Carrier handle
AssigneePackaging Corporation of America
InventorsCharles L. Champlin, Arthur A. Olson, Jr.
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Abstract
A carrier handle is provided which is formed from a single blank of foldable sheet material. The carrier handle includes a pair of depending end panels arranged in spaced relation, and a hand-gripping unit interconnecting peripheral portions of the spaced end panels. The unit includes a pair of elongated depending panel sections arranged in substantially face-to-face relation and forming an upright plane disposed in intersecting relation with respect to the end panels. Each panel section is connected to an adjacent end panel by a gusset section.
Claims6
A handle and carrier combination for accommodating a plurality of articles arranged in a pair of substantially parallel coextensive rows, said combination being formed from a single blank of foldable sheet material and comprising a pair of end panels of unitary single ply construction arranged in spaced, opposed, substantially upright relation for disposition adjacent opposite ends of the article rows;
- a hand-gripping unit spanning the distance between said end panels and foldably connected to corresponding upper portions of said end panels, said unit having a portion thereof projecting above a plane defined by the upper portions of said end panels;
- a base panel of unitary single ply construction for supporting and subtending the article rows and having first peripheral segments foldably connected to and substantially coextensive with corresponding lower peripheral portions of said end panels and disposed in spaced subtending relation with respect to said hand-gripping unit;
- and side panels of unitary single ply construction foldably connected to and substantially coextensive with opposed second peripheral segments of said base panel and extending upright therefrom for disposition adjacent corresponding article rows being secured to said end panels and coacting therewith to form a chamber having a substantially open top delineated by substantially continuous walls integral with and extending upright from said base panel;
- said hand-gripping unit including a pair of foldably connected elongated panel sections disposed in substantially face-to-face relation and effecting at least partial separation of the chamber into contiguous compartments, said panel sections having corresponding upper portions thereof foldably interconnected, each compartment being adapted to accommodate a row of articles;
- the face-to-face panel sections substantially spanning the distance between said end panels and defining a substantially upright plane intersecting planes formed by said upright end panels, the upright plane of said panel sections being in spaced relation with respect to said upright side panels, and gusset sections, each gusset section being interposed the upper portion of an end panel and the folding connection between the panel sections and having first peripheral segments foldably connected to the panel sections and a second peripheral segment foldably connected to the upper portion of an adjacent end panel.
A single blank of foldable sheet material for use in forming a handle and carrier combination for accommodating a plurality of articles arranged in a pair of spaced, substantially parallel, coextensive rows, said blank comprising an elongated hand-gripping unit;
- a pair of end panels having upper edges connected by substantially parallel first foldlines to opposite ends of said elongated unit;
- a base panel connected by a second foldline to a bottom edge of one of said end panels, said first and second foldlines being in substantially parallel relation;
- and a pair of side panels connected by a pair of substantially parallel third foldlines to opposite sides of said base panel, each side panel being substantially coextensive with the side of the base panel to which it is connected, said third foldlines being substantially transversely disposed relative to said second foldline;
- said unit including a pair of elongated panel sections arranged in side-by-side substantially coextensive relation and having corresponding first peripheral portions interconnected by at least one fourth foldline, corresponding second peripheral portions of said panel sections opposite said first peripheral portions defining in part the outer periphery of said blank, said fourth foldline being transversely disposed relative to said first foldlines, the ends of said fourth foldline being spaced from said first foldlines and connected thereto by a pair of gusset sections, each gusset section having a first peripheral segment thereof connected to an adjacent end panel by one of said first foldlines and second peripheral segments connected to adjacent panel sections by fifth foldlines, each fifth foldline being angularly disposed relative to said first foldline;
- when said blank is set up, said base, side, and end panels coacting to form a chamber having an open top dilineated by substantially continuous walls integral with and extending upright from the base panel, and said handgripping unit extending between said end panels and being disposed in spaced relation above said base panel, the panel sections of said unit assuming a substantially face-to-face relation and extending towards said base panel, said face-to-face panel sections substantially defining a common plane substantially perpendicular to said base panel and forming the chamber into substantially contiguous compartments in which the rows of articles are accommodated, said face-to-face panel sections being adapted to effect separation of the rows of accommodated articles.
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