(19)
(11) EP 0 296 847 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.05.1990 Bulletin 1990/20

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.12.1988 Bulletin 1988/52

(21) Application number: 88305722.6

(22) Date of filing: 23.06.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: B65D 5/42, B65D 5/00, B65D 5/26
(84) Designated Contracting States:
CH DE FR GB LI SE

(30) Priority: 24.06.1987 GB 8714768

(71) Applicant: APLIX FASTENERS UK LIMITED
Bures Suffolk CO8 5HZ (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Brooks, Robert Edmund
    Colchester C06 5LE (GB)

(74) Representative: Copp, David Christopher et al
Dummett Copp & Co. 25 The Square Martlesham Heath
Ipswich Suffolk IP5 7SL
Ipswich Suffolk IP5 7SL (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Carton


    (57) A carton (10) is formed by cutting and folding a piece of sheet material. The carton has two opposite side faces (14) each bearing a formation (16) adapted to interlock with a corresponding formation on an adjacent similar carton.







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