Easy-opening carton for shipping and storing cut paper

Abstract

An easy to carry lightweight carton for shipping and storing cut paper and for providing rapid and easy access to the paper when the carton is opened. The carton has a base portion and a lid pivotally attached to the base portion. A front wall of the carton may be pivoted down when the lid is pivoted up to facilitate access to the contents of the carton for ease of unloading of paper from the carton. A carry handle is built into the base portion to facilitate carrying of the carton. The carry handle position causes the center of gravity of the carton to be closer to a user's body when carrying the carton. The carton may be re-closed after it is opened.

1 . A carton for shipping and storing a quantity of cut sheets of paper, comprising:
 a carton base portion having a bottom wall, opposed upstanding front and back walls and opposed upstanding end walls, each joined along a bottom edge to a respective edge of the bottom wall to define an interior space;   a lid pivotally attached to the base portion, the lid having a top wall with depending end flanges, a depending front flange having a pair of first glue flaps, and a depending back flange having a pair of second glue flaps, the first glue flaps being attached to the end flanges and the second glue flaps being attached to the base portion;   the base portion front wall being unsecured to adjoining end walls and being pivotable about its bottom edge downwardly and away from the carton to an open position when the lid is moved upwardly away from the front wall, thereby exposing the cut paper at the top and one side to permit easy access to paper contained in the carton for rapid unloading of the paper from the carton;   the base portion front wall having inwardly turned tuck-in flaps on opposite ends thereof which tuck into the carton in contiguous, parallel, overlapping relationship with adjacent end walls when the front wall is in closed position; and   a carry handle attached to the base portion front wall to facilitate carrying of the package.   
     
     
         2 . The carton of  claim 1  wherein:
 Inwardly turned first and second glue flaps are on opposite ends of the lid front flange and the lid back flange respectively, the first glue flaps on the lid front flange is attached to respective the lid end flanges, and the second glue flaps on the lid back flange is free of attachment to the lid end flanges. 
 
     
     
         3 . The carton of  claim 2  wherein:
 the glue flaps on the lid back flange are attached to the respective base portion end walls. 
 
     
     
         4 . The carton of  claim 3  wherein:
 a bottom edge of the lid back flange and a bottom edge of the first glue flaps on the lid back flange are attached to the base portion back wall and end walls, respectively. 
 
     
     
         5 . The carton of  claim 1  wherein:
 the tuck-in flaps on the base portion front wall are relatively narrow so that they may be moved into and out of the carton without unduly disturbing the contents of the carton. 
 
     
     
         6 . The carton of  claim 1  wherein:
 the lid top wall is foldably attached to the lid back flange along a fold line, and the lid pivots upwardly about the fold line. 
 
     
     
         7 . The carton of  claim 1  wherein:
 the tucked-in flaps have free end edges, and the free end edges are shaped to facilitate insertion thereof into the carton. 
 
     
     
         8 . The carton of  claim 1  further comprising:
 a shaped opening formed through center of the base portion front wall to receive the carry handle. 
 
     
     
         9 . The carton of  claim 1  wherein:
 the carry handle includes a flexible strap attached to a base plate at its opposite ends and wherein the base plate is adhesively attached to the base portion front wall. 
 
     
     
         10 . The carton of  claim 1  further comprising:
 a lid shaped opening formed through center of the front flange to permit the carry handle inserted through thereof 
 
     
     
         11 . The carton of  claim 1  wherein:
 the carry handle position is parallel to a longer dimension of the cut size paper contained in the carton. 
 
     
     
         12 . The carton of  claim 1  wherein:
 the carry handle position causes the center of gravity of the carton to be closer to a user's body when carrying the carton. 
 
     
     
         13 . The carton of  claim 1  wherein:
 Glue spots are disposed near the free edge of the lid front flange to adhesively secure the lid to the base portion. 
 
     
     
         14 . A carton for shipping and storing a quantity of cut sheets of paper comprising:
 a carton base portion having a bottom wall, opposed upstanding front and back walls and opposed upstanding end walls, each joined along a bottom edge to a respective edge of the bottom wall to define an interior space;   a lid pivotally attached to the base portion, the lid having a top wall with depending end flanges, a depending front flange having a pair of first glue flaps, and a depending back flange having a pair of second glue flaps, the first glue flaps being attached to the end flanges and the second glue flaps being attached to the base portion;   the base portion front wall being unsecured to adjoining end walls and being pivotable about its bottom edge downwardly and away from the carton to an open position when the lid is moved upwardly away from the front wall, thereby exposing the cut paper at the top and one side to permit easy access to paper contained in the carton for rapid unloading of the paper from the carton;   the base portion front wall having inwardly turned tuck-in flaps on opposite ends thereof which tuck into the carton in contiguous, parallel, overlapping relationship with adjacent end walls when the front wall is in closed position; and   a carry handle attached to the base portion front wall and the carry handle position causes the center of gravity of the carton to be closer to a user's body when carrying the carton.   
     
     
         15 . The carton of  claim 14  wherein:
 a lid shaped opening formed through center of the front flange to permit the carry handle inserted through thereof 
 
     
     
         16 . The carton of  claim 14  wherein:
 a lid shaped opening formed through center of the front flange to permit the carry handle inserted through thereof 
 
     
     
         17 . The carton of  claim 14  wherein:
 the carry handle includes a flexible strap attached to a base plate at its opposite ends and wherein the base plate is adhesively attached to the base portion front wall.