Enclosed basket-style carrier
AssigneeRiverwood International Corporation
InventorRichard L. Schuster
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Abstract
A basket-style carrier having a top panel for enclosing the carrier. The top panel comprises flaps foldably connected to the side panels which contain openings through which a top portion of articles packaged in the carrier extend. The flaps also include at least one fold line extending parallel to the side panels, allowing the flaps to be folded over so that their free ends extend to and contact the center partition of the carrier. This biases the top panel flap edges against the center partition and an edge of the opening against the underside of flanges or other transversely extending projections of the articles packaged in the carrier. The handle in a center partition may be designed as a three-ply reinforced handle.
Claims31
An article carrier for carrying articles having a transversely extending projection in the top portion thereof, comprising:
- two side panels connected to two end panels and to a bottom panel to form a carrier;
- a center partition extending from one end panel to the other end panel, the center partition containing a handle opening therein;
- a flexible top panel flap connected to each side panel;
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- each top panel flap having a fold line extending substantially parallel to the center partition and an opening adjacent the fold line for receiving a top portion of an article contained in the carrier;
- the openings in the top panel flaps having a locking edge spaced from the fold line in the direction of the center partition, the locking edge being located so as to engage the transversely extending projection of an adjacent article in the carrier on the underside thereof.
A bottle carrier containing a plurality of bottles having a cap or other radially outwardly extending projection in the top portion thereof, comprising:
- two side panels connected to two end panels and to a bottom panel to form a carrier;
- a center partition extending from one end panel to the other end panel, the center partition containing a handle opening therein;
- at least one bottle being on either side of the center partition;
- a flexible top panel flap connected to each side panel;
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- each top panel flap having a fold line extending substantially parallel to the center partition and an opening adjacent the fold line through which a top portion of a bottle extends;
- the opening having a locking edge spaced from the fold line in the direction of the center partition, the locking edge engaging a portion of the projection on the bottle on the underside thereof.
A generally rectangular blank of flexible material for forming an article carrier for carrying articles having a transversely extending projection in the top portion thereof, comprising:
- an interior end panel section connected along opposite fold lines to two side panel sections;
- a first end panel flap connected to one of the side panel sections along a fold line and a second end panel flap connected to the other side panel section along a fold line, the end panel flaps being adapted to be connected to form an end panel of the carrier;
- a bottom panel flap connected along a fold line to each of the side panel sections;
- a center partition connected along a fold line to one of the end panel flaps, the center partition adapted to extend from one end panel to the other end panel of a carrier formed from the blank;
- a top panel flap connected to each side panel section along a fold line opposite the bottom panel flap connected to said side panel section;
- each top panel flap having an unconnected end remote from the associated side panel section;
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- each top panel flap having an interior fold line extending substantially parallel to the fold line connecting the top panel flap to the associated side panel section and an opening adjacent the interior fold line for receiving a top portion of an article contained in the carrier formed from the blank;
- the opening having a locking edge spaced from the interior fold line in the direction away from the associated side panel, the locking edge being located so as to engage the transversely extending projection of an article in the carrier formed from the blank on the underside thereof.
An article carrier, comprising:
- two side panels connected to two end panels and to a bottom panel to form a carrier;
- a center partition extending from one end panel to the other end panel, the center partition containing a handle opening therein;
- the center partition being comprised of a center partition panel containing a handle opening and a handle flap containing a handle opening, the handle flap being foldably connected to the center partition panel and being in folded condition in face-to-face contact with the center partition panel, the handle flap having an outer reinforcing flap connected thereto along a fold line, said fold line being interrupted by a slit, at least a portion of said slit being outwardly spaced from said fold line, the outer reinforcing flap being in folded condition in face-to-face contact with the handle flap between the handle opening therein and the foldable connection between the handle flap and the center partition panel, whereby the handle includes three plies of material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.