the operative position. The base wall may be connected to the side wall by two folding connections that are oppositely disposed on the sleeve of the side wall. 10 The folding connections may be spaced from a lower edge of the side wall. The base wall may be received by an inside perimeter of the 15 sleeve of the side wall when the base wall is located in the operative position. Ideally when the sleeve is in an opened assembled condition, the inside perimeter of the sleeve is substantially the same as the 20 outer perimeter of the base wall. It will be appreciated that the outer perimeter of the base wall is in one part defined by the folding connection(s), and in another part defined by an outer portion edge of the base wall. In other words, the perimeter of the base wall and the inside perimeter of the 25 sleeve are sized so that the sleeve just accommodates the base wall. The base wall may have any geometric shape including hexagonal, octagonal, decagonal, and so forth. Suitably however, the base 30 wall has a rounded geometric shape. For instance, the base wall may have a circular shape, save for the folding connection(s) between the side wall and the base wall. Irrespective of the geometric shape of the base wall, ideally, 35 the side wall has a rounded profile, allowing the sleeve to have a rounded profile so that the carton to be fitted into most cup 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 - 5 holders. Moreover the rounded profile of the side wall allows the cup to be fitted into most cup holders with a majority of the side wall of the carton, and suitably all of the side of the cup holder, contacting a circular opening of the cup holder. In 5 the case of existing cartons in which the side wall has an oblong or non-rounded profile, only limited parts of the side wall of the cup will contact the cup holder causing the cup to be unstable when placed in the cup holder. 10 Ideally, the inter-fitting formations of the base wall and the side wall include an opening and a projection that is received by the opening which retrains the base wall in the operative position. Even more suitably, the base wall includes a projection that is received by an opening in the side wall of 15 the sleeve. The inter-fitting formations may include two projections that are oppositely disposed to each other on the base wall, and two co-operating openings in the side wall of the sleeve that 20 receive the projections, and when the projections have been received by the openings, the projections may be retained by the openings unless the base wall and/or the projections are bent or folded from their normal operating configuration. 25 For example, the perimeters of the base wall and the sleeve are sized such that when the projection is received by the opening, and the base wall and the projection have a predefined and stable configuration, such as a planar configuration, and the projection is prevented from being released from the opening 30 without an external force. In another example, the inter-fitting formations include a projection having a stem and head, and a corresponding opening that receives the head, and the head has two dimensions 35 including a first dimension which, when the head is in a neutral locking position, extends laterally across the opening to 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 - 6 prevent the head from being released from the opening, and the second dimension being equal to or less than the size of the opening so that the head can be pass through the opening by manoeuvring the head so that the head passes through the 5 opening. The inside perimeter of the sleeve may reduce in the direction toward a bottom edge of the sleeve from the region of the sleeve that accommodates the base wall. The perimeter of the sleeve 10 reducing below the operative position of the base wall helps support the base wall about the perimeter of the base wall contacting the sleeve about the perimeter. In other words, the sleeve engages the base wall and helps prevent from the base wall from moving from the operative position during use. 15 When the base wall is located in an operative position, the base wall may have an outwardly facing convex or concave profile. Suitably however when in the operative position, the base wall may have a flat planar conformation. For example, the flat 20 plane of the base wall may be co-planar with the folding connection and the point of engagement of the inter-fitting formations of the base wall and the side wall. A bottom edge of the side wall may have a linear profile when 25 the sleeve is located in an assembled condition. An advantage provided by this aspect is that the carton can be seated, while being stable, on the lower edge. The carton may also include a bottom skirt portion extending about the carton. The bottom skirt may form part of the side wall of the carton and is 30 disposed beneath the base wall when the carton is located in an assembled condition. In the situation in which the base wall is connected to the side wall at two folding connections, the base wall may also have a 35 fold line between the folding connections that allows sections of the base wall to be folded on top of each other in an 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 overlapping relationship when the sleeve of the carton is positioned in a flattened condition. In other words the sections of the base wall may also be oriented into a flattened condition with the sleeve of the carton. In another situation, 5 the base wall may be folded inwardly into the carton when the sleeve is in the flattened condition. The fold lines extending in a direction along the length of the sleeve may be oppositely disposed on the side wall and extend 10 the length of the side