Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
284 words
In a one-piece paperboard carton having a first end wall, a first side wall, a second end wall, and a second side wall in side-by-side articulation in the order named, and a glue flap hingedly connected to the remaining side edge of said second side wall, said glue flap being secured to the inner surface of said first end wall to form a tubular carton body, a generally rectangular pouring spout tab formed in said first body wall adjacent the upper end thereof, said tab being hingedly connected to said first end wall along its bottom edge and having one of its side edges lying along the line of articulation between said first end wall and said first side wall, said glue flap having an enlarged portion extending the full width of said first end wall in the area underlying said pouring spout tab, a flap extension hingedly connected to the outer side edge of the enlarged portion of said glue flap, said flap extension lying along the inner surface of said first side wall, a pouring spout formed in part in the enlarged portion of said glue flap and in part in said flap extension, said pouring spout having a generally rectangular center part underlying and secured to said pouring spout tab, a first wing part hingedly connected to one side edge of said center part, said first wing part being formed in the enlarged portion of said glue flap, and a second wing part hingedly connected to the opposite side edge of said center part, said second wing part being formed in said flap extension, said first extension being substantially no greater in width than the width of said second wing part.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
284 words
In a one-piece paperboard carton having a first end wall, a first side wall, a second end wall, and a second side wall in side-by-side articulation in the order named, and a glue flap hingedly connected to the remaining side edge of said second side wall, said glue flap being secured to the inner surface of said first end wall to form a tubular carton body, a generally rectangular pouring spout tab formed in said first body wall adjacent the upper end thereof, said tab being hingedly connected to said first end wall along its bottom edge and having one of its side edges lying along the line of articulation between said first end wall and said first side wall, said glue flap having an enlarged portion extending the full width of said first end wall in the area underlying said pouring spout tab, a flap extension hingedly connected to the outer side edge of the enlarged portion of said glue flap, said flap extension lying along the inner surface of said first side wall, a pouring spout formed in part in the enlarged portion of said glue flap and in part in said flap extension, said pouring spout having a generally rectangular center part underlying and secured to said pouring spout tab, a first wing part hingedly connected to one side edge of said center part, said first wing part being formed in the enlarged portion of said glue flap, and a second wing part hingedly connected to the opposite side edge of said center part, said second wing part being formed in said flap extension, said first extension being substantially no greater in width than the width of said second wing part.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
The carton structure claimed in claim 1 including a recess defining opening in said first end wall extending upwardly from the upper edge of said pouring spout tab, whereby a portion at least of the upper edge of said tab is exposed so that it may be readily engaged for opening movement.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
The carton structured claimed in claim 2 including abutment means on said wing parts engageable with inner surfaces of the carton body when the pouring spout is displaced outwardly, said abutments establishing the fully opened position of the pouring spout.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
57 words
The carton structure claimed in claim 1 wherein said pouring spout tab, when displaced outwardly, defines a generally rectangular dispensing opening in said first end wall, and wherein the wing parts of said pouring spout are dimensioned to completely close the opposite sides of said dispensing opening, thereby providing full depth side walls for said pouring spout.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
54 words
The carton structure claimed in claim 1 wherein the top and opposite side edges of said pouring spout tab are defined by lines of cut, and wherein at least one of said lines of cut is interrupted so as to releasably maintain the pouring spout tab in the plane of said first end wall.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
57 words
The carton structure claimed in claim 5 wherein the upper edge of the central part of said pouring spout is defined by a line of cut, and wherein said line of cut is interrupted so as to releasably maintain the central portion of the pouring spout in the plane of the flap in which it is formed.