US2650702A

US2650702A - Band-type display carton

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Publication number: US2650702A
Application number: US297910A
Authority: US
Inventors: Curtis M Shanahan
Original assignee: Container Corp
Current assignee: Container Corp; Smurfit Kappa Packaging Corp
Priority date: 1952-07-09
Filing date: 1952-07-09
Publication date: 1953-09-01
Anticipated expiration: 1970-09-01

Description

Sept. 1, 1953 c. M. SHANAHAN BAND-TYPE DISPLAY CARTON Filed July 9, 1952 fnue C u 7*? Z5 M j/Qa ram/Lam vrl ii Patented Sept. 1, 1953 BAND-TYPE DISPLAY CARTON Curtis M. Shan'ahan, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, as-

signor to Container Corporation of America, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Delaware Application July 9, 1952, Serial No. 297,910

6 Claims. 1

The invention herein disclosed in one of its presently preferred embodiments, is concerned with display cartons of that type which, as a band, tube or ring, may be wrapped or placed about a cylindrical or other shape of container, such as a can, to package the container by embracing, from top to bottom, opposite portions of the side wall or walls of the container and also to extend across the ends (top and bottom) of the container in relatively close embrace of such wall portions and ends, while exposing to View either the whole or a very substantial part of the container side wall or walls between the container ends.

Cartons of the type or character indicated above are usually constructed from strips or as strip-like blanks of material, such as paperboard, which for use in packaging ordinary fiat-ended or substantially flat-ended containers such as cans with cylindrical or otherwise shaped side walls, are transversely scored to provide a pair of side Wall panels and a pair of end wall panels, respectively designed to extend relatively parallel and closely adjacent to the opposite sides and the top and bottom walls of the container to be packaged. The band ends are commonly secured together by adhesive applied between a portion of one wall panel at one end of the strip blank and a glue flap connected to the other end of the blank thereby to effect the tube form.

While dependence might be placed upon a tight frictional embrace of the carton with and about the container to hold the container within the packaging carton and against accidental displacement from either of the open sides of the band, nevertheless it is usually desirable to provide a more positive means by which to insure against such accidental displacement. To that end various arrangements have been devised. Among those arrangements are those which employ some specially constructed and integral part of the carton to engage an end portion or some part of an end flange or seam of a can or like container, when the container is properly disposed within the band, to effect abutting and obstructing engagement with such portion or part of the container to prevent displacement from one or both open sides of the band. Such obstructing or looking devices are simple, economical and effective for their purpose.

It is sometimes desired not only to offer a principal commodity in a container packaged after the manner described above but also to offer with that principal commodity, some other or ancillary commodity such as an accessory item or a premium item, the commodity and accessory or premium item together constituting a unit. Preferably the principal and ancillary items composing the unit are packaged together and, since the average consumer may wish to see both items before making the purchase, the ancillary item should be packaged with the principal or other item in some clearly visible or easily accessible manner.

The principal objects of this invention therefore, are to provide a simple and inexpensive band-type display carton of the character mentioned wherein a commodity in a container such as a can and some other commodity item may be packaged as a unit and in such manner that both packaged items may be clearly visible or accessible for inspection, wherein the packaged items are firmly secured in the carton, each against accidental displacement, wherein either of the packaged items may serve to secure or aid in securing the other in the carton and against displacement therefrom, wherein one of the packaged items such as the ancillary item may be employed in cooperative relationship with the wall panels of the carton to hold or aid in holding the carton in its open or expanded tube or ring form thereby to facilitate insertion of the other or main item therein as well as for other purposes, and wherein the resultant carton with its contents will be compact in arrangement and appearance and the package as a unit will be attractive as well as useful. v

Many other objects as well as the advantages and uses of the invention both in the specific form of this disclosure as well as in many modifications and variations constituting other embodiments, will be or should become apparent after reading the following description and claims and after viewing the drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view, from a side and the rear, of a two item unit carton with a flatended cylindrical can or container disposed and secured therein partly by flaps or tongues which are attached to the top and bottom panels of the carton and partly by a special construction and arrangement constituting part of the invention hereof, an ancillary item to be packaged in the carton and its position being indicated in dotted outline;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the carton and container shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the carton alone taken along section line 3-3 of Fig. 2, the corn tainer being indicated in dotted outline; and

Fig. 4 is a top plan or developed view of a blank 3 as cut and scored for making the carton shown in the other figures.

