Neck clip bottle carrier for two rows of bottles
AssigneeRiverwood International Corporation
InventorsJames C. Fogle, Robert L. Sutherland
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Abstract
A neck clip carrier comprised of two carrier units separated by a handle structure. Each carrier unit is comprised of a bottom panel and two angled side panels. The bottom panels and side panels contain openings for receiving two bottles, the lower edge of the side panel openings engaging the underside of the bottle flanges to support the bottles. The handle structure comprised of spaced panels hinged together at their upper edges, and the bottom and side panels of the carrier units are of two-ply construction. Tear strips may be provided in the plies of the outer side panels to facilitate access to the bottles. The carrier is formed from a single blank of material.
Claims10
A neck clip bottle carrier, comprising:
- a central handle structure connected to spaced neck clip carrier units on either side thereof;
- each carrier unit including a bottom panel having openings therein for receiving the necks of bottles and side panels angled upwardly toward each other;
- upper portions of the side panels containing openings for receiving the necks of bottles, the openings including lower edges for engaging the underside of outwardly extending flanges on the bottle necks to support the bottles in the carrier;
- the bottom and side panel of each carrier unit being comprised of inner and outer plies of material;
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- the handle structure being comprised of opposite panels connected to each other along a fold line, each handle panel being connected to the outer bottom panel ply of an adjacent neck clip unit.
A substantially rectangular blank for forming a neck clip bottle carrier, comprising:
- two central handle panel sections connected by a fold line to each other;
- each handle panel section being connected by a fold line to a bottom panel section;
- each bottom panel section being connected by a fold line to a first side panel section;
- each first side panel section being connected by a fold line to a second side panel section;
- each bottom panel section having openings therein for receiving the necks of bottles;
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- each side panel section having openings therein for receiving the necks of bottles, the openings in the side panel sections including lower edges for engaging the underside of outwardly extending flanges on the bottle necks in a carrier formed from the blank to support the bottles in the carrier.
A neck clip bottle carrier, comprising:
- a central handle structure connected to spaced neck clip carrier units on either side thereof;
- each carrier unit including a bottom panel having openings therein for receiving the necks of bottles and side panels angled upwardly toward each other;
- upper portions of the side panels containing openings for receiving the necks of bottles, the openings including lower edges for engaging the underside of outwardly extending flanges on the bottle necks to support the bottles in the carrier;
- the bottom and side panel of each carrier unit being comprised of inner and outer plies of material;
- the handle structure being connected to the outer bottom panel ply of both neck clip units;
- the side panels of each neck clip unit being comprised of an outer side panel and an inner side panel located between the outer side panel and the handle structure, the outer ply of the bottom panel of each carrier unit being connected by a fold line to the outer ply of the outer side panel;
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- the outer ply of the outer side panel of each carrier unit being connected by a fold line to the outer ply of the inner side panel, the outer ply of the inner side panel being connected by a fold line to the inner ply of the bottom panel, the inner ply of the bottom panel being connected by a fold line to the inner ply of the outer side panel, and the inner ply of the outer side panel being connected by a fold line to the inner ply of the inner side panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.