Carton Dispenser with Angled End Panel Handle
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cartons with dispensing features often compromise the ability to easily carry the carton after the dispenser panel is removed, as the removable dispenser panel obstructs handling.
Innovation Solution
A carton design featuring a handle in the second end panel with a greater angle than the first end panel, allowing for a larger distance between the handle and adjacent containers, facilitating easy use and carrying while maintaining dispensing functionality through angled end walls and tear-line defined dispenser panels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a dispenser panel is provided in the end panel of the carton, then dispensing functionality is improved, but the ability to easily carry the carton after opening is worsened due to obstruction by the removable dispenser panel
Solution Approach 1:
The end panel is segmented into two distinct functional zones: an upper dispenser portion with tear lines for removing articles, and a lower handle portion for carrying. This segmentation allows the dispenser panel to be separated from the handle area, eliminating obstruction after opening while maintaining both dispensing functionality and carrying ease.
Solution Approach 2:
The handle is positioned in a different vertical dimension (lower portion of the end panel) relative to the dispenser opening (upper portion). This dimensional separation in the vertical axis allows both functions to coexist without interference, resolving the contradiction between dispensing access and carrying convenience.
2Ease of operation
If the second end panel extends downwardly at a greater angle than the first end panel, then the distance between the handle and adjacent containers is increased facilitating ease of use, but the structural symmetry and compactness are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The second end panel is given a different angle (greater downward extension) compared to the first end panel, creating local asymmetry in the region where the handle is positioned. This localized angular difference provides sufficient clearance between the handle and adjacent containers for easy grasping and carrying, while the overall carton structure remains compact and functional.
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AI summary
A carton (5) for containing a plurality of articles and a blank (3) for forming such carton. The carton has panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the carton. The panels comprise a top panel (10, 46), a bottom panel (30), a first side panel (20), and a second side panel (40). At least two end flaps (12, 32, 48) are respectively foldably attached to respective panels of the plurality of panels. The end flaps at least partially form a closed end of the carton. A dispenser (7) allows access to the articles in the carton and includes a dispenser panel (87) that is at least partially defined by a tear line (89) in the carton. The dispenser panel is for being at least partially removed for at least further opening a dispenser opening in the closed end (51). The closed end of the carton comprises an end wall (81) that angles inward toward the interior of the carton.