Neck clip bottle carrier with easy access feature
AssigneeRiverwood International Corporation
InventorChristine Mazzeo
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Abstract
A neck clip bottle carrier having angled side panels of two-ply construction. The lower edges of openings in the side panels engage the underside of bottle flanges to support the bottles. The outer ply of one of the side panels is divided into flaps which overlie tear-away sections in the underlying inner ply. The flaps are adhered to lower portions of the tear-away sections. When the tear-away sections are separated, the overlying flaps pivot upwardly to a point permitting removal of the associated bottle. The tear-away sections are designed so as not to cause failure of the carrier under high loadings.
Claims15
A neck clip bottle carrier, comprising:
- a bottom panel having openings therein for receiving the necks of bottles;
- side panels connected to the bottom panel along fold lines, the side panels being angled toward each other and meeting at an apex;
- each side panel being comprised of inner and outer plies of material;
- the upper portions of both plies of the side panels containing openings for receiving the necks of bottles, the openings in both plies including adjacent lower edges for engaging the underside of outwardly extending flanges on the bottle necks to support the bottles in the carrier;
- the inner ply of one of the side panels including a tear-away section beneath each bottle neck opening;
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- the outer ply of said one side panel being comprised of a plurality of separate individual flaps having side edges and lower edges, each separate flap overlying one of the tear-away sections and extending from a fold line at the apex of the carrier, adjacent side edges of adjacent flaps being spaced from each other.
A blank for forming a neck clip bottle carrier, comprising:
- a bottom panel section containing openings for receiving the necks of bottles;
- the bottom panel section having an edge connected along a fold line to a first inner side panel section and an opposite edge connected along a fold line to a first outer side panel section;
- the first inner side panel section being connected along a fold line to a second inner side panel section;
- the first outer side panel section being connected along a fold line to a second outer side panel section;
- the first inner side panel section being adhered to the second outer side panel section and the second inner side panel section being adhered to the first outer side panel section in a carrier formed from the blank;
- the first and second inner side panel sections containing common bottle neck openings, and the first and second outer side panel sections containing common bottle neck openings;
- the first inner side panel section including weakened lines forming a tear-away section adjacent each bottle neck opening;
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- the second outer ply section being comprised of a plurality of separate individual flaps having side edges and lower edges, each separate flap extending from the fold line connecting the first outer side panel section to the second outer side panel section, adjacent side edges of adjacent flaps being spaced from each other, each flap overlying one of the tear-away sections in a carrier formed from the blank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.