wall. Ideally, the folding connection(s) connecting the side wall and the base wall is/are located on the side wall intermediate between the fold lines extending in a direction along the length 15 of the side wall. Even more suitably, the folding connections are located centrally between the fold lines of the side wall. In one example, the folding connection(s) may be a fold line. In other examples, the folding connection(s) may be a series of 20 the folding tabs, folding interconnecting formations, a line of the weakness formed by serrations of perforations that can be folded and so forth. The sleeve may have tapered profile that reduces in perimeter 25 along the length of the sleeve from an upper end of the sleeve to the bottom end of the sleeve. The side wall may define an entrance at the upper end of sleeve. The entrance may include flaps extending from the side wall that 30 can be overlapped to close, or at least partially close the entrance. The present invention also relates to a blank for making a carton, the blank including: 35 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 - 8 two side panels connected by a fold line and a first attachment flap that is connected to one of the side panels by a fold line, when the blank is assembled the first attachment flap can be attached to the other side 5 panel to form a side wall of a carton in the form of a sleeve having two longitudinal fold lines extending in a direction along the length of the sleeve that allows the sleeve to be collapsed into a flattened condition for storing in a space saving manner, and allows the sleeve to 10 be opened into an assembled condition; a base panel connected to one of the side panels at a folding connection, and when the blank is assembled into the carton, the base panel forms a base wall that can be 15 moved about the folding connection when the side wall is opened and allows the base wall to be located in an operative position in which the base wall closes an end of the sleeve formation to form a receptacle that can contain food items and can be received by a cup holder; and 20 the base panel and the side panels have inter-fitting formations at locations remote from the folding connections that can engage when the base wall formed from the base panel is located into the operative position to 25 retain the base wall in the operative position. The inter-fitting formations may include a projection extending from the base panel and an opening formed in the side panels that can receive the projection when assembled into the carton 30 and the base wall is located in the operative position. The base panel may have two projections arrange at 180 degrees apart about the base panel. The inter-fitting formations may include two openings, one of which is located on the fold line connecting the side panels, and the second of which is located 35 on the fold line connecting the side panel to the first attachment flap. 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 - 9 The base panel may be centrally located between opposite sides of one of the side panel. 5 The base panel may have a rounded shape, save for the folding connection. The blank may include a second attachment flap connected to the other side panel via another folding connection, and the second 10 attachment may be attached to the base panel to form the base wall of the carton. The folding connections of the base panel and the second attachment flap may be spaced from the bottom edge of the side 15 wall panel, and the opening(s) of the inter-fitting formations may be spaced from the bottom edge of the side wall panel. The blank may also include any one or a combination of the features of the carton described herein, and similar, the carton 20 may also include any one or a combination of the features of the blank described herein. It will be appreciated that the carton and blank may be made of any suitable material including paper based 25 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be 30 described with reference to the accompanying representations, of which: Figure 1 is a schematic illustration of a side view of the carton for food items, the carton having a side wall including a 35 sleeve in a flattened condition and a base wall extending from the side wall; 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 - 10 Figure 2 is a schematic illustration of a bottom end view of the carton shown in Figure 1 in the flattened condition; 5 Figure 3 is a schematic illustration of a bottom end view of the carton shown in Figure 1 in which the step of opening the sleeve in the direction of the arrows has been initiated; Figure 4 is a schematic illustration of the bottom end view of 10 the carton in which the step of opening the sleeve in the direction of the arrows is more advanced than shown in Figure 3; Figure 5 is a schematic illustration of the bottom end view of the carton shown in Figure 3 in which the sleeve has been fully 15 opened and the base wall located in an operative position so as to close the end of the sleeve and form a receptacle for food items that can be located in the cup holder; Figure 6 is a schematic illustration of a perspective view of 20 the bottom end view of the carton shown in Figure 5 in which sleeve is in the fully opened condition and the base wall has been located in an operative position, and inter-fitting formations of the base wall and side wall are engaged to retain the base wall in the operative position; 25 Figure 7 is a schematic illustration of a side view of a bottom end of the carton as shown in Figures 5 and 6; Figure 8 is an illustration of a blank for making the carton 30 shown in Figures 1 to 7 according to an embodiment of the invention; and Figure 9 is photograph of a perspective view of a bottom end view of the carton that has been made using the blank shown in 35 Figure 8. 