Paperboard gable top carrier with gussets
OwnerChristine Peterson, Donald Cooper +1inventors
InventorsChristine Peterson, Donald Cooper, Fred Naumann
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Abstract
A wrap-around carrier for carrying gable topped cartons with at least one end flap is formed without the use of adhesive by the addition of a gusset that holds the end flap securely in place. The gusset is held in place by the gable topped cartons that are contained within the wrap-around carrier. The wrap-around carrier also includes a paperboard locking mechanism that interconnects the bottom panel portions of the carrier together.
Claims22
A one piece paperboard blank for a wrap-around carrier to package a linear series of cartons, said blank comprising:
- (a) a top panel portion,
- (b) top corner panel portions foldably attached to opposing longitudinal edges of the top panel portion,
- (c) first and second side wall panel portions foldably attached to the top corner panel portions,
- (d) a first bottom panel portion foldably attached to said first side wall panel portion,
- (e) a second bottom panel portion foldably attached to said second side wall portion,
- (f) an end flap foldably attached to one of said side wall panel portion,
- (g) a gusset foldably attached to said end flap and at least one of said first or second bottom panel portion, and
- (h) means for interlocking said first bottom panel portion and said second bottom panel portion together without the addition of glues or adhesives.
A wrap-around carrier formed from a unitary bland of paperboard folded and interconnected into a tube-like structure, comprising:
- (a) a first bottom panel portion and a second bottom panel portion, said first bottom panel portions interconnected to said second bottom panel portion,
- (b) a first upstanding side wall portion foldably connected to said first bottom portion, and a second upstanding side wall portion foldably connected to said second bottom portion,
- (c) corner panel portions foldably connected to said first and second side wall portions,
- (d) a top panel portion foldably connected between the corner panel portions,
- (e) at least one end flap foldably attached to one of said side wall portions that partially covers one end of the tube-like structure
- (f) at least one gusset foldably attached to said end flap and one of said bottom panel portions, whereby the gusset is held still by the cartons positioned within the wrap-around carrier, holding the end flap in position.
A one piece paperboard blank for a wrap-around carrier to package a linear series of cartons, said blank comprising:
- (a) a top panel portion,
- (b) top corner panel portions foldably attached to opposing longitudinal edges of the top panel portion,
- (c) first and second side wall panel portions foldably attached to the top corner panel portions,
- (d) a first bottom panel portion foldably attached to said first side wall panel portion,
- (e) a second bottom panel portion foldably attached to said second side wall portion,
- (f) an end flap foldably attached to one of said side wall panel portion,
- (g) a gusset foldably attached to said end flap and at least one said bottom panel portion, and
- (h) a multiplicity of locking tabs foldably attached to said first bottom panel portion, and a multiplicity of inserts cutout of said second bottom panel portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.