APP Packaging Types 111518

Standard and Custom Folding Cartons Styles and Design Options

Rectangular Sleeve The pre-glued Rectangular Sleeve, as shown here, has a simple construction. While the Rectangular Sleeve is considered a style in itself, it is also the underlying structure of most tube-style cartons. It commonly functions as the slip-on cover in the combination of a tray and sleeve. Additionally, this style is used as the basic structure for many high-end multi-packaging systems. Rectangular Sleeve cartons may feature either locked-side or glued seams. Category: Tubes Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory: Tubes Without End Closures 1

Standard Reverse Tuck (SRT) The joint on the Standard Reverse Tuck carton is located at the seam along the right side panel, in the rear. The closure panels on top and bottom swing in opposite directions, with the bottom folding in the rear and the top folding in front. This carton can be assembled either manually or by automation. With a friction lock closure on top and a slit lock tuck closure on bottom, as shown here, the carton is easy to open and close, while remaining unlikely to open inadvertently at its base. Category: Tubes Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory: Tubes With Tuck End Closures 2

French Reverse Tuck (FRT) This style differs from the Standard Reverse Tuck in that the bottom closure is attached in the rear and folds/tucks towards the front of the carton while the top closure is joined in front and folds/tucks towards the rear of the carton. Shown here is a French Reverse Tuck carton with a slit (pie) lock bottom and a friction lock top. This style has a finished look and also enables substantial latitude in graphic design. Other available closure styles include the slit jock for top and bottom, and the friction lock for top and bottom. Category: Tubes Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory:Tubes Without End Closures 3

Standard Straight Tuck (SST) This style is suitable for products requiring a primary display panel. With fold/tuck closures in the back, the raw edges at both ends of the front display panel are concealed. This carton is suitable for manual assembling, as well as automated assembling and closing applications. Category: Tubes Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory: Tubes With Tuck End Closures 4

Airplane Style Straight (AST) Unlike the Standard Straight Tuck, this style features closure panels on both the top and bottom that swing from the rear to tuck in the front.* Category: Tubes Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory:Tubes With Tuck End Closures 5

Mailer Lock As its name implies, the Mailer Lock is used primarily for mailing sample products. The closure is designed to be secure and to withstand substantial abuse without malfunctioning. This style of carton is usually assembled, filled and sealed manually. The lock tab (tongue) provides additional security, ensuring that the carton does not inadvertently open in transit.* Category: Tubes Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory: Tubes With Tuck End Closures 6

Tuck and Tongue Like the Mailer Lock, this style is generally assembled, filled and sealed manually. Also like the Mailer Lock, the Tuck and Tongue carton is designed to withstand rough handling without disengaging.* Category: Tubes Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory:Tubes With Tuck End Closures 7

Bellows (Gusset) Tuck Like the Mailer Lock, this style is generally assembled, filled and sealed manually. Also like the Mailer Lock, the Bellows (Gusset) Tuck is designed to withstand rough handling without malfunctioning. This carton style features sturdier corners than those in a conventional dust flap arrangement.* Category: Tubes Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory:Tubes With Tuck End Closures 8

Reverse Tuck with Arthur Lock Dust Flaps Generally assembled, filled and sealed manually, this style allows easy opening and closing while providing considerable reliability, even with weighty contents, against inadvertent unsealing. Category: Tubes Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory: Tubes With Tuck End Closures 9

Full Overlap Seal End (FOSE) This carton is generally assembled, filled and sealed on automatic, horizontal or vertical packaging equipment. The usual sequence for closure, as indicated in Fig. 2, is dust flaps in first, followed by the inner closure panels (swinging from the rear panel) and finally the outer closure panels (swinging from the front panel). Some sift-resistant variations of this style require the inner closure panels to be tucked down first, with the dust flaps next and the outer closure panels last. Category: Tubes Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory: Tubes With Seal End Closures 10

Partial Overlap Seal End (POSE) This style features closure panels on top and bottom that are just wide enough to overlap with an adhesive seal, as compared to the FOSE, which features full-width top and bottom closure panels. This partial overlap of the inner and outer panels is illustrated in Fig. 4. The “Cereal Closure”, as shown in Fig. 3, is widely used for POSE dry cereal cartons, with the outer top closure panel’s lock tab generally nesting in the adjacent carton’s outer closure panel. Category: Tubes Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory: Tubes With Seal End Closures 11

Economy Overlap Seal End (EOSE) This style allows for both the graphic liberty offered by the FOSE and some of the economical advantages of the more compact POSE blank. The EOSE carton can be reverse-nested, as illustrated in Fig. 1. It can be nested straight back by reversing the positions of the inner and outer major panels on the bottom. Category: Tubes Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory: Tubes With Seal End Closures 12

