Appeal No. 2002-1818
Application 29/094,432
portion of a normally rectangular parallelepiped carton has been
fully opened and pressure applied to the narrow side panels of
the carton to cause the large front and back panels of the carton
to flex in a particular way to provide an expanded, open
configuration shown in a first embodiment in Figures 1 through 7
and a second embodiment in Figures 8 through 14 of the
application.
More particularly, as noted on pages 2 and 3 of appellant’s
brief, it is apparent that the claimed expanded carton includes
specific score lines arranged on each of the large front and back
panels extending from the bottom corners of the panels to the
center of the top edge of the panels and a single score line
extending from that point to the top edge of each of the front
and back closure flaps, thereby providing a hexagonal appearance
to the top opening of the flexed and expanded carton (e.g., Fig.
6) and three triangular, planar portions bounded by straight
lines on each of the front and back panels (e.g., Figs. 1, 2 and
4). As is further apparent from the side views (e.g., Figs. 3
and 5), the expanded carton has a straight tapered appearance
which narrows from the top edges of the front and back panels to
the bottom of the carton. In addition, as can be clearly seen in
Figure 7, for example, the claimed expanded carton also has a
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