Basket-type carrier for articles of various sizes
AssigneeManville Corporation
InventorLeonard M. Cooper
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Abstract
A basket-type carrier in which the cells are longer than they are wide in order to receive articles which are elongated in transverse cross section. The blank for forming the carrier contains spaced centrally located support panel sections which are foldably connected to riser panel sections and to the ends of partition straps. The folds connecting the center support panel sections to the partition straps are located between the folds connecting the side panels to the end panel sections and the folds connecting the end panel sections to the riser panel sections.
Claims12
A basket-type article carrier, comprising:
- a bottom panel having side edges;
- side panels foldably connected to the side edges of the bottom panel, the side panels having end edges;
- end panels foldably connected to the end edges of the side panels;
- riser panels connected to the end panels centrally of the end panels;
- a center support panel connected to and extending between the riser panels;
- at least one partition strap extending between the center support panel and each side panel to divide the carrier on either side of the center support panel into cells for receiving articles to be carried, the cells having a depth corresponding to the distance between the center support panel and the side panels and a width corresponding to the distance between the end panel and the partition straps nearest thereto;
- the partition straps being connected by fold lines to the center support panel and to the associated side panel;
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- the distance between one of the end panels on one side of the center support panel and the nearest partition strap being substantially less than the distance between one of the end panels on the other side of the center support panel and the nearest partition strap, whereby one of the cells of the carrier is substantially wider than other cells of the carrier.
A production blank for forming a basket-type article carrier, comprising:
- a sheet having a generally rectangular main body portion;
- riser panel sections at two opposite margins of the main body portion of the sheet;
- end panel sections of substantially equal width in corner areas of the main body portion of the sheet adjacent to and inwardly of the riser panel sections, each end panel section being connected to the adjacent riser panel section by a fold line;
- a pair of side panels connected to the end panel sections by fold lines substantially parallel to the fold lines connecting the riser panel sections to the end panel sections;
- a pair of outer center support panel sections adjacent the riser panel sections at one margin of the main body portion of the sheet and a pair of inner center support panel sections adjacent the riser panel sections of the opposite margin, the two pairs of center support panel section extending toward each other between the end panel sections and the side panels;
- bottom panel means extending transversely of the main body portion of the sheet and being connected to one of the side panels along a fold line;
- partition straps connected to the side panels and to the center support panel sections by fold lines;
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- one of the side panels being longer than the other side panel, and one of the riser panel sections nearest the longer side panel having a width less than the width of the adjacent riser panel section nearest the other side panel;
- whereby when the blank is formed into a carrier, the carrier is divided into cells, one of which has a greater width, as measured along the side panels of the carrier, than the width of the other cells.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.