Now, first referring to Fig. 4, the blank shown is cut from sheet material such as paperboard which may have been pre-cut into strip-s of a width at least equal to the maximum width of the blank or theblank may be out directly from.

large sheets. Preferably the blanks are cut and scored simultaneously by the usual dies. As so cut and scored the body part of the band-type blank is an elongated strip consisting of a pair of side wall panels and 1 each of generally rectangular shape, a top wall panel .6 and a bottom wall panel 8 also of generally rectangular shape, and a glue flap 9. In this form. parallel score lines Ill, ll, 12 and [3 extending transversely of the length of the strip or band andperpendicular to the side edges thereof, respectively differentiate the side panel 5 from top panel 6, the top panel 6 from side panel '3', the side panel I from bottom panel '8 and bottom panel 8 from the-glue flap 9. Folding or the carton into band, tube or ring. form is efiected'along these several "score lines.

Attac-lredtoand;p-rojecting laterally from what will be termed the front edge 14 and a score line 1'4 coextensive *with'the edge M of top panel 6, is a 'fiap lithe free-edge H3 or" which-is a circular arcstruck about a center which may lie medially on score 'line i one. radiu equal to or s'lightly'less "than that of the inside edge surface of'a can top end or. lid fiangeF against which the edge [6. .is'to abut. 'The bottom panel 8 has a. similar forwardly projecting flap I! attached thereto alonga score line Lathe free edge H! of this fi'ap also being arcuate about a center disposed medially on score line it and having a radius. equal to or slightly less than the radius of the inside edge surface of a can bottom end flange F against which the edge Iii is to abut. After the band blank has been folded into the tube or ring form and secured by adhesive between the glue flap. 9- and the outer or bottom end ofside panel-'5, the two flaps 5 and I! are swung downwardly and upwardly, respectively, and inwardly aboutscorelines l4 and It to positionthemas indicated in Fig. '3, whereupon the can C to be packaged'is pushed into the band to its diameter or slightly beyond at which time the .naturalresilience oi the carton material will cause the liaps l5 and ll to swing slightly in thereverse directionuntil' their edges .56 and i9 abut against the .resp-ectivelyadjacent ends of the can .and 'liein abuttingrelation to adjacent can rim surfaces. The can and carton at this time .are. disposed in the relationship illustrated in Figs. 1 andiZ and, by reason .of the abutting relationship between the arcuate edges of flaps i5 and H and the adjacent interior arcuate surfaces of the can end parts, the can is adequately locked and obstructed against accidental displacement .from the front side of the band.

.Projectingfrom the rear edgeof side panel '1 anddelineated therefrom by a score line 2e, 20 coextensive-with the rear edges 2 I and 22, respectively, of the

top andbottom panels

8 and 8, is what may be termed aeombined item holder and blocking flap 23. Extending through the material across the-score or hinge line 2@2fi' preferably at rigth angles thereto, and into both side panel I and flap 23 for suitable but equal distances are parallel slits 24, which, between them, define a strap-like member 26. The spacing between the slits 24-may 'be varied between wide limits depending upon the strength of the material, the type of item to be carried and other factors, and, similarly, the end to end length of each slit and the distance between each slit and the adjacent marginal edge of flap 23 or end of panel I may be varied to accord with like factors. Extending between the adjacent ends of the slits are, parallel score. or hinge lines 25. If desired the slits may be widened into slots or even holes of substantial width, as may be preferred for the reception of special objects or for other reasons. Adjacent to the flap 23 the rear edge of top :panel '6 may be notched as indicated at 21 for a purpose to be described.

The cartons as manufactured are completed in .the, tube or ring form by securing the glue flap 5 and the free end of panel 5 together. If

they are not to be utilized immediately for packaging purposes and are to be stored or shipped it is convenient and space saving to fold them along score lines it and i2 or score lines I i and I3 into a collapsed or flattened state from which it is asimple matter to expand or erect them into an 'open'conditionas shown in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive. Where a carton is to be erected and commodity items such as the can C which, for instance, may be a can of paint, and a paint brush the handle of which is shown at B, are to be packaged therein it may be preferable first to insert the brush and thereafter to insert the can in its place. Assuming that this is the chosen procedure the first step will be'to open or exp-and the band into tubular or ring form and the second step will be to displace the strap-like member 26 out of the plane of the panel 7 and flap 23 toward the adjacent open side of the band as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 in particular.

The strap-like member 25 bein hinged respectively to the side panel "I and flap 23 at its ends and, being scored'along line 26 to hinge across its middlawill assume the angular s rape shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive and will cause the flap 23 to fold inwardly over the rear open side of the band toassume a position at or substantially at'right angles to the side panel 7, the member'26 and the outer portion of fiap 2.3 projecting over a part of the ,rear open side of the band and reducing thearea of that opening. The article receiving pocket thus formed is aligned or in register with the notch 2? so that the brush handle .B or the like may be slipped through the notch and into the pocket until its lower end encounters the upper surface of the bottom all panel 8 upon which it may rest, the upper part of the brush or its handle projecting above the top of the carton. By weaving the brush handle or other object, as the case may be, into the pocket across the upper marginal portions of the panel I and flap 23, thence across (beneath) the strap-like member'Zli and finally across the lower marginal portions of panel l and flap 23 into engagement with the bottom panel 8, these carton parts will be held firmly in the positions shown in Fig. l.

