Patent ID: 7571846

Claim:
In combination, a form, fill and seal packaging machine and a carton blank for use therein, comprising: the form, fill, and seal packaging machine for forming, filling, and sealing a carton, the machine configured to mold a closure directly onto the carton, the machine including a tool set having first and second tool elements, the first tool element having an aligning member extending therefrom in a direction transverse to a direction of loading the carton between the first and second tool elements, the aligning member having a predetermined shape having diverging surfaces; and the carton blank having a rear wall panel, a first side wall panel, a front wall panel, and a second side wall panel, each panel separated from its adjacent panels by a vertical score line, a closure panel adjacent the front wall panel, the closure panel partitioned from the front wall panel by a first horizontal score line, the closure panel having a closure panel fin panel extending from a side opposite the front wall panel, the closure panel fin panel having a height measured to an edge of the fin panel, the closure panel configured for having a closure molded thereon and a first upper side panel adjacent the first side wall panel, the first upper side panel being adjacent the closure panel, the first upper side panel having a first upper side panel fin panel having a height, a second upper side panel adjacent the second side wall panel, the second upper side panel being adjacent the closure panel, the second upper side panel having a second upper side panel fin panel having a height and a rear upper panel adjacent the rear wall panel, the rear upper panel being adjacent the first and second upper side panels, the rear upper panel having a rear upper panel fin panel having a height, wherein the closure panel fin panel has at least one cut-out formed therein, the cut-out having converging edges and a shape complementary to the first tool element aligning member and configured to mate with the first tool element aligning member to laterally align the carton with the first tool, and wherein the closure panel has an opening therein about which the closure is formed when the carton is aligned.