Basket-style carrier with handle and divider cells
AssigneeRiverwood International Corporation
InventorRandall L. Harris
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Abstract
A hexagonal basket-style carrier formed from a unitary blank. Each side panel is connected to a triangular bottom panel section forming a segment of the bottom panel of the carrier. The bottom panel sections are connected by triangular tuck panels having folds which extend up into the interior of the carrier on opposite sides of the handle to divide the carrier into cells. Tabs on the ends of the handle are connected with slots in the carrier to hold the handle and bottom panel in place.
Claims17
A nonrectangular basket-style article carrier, comprising:
- a plurality of side panels connected to adjacent side panels along first fold lines, the total number of side panels being an even number;
- each side panel being connected along a second fold line to a bottom panel section;
- each bottom panel section being situated between adjacent bottom panel sections, the bottom panel sections forming the bottom panel of the carrier;
- a handle section having opposite end portions and a bottom edge, a portion of the bottom edge being connected to a bottom panel section along a third fold line;
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- means for connecting the end portions of the handle section to the carrier.
A blank for forming a nonrectangular basket-style article carrier, comprising:
- a plurality of rectangular side panel sections arranged in a row, interior side panel sections in the row being connected to adjacent side panel sections along first fold lines;
- each side panel section being connected along a second fold line to a bottom panel section;
- a handle section having two end portions and a bottom edge, a portion of the bottom edge being connected to an end bottom panel section along a third fold line;
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- means for connecting the end portions of the handle section to the blank to hold the handle section in place in a carrier formed from the blank, the bottom panel sections together forming the bottom panel of such a carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.