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 - 11 DETAILED DESCRIPTION With reference to Figure 1, a preferred embodiment of the carton 10 can be manipulated between a flattened condition in which the 5 carton 10 can be stored in a spacing saving manner, and an assembled condition in which a base wall 18 is secured in an operative position to prevent accidental release of the base wall 18. The carton has a sleeve 12 having a side wall 11 with two fold lines 13 that extend in a direction along the length of 10 the sleeve 12, and specifically along the length of the sleeve 12 from a bottom edge 14 to a top edge 15. The fold lines 13 are located at oppositely disposed aspects of the sleeve 12 of the carton that allows opposite halves of the sleeve 12 to be moved toward each other when placing the carton 10 into the 15 flattened condition. The base wall 15 is connected to the side wall 11 by two oppositely disposed connections that, suitably, include fold lines 16 about which the base wall 15 moves relative to the side 20 wall 11. The fold lines 16 extend over less than half of the perimeter of the sleeve, and even more suitably less than one quarter of the perimeter of the sleeve 12. Ideally the fold lines 16 are linear, but may have a curved profile (which is not illustrated in the Figures). 25 Ideally, the fold lines 16 are spaced from the bottom edge 14 of the side wall 11. As a result the base wall 18, or at least the connection between the base wall 18 and the side wall 11 is spaced from the bottom edge of the side wall 11. This allows 30 the carton 10 to be seated on the bottom edge 14 of the side wall 11 in a stable manner. In other embodiments, not illustrated in the Figures, it is possible for the fold line 16 connecting the base wall 18 to the side wall 11 to be located at the bottom edge of the side wall. 35 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 - 12 The base wall 18 also includes a fold line 19 bisecting the base wall 18 into two halves that allows the halves to be folded, one on top of the other, when the carton 10 is located in the collapsed position. Although not shown in the Figures, it is 5 possible that the base wall 18 may be connected to the side wall 11 via one connection, for example, via one fold line 16. However, the base wall 18 is connected via two fold lines 16 to the side wall 11 so that the base wall orients from the flattened configuration to the operative condition by virtue of 10 the sleeve formed by the side wall 11 being expanded into the assembled condition. Figure 1 illustrates one side of the carton 10 with the sleeve 12 and the base wall 18 in a flattened condition. The opposite 15 side of the carton 10, not shown in the Figures, is the same as the view shown in Figure 1. Figure 2 through to Figure 5 illustrate the steps of moving the carton 10 from a flattened condition, shown in Figure 2, to a 20 condition in which the carton is assembled with the base wall 18 in an operative position, shown in Figure 5. As can be seen in Figures 2 and 3, the base wall 18 is initially located outside of the carton 10, with the two halves the base wall 18 located one on top of the other. By expanding the sleeve 12 of the 25 carton 10, as shown by the direction of the arrows in Figure 3, the opposite sides of the side walls 11 begin to open and the halves of the base wall 18 begin to unfold. As shown in Figure 4, by continuing to move sections of the side wall 11 at the further apart, the sleeve 12 is further opened and the base wall 30 18 begins moving toward, and into, to the bottom end of the carton 10. Ideally, the two halves of the base wall 18 are located in essentially in the same plane when the base wall 18 is located 35 in the operative position. 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 - 13 The perimeter of the base wall 18 and the inside perimeter of the sleeve 12 have been closely matched so that the sleeve 12 accommodates the base wall 18 with little or minimal clearance between the perimeter of the base wall 18 and the inside 5 perimeter of the sleeve 12 when the base wall 18 is in the operative position. As can be seen, especially from Figure 6, 7 and 9, the base wall 18 is located in the operative position when the base wall 18 is oriented laterally and, suitably perpendicularly to the side wall 11 of the sleeve 12 and the 10 side wall 11 is located in a fully opened position. In addition the inside perimeter of the sleeve 12, from the point that accommodates the base wall 18, may reduce in a direction toward the bottom edge 14 of the side wall 11. In 15 other words, the inside perimeter of the sleeve 12 reducing beneath the base wall 18 helps prevent the base wall 18 from moving toward the bottom edge 14 when located in the operative position. 20 Moreover, the side wall 11 of the sleeve 12 contacts the peripheral portion of the base wall 18, thereby causing the side wall 11 to have a profile that fits about the base wall 18. As can best be seen in Figures 5, 6 and 9, ideally the base wall 18 has a rounded or near circular perimeter. It will be 25 appreciated that the folded line 11 connecting the base wall 18 to the side wall 11 will, however, have a linear profile or a near linear profile. In addition, the side wall 11 and the base wall 18 having inter 30 fitting formations that retain the base wall 18 in the operative position and prevent the base wall from being accidently released therefrom. In the case of the preferred embodiment, the inter-fitting formations include two cutout openings 20, or holes, in the fold lines 13 of the side wall 11 of the sleeve 12 35 that are spaced from the bottom edge 14 of the carton 10, and projection 21 in the form of a tab extending from the base wall 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 - 14 18. When the sleeve 12 of the carton 10 has been fully opened, and the halves of the base wall 18 are oriented toward a single plane and the inter-fitting formations engage. Moreover, when in this position, it is possible to bend the projections 21 of 5 the base wall 18 by hand to be received by into the openings 20 of the side wall 11, thereby locking the base wall 18 into an operative position. As can best be seen in Figure 6, the lower section of the side 10 wall 11 includes a skirt bellow the base wall 18 on which the carton is supported when seated on the bottom edge 14. Figure 7 illustrates a side view of a lower end of the carton 10 in which the base wall 18 is secured in the operative position. 