Patent ID: 7665653
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A blank for forming a carton, comprising: a first panel; a second panel foldably connected to the first panel at a first transverse fold line; a third panel foldably connected to the second panel at a second transverse fold line; at least one first end flap extending along a first marginal area of the blank and foldably attached to at least one of the first, second, and third panels along a first longitudinally extending fold line extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the blank; at least one second end flap extending along a second marginal area of the blank and foldably attached to at least one of the first, second, and third panels along a second longitudinally extending fold line extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the blank; and a plurality of strip fold lines extending across each of the first and third panels between the first longitudinally extending fold line and the second longitudinally extending fold line, the plurality of strip fold lines being oblique relative to the first and second transverse fold lines and defining a plurality of panel strips, wherein the second panel is arranged between the first panel and the third panel, and the second panel is substantially free of strip fold lines, each of the first and second transverse fold lines extending in a transverse direction of the blank that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the blank.