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US 11,548,708 B2Granted
Carrier with lid
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorJohn Murdick Holley, Jr.
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Abstract
A carrier for holding one or more products. The carrier can comprise a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carrier, the plurality of panels comprising at least a front panel and a side panel. A central panel can at least partially divide the interior of the carrier into a front portion and a back portion. The side panel can extend at least partially from the front panel to the central panel. A lid can at least partially close a top of the carrier.
Claims32
A carrier for holding one or more products, the carrier comprising:
- a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carrier, the plurality of panels comprising at least a front panel and a side panel;
- a central wall comprising a central panel and at least partially dividing the interior of the carrier into a front portion and a back portion, the side panel extending at least partially from the front panel to the central panel;
- a lid at least partially closing a top of the carrier, wherein the lid comprises a cover panel foldably connected to the front panel and extending at least partially from the front panel to the central panel to at least partially cover the front portion of the carrier;
- a handle wall foldably connected to the central wall;
- and
- folding features that facilitate folding the handle wall from an upright configuration over the cover panel to a folded configuration.
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A carrier for holding one or more products, the carrier comprising:
- a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carrier, the plurality of panels comprising at least a front panel and a side panel;
- a central wall comprising a central panel and at least partially dividing the interior of the carrier into a front portion and a back portion, the side panel extending at least partially from the front panel to the central panel;
- a lid at least partially closing a top of the carrier, wherein the lid comprises a cover panel foldably connected to the front panel and extending at least partially from the front panel to the central panel to at least partially cover the front portion of the carrier, the lid further comprises a cover flap foldably connected to the side panel, a locking tab foldably connected to the cover panel, and a slot extending between the cover flap and the side panel, and the cover panel at least partially overlaps the cover flap and the locking flap is at least partially inserted into the slot;
- a handle wall foldably connected to the central wall;
- and
- folding features that facilitate folding the handle wall from an upright configuration to a folded configuration.
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A blank for forming a carrier for holding one or more products, the blank comprising:
- a plurality of panels comprising at least a front panel and a side panel;
- a central panel for at least partially forming a central wall in the carrier formed from the blank for at least partially dividing the carrier formed from the blank into a front portion and a back portion, the side panel being for extending at least partially from the front panel to the central panel when the carrier is formed from the blank;
- a cover feature for at least partially closing a top of the carrier formed from the blank, wherein the cover feature comprises a cover panel foldably connected to the front panel, the cover panel being for extending at least partially from the front panel to the central panel to at least partially cover the front portion of the carrier formed from the blank;
- a handle panel foldably connected to the central panel, the handle panel being for at least partially forming a handle wall when the carrier is formed from the blank;
- and
- folding features in at least one of the handle panel and the central panel for facilitating folding the handle wall from an upright configuration over the cover panel to a folded configuration when the carrier is formed from the blank.
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A blank for forming a carrier for holding one or more products, the blank comprising:
- a plurality of panels comprising at least a front panel and a side panel;
- a central panel for at least partially forming a central wall in the carrier formed from the blank for at least partially dividing the carrier formed from the blank into a front portion and a back portion, the side panel being for extending at least partially from the front panel to the central panel when the carrier is formed from the blank;
- a cover feature for at least partially closing a top of the carrier formed from the blank, wherein the cover feature comprises a cover panel foldably connected to the front panel, the cover panel being for extending at least partially from the front panel to the central panel to at least partially cover the front portion of the carrier formed from the blank, the cover feature further comprises a cover flap foldably connected to the side panel and a locking tab foldably connected to the cover panel, the cover flap is at least partially separable from the side panel along a cut, and the cut is for forming a slot for at least partially receiving the locking tab when the carrier is formed from the blank, the cover panel being for at least partially overlapping the cover flap when the carrier is formed from the blank;
- a handle panel foldably connected to the central panel, the handle panel being for at least partially forming a handle wall when the carrier is formed from the blank;
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- folding features in at least one of the handle panel and the central panel for facilitating folding the handle wall from an upright configuration to a folded configuration when the carrier is formed from the blank.
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A method of forming a carrier for holding one or more products, the method comprising:
- obtaining a blank comprising a plurality of panels, a central panel, a handle panel foldably connected to the central panel, folding features in at least one of the handle panel and the central panel, and a cover feature, the plurality of panels comprising at least a front panel and a side panel and the cover feature comprising a cover panel foldably connected to the front panel;
- forming an interior of the carrier by positioning the panels of the plurality of panels to extend at least partially around the interior of the carrier, forming a handle wall comprising at least the handle panel, and forming a central wall comprising at least the central panel, the central wall at least partially dividing the interior of the carrier into a front portion and a back portion, the side panel extending at least partially between the front panel and the central panel;
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- folding the cover feature to at least partially close a top of the carrier, wherein the folding the cover feature comprises folding the cover panel to extend at least partially from the front panel to the central panel to at least partially cover the front portion of the carrier;
- wherein the folding features facilitate folding the handle wall from an upright configuration over the cover panel to a folded configuration.
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A carrier for holding one or more products, the carrier comprising:
- a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carrier, the plurality of panels comprising at least a front panel, a back panel, and a side panel;
- a central wall comprising a central panel and at least partially dividing the interior of the carrier into a front portion and a back portion, the side panel extending at least partially from the front panel to the central panel;
- a lid at least partially closing a top of the carrier, wherein the lid comprises a front cover panel foldably connected to the front panel and extending at least partially from the front panel to the central panel to at least partially cover the front portion of the carrier, and the lid further comprises a back cover panel foldably connected to the back panel and extending at least partially from the back panel to the central panel to at least partially cover the back portion of the carrier;
- a handle wall foldably connected to the central wall;
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- folding features that facilitate folding the handle wall from an upright configuration to a folded configuration, wherein the folding features facilitate folding the handle wall from the upright configuration over the front cover panel and facilitate folding the handle wall from the upright configuration over the back cover panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.