15 On account of the close fit of the side wall 11 of the sleeve 12 about the base wall 18, the side wall 18 can adopt the geometric shape of the perimeter of the base wall 18. Ideally, the geometric shape of the base wall 18 is rounded so that the carton 10 can be securing placed in and held by a variety of cup 20 holders, from cup holder of servicing trays, such those in takeway food restaurants, vehicles and alike. It will be appreciated, however, that the sleeve may have other geometric shapes such a hexagonal, octagonal and so forth that can be securing held in cup holders. 25 The side wall 11 of the upper end of the carton 10 defines an entrance to the carton 10. In the case of the preferred embodiment, the carton 10 also includes four flaps 22 connected by fold lines 23 to an upper end of side wall 11. The flaps 22 30 can be overlapped to from a closure at the upper end of the carton 10. The linear profile of the fold lines 23 causes the sleeve 12 of the carton 10 to transition from an essentially circular profile 35 at a lower end of the carton 10 to a squared profile at and upper end of the carton 10. However, it will be appreciated 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 - 15 that this has no impact on the lower end of the carton 10, or indeed the suitability of seating the carton 10 on the bottom edge 14 of the side wall 11 or the suitability of the carton of being securely held in a cup holder. 5 Figure 8 illustrates a blank 30 for making the carton 10 shown in Figures 1 to 7. The blank 30 includes two side panels 31 connected by a fold line 33 for forming the side wall 11 of the carton 10 when assembled. A first attachment flap 45 is 10 connected to one of the side panels 31 along fold line 32 and can be fastened, by means such as glue to the opposite side panel to form a sleeve having two halves that can be moved away or toward other. The fold lines 32 and 33 allowing the sleeve 12 to be collapsed into the flattened condition and opened into 15 the assembled condition as show in Figures 2 to 5. As can be seen, the side panels 31 are tapered, reducing in width from an upper edge 35 of the panels 31 and reducing gradually toward a bottom edge 34. 20 A rounded panel 38 is connected to one of the side panels 31 via fold line 36. The connecting fold line 36 and the rounded panel 38 are located in the middle in the side panel 31. The rounded panel 38 has two ears that form inter-fitting projections 41 25 that are received by openings 40 formed in the fold lines 32, 33 and are spaced from the bottom edge 14 of the blank 30. A second attachment flap 39 is connected via a second fold line 36 to the other side panel 31 and can be attached to the outer 30 half of the rounded panel 38i via glue. The fold lines 36 connecting the rounded panel 38 and the attachment flap 39 are spaced from the lowered edge 34 of the side panels 31 to align with the openings 40. 35 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 - 16 The blank 30 shown in Figure 8 is transformed into the carton 10 shown in Figures 1 and 2 by: i) attaching the first attachment flap 45 to the opposite side panel 31 to form the sleeve of the carton 10, and ii) attaching the second attachment flap 39 to 5 the outer half of the rounded panel 38i to form the base wall 18 of the carton 10. The sleeve can then be located into the flattened condition by folding the fold line 32, 33 connecting the side panels 31, and folding the fold line 43 bisecting the base wall 38 to flatten the base wall. 10 The carton flattened carton of Figures 1 and 2 can then be fully erected as described above with reference to Figures 3 to 7. It will be appreciated that the blank shown in Figure 8 may 15 include one or a combination of the features of the carton described herein. Similarly, the carton shown in Figures 1 to 7 and 9 may also include any one or a combination of the features described in relation to Figure 8. 20 The carton and blank may be made of any suitable materials including one or a combination of plastic, paper based material metallic materials including laminations thereof. The term paper based materials includes any fibrous materials and includes, but by no means limited to paper, cardboard and corrugated 25 cardboard. The fibrous material may include synthetic fibres or natural fibres such as cellulosic, hemp, cotton and alike. Without limiting the range of applications in which the carton can be used, the carton may be used in cup holders such as those 30 in cars, or cardboard trays. The carton may also be used as an outer cup that can receive an inner cup that may, for example, contain a hot liquid. In other words, the carton can be used to insulate against hot liquids. 35 Those skilled in the art of the invention will appreciate that many variations and modifications may be made to the preferred 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 - 17 embodiment described herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14

