Package, article carrier and blank therfor

An article carrier for packaging at least one article each having a recess in a bottom wall, the article carrier comprising a plurality of panels, including a base panel, forming a tubular structure for surrounding at least one article and an article retention structure for engaging the recess of one of said at least one article to prevent or inhibit egress of the article from at least one of opposite open ends of the tubular structure, the article retention structure comprising an engaging tab hingedly connected to the base panel, wherein the engaging tab is arranged to contact an inside surface of the recess in the bottom wall of the article at a point farthermost from an adjacent end edge of the base panel of the article carrier.

An article carrier for packaging at least one article each having a recess in a bottom wall, the article carrier comprising a plurality of panels, including a base panel, forming a tubular structure for surrounding at least one article and an article retention structure for engaging a recess of one of said at least one article to prevent or inhibit unintentional egress of the article from at least one of opposite open ends of the tubular structure, the article retention structure comprising an engaging tab hingedly connected to the base panel by a fold line, wherein a width of the engaging tab is greater than a distance between the fold line and an adjacently disposed machine access opening.

An article carrier for packaging at least one article each having a recess in a bottom wall, the article carrier comprising a plurality of panels, including a pair of bottom lap panels forming a composite base panel, forming a tubular structure for surrounding the at least one article, a first one of the pair of bottom lap panels comprising at least one male locking tab, a second one of the pair of bottom lap panels comprising at least one female locking tab, the article carrier comprising at least one article retention structure for engaging a recess of one of said at least one article to prevent or inhibit dislodgement of the article from at least one of opposite open ends of the tubular structure, the article retention structure comprising an engaging tab hingedly connected to one of the pair of bottom lap panels by a fold line, wherein the fold line intersects with a notional line oriented transversely of the article carrier and that passes through an outer end of an adjacent male locking tab or female locking tab.

An article carrier for packaging at least one article each having a recess in a bottom wall, the article carrier comprising a plurality of panels, including a pair of bottom lap panels forming a composite base panel, forming a tubular structure for surrounding the at least one article and an article retention structure for engaging a recess of one of said at least one article to prevent or inhibit egress of the article from at least one of opposite open ends of the tubular structure, the article retention structure comprising at least one engaging tab hingedly connected to one of the pair of bottom lap panels, wherein the article carrier further comprises a panel locking device including a locking tab formed solely from one of the pair of bottom lap panels and hingedly connected thereto by a fold line, wherein the panel locking device includes a hooking element defined in part by a cutline in said one of the pair of bottom lap panels in which the locking tab is formed, and wherein the locking tab has a width dimension which is greater than a distance between the fold line and the cutline defining the hooking element of the panel locking device.

A package comprising an article carrier and at least one article having a recess in a bottom wall, the article carrier comprising a plurality of panels, including a base panel, forming a tubular structure for surrounding the at least one article and an article retention structure for engaging the recess to prevent or inhibit egress of the article from at least one of opposite open ends of the tubular structure, the article retention structure comprising an engaging tab hingedly connected to the base panel, wherein the engaging tab is arranged to contact an inside surface of the recess at a point farthermost from an adjacent end edge of the base panel of the article carrier.

A blank for forming an article carrier, the blank comprising a plurality of panels for forming a tubular structure for surrounding one or more articles each having a recess in a bottom wall, the blank comprising an article retention structure for engaging a recess of one of said articles to prevent or inhibit egress of said article from a set-up article carrier, the article retention structure comprising an engaging tab hingedly connected to the base panel by a fold line, wherein a width of the engaging tab is greater than a distance between the fold line and an adjacently disposed machine access opening.

A blank for forming an article carrier, the blank comprising a plurality of panels for forming a tubular structure for surrounding one or more articles each having a recess in a bottom wall, the blank comprising a pair of bottom lap panels forming a composite base panel, a first one of the pair of bottom lap panels comprising at least one male locking tab, a second one of the pair of bottom lap panels comprising at least one female locking tab, the blank comprising at least one article retention structure for engaging a recess of one of said articles to prevent or inhibit unintentional egress of said article from a set-up article carrier, the article retention structure comprising an engaging tab hingedly connected to one of the pair of bottom lap panels by a fold line, wherein the fold line intersects with a notional line oriented longitudinally of the blank and that passes through an outer end of an adjacent male locking tab or female locking tab.

A blank for forming an article carrier, the blank comprising a plurality of panels for forming a tubular structure for surrounding one or more articles each having a recess in a bottom wall, the blank comprising a pair of bottom lap panels forming a composite base panel, the blank comprising an article retention structure for engaging a recess of one of said articles to prevent or inhibit dislodgement of the article from a set-up article carrier, the article retention structure comprising at least one engaging tab hingedly connected to one of the pair of bottom lap panels, wherein the blank further comprises a panel locking device including a locking tab formed solely from one of the pair of bottom lap panels and hingedly connected thereto by a fold line, wherein the panel locking device includes a hooking element defined in part by a cutline in said one of the pair of bottom lap panels in which the locking tab is formed, and wherein the locking tab has a width dimension which is greater than a distance between the fold line and the cutline.