US 12,246,901 B2
Shipping and dispensing construct
Karen L. Mills, Limerick, PA (US); Mark Zammit, Douglasville, GA (US); and Scott Thomas Strand, Lake Elmo, MN (US)
Assigned to Graphic Packaging International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Graphic Packaging International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/354,486.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/043,291, filed on Jun. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0403216 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 77/04 (2006.01); B65B 5/02 (2006.01); B65B 5/06 (2006.01); B65D 77/30 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 77/0413 (2013.01) [B65B 5/024 (2013.01); B65B 5/06 (2013.01); B65D 77/30 (2013.01); B65D 2577/043 (2013.01)] 45 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shipping and dispensing construct for engaging a plurality of product holding containers, the shipping and dispensing construct comprising:
a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the shipping and dispensing construct and comprising a front panel, a top panel, at least one central panel extending from the front panel, and at least one side panel;
dispensing features for removal of one or more of the product holding containers, the dispensing features comprising a plurality of dispensing portions comprising at least a portion of the at least one central panel and a plurality of panel sections of the at least one side panel for being removably attached to a respective container of the plurality of containers, the dispensing portions for being removably attached to a respective container of the plurality of product holding containers and being separable from a remainder of the shipping and dispensing construct for allowing access to the respective container of the plurality of product holding containers.