Patent ID: 9630738
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. A handle structure for a carton comprising: a first top panel forming a top wall of the carton and having first and second opposed end edges; a grip member struck from the first top panel, the grip member being severably connected to the first top panel by nick portions; and a handle strap disposed below the first top panel and extending between the first and second end edges; wherein the grip member is mounted on the handle strap, the grip member having first and second opposed end edges, the first end edge of the grip member being disposed closer to the first end edge of the first top panel than to the second end edge of the first top panel, wherein an aperture is formed at least in part in the first top panel so as to define the first end edge of the grip member, the aperture being disposed at least in part between the first end edge of the grip member and the first end edge of the first top panel, and wherein the handle structure is in an initial configuration in which the grip member is in a plane defined by the first top panel and in which a first portion of the handle strap is exposed to view through the aperture, said first portion of the handle strap being disposed below the first top panel in the initial configuration.