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US 5,360,104 AGranted
Wrap-around carrier with flexible end panels
AssigneeRiverwood International Corporation
InventorRobert L. Sutherland
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Abstract
A wrap-around carrier with end panels. Folded gusset panels connecting the end panel flaps and the bottom panel are located between the bottoms of the packaged articles and the bottom panel, thereby locking the end panel flaps in closed position. Transverse and upwardly extending fold lines in the end panel flaps fallow the end panel flaps to flex so as to better conform to the shape of adjacent articles.
Claims20
A package comprised of a wrap-around carrier containing a plurality of articles, comprising:
- opposite side panels, each side panel being connected along an upper fold line to a top panel and along a lower fold line to a bottom panel flap, the bottom panel flaps being connected to each other to form the bottom panel of the carrier;
- each side panel having spaced apart end portions and being connected along a fold line at each end portion thereof to an end panel flap;
- each end panel flap having an upper edge and a lower edge;
- a gusset panel connected along a first fold line to the lower edge of each end panel flap and along a second fold line to an adjacent end edge of an associated bottom panel flap;
- each gusset panel having an intermediate diagonal fold line about which the gusset panel is folded, portions of the gusset panel being positioned between the bottom panel and the bottoms of adjacent articles in said carrier;
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- each end panel flap including a transverse fold line extending generally transversely of the height of the articles and an intermediate fold line extending from the transverse fold line to the upper edge of the end panel flap, said transverse and intermediate fold lines permitting the end panels to flex outwardly in order to more closely follow the contour of adjacent articles in the package.
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A blank for forming a wrap-around carrier for packaging a plurality of articles, comprising:
- a top panel section connected along fold lines at a side panel section;
- each side panel section having spaced apart end portions and being connected along a lower fold line to a bottom panel flap, the bottom panel flaps being adapted to be connected to each other to form the bottom panel of a carrier formed from the blank;
- each side panel section being connected along a fold line at each end thereof to an end panel flap;
- each end panel flap being connected along a first fold line at a lower end edge thereof to a gusset panel;
- each gusset panel being connected along a second fold line to an adjacent end edge of an associated bottom panel flap;
- each gusset panel including an intermediate diagonal fold line about which the gusset panel is folded in a carrier formed from the blank so that a portion of the folded gusset panel lies between the bottom panel of the carrier and the bottom of an adjacent article within the carrier;
- each end panel flap including a transverse fold line extending generally transversely of the end panel flap and an intermediate fold line extending upwardly from the transverse fold line, said transverse and intermediate fold lines permitting the end panels of a carrier formed from the blank to flex outwardly in order to more closely follow the contour of adjacent articles in the carrier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.