Claims (21)

1. A carton for food items, the carton including: 5 a base wall; a sleeve having a side wall extending upward from the base wall, the side wall having two longitudinal fold lines 10 extending in a direction along the length of the sleeve that allows the sleeve to be collapsed into a flattened condition for storing the carton in a space saving manner, and allows the sleeve to be opened into an assembled condition; 15 the base wall is connected to the side wall at a folding connection, and the base wall can be moved about the folding connection when the sleeve is opened and allows the base wall to be located in an operative position in 20 which the base wall closes an end of the sleeve to form a receptacle that can contain food items and can be received by a cup holder; and the base wall and the side wall have inter-fitting 25 formations at locations remote from the folding connection that engage when the base wall is located into the operative position and thereby retain the base wall in the operative position. 30

2. The carton according to claim 1, wherein the base wall is connected to the side wall by two folding connections that are oppositely disposed on the side wall of the sleeve.

3. The carton according to claim 2, wherein the base wall 35 includes a fold line between the folding connections that allows sections of the base wall to be folded on top of each other in 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 - 19 an overlapping relationship when the side wall of the carton is positioned in a flattened condition.

4. The carton according to any one of the preceding claims, 5 wherein the base wall is received by an inside perimeter of the side wall of the sleeve when the base wall is located in the operative position.

