Patent ID: 8496162
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A carton for packaging a plurality of articles, the carton comprising top and bottom panels connected together by a pair of first and second spaced side walls thereby forming a tubular structure and a set of end panels at each end of the tubular structure for at least partially closing the each end of the tubular structure, each set of the end panels comprising: a pair of first and second end closure panels connected to the first and second side walls via first and second gusset panels respectively to at least partially close to a lower part of a respective one of the ends of the tubular structure; and a pair of first and second anchoring panels connected to the first and second side walls respectively, the first and second anchoring panels extending sufficiently internally of the tubular structure to permit each of the first and second anchoring panels to be tucked between an adjacent article and an adjacent one of the first and second side walls- to retain an adjacent one of the first and second end closure panels in a closed position, the first gusset panel hingedly interconnecting the first end closure panel and the first anchoring pane, the second gusset panel hingedly interconnecting the second end closure panel and the second anchoring panel, wherein at least one of the first and second gusset panels is hingedly connected to an adjacent one of the first and second side walls by a hinge line, and wherein the at least one gusset panel is directly hinged to the adjacent one of the first and second side walls.