Cardboard container for bottles and the like
OwnerHeinz Fockeinventor
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Abstract
A package or container is provided having interior longitudinal and traverse partitions, or webs, arranged between bottles. The longitudinal web is centrally disposed and is formed by a centrally divided bottom wall being provided with edge flaps which are folded inwardly into the package in such a manner that a double-walled web, disposed approximately at right angles to said bottom wall, is formed. This central longitudinal web is provided with an appropriate number of transverse webs which are either formed separately from the central longitudinal web, or which are formed integrally with the latter by stamping out appropriate tongues and folding them from the web. Integral handles of one-piece construction with the container forming blank are also provided.
Claims14
A container formed of foldable material and adapted to hold a plurality of segregated articles, the container having a wall structure formed by a unitary blank, said wall structure including integral top, side, bottom and end walls, said bottom wall being formed from two portions of said blank on opposite sides thereof, a flap coextensive in length with each bottom wall portion along an edge thereof on each of two opposite sides of the blank, the blank being folded into a hollow rectilinear form with said flaps extending upwardly into said container perpendicular to the bottom wall midway between the side walls thereof to define a longitudinal partition, at least one of said flaps having at least one transverse partition means integral therewith folded out of the plane of said flap at right angles thereto, said transverse partition means extending on opposite sides of said longitudinal partition, the other flap including an opening formed therein through which a selected portion of said transverse partition means extends to provide a single thickness transverse partition on opposite sides of said longitudinal partition and at least one transverse partition means integral therewith folded out of the plane of said other flap at right angles thereto, said transverse partition means of said other flap extending on opposite sides of said longitudinal partition, the transverse partition means of said other flap being longitudinally offset relative to the transverse partition means of said one flap and extending through an opening of said one flap.
A container according to claim 4 wherein a selected portion of said wall structure is provided with weakened lines of separation defining a removable panel for obtaining access to the contents of said container.
A unitary blank adapted to form a hollow rectilinear container having integral top, side, bottom, end and partition walls comprising a substantially rectangular blank including a top wall panel, two side wall panels, one on each side of said top wall panel, a bottom wall panel adjacent the side of each side wall panel opposite said top wall panel, a partition panel adjacent the side of each bottom wall panel opposite said side wall panels and end wall panels on the remaining sides of said top, side and bottom wall panels, said end wall panels being separated from each other and at least one of said partition panels having cut and score means to provide a portion adapted to be folded out of the plane of said one of said partition panels on opposite sides thereof and an opening in the other of said partition panels for receiving the folded out portion when said blank is formed into said container with said partition panels disposed contiguous to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.