Patent ID: 7373765
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A method of using a shipping carton adapted to hold packaged sheet products, the method comprising: providing a shipping carton having a plurality of walls which cooperate to provide an internal compartment configured to hold packages of sheet products, the carton having a first pull tab and a second pull tab positioned in an adjacent and confronting relationship with pull indicia, a tear strip comprising a continuous internal tear strip which includes no perforations into the plurality of walls of the carton, the tear strip connected to the first pull tab and extending about an inner surface of an inner perimeter of the carton to connect to the second pull tab, the shipping carton filled with packages of sheet products; determining a location of the internal tear strip in the absence of perforations in the shipping carton's walls; moving the shipping carton into a position for separation of the shipping carton into separate containers via the pull indicia such that the packages of sheet products contained therein will not move out of each separate container as the shipping carton is opened; pushing the first pull tab to release the pull tab from a sidewall; pushing the second pull tab to release the pull tab from the sidewall; grasping each of the pull tabs between a thumb and finger and at least initially pulling the first and second pull tabs in a direction indicated by the pull indicia such that the non-perforated internal tear strip begins separating the shipping carton into two separate containers, each container having side walls and an opening, until only one common sidewall of the shipping carton joins the two containers together; pivoting one container away from another container by bending the common sidewall such that packages of sheet products contained within each container are positioned such that they will not fall out of the containers; detaching the tear strip from the containers thereby separating the shipping carton into two separate containers, the opening in each container having an area larger than an area provided by a smallest side wall of the container, each container being configured to be completely filled with packages of sheet products with no substantial space between packages or between the packages and the container.