Article carrier
AssigneeThe Mead Corporation
InventorPrentice J. Wood
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Abstract
An article carrier is formed from a unitary blank and includes top, bottom and side walls interconnected to form a tubular structure around a plurality of articles and includes a connecting panel foldably joined to an end edge of one of said side walls along a first arcuate fold line, an end panel foldably joined to the connecting panel remote from the side wall along a second arcuate fold line, and the first and second arcuate fold lines being configured in a concave relationship with respect to the connecting panel.
Claims5
An article carrier comprising a top wall, a pair of side walls secured respectively to the side edges of said top wall, a bottom wall secured to the edges of said pair of side walls remote from said top wall, a connecting panel foldably joined to an end edge of one of said walls along a first arcuate fold line, an end panel foldably joined to said connecting panel remote from said one wall along a second arcuate fold line, said first and second arcuate fold lines being configured in a concave relationship with respect to said connecting panel, and said connecting panel being disposed inwardly with respect to the associated end of the carrier and at an acute angle to said one wall so as to impart inward bowing to said end panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.