US 11,987,433 B2 · Article carrier and blank therefor

Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure relate to an article carrier for packaging a plurality of articles, a blank for forming the article carrier. The article carrier comprises a plurality of primary panels for forming a tubular structure and defining an interior thereof. The plurality of primary panels includes a first panel and a second panel opposing the first panel. The article carrier further comprises a partition structure for dividing the interior into two or more article-receiving cells. The partition structure is formed from the first panel and comprises a lateral partition panel. The lateral partition panel is hingedly connected at a proximal end to the first panel by a proximal end fold line and is hingedly connected at a distal end to a glue panel by a distal end joint.

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Dependent claims

An article carrier comprising a collapsible tubular structure which comprises a first primary panel, a second primary panel, a third primary panel and a fourth primary panel wherein the first and second primary panels are hingedly connected, the second and third primary panels are hingedly connected, the third and fourth primary panels are hingedly connected, the fourth and first primary panels are hingedly connected, and wherein either:

(i) a first hinged connection between the first and second primary panels is greater in fold resistance than each of a second hinged connection between the second and third primary panels and a fourth hinged connection between the fourth and first primary panels, or (ii) the first hinged connection is less in fold resistance than the second hinged connection and substantially equal in fold resistance to the fourth hinged connection.

A blank for forming an article carrier, the blank comprising a plurality of primary panels for forming walls of a tubular structure, the plurality of primary panels including:

a first primary panel, a second primary panel, a third primary panel and a fourth primary panel wherein the first and second primary panels are hingedly connected, the second and third primary panels are hingedly connected, the third and fourth primary panels are hingedly connected, the fourth and first primary panels are hingedly connected, and wherein either:
(i) a first hinged connection between the first and second primary panels is greater in fold resistance than each of a second hinged connection between the second and third primary panels and a fourth hinged connection between the fourth and first primary panels, or (ii) the first hinged connection is lesser in fold resistance than the second hinged connection and substantially equal in fold resistance to the fourth hinged connection.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Article carrier and blank therefor

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Article carrier and blank therefor

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Abstract

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