Carton and packaging assembly therefor
AssigneeInland Container Corporation
InventorJon M. Schwaner
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Abstract
A packaging assembly includes a pair of opposed channel members joined at their upper end by at least one intermediate cross member. The cross members and channel members are fitted together with a plug and socket arrangement. The channel members and cross members are assembled on an item to be packaged, in preparation for application of a plastic overwrap. The channel members and cross members include lifting flanges at their upper ends for mechanized handling of the package.
Claims24
Container for holding an article having opposed sides, comprising:
- a pair of channel members for engaging opposed sides of the article, each channel member formed from a single integral paperboard sheet and each having a middle body portion between a pair of channel sides extending from the middle body portion so as to form corner posts and an intermediate channel therewith for receiving the article;
- at least one cross member extending between and engaging said channel members;
- securement means for securing said channel members about the article;
- said channel members including a lifting flange for lifting the container and article with a lifting blade;
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- at least one of said channel members and said cross member defining socket means for interlocking engagement with the other.
Container for holding an article having opposed sides, comprising:
- a pair of channel members for engaging opposed sides of the article, each channel member formed from a single integral paperboard sheet and each having a middle body portion between a pair of flanges extending from the middle body portion so as to form corner posts and an intermediate channel therewith for receiving the article;
- at least one cross member extending between and engaging said channel members;
- securement means for securing said channel members about the article;
- said channel members including a bottom flange and a lifting flange for lifting the container and article with a lifting blade, said bottom flange and said lifting flange struck out of said middle body portion so as to define two spaced apart openings;
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- said lifting flange and said bottom flange have respective joining parts foldably connected to and at least partly overlying said middle body portion.
A container member formed from a single integral sheet of paper material so as to be foldable to form a channel member having a middle body portion between a pair of channel sides which extend from the middle body portion so as to form corner posts and a channel therewith for receiving an article, the container member comprising:
- a serial succession of first, second and third sapced apart walls, with the second wall between the first and third walls;
- a lifting flange for lifting the channel member and article with a lifting blade, stuck from the sheet between the first and second walls so as to define a first opening through which the article may be viewed;
- a bottom flange stuck from the sheet between the second and third walls so as to define a second opening through which the article may be viewed;
- a pair of channel sides;
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- the first, second and third walls located between said channel sides and having opposed ends foldably connected to respective channel sides.
Package assembly for holding an article having opposed sides, comprising:
- a pair of channel members for engaging opposed sides of the article, each channel member formed from a single integral paperboard sheet and each having a middle body portion between a pair of flanges extending from the middle body portion so as to form corner posts and an intermediate channel therewith for receiving the article;
- at least one cross member extending between said channel members;
- securement means for securing said channel members about the article;
- said channel members including a bottom flange and lifting flange for lifting the container and article with a lifting blade, said bottom flange and said lifting flange struck out of said middle body portion so as to define two spaced apart openings;
- said lifting flange and said bottom flange have respective joining parts foldably connected to and at least partly overlying said middle body portion;
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- at least one sheet of flexible material extending at least partly across said spaced apart openings and engaging said channel members so as to protect an article disposed between said channel members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.