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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1993
Filed:
May. 28, 1991
Wayne Bulger, Tinley Park, IL (US);
Chih-Hung Chen, Naperville, IL (US);
First Brands Corporation, Danbury, CT (US);
Abstract
A dispensing carton for a roll of sheet material, the dispensing carton having a bottom, front, rear and end walls, a lid hingedly connected to the rear wall forming an elongated aperture between the lid and the front wall for withdrawing a sheet material from a roll of sheet material positioned within the dispensing carton. The lid comprises a first panel and a second panel, the first panel extending from said rear wall to the front wall with the second panel overlapping the front wall of the dispensing carton and having a cutting bar with a cutting edge affixed to the surface of the second panel, the second panel having a top edge and a bottom edge with a hinge line placed therebetween whereby said second panel may be bent along the hinge line to form a cutting bar support panel and a cutting edge protector panel at the hinge line adjacent the cutting bar having a cutting edge. The hinge line connects a first front panel portion and a second front panel portion and is located behind the cutting edge of the cutting bar whereby the second front panel portion overlays the cutting edge to provide a cutting edge protector panel portion.