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AssigneeDomtar Inc.
InventorCecil Alan Rowley
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Abstract
A blank and a carton are formed from a single piece of material and incorporate a sliding handle that is received within an envelope formed in the central partition of the carton and is movable from a retracted position within the carton to an extended position projecting above the top of the carton.
Claims12
A blank adapted to form an interior partition within a carton and an extensible handle member, said blank comprising a handle panel having a hand section and abutment flanges, a securing panel, a line of weakness connecting said handle panel to said securing panel to permit said handle panel to be torn therefrom, an envelope panel, a partition panel, said securing panel and said partition panel being connected to said envelope panel by substantially parallel fold lines positioned one on each end of said envelope panel and a handle opening along said fold line connection between said partition panel and said envelope panel, said opening permitting the handle section to be pulled through said opening into a carrying position wherein said flanges engage said fold line connection between said envelope and partition panels when said blank is formed into an interior partition.
A carton comprising means defined a top wall, bottom wall, side walls and end walls, and a longitudinally extending partition said partition including a partition panel, an envelope panel foldably connected to the end of said partition panel adjacent said top panel and positioned in spaced substantially parallel relationship with said partition panel, a securing panel foldably connected to the end of said envelope panel remote from its fold line connection to said partition panel, a handle panel having a handle section and abutment flanges, said handle panel connected to said securing panel via a line of weakness that may be broken when said handle is lifted to a carrying position, said securing panel and said handle panel being interposed between said envelope panel and said partition panel, means securing said securing panel to said partition panel, and a handle opening along said foldable connection between said partition panel and said envelope panel and means defining an access opening in said top walls through which said handle section may project when said handle is in a carrying position wherein said flanges engage said fold line connection between said envelope and said partition panels and means connecting said partition panel to said walls.
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