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US 3,974,911 AGranted
Carrier with drop down partition
AssigneeOlinkraft, Inc.
InventorEarl J. Graser
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Abstract
A carrier for containing a plurality of bottles or the like has a pair of overlapping top panels wherein the inner top panel has a partition joined by a hinge thereto. The hinge is such that the partition drops into a vertical position forming a divider between bottles which are later assembled therein.
Claims9
A carrier for a plurality of fragile articles comprising
- a bottom panel;
- a pair of opposite side panels;
- a pair of opposite end closing means;
- first and second overlapping top panels;
- said bottom panel, said pair of opposite side panels, said pair of opposite end closing means, and said first and second overlapping top panels being interconnected in a collapsed flat condition wherein said overlapping top panels are on top and wherein said bottom panel is on bottom;
- the inside top panel of said first and second overlapping top panels having a partition and hinge formed therein free of the bottom panel, the pair of side panels and the end closing means;
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- said hinge joining the partition to the inside top panel and being such that, when the carrier is opened from the flat condition, the partition freely drops into a position extending sufficiently vertically to form separated portions within the carrier for receiving fragile articles in the separated portions.
5 more elements
A carrier for twelve bottles wherein the twelve bottles are arranged in two groups of six bottles each and each of the groups has a divider separating the six bottles of each group, said carrier comprising an integral fiberboard blank including
- a bottom panel,
- a pair of opposite side panels joined to the bottom panel at opposite side edges of the bottom panel,
- an interior top panel joined to the top edge of one of the pair of side panels,
- an exterior top panel joined to the top edge of the other of the pair of side panels,
- said interior top panel having a pair of finger openings formed centrally therein,
- a pair of finger tabs formed centrally in the exterior top panel for alignment with the finger openings in the interior top panel,
- a first pair of end flaps joined to the opposite end edges of the bottom panel,
- a second pair of end flaps joined to the opposite end edges of the exterior top panel,
- a partition for pivoting into a vertical position formed from the interior top panel and having a pair of strip-like portions joining the upper opposite corners of the partition to the rest of the interior top panel,
- a pair of score lines forming hinges at the junction of the pair of strip-like portions to the rest of the interior top panel,
- said exterior top panel being secured to the interior top panel,
- said pair of strip-like portions having widths which have a sum less than one-half the width of the partition,
- said partition being bent 180.degree. about the pair of score lines into engagement with the interior surface of the rest of the interior top panel,
- said hinges having a resilience which together with the force of gravity tend to pivot the partition down to a substantially vertical position when the carrier is unfolded from a flat condition to an open condition, and
- said hinges extending along a central axis dividing the carrier into two portions for receiving respective groups of six bottles into respective open ends thereof, whereby said partition separates the respective groups of six bottles.
12 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.