Patent ID: 8851292
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: A61F,B65D

Abstract:
1. A blank for forming a partially closed carton for containing a plurality of absorbent articles, the blank comprising: a. a sheet of foldable material having first, second, and third parallel fold lines therein, defining areas of the sheet corresponding to a front, a side, a back, and another side of the carton; b. at one end of the parallel fold lines, a first fold line transverse to the parallel fold lines, a back end flap connected by the first transverse fold line to the area corresponding to the back, a top panel connected by the first transverse fold line to the area corresponding to one side, and a side end flap connected by the first transverse fold line to the area corresponding to the other side; c. at the other end of the parallel fold lines, a second fold line transverse to the parallel fold lines; d. a cut out of the portion of the sheet corresponding to the front of the carton such that substantially all of the area of the front panel that is within about 50% or less of the distance from the first transverse fold line to the second transverse fold line is cut away along a transverse cut line prior to forming the partially closed carton; e. substantially symmetrical cut outs of each of the portions of the sheet corresponding to the sides of the carton such that substantially all of the area of each side panel defined as follows is cut away prior to forming the partially closed carton: wherein the top panel and the side end flap extend further away from the first transverse fold line than the back end flap, and wherein after forming the carton, the carton comprises a bottom opposite the top panel, wherein the area of the bottom of the carton is from about 4.1 to about 4.5 times the area of the top panel.