Carton and blank for making same

A carton for a bottle having a body and an elongated upwardly extending neck provided with a closure and having an initially unshrunk shrinkable plastic sleeve disposed against said closure and neck with said sleeve being subsequently shrunk in position;

• said carton comprising;
• a pair of opposed sides having front and rear edges;
• a front wall connected between said front edges;
• a rear wall connected between said rear edges;
• a top panel connected to one of said walls;
• and a reinforcing flap connected to the other of said walls and being disposed beneath said top panel;
• said flap having a terminal portion thereof sandwiched between said closure and top panel thereby holding said flap adjacent the top of said carton;
• said flap having a portion adjoining said terminal portion which has opposed supporting side edges disposed in spaced relation beneath said top panel enabling said flap to serve as a horizontal reinforcement against collapse of said sides upon squeezing said sides toward each other in grasping said carton;
• said terminal outer portion having a roughly T-shaped configuration defined by a leg disposed perpendicular to said other wall and an adjoining crossarm disposed parallel thereto;
• said leg being disposed above said closure;
• said flap being foldably connected to said other wall along a first score line and further comprising, a second score line arranged in parallel spaced relation to said first score line defining a first strip therebetween, a third score line disposed in parallel spaced relation to said second score line defining a second strip therebetween, score means disposed parallel to said third score line defining strip means therebetween, and an H-shaped cut between said third score line and score means, said H-shaped cut and score means defining said T-shaped outer portion with said second strip and said strip means having edges defining said opposed supporting edges, said third score line and said H-shaped cut defining a tab member which is supported by said neck.

A blank being suitably cut and scored to define a carton for a bottle upon assembly thereof with said bottle having a body and an elongated upwardly extending neck provided with a closure and having an initially unshrunk shrinkable plastic sleeve disposed against said closure and neck with said sleeve being subsequently shrunk in position;

• said blank comprising;
• a pair of opposed sides having edges defining front and rear edges in said resulting carton;
• a front wall connected between said front edges in said resulting carton;
• a rear wall connected between said rear edges in said resulting carton;
• a top panel connected to one of said walls;
• and a reinforcing flap connected to the other of said walls and being disposed beneath said top panel in said resulting carton;
• said flap having a terminal portion thereof sandwiched between said closure and top panel thereby holding said flap adjacent the top of said resulting carton;
• said flap having a portion adjoining said terminal portion which has opposed supporting side edges disposed in spaced relation beneath said top panel in said resulting carton enabling said flap to serve as a horizontal reinforcement against collapse of said sides upon squeezing said sides toward each other in grasping said resulting carton;
• said terminal outer portion having a roughly T-shaped configuration defined by a leg disposed perpendicular to said other wall of said resulting carton and an adjoining cross-arm disposed parallel thereto;
• said leg being disposed above said closure in said resulting carton;
• said flap being foldably connected to said other wall along a first score line and further comprising, a second score line arranged in parallel spaced relation to said first score line defining a first strip therebetween, a third score line disposed in parallel spaced relation to said second score line defining a second strip therebetween, score means disposed parallel to said third score line defining strip means therebetween, and an H-shaped cut between said third score line and score means, said H-shaped cut and score means defining said T-shaped outer portion with said second strip and said strip means having edges defining said opposed supporting edges in said resulting carton, said third score line and said H-shaped cut defining a tab member which is adapted to be supported by said neck of said bottle in said resulting carton.