Patent ID: 9725207
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. An easy open carton as comprising: a paperboard including an inner face and an outer face, with the paperboard including a plurality of folding flaps permitting the paperboard to be folded to form a three dimensional carton, with the inner face of the paperboard including a tear portion; two cut lines provided on the inner face of the paperboard, with the tear portion of the inner face of the paperboard formed between the two cut lines; a force application portion including a plurality of cuts disposed intermittently or continuously, with each of the plurality of cuts extending from the inner face through the outer face of the paperboard, and with the force application portion connected to the two cut lines, with the plurality of cuts outlining a pull tab, with the pull tab connected to an end of the tear portion; and a start index disposed on one of the plurality of folding flaps and connected to another end of the tear portion, wherein when the paperboard is folded to form the three dimensional carton, the one of the plurality of folding flaps including the start index is connected to another of the plurality of folding flaps including the pull tab.