The natural resilience of the material tending to cause the strap-like member 25 and the flap 26 to return to their original positions will provide a firm grip upon the brush or other item so that it will'be held in its place. The flap 23, strap 26 and brush handle or other object in the pocket serve adequately to prevent egress oi the can from the rear side of the band. Placement of the brush handle in position in the carton will hold the band inits open or expanded state while the can is being placed and secured within the band from the open front side as above described. It will be observed that side panel extends rearward beyond the edges 2| and 22 of the top and bottom panels of the carton. The purposes of this extension are to provide a degree of protection for the flap 23 and its associated parts, to increase the eifective footing" area of the package to prevent tipping and to give a substantial exposed area for printing and advertising material.

Since the specific embodiment pictured in the drawings and by the foregoing description is purely illustrative and since the invention is susceptible of wide application and incorporation into other forms of carton, it is desired that the invention be considered as limited only by its spirit and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination, a band type carton including top and bottom wall panels, opposite side wall panels connecting the top and bottom wall panels, means carried by one of the first said wall panels for engagement with an adjacent end portion of a can-like container embraced by the several said panels of the carton for securing the container against accidental displacement from the band at one of its open sides, a flap member connected with one edge of one of said wall panels and extending into the path of displacement of the container from the carton at the opposite side of the band, a strap-like member connected at one end with and formed partly from within the bounds of said flap member and connected at its other end with and formed partly from within the bounds of the wall panel to which said flap memher is connected, and a relatively rigid commodity item having a length greater than the width of said strap-like member disposed between said strap and the adjacent parts of the flap to retain said flap in the path of displacement of said container at the said opposite side of the band.

2. In combination, a band-type carton including top and bottom wall panels, opposite side wall panels connecting the top and bottom wall panels, means carried by said top wall panel for engagement with an adjacent end portion of a canlike container embraced by the several said panels of the carton for securing the container against accidental displacement from the band at one of its open sides, a flap member connected with one edge of one of said side wall panels and extending into the path of displacement of the container from the carton at the opposite side of; the band, a strap-like member connected at one end with and formed partly from within the bounds of said flap member and connected at its other end with and formed partly from within the bounds of the side wall panel to which said flap member is connected, and a relatively rigid commodity item having a length greater than the width of said strap-like member disposed between said strap and the adjacent parts of the flap to retain said flap in the path of displacement of said container at the said opposite side of the band.

3. In combination, a band-type carton including top and bottom wall panels, opposite side wall panels connecting the top and bottom wall panels, means carried by said bottom wall panel for engagement with an adjacent end portion of a canlike container embraced by the several said panels of the carton for securing the container against accidental displacement from the band at one of its open sides, a flap member connected with one edge of one of said side wall panels and extending into the path of displacement of the container from the carton at the opposite side of the band, a strap-like member connected at one end with and formed partly from within the bounds of said flap member and connected at its other end with and formed partly from within the bounds of the side wall panel to which said fiap member is connected, and a relatively rigid commodity item having a length greater than the width of said strap-like member disposed between said strap and the adjacent parts of the flap to retain said flap in the path of displacement of said container at the said opposite side of the band.

4. A blank for the formation of a band-type carton of the character described comprising, a strip of material out and scored to provide a pair of side panels and a pair of end panels alternating with one another, one of said panels having a flap extending from one edge thereof and connected thereto along a coextensive score line, said flap and an adjacent part of the panel to which it is connected being slit transversely of and across said score line along substantially parallel and substantially coextensive spaced paths, the material between said slits being scored transversely of the slits adjacent to the ends thereof.

5. A blank for the formation of a band-type carton of the character described comprising, a strip of material cut and scored to provide a pair of side panels and a pair of end panels alternating with one another, one of said side panels having a flap extending from one edge thereof and connected thereto along a coextensive score line, said flap and an adjacent part of the side panel to which it is connected being slit transversely of and across said score line along substantially parallel and substantially coextensive spaced paths, the material between said slits being scored transversely of the slits adjacent to the ends thereof.

6. A blank for the formation of a band-type carton of the character described comprising, a strip of material cut and scored to provide a pair of side panels and a pair of end panels alternating with one another, one of said side panels having a flap extending from one edge thereof and connected thereto along a coextensive score line, said flap and an adjacent part of the side panel to which it is connected being slit transversely of and across said score line along substantially parallel and substantially coextensive spaced paths, the material between said slits being scored transversely of the slits adjacent to the ends thereof, the free edge of one of said end panels adjacent to said flap being notched.

CURTIS M. SHANAHAN.

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