12-Pack carry back carton
AssigneeThe Continental Group, Inc.
InventorGary K. Hasegawa
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Abstract
A multi-pack can carrying carton in which the side and top walls are perforated to provide removable panels which upon removal leave portions of the carton as a handle for the carton to carry returnable empty cans and to provide access openings into the carton, the access openings being shaped and strategetically located to improve visibility and accessibility.
Claims8
A carton for initially carrying filled cans and then empty cans comprising a top, a bottom, two sides and two ends wherein one of the ends is comprised of a three-ply laminated hand hold portion said hand hold being flanked by a pair of hand holes in said end wall, and said carton top having a pair of top wall portions overlapped adjacent to the center of the carton and forming a two-ply handle for carrying a carton filled with empty cans, said handle having a pair of tabs one at each side of the handle foldable thereunder under stress over a row of cans disposed thereunder for holding the cans against lateral displacement.
A can packaging carton for initially carring three side by side upright rows of product filled cans and then as a carton for returning empty cans, each can having upper and lower ends, said carton comprising top, bottom, end and side walls, means including a strong multi-ply portion formed from one of said end walls providing a first carrying handle for the carton for sustaining the load of filled cans, means for providing an access opening into the carton from a side and top thereof, and a second carrying handle extending between said end walls for carrying a carton filled with empty cans and having at least one tab projecting laterally outwardly from one side of the second handle, said tab being foldable to a position between the second handle and one of the ends of certain cans within the carton for biasing the second handle upwardly and the cans therebeneath downwardly and thereby holding said cans against shifting within the carton.
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