Carton With Article Protection Insert
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorsO'Neal Alexander, Raymond R. Spivey, SR., Mark Baldino, Ana Gonzalez, John Murdick Holley, JR.
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Abstract
A carton for containing a plurality of articles. The carton includes a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels comprising a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. An article protection insert comprises a plurality of features for engaging a respective article of the plurality of articles. At least one access feature is in the top panel for positioning the article protection insert to a position wherein the features engage at least one article of the plurality of articles.
Claims22
A carton for containing a plurality of articles, the carton comprising:
- a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels comprising a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel;
- an article protection insert comprising a plurality of features for engaging a respective article of the plurality of articles,
- the article protection insert comprises a middle portion and two outer portions, the middle portion comprises at least one feature of the plurality of features, the middle portion comprises a top panel of the article protection insert, the two outer portions comprise a first side panel of the article protection insert foldably connected to the top panel of the article protection insert, and a second side panel of the article protection insert foldably connected to the top panel of the article protection insert.
In combination, a carton blank and an article protection insert blank for forming a carton for containing a plurality of articles,
- the carton blank comprising:
- a plurality of panels comprising a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel;
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- the article protection insert blank comprising a plurality of features for engaging a respective article of the plurality of articles,
- the article protection insert blank comprises a middle portion and two outer portions, the middle portion comprises at least one feature of the plurality of features,
- the middle portion comprises a top panel of the article protection insert blank, the two outer portions comprises a first side panel of the article protection insert blank foldably connected to the top panel of the article protection insert blank, and a second side panel of the article protection insert blank is foldably connected to the top panel of the article protection insert blank.
A method of forming a carton comprising:
- obtaining a carton blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel;
- obtaining an article protection insert blank comprising a plurality of features for engaging a respective article of the plurality of articles, a middle portion, and two outer portions, the middle portion comprises at least one feature of the plurality of features, the middle portion comprises a top panel of the article protection insert blank, the two outer portions comprise a first side panel of the article protection insert blank foldably connected to the top panel of the article protection insert, and a second side panel of the article protection insert blank foldably connected to the top panel of the article protection insert blank;
- positioning the article protection insert blank relative to the carton blank;
- forming an interior of the carton at least partially defined by the plurality of panels, the forming the interior of the carton comprising forming an open-ended sleeve;
- loading a plurality of articles in the interior of the carton;
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- forming an article protection insert from the article protection insert blank and engaging a respective article of the plurality of articles with a respective feature of the plurality of features, the forming the article protection insert comprises downwardly folding the first side panel of the article protection insert blank relative to the top panel of the article protection insert blank and downwardly folding the second side panel of article protection insert blank relative to the top panel of the article protection insert blank.
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