Patent ID: 6905066
Filing Date: 2005-06-14
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A carton comprising an inner top panel, a pair of opposed end panels hingedly connected to the inner top panel, and an integral strap handle extending between the end panels across the inner top panel, said strap handle including a medial grip portion, a pair of wider portions joined to opposite ends of said medial grip portion and opposed end portions connected to said wider portions respectively, each of said wider portions having a pair of oblique side edges diverging from said medial grip portion toward an adjacent one of said end portions, said opposed end portions being formed from said end panels, said medial and wider portions being formed from said inner top panel, said strap handle being connected at said opposed end portions to said opposed end panels such that said strap handle is movable from a stowed position where said medial and wider portions lie in a plane of said inner top panel to a use position where said medial portion is arched upwardly from said plane of said inner top panel, said strap handle defining in said inner top panel an internal opening extending across said inner top panel, the carton further comprising an outer top panel secured to an outside surface of said inner top panel to form a composite top wall, said outer top panel having a handle access opening defined within said outer top panel, said handle access opening being vertically aligned in part with said medial grip portion and in part with said wider portions, said handle access opening having opposite end edges extending respectively across said wider portions, the width of said access opening alone said opposite end edges being greater than the width of said wider portions along said opposite end edges so that a part of said each wider portion is extended through said handle access opening when said strap handle is moved to said use position.