Patent ID: 6739499
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B31B,B65D

Abstract:
A carton composed of foldable material having first, second, third and fourth side panels, each side panel ending at a corresponding bottom panel, the bottom panels being folded and sealed so as to form a sealed carton bottom and to define an interior region of the carton, the exterior surface of the carton bottom having first and third bottom edges on opposite sides and at the periphery of the bottom between the first and third side panels and the corresponding bottom panels, the exterior surface of the sealed carton bottom also having second and fourth bottom edges on opposite sides and at the periphery of the bottom between the second and fourth side panels and the corresponding bottom panels, the first and third bottom edges being substantially perpendicular to the second and fourth bottom edges, such that the first, second, third and fourth bottom edges form the perimeter of the carton bottom, wherein the carton is formed from a blank having substantially straight score lines adjoining the carton bottom, and wherein the exterior surface of the sealed carton bottom comprises:a first inclined surface lying substantially in a first plane; a second inclined surface lying substantially in a second plane; wherein said first and second planes intersect along a line of intersection, wherein a first end of said first inclined surface extends from substantially the entire length of said first bottom edge and a first end of said second inclined surface extends from substantially the entire length of said third bottom edge, wherein a first portion of each of said second and fourth bottom edges is located on said first inclined surface and a second portion of each of said second and fourth bottom edges is located on said second inclined surface, and wherein said line of intersection is disposed toward the interior region of the carton; further comprising a third surface lying substantially in a horizontal plane and disposed towards the interior region of the carton, wherein said third surface is disposed between said first and second inclined surfaces.