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US 5,328,030 AGranted
Sleeve-type carrier
AssigneeRiverwood International Corporation
InventorRobert L. Sutherland
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Abstract
A carrier having an end panel construction that snaps into place during formation of the carrier and has the ability to follow the contour of adjacent curved or beveled packaged articles. Tabs foldably connected to an end panel flap and adjacent dust flaps cause the flaps to snap into place. The dust flaps are either connected to the side panels by angled fold lines or comprise continuations or extensions of the side panels.
Claims15
A sleeve-type carrier for packaging a plurality of articles, comprising:
- top and bottom panels connected to side panels along fold lines to form a sleeve configuration;
- an end panel at each end of the sleeve;
- each end panel being comprised of dust flaps extending transversely from the side panels and an end panel flap, the dust flaps having upper and lower edges and a free end connecting the upper and lower edges, the end panel flap being connected by a fold line to either the top or bottom panel, the end panel flap fold line having a length less than the width of the associated top or bottom panel;
- the end panel flap overlying the dust flaps and being adhered thereto;
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- the end panel flap being connected on either side thereof to a first portion of either the upper or lower edge of the adjacent dust flap by a tab, said first edge portion being spaced from the associated side panel by a second portion of said upper or lower edge, said second edge portion comprising an edge of a cutout extending between said dust flap and the end panel flap, the tab being connected to said upper or lower first edge portion by a first tab fold line and to the end panel flap by a second tab fold line, said first tab fold line being substantially parallel to the top and bottom panels and said second fold line extending at an angle thereto.
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A blank for forming a sleeve-type carrier for packaging a plurality of articles, comprising:
- a first top or bottom panel section connected by fold lines to side panel sections on either side thereof and a second top or bottom panel section connected by a fold line to one of the side panels, the top, bottom and side panel sections being adapted to be folded along the fold lines to form a sleeve configuration;
- an end panel flap connected to each end of the first top or bottom panel section by a fold line having a length less than the width of the associated top or bottom panel;
- dust flaps extending from each end of the side panel sections and terminating in free ends, the dust flaps having edges spaced from the end panel flaps;
- each end panel flap being connected on either side thereof to a first portion of the spaced edge of an adjacent dust flap by a tab, said first edge portion being spaced from the associated side panel section by a second portion of said upper or lower edge, said second edge portion comprising an edge of a cutout extending between said dust flap and the end panel flap, the tab being connected to said first spaced edge portion by a first tab fold line and to the end panel flap by a second tab fold line, said first tab fold line being substantially parallel to the fold lines connecting the side panels to the top and bottom panels and said second fold line extending at an angle thereto;
- the end panel flaps being adapted to overlie the dust flaps of a carrier formed from the blank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.