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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2002
Joseph C. Walsh, Boulder, CO (US);
Robert L. Conatser, Longmont, CO (US);
Raymond S. Kastanek, Longmont, CO (US);
Joseph C. Walsh, Boulder, CO (US);
Robert L. Conatser, Longmont, CO (US);
Raymond S. Kastanek, Longmont, CO (US);
Graphic Packaging International, Inc., Marietta, GA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein, for example, are methods and apparatus for forming carton blanks. In one such method, a first web of material and a second web of material may be provided. At least one line of disruption may be formed in one of the webs of material. A combined section may be formed that includes a section of the first web of material and a section of the second web of material. Thereafter, a carton blank may be formed by separating the combined section from the first web of material and the second web of material. Also disclosed herein, for example, are various carton blanks and cartons.