Dispensing carton

Abstract

A two-piece paperboard carton for retaining and dispensing cigarettes and the like, comprising a shell and a slide receptacle inserted into the shell. A simple motion of pulling down on the shell is sufficient to open the slide receptacle while an opposite action is effective to close the receptacle.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A two-piece, suitably cut and scored paperboard blank capable of being erected into a dispensing carton, comprising a slide receptacle portion and a shell portion, said slide receptacle portion comprising: a front wall panel;   a pair of opposed side wall panels hingedly connected to the sides of the front wall panel;   a bottom wall panel hingedly connected to the bottom of the front wall panel;   a rear wall panel hingedly connected to the bottom wall panel on the opposite edge from the front wall panel;   a pair of opposed fold-in panels hingedly connected to the sides of the rear wall panel;   a pair of opposed bottom wall glue flaps hingedly connected to the bottom of the fold-in panels;   a rear wall connecting panel depending from the top of the rear wall panel across an alternate cut and crease line;   a pair of opposed fold-in flaps hingedly connected to the sides of the connecting panel; and   a top wall panel hingedly connected to the top of the connecting panel; and    said shell portion comprising:   a rear wall panel;   a pair of opposed side wall panels hingedly connected to the sides of the rear wall panel;   a front wall panel hingedly connected to one of the side wall panels and extending laterally therefrom;   a side wall panel glue flap hingedly connected to the front wall panel and extending laterally therefrom;   a foldover panel hingedly connected to the top edge of the rear wall panel;   at least one folding panel hingedly connected to and extending from the edge of the foldover panel parallel to rear wall panel top edge;   a hinge .Iadd.panel .Iaddend.extending longitudinally from and hingedly connected to the adjacent folding panel; and   a glue panel extending longitudinally from and hingedly connected to the hinge panel.   
     
     
       2. The blank of claim 1 additionally comprising in the slide receptacle portion a pair of opposed side wall glue flaps hingedly connected to the exterior side of each of the fold-in flaps and a pair of opposed side wall glue panels laterally extending from and hingedly connected to each of the side wall fold-in panels. 
     
     
       3. The blank of claim 2 wherein the slide receptacle portion additionally comprises a top wall glue panel hingedly connected longitudinally to the top wall panel. 
     
     
       4. The blank of claim 3 wherein the shell portion comprises two folding panels. 
     
     
       5. The blank of claim 4 wherein the height of the shell side wall panels, shell rear wall panel and shell front wall panel is about one-half that of the slide receptacle blank when erected. 
     
     
       6. A carton erected from the blank of claim 1 wherein the inner surface of the shell glue panel is adhered to the exposed, outer surface of the slide receptacle top wall panel. 
     
     
       7. The carton of claim 6 wherein the heights of the folding panels and all other shell panels are such that the rotation and translation of the folding panels are concealed from view when the carton is either opened or closed. 
     
     
       8. The carton of claim 7 wherein the height of the folding panels is small enough so that the rotation and translation of said folding panels caused by the opening and closing of the carton does not unduly disturb the configuration of the erected carton. 
     
     
       9. The carton of claim 8 wherein the height of the shell hinge panel equals the combined heights of the shell foldover panel and the shell folding panels. .Iadd. 10. A dispensing carton comprising :a slide receptacle having a body portion with an open end and a cover portion hingedly connected to said body portion for pivotal movement between a closed position covering said open end and an open position displaced therefrom; and a shell having a slide portion and actuating means joined thereto, said slide portion being slidably mounted on said body portion of said receptacle for sliding movement toward and away from said open end, and said actuating means including a first panel portion hingedly connected to said cover portion at a location spaced from the hinge connection of said body and cover portions, a second panel portion hingedly connected to said slide portion, and a folding panel portion hingedly connected along opposite margins between said first and second panel portion, all of said hinge connections being substantially parallel to one another, and said actuating means extending between said receptacle and said slide portion with said first and second panels thereof extending away from said open end from their hinge connections with said cover portion and slide portion, respectively. .Iaddend. .Iadd. 11. The carton of claim 10 wherein said folding panel portion consists of at least two panels hingedly connected to one another, the hinge connection therebetween being substantially parallel to the other hinge connections of said carton. .Iaddend. .Iadd. 12. The carton of claim 10 wherein the length of said first panel portion is substantially equal to the combined lengths of said second panel portion and said folding panel portion, wherein said cover portion and body portion have rear walls lying in a common plane, and wherein said hinge connections of said first and second panel portions to said cover portion and said slide portion are adjacent the outer margins of, respectively, said cover portion rear wall and said slide portion, so that said slide portion is at least in part disposed over said cover portion in said closed position, and is displaced therefrom by sliding of said slide portion away from said open end. .Iaddend. .Iadd. 13. The carton of claim 10 wherein said receptacle is of generally rectangular cross section, and wherein said slide portion comprises a band extending in close conformity thereabout. .Iaddend.