Article carrier and blank therefor
AssigneeWestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
InventorsGregory P. Hayter, Bradford J. Walling
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, a carrier for packaging two or more articles and a blank for forming the carrier. The carrier comprises a main panel having at least one top-engaging article device for receiving and securing the main panel to a respective article. The carrier further comprises a keel structure. The keel structure comprises at least two keel panels arranged to be disposed between a first one of the at least two articles and a second one of the at least two articles. The keel structure comprises at least one keel tab struck from at least one of at least two keel panels. The at least one keel tab is arranged to be disposed between the first one of the at least two articles and the second one of the at least two articles.
Claims23
An article carrier for packaging at least two articles, the carrier comprising a main panel having at least one top-engaging article device for receiving and securing the main panel to a respective article, the carrier further comprising a keel structure, the keel structure comprising at least two keel panels arranged to be disposed between a first one of the at least two articles and a second one of the at least two articles, wherein the keel structure comprises at least one keel tab struck from at least one of at least two keel panels, the at least one keel tab arranged to be disposed between the first one of the at least two articles and the second one of the at least two articles.
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A blank for forming an article carrier, the blank comprising a main panel having at least one top-engaging article device for receiving and securing the main panel to a respective one of at least two articles, the blank further comprising at least two keel panels for forming a keel structure, the keel structure arranged to be disposed between a first one of the at least two articles and a second one of the at least two articles, wherein the keel structure comprises at least one keel tab struck from at least one of at least two keel panels, the at least one keel tab arranged to be disposed between the first one of the at least two articles and the second one of the at least two articles.
A package comprising an article carrier and a plurality of articles, the carrier comprising a main panel having a plurality of top-engaging article devices for receiving and securing the main panel to a respective article, the plurality of top-engaging article devices arranged in rows and comprising a first row and a second row, the carrier further comprising a keel structure, the keel structure comprising at least two keel panels disposed between the first and second rows of top-engaging article devices, wherein the keel structure comprises at least one keel tab struck from at least one of at least two keel panels, the at least one keel tab being disposed between a pair of adjacently disposed articles, a first one of the pair of adjacently disposed articles being engaged by a top-engaging article device in the first row and a second one of the pair of adjacently disposed articles being engaged by a top-engaging article device in the second row.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.