Edge Lock The Edge Lock carton, widely used in retail for frozen prepared foods, can be manually assembled and sealed, but is usually assembled, filled and sealed automatically on horizontal equipment. Category: Tubes Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory: Tubes With Lock End Closures 13

1-2-3 Houghland Snap Lock Bottom Originally known by its inventor’s name (Houghland), this style is more generally known today as the 1-2-3 closure. Usually paired with a top tuck closure, the 1-2-3 is almost always employed as a bottom closure, and is assembled and sealed manually. This closure style may be applied in a shallow-depth, tube-style counter display carton, as well as in the proportion shown here. Category: Tubes Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory: Tubes With Combination Closure 14

Quad Lock Bottom Also known as the Double Lock or Ear Hook Bottom style, the Quad Lock Bottom is manually assembled. Like the 1-2-3 style, this closure style is almost always employed as a bottom closure, often paired with the top tuck closure (as shown). In a square configuration, both lock tabs engage with a shared set of lock slots, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Category: Tubes Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory: Tubes With Combination Closure 15

Himes Lock, Automatic Bottom Preglued in the convertor’s facility, the Himes Lock, Automatic Bottom (Crash Lock, Economy or Popcorn Bottom) style is assembled by hand. It is generally employed when quick setup is required for smaller production volumes that do not warrant investing in automatic packaging equipment.* Category: Tubes Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory: Tubes Without End Closures 16

Full Flap Automatic Bottom The Full Flap, Automatic Bottom style is a great alternative to the Himes or Crash Lock when the contents are heavier or their weight is concentrated on the central axis lengthwise. This style is assembled by hand and is generally employed when quick setup is required for smaller production volumes that do not warrant investing in automatic packaging equipment.* Category: Tubes Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory: Tubes With Combination Closure 17

Infold Automatic Bottom This style differs from the Himes or Crash Lock in the placement of the diagonal fold line. While the Himes Lock features a diagonal fold on the major closure panel, the Infold style’s diagonal fold line is on the minor end closure flap.* Category: Tubes Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory: Tubes With Combination Closure 18

Tuck and Seal End Combination with Zipper This style can be substituted for the FOSE, when having a functional reclosure as well as a secure original closure is important. As indicated in Figures 2 and 3, the Tuck and Seal End Combination with Zipper generally features a zipper-style tear strip in the outer closure panel.* Category: Tubes Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory: Tubes With Combination Closure 19

Double Sidewall/Double Endwall Simplex Tray For this style, the depth (1) of the inner end panel is generally less than 1/32 inch (board thickness), and the inner end panel is generally offset (2) 1/32 inch. The depth (3) of the inner side panel is generally less than 1/8 to 1/4 inch. The outer side panel/gusset (4) is offset 1/32 inch. Both the gusset angle (5) and the locking tab angle (6) would be 45 degrees.* Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tube Subcategory: Component Parts and detailing for a Tray 20

Four Corner Beers Tray (a.k.a.) Biers This style is glued by the converter and shipped flat to the user, and it is generally assembled and filled manually. The standard version is indicated in Figures 1 and 2. Figure 3 shows the “stay-up” or “full drag” alternative.With a diagonal angle of less than 45 degrees in the end panel, the nontapered glue flap will “drag” across the bottom panel. As a result of friction, the carton resists collapsing once assembled.* Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Trays, Single Sidewall/Single Endwall 21

Infold/Outfold Tray Generally assembled and filled manually, this style is shipped flat to the user after being glued by the converter. The Infold/Outfold Tray is shown folded and glued as an infold in Figure 3 and as an outfold in Figure 4. These two applications are commonly combined for commercial use, with an infold top lid over an outfold bottom. The outfold bottom is easily filled, while the inward-collapsing infold top allows for sufficient friction between the lid and bottom.* Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Trays, Single Sidewall/Single Endwall 22

Four Corner Beers with Top Tuck Closure (a.k.a.) Biers This carton is generally assembled, filled and sealed manually, and provides a great option for a wide range of lightweight contents.* Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Trays, Single Sidewall/Single Endwall 23

Six Corner (Point) Beers (a.k.a.) Biers Generally assembled and filled manually, this style is shipped flat to the end user, after having been glued by the converter. See the four corner Beers for an alternative configuration of the corner flaps.* Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Trays, Single Sidewall/Single Endwall 24

Stripper Lock Tray Assembled and locked by machine, this style offers a variety of lock options. The male lock (see Figure 2) is “stripped” through the female locking slot. The lock’s tip extends beyond the edge of the locking slot.* Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Trays, Single Sidewall/Single Endwall 25

