Carrier with handle features
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorBrian Smalley
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Abstract
A carrier for holding at least one article includes a plurality of panels and a handle. The plurality of panels extends at least partially around an interior of the carrier, and the plurality of panels includes a top panel, a bottom panel, and at least one side panel. The handle includes at least one handle feature in the top panel. The at least one handle feature includes a plurality of foldably connected handle sections that includes a first outer section and a second outer section each foldably connected to a central section and such that the at least one handle feature is positionable between a first, substantially flat configuration and a second, substantially recessed configuration wherein the handle is activated for carrying the carrier.
Claims26
A blank for forming a carrier for holding at least one article, the blank comprising:
- a plurality of panels comprising a top panel, a bottom panel, and at least one side panel;
- and
- at least one handle feature in the top panel for forming a handle of the carrier formed from the blank,
- the at least one handle feature comprises a plurality of foldably connected handle sections that comprises a first outer section and a second outer section each foldably connected to a central section, each of the first outer section, the second outer section, and the central section are foldably connected to a body portion of the top panel at a curved fold line, the central section tapers from the curved fold line to a free edge of the top panel.
A method of forming a carrier for holding at least one article, the method comprising:
- obtaining a blank, the blank comprises a plurality of panels comprising a top panel, a bottom panel, and at least one side panel, the blank comprises at least one handle feature in the top panel for forming a handle, the at least one handle feature comprises a plurality of foldably connected handle sections that comprises a first outer section and second outer section each foldably connected to a central section, each of the first outer section, the second outer section, and the central section are foldably connected to a body portion of the top panel at a curved fold line, the central section tapers from the curved fold line to a free edge of the top panel;
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- folding the plurality of panels at least partially around an interior of the carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.