US 12,116,186 B2
Carton with dispenser
Felicia A. Pinkstone, Aston, PA (US); and Matthew R. Kearns, Woodstock, GA (US)
Assigned to Graphic Packaging International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Graphic Packaging International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/540,302.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/121,451, filed on Dec. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0177187 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 5/72 (2006.01); B31B 50/26 (2017.01); B31B 50/84 (2017.01); B65D 5/02 (2006.01); B65D 5/44 (2006.01); B31B 110/35 (2017.01); B31B 120/50 (2017.01)
CPC B65D 5/727 (2013.01) [B31B 50/26 (2017.08); B31B 50/84 (2017.08); B65D 5/0227 (2013.01); B65D 5/445 (2013.01); B31B 2110/35 (2017.08); B31B 2120/50 (2017.08)] 41 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A carton for holding and dispensing a flowable product, the carton comprising:
a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton and including a front panel, a back panel, and at least one side panel;
a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to respective panels of the plurality of panels for forming at least one closed end of the carton, the plurality of end flaps comprising at least one top end flap foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels and a dispenser end flap foldably connected to the at least one top end flap; and
a dispenser for accessing the interior of the carton, the dispenser comprising a dispenser panel and a dispenser opening, the dispenser panel being movable between a closed position wherein the dispenser opening is closed and an open position wherein the dispenser opening is open to allow removal of the flowable product through the dispenser opening,
the dispenser panel comprises a cover portion and a protruding portion extending from the cover portion, the cover portion comprising the dispenser end flap;
wherein in the closed position, the protruding portion is at least partially received in the dispenser opening; and
wherein the protruding portion of the dispenser panel has a two-ply configuration.