Stripper Lock Tray With Hinged Cover Assembled and sealed by machine, this style features a cover tuck and charlottes that are attached to the tray front and side panels with either heat or adhesive.* Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Trays, Single Sidewall/Single Endwall 26

Four Corner Brightwood Tray This style is shipped flat (unglued) to the customer, who assembles and glues it in an automated process.* Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Trays, Single Sidewall/Single Endwall 27

Six Corner Brightwood Tray This style is shipped flat (unglued) to the customer, who assembles and glues it in an automated process.* Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Trays, Single Sidewall/Single Endwall 28

Pinch Lock Tray This style of tray is assembled and locked manually. The more common single corner flap version is indicated in Figure 1, while a bellows corner alternative is indicated in Figure 3.* Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Trays, Single Sidewall/Double Endwall 29

Walker Lock Tray This style is generally assembled and locked manually.* Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Trays, Single Sidewall/Double Endwall 30

Arthur Lock Tray (a.k.a.) Jones Lock Tray This style is assembled manually and is generally used as a component of a wholesale package, hardly ever for retail.* Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Trays, Single Sidewall/Double Endwall 31

Foot Lock Double Wall Tray While this style entails a larger blank than the Double Sidewall/Double Endwall Simplex style, it does not necessitate a finishing pass over a straight-line gluer. The Foot Lock Double Wall Tray is generally assembled manually. The single-corner flap version is indicated in Figure 1, and Figure 3 shows a bellows corner version.* Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Trays, Double Sidewall/Double Endwall 32

Simplex (a.k.a.) Kwikset Generally assembled manually by the user, this style can also be assembled by machine. The sidewalls are preglued by the converter. Note that the inner side panel is not as wide as the outer side panel (see Figure 2). The most common version of the Simplex carton is indicated in Figure 1, while Figure 3 shows an alternative for shallower applications.* Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Trays, Double Sidewall/Double Endwall 33

Simplex Tray With Glued Gussets The extended gusset flaps on this style offer a guide for straight- line or spot application of adhesive, in order to secure the gussets to the inside surface of the outer end panels. Applying adhesive to each corner tab facilitates the assembly of the carton, while also strengthening and enhancing the finished appearance of the corners. Compare to the conventional Simplex.* Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Trays, Double Sidewall/Double Endwall 34

Rigidwall Tray For shallower cartons, this style may be a better option than the Simplex double wall tray. The sidewalls on the Rigidwall Tray are infolded, as illustrated in Fig. 3, and the foot extending from each inner side panel is glued to the bottom panel. The outward bowing of most shallow trays is obviated by the slight triangulation effected by the reduced depth of the inner side panels. Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Trays, Double Sidewall/Double Endwall 35

Fliplok (Fliplock) Tray This carton is glued using either a timed straight line or right angle gluer. Because it is so easy to assemble and looks finished, the Fliplock is a great option for retail. Glue patterns on the inner endwalls are shown in Fig. 1. Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Trays, Double Sidewall/Double Endwall 36

Double Wall Brightwood (a.k.a.) Crandall Tray For this style, the converter usually glues the sidewalls, and the carton is then machine-formed and glued by the user. The inner side and inner end panels, as shown in Fig. 2, are not as deep as the outer side and outer end panels. Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and Detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Trays, Double Sidewall/Double Endwall 37

Shadow Box Shipped flat from the converter to the user, the Shadow Box is an adhesive-free, machine-formed, top-loaded carton. Extending the display area, the hollow wall tray also makes the entire retail unit sufficiently bulky to discourage shoplifting. Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Trays, Hollow Sidewall/Hollow Endwall 38

Frame Vue Tray (a.k.a.) Frame View This style is chiefly employed for enhancing premium product display. Usually assembled and filled manually, the sidewalls are generally folded and glued by the converter. Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Trays, Hollow Sidewall/Hollow Endwall 39

Glued Sleeve with Top and Bottom Chime Locks While the style illustrated here is generic, numerous variations are available. This style can be adapted to standard or proprietary machines. Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Tray Design Options 40

“Butterfly” Locked Sleeve with Top and Bottom Chime Locks While the style illustrated here is generic, numerous variations are available. This style can be adapted to standard or proprietary machines. Category: Trays Description: Component Parts and detailing for a Tray Subcategory: Tray Design Options 41

Double Anchor Lock, No Depth Folder A film window on the bottom panel is an option for this style. The Double Anchor Lock, No Depth Folder is generally filled and sealed manually.* Category: Specialties Description: Component Parts, Detailing for Specialty Packaging Subcategory: Specialty Folders and Envelopes 42

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