5. The carton according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the inside 10 perimeter of the sleeve reduces in the direction toward a bottom edge of the sleeve from the region of the sleeve that accommodates the base wall.

6. The carton according to claim 4 or 5, whereby when the sleeve 15 is in an opened assembled condition, the inside perimeter of the sleeve is substantially the same as an outer perimeter of the base wall which is in one part defined by the folding connection(s), and in another part defined by the outer portion edge of the base wall. 20

7. The carton according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the outer perimeter of the base wall has a rounded geometric shape and/or the sleeve has a rounded profile. 25

8. The carton according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the inter-fitting formations of the base wall and the side wall include an opening and a projection that is received by the opening which retrains the base wall in the operative position. 30

9. The carton according to claim 8, wherein the inter-fitting formations include two projections that are oppositely disposed to each other on the base wall, and two co-operating openings in the side wall of the sleeve that receive the projections, and 35 when the projections have been received by the openings, the projections are retained by the openings unless the base wall 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 - 20 and/or the projections are bent or folded from their normal operating configuration.

10. The carton according to any one or the preceding claims, 5 wherein the or each folding connection is spaced from a bottom edge of the side wall.

11. The carton according to claim 10, wherein the bottom edge of the side wall has a linear profile, on which the carton can be 10 seated and the carton includes a bottom skirt portion extending about the carton from the base wall.

12. The carton according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the or each folding connection(s) is a fold line. 15

13. The carton according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the side wall defines an entrance at an upper end of the sleeve and the carton has a closure including flaps extending from the side wall that can be overlapped to close, or at least 20 partially close the entrance.

14. A blank for making a carton, the blank including: two side panels connected by a fold line and a first 25 attachment flap that is connected to one of the side panels by a fold line, when the blank is assembled the first attachment flap can be attached to the other side panel to form a side wall of a carton in the form of a sleeve having two longitudinal fold lines extending in a 30 direction along the length of the sleeve that allows the sleeve to be collapsed into a flattened condition for storing in a space saving manner, and allows the sleeve to be opened into an assembled condition; 35 a base panel connected to one of the side panels at a folding connection, and when the blank is assembled into 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 - 21 the carton, the base panel forms a base wall that can be moved about the folding connection when the side wall is opened and allows the base wall to be located in an operative position in which the base wall closes an end of 5 the sleeve formation to form a receptacle that can contain food items and can be received by a cup holder; and the base panel and the side panels have inter-fitting formations at locations remote from the folding 10 connections that can engage when the base wall formed from the base panel is located into the operative position to retain the base wall in the operative position.

15. The blank according to claim 14, wherein the inter-fitting 15 formations include a projection extending from the base panel and an opening formed in the side panels that can receive the projection when assembled into the carton and the base wall is located in the operative position. 20

16. The blank according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the inter fitting formations include two projections arrange at 180 degrees apart about the base panel, and two openings, one of which is located on the fold line connecting the side panels, and the second of which is located on the fold line connecting 25 the side panel to the first attachment flap.

17. The blank according to any one of claims 14 to 16, wherein the base panel is centrally located between opposite sides of one of the side panel. 30

18. The blank according to any one of claims 14 to 17, wherein the base panel has a rounded shape, save for the folding connection. 35

19. The blank according to any one of claims 14 to 18, including a second attachment flap connected to the other side panel via 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14 - 22 another folding connection, and the second attachment may be attached to the base panel to form the base wall of the carton.

20. The blank according to any one of claims 14 to 19, wherein 5 the folding connections of the base panel and the second attachment flap are spaced from the bottom edge of the side wall panel, and the opening(s) of the inter-fitting formations are spaced from the bottom edge of the side wall panel. 10

21. The blank according to any one of claims 14 to 20, wherein the side panels reduce in width from the inter fitting formations to a bottom edge of the side panels. 15 5025007_1 (GHMatters) P95752.AU 5/02/14