Patent ID: 6375058
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: B26F,B65D,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A paperboard carton for storing and dispensing a roll of web material, the carton comprising:a back wall, a front wall and a first side wall and a second side wall defining a longitudinal roll storage container; a longitudinal lid that is pivotally connected to a top edge of the back wall along a lid fold line, the longitudinal lid comprising a longitudinal top wall, and a front longitudinal lip, the front longitudinal lip being connected to the longitudinal top wall of the lid along a lip fold line and directed downward so that the lip is located substantially adjacent an upper portion of the front wall of the longitudinal roll storage container when the carton is closed; a longitudinal plastic cutting blade having a serrated edge, the plastic cutting blade being attached to an inside surface of the front wall of the longitudinal roll storage container such that the serrated edge of the longitudinal plastic cutting blade extends beyond an upper longitudinal edge of the front wall; and a longitudinal front flap that is hingedly attached to the upper longitudinal edge of the front wall, the flap being attached to the upper longitudinal edge of the front wall at a first hinge location adjacent a first end of the longitudinal plastic cutting blade and at a second hinge location adjacent a second end of the longitudinal plastic cutting blade, wherein the serrated edge of the longitudinal plastic cutting blade protrudes through a longitudinal slot in the paperboard carton extending between the first and second hinge locations.