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US 4,925,019 AGranted
Article carrier with end panels
AssigneeFederal Paper Board Company, Inc.
InventorsRobert H. Ganz, Robert L. Sutherland
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AssigneeFederal Paper Board Company, Inc.
InventorsRobert H. Ganz, Robert L. Sutherland
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This relates to a wraparound carrier for the packaging of articles in two rows. Primarily the articles are bottles. The wraparound carrier is provided at each end with a trap gusset and a pair of end panels. The gusset is specifically configurated to fold beneath an arched shaped top of a conventional wraparound container so as to effect the maintaining of the formed configuration of the upper part of the wraparound carrier while holding the associated end panels in a planar relationship. Not only does the relationship between the gusset and end panels at each end of the carrier provide for a complete closing of the carrier such as desired in the packaging of certain beers and other products, but also even after the carrier has been opened and the bottles or like articles removed therefrom, the gusset and the associated end panels cooperate with one another to maintain the shape of the erected carrier so that the opened carrier may have replaced therein the used bottles for return. The relationship of the gusset and the end panels to the remainder of the wraparound carrier permits the end panels and gusset to be folded within the confines of the carrier in advance of application of the carrier to a group of articles so that no space between article groups is required for folding of either the gusset or the end panels and therefore a maximum production can be obtained.
In a wraparound article carrier of the type including a central top panel, downwardly and outwardly sloping top panels, side panels, and interconnected bottom panels, an end panel construction comprising a trap gusset unit including panels hingedly connected to said central and sloping top panels and to one another, and end doors hingedly connected to both said trap gusset and a respective one of said side panels.
A blank for forming an article carrier of the wraparound type having closed ends, said blank being in the form of a generally rectangular sheet divided by parallel longitudinal fold lines into a central carrier member having along each side thereof end door panels each having a central longitudinal axis which extends parallel to said longitudinal fold lines and which are joined by a trap gusset.
A method of shaping an article carrier for positioning over articles to be formed with said article carrier into packages, said method comprising the steps of providing a blank for forming an article carrier of the wraparound type including a central top panel, sloping outer top panels and depending side panels, providing said blank at each side thereof with an integral gusset hinged to said top panels and integral end panels hinged to each of said side panels and a respective gusset, folding said gussets and said end panels down relative to said article carrier at each end of said article carrier, folding said outer top panels and said side panels downwardly in sloping relation with respect to said central top panel and said gussets reversely folding and underlying said central top panel, applying said thus folded article carrier to a group of articles arranged in two rows and folding said article carrier around the group of articles to an inverted U-shaped configuration with said outer top panels sloping downwardly and outwardly relative to said central top panel and said side panels depending from said outer top panels and said end panels closing ends of the thus partially formed article carriers, and completing said article carrier.
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