Surgical glove carton

Claim 2

A folded one-piece snap-open carton for sanitarily packaging a pair of surgical gloves, said carton comprising a pair of large main body panels for restingly supporting the pair of gloves, said main body panels respectively having greater width and length thereto than the pair of gloves and being joined together by a first vertically extending fold line, one of said pair of main body panels establishing a bottom for said carton and the other of said pair of main body panels substantially establishing a top for said carton, said main body panels having distal edges spaced from said vertically extending fold line, a plurality of smaller panels joined one to the other and to said main body panels by a plurality of fold lines for foldably overlaying certain portions of the gloves and for urging said carton to snap open, said main body panels being folded inwardly along said first vertically extending fold line with said plurality of smaller panels and said gloves being sandwiched between said top and bottom of said carton, tab means joined to certain of said smaller panels opposite from said distal edge of one of said main body panels, lock means adjacent said distal edge of said one of said main body panels coacting with said distal edge of the other of said main body panels for locking said folded carton in a closed disposition with a portion of said tab means being exposed whereby grasping said tab means and said distal edge of said one of said main body panels and pulling in opposite directions is effective to disengage said lock means and cause the carton to snap open in three directions outwardly from said main body panels, a second vertically extending fold line adjacent said distal edge of said one of said main body panels, said first and second vertically extending fold lines being parallel one with the other, and adhesive means for fixedly joining certain portions of said one of said main body panels adjacent said distal edge thereof one to the other and with said one of said main body panels being doubled inwardly along said second vertically extending fold line and having a free portion thereof extending inwardly between said adhesive means and said first vertically extending fold line to establish in part said lock means.

Claim 3

The carton of claim 1 in which is included a third vertically extending fold line adjacent said distal edge Of said one of said main body panels and being parallel with said first and second vertically extending fold lines, said third vertically extending fold line being positioned between said adhesive means and said first vertically extending fold line adjacent said adhesive means, bending said fixedly joined portions of said distal edge of said one of said main body panels downwardly along said third vertically extending fold line being effective to raise said free portion thereof upwardly facilitating engagement of said lock means.

Claim 4

A blank of flexible relatively stiff sheet material which may be folded to constitute a sanitary carton for surgical gloves comprising left and right main body panels for restingly supporting the respective left and right gloves, a first vertically extending fold line being provided which extends between said left and right main body panels, said main body panels having distal edges spaced from said first vertically extending fold line, a pair of upper flap panels respectively joined to said left and right main body panels by an upper horizontally extending fold line, a pair of lower flap panels respectively joined to said left and right main body panels by a lower horizontally extending fold line, said upper and lower pairs of flap panels respectively being separated by upwardly and downwardly directed fold line segments constituting extensions of said first vertically extending fold line, second and third vertically extending fold lines positioned adjacent said distal edge of said left one of said main body panels, said second vertically extending fold line defining in part an outer margin portion having a dimensional width which is greater than the spaced apart distance between said second and third vertically extending fold lines, a right flap panel joined to said distal edge of said right main body panel by a fourth vertically extending fold line, a tab panel having a root portion and a tip portion, said root portion being joined to said right flap panel by a fifth vertically extending fold line, said tip portion being joined to said root portion by a sixth vertically extending fold line, an upper corner panel joined to the right one of said upper flap panels by a fold line segment constituting an upwardly directed extension of said fourth vertically extending fold line and being joined to said right flap panel by a fold line segment constituting an outwardly directed extension of said upper horizontally extending fold line, and a lower corner panel joined to the right one of said lower flap panels by a fold line segment constituting a downwardly directed extension of said fourth vertically extending fold line and being joined to said right flap panel by a fold line segment constituting an outwardly directed extension of said lower horizontally extending fold line.

Claim 5

A blank of flexible relatively stiff sheet material which may be folded to constitute a sanitary carton for surgical gloves comprising left and right main body panels for restingly supporting the respective left and right gloves, a first vertically extending fold line being provided which extends between said left and right main body panels, said main body panels having distal edges spaced from said first vertically extending fold line, a pair of upper flap panels respectively joined to said left and right main body panels by an upper horizontally extending fold line, a pair of lower flap panels respectively joined to said left and right main body panels by a lower horizontally extending fold line, said upper and lower pairs of flap panels respectively being separated by upwardly and downwardly directed fold line segments constituting extensions of said first vertically extending fold line, second and third vertically extending fold lines positioned adjacent said distal edge of said left one of said main body panels, said second vertically extending fold line defining in part an outer margin portion having a dimensional width which is greater than the spaced apart distance between said second and third vertically extending fold lines, a right flap panel joined to said distal edge of said right main body panel by a fourth vertically extending fold line, a tab panel having a root portion and a tip portion, said root portion being joined to said right flap panel by a fifth vertically extending fold line, said tip portion being joined to said root portion by a sixth vertically extending fold line, an upper corner panel joined to the right one of said upper flap panels by a fold line segment constituting an upwardly directed extension of said fourth vertically extending fold line and being joined to said right flap panel by a fold line segment constituting an outwardly directed extension of said upper horizontally extending fold line, and a lower corner panel joined to the right one of said lower flap panels by a fold line segment constituting a downwardly directed extension of said fourth vertically extending fold line and being joined to said right flap panel by a fold line segment constituting an outwardly directed extension of said lower horizontally extending fold line.

Claim 6

The blank of claim 3 in which said upper and lower corner panels respectively are provided with upper and lower diagonal fold lines, said upper diagonal fold line commencing substantially at the convergency of said fourth vertically extending fold line and said upper horizontally extending fold line and extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom, said lower diagonal fold line commencing substantially at the convergency of said fourth vertically extending fold line and said lower horizontally extending fold line and extending downwardly and outwardly therefrom.

Claim 7

The blank of claim 4 which inlcudes providing upper and lower notches, said upper notch being positioned along the uppermost edge of said blank and extending downwardly therein separating in part the right one of said upper flap panels and said upper corner panel, said lower notch being positioned along the lowermost edge of said blank and extending upwardly therein separating in part the right one of said lower flap panels and said lower corner panel.