Basket-style carrier with removable handle
AssigneeRiverwood International Corporation
InventorGlen R. Harrelson
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Abstract
A basket-style carrier having a pilfer-proof handle. The carrier has an external handle panel and an internal handle panel directly beneath it. Intermediate panels, containing openings through which the tops of articles extend, connect the side panels Of the carrier to the external handle panel and prevent individual articles from being removed from the carrier. When the intermediate panels and the external handle panel are removed along easily severed lines, the internal handle panel is exposed and can be used to lift the carrier.
Claims18
A basket-style article carrier, comprising:
- a bottom panel connected to opposite side panels, the side panels being connected to opposite end panels;
- an external handle panel including a handle opening therein, the external handle panel extending substantially at right angles to the bottom panel when the carrier is lifted by the handle;
- two intermediate panels, each intermediate panel connecting the external handle panel to an associated side panel, each intermediate panel being connected to the associated side panel;
- easily severed means for removing the intermediate panels from the carrier;
- an internal handle panel beneath the external handle panel, the internal handle panel being connected to the end panels and including a handle opening therein;
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- dividers extending from the internal handle panel to the side panels to form cells for receiving articles therein.
A blank for forming a basket-style article carrier, comprising:
- an external handle panel section including a central fold line and opposite edges;
- an intermediate panel section connected to each opposite edge of the external handle panel section along a first fold line, each intermediate panel section having an edge opposite the first fold line, said opposite edge being connected to a side panel section along a second fold line;
- each side panel section having opposite end edges, one end edge being connected to an end panel flap along a third fold line and the opposite end edge being connected to an end panel section along a fourth fold line;
- each end panel section being connected to an internal handle panel section along a fold line;
- each internal handle panel section including at least one foldably connected divider flap disposed in the plane of the internal handle panel section;
- a bottom panel flap connected to at least one of the side panel sections;
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- easily severed means for removing the intermediate panels from a carrier formed from the blank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.