US 12,330,852 B2
Nested beverage carton layout
Julien D. Merzeau, Châteauroux (FR); Dominique Perrin, Saint Maur (FR); and Nicolas Teillol, Diors (FR)
Assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Appl. No. 17/413,888
Filed by WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/065150
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/123340, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/779,901, filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0055812 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 71/36 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 71/36 (2013.01) [B65D 2301/10 (2013.01); B65D 2571/00141 (2013.01); B65D 2571/0066 (2013.01); B65D 2571/00728 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blank for forming a carton, the blank comprising:
first, second, and third portions arranged along a longitudinal axis of the blank, the first portion having a blank maximum width, the second portion having a blank minimum width, the third portion being disposed between the first and second portions and having a primary width, the blank maximum width, the blank minimum width, and the primary width each extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, the primary width being a dimension measured along a center axis of the blank, the center axis being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and passing through a midpoint along a length of the blank, wherein the primary width is equal to or less than a half of a sum of the blank maximum width and the blank minimum width;
a plurality of panels hingedly connected together to define an interior of the carton when the blank is erected into the carton, the plurality of panels including a top panel, a bottom panel and a pair of opposed bottom end flaps hingedly connected to opposed side edges of the bottom panel, wherein the first portion comprises the bottom panel and the bottom end flaps and wherein the second portion comprise the top panel.