(19)
(11) EP 1 493 674 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
12.01.2005 Bulletin 2005/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.01.2005 Bulletin 2005/01

(21) Application number: 04018059.8

(22) Date of filing: 03.02.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65D 5/20, B65D 5/24, B65D 85/36
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 03.02.1997 GB 9702145

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
98906101.5 / 1015328

(71) Applicant: MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems LLC
Stamford, Connecticut 06905 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Saulas, Alain
    36000 Chateauroux (FR)

(74) Representative: Hepworth, John Malcolm et al
Hepworth Lawrence Bryer & Bizley Bloxam Court Corporation Street
Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2DU
Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2DU (GB)

   


(54) Sealable carton


(57) A carton and blank for forming a carton for accommodating a pizza or the like, comprising a top, a base panel, a pair of oppositely disposed side panels interconnecting said top and said base to provide a flat tubular structure and an end closure arrangement to close opposite ends of the carton including at each corner of the carton a corner panel (300,400) hinged to adjacent side wall and top and base and having means for attachment to further end flaps hinged to said top and bottom panels.






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