Collapsible carton and method thereof

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EP 1 659 069 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	31.05.2006 Bulletin 2006/22

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	24.05.2006 Bulletin 2006/21

(21)	Application number: 06000873.7

(22)	Date of filing: 06.07.2000

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B65D 5/54^(2006.01)

B65D 5/16^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(62)	Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
	00947058.4 / 1301407

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

(72)	Inventor:
	AUCLAIR, Jean-Michel 36000 Chateauroux (FR)

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

(54)	Collapsible carton and method thereof

(57) A carton, carton blank and method for packaging one or more articles, for example, frozen or chilled foodstuffs, the carton comprising a top wall (10) and a base wall (14) interconnected by opposed side walls (12,16) to define a tubular structure and end walls (18,20,22,24), wherein the top wall comprises an elongate tear panel defined by a pair of opposed frangible lines (364,368) said tear panel being provided with a first fold line extending transversely across the tear panel to define a pair of tear portions that are capable of being detached.

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