Two-tiered article package
AssigneeRiverwood International Corporation
InventorTimothy J. Regan, II
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Abstract
A carton containing two tiers of necked bottles. The bottles in the upper tier are inverted from the bottles in the lower tier, with the bottle necks of the upper tier extending between the bottle necks of the lower tier. The bottle necks extend through spaced separator sheets containing flaps that prevent contact between adjacent bottle necks. Partitions prevent contact between adjacent bottles in each tier. The carton is sloped in to a relatively small top panel, and the top panel is provided with a handle.
Claims12
A package containing articles having a relatively small end portion and an opposite relatively large end portion, comprising:
- a carton including side and end panels connected to a bottom panel and a top panel;
- a lower tier of articles and an upper tier of articles, the large end portions of the articles in the lower tier being closely spaced from each other and being adjacent the bottom panel and the large end portions of the articles in the upper tier being closely spaced from each other and being adjacent the top panel;
- the large end portions of the articles in the upper tier being located above the small end portions of the articles in the lower tier and the large end portions of the articles in the lower tier being located below the small end portions of the articles in the upper tier;
- the small end portions of the articles in the upper tier extending between, and being adjacent to, the small end portions of the articles in the lower tier;
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- means for separating the small end portions of the articles in the upper tier from the small end portions of the articles in the lower tier, said means being comprised of an upper sheet containing openings through which the small end portions of the articles in the upper tier extend and a spaced lower sheet containing openings through which the small end portions of the articles in the lower tier extend.
A package containing necked bottles, comprising:
- a carton including side and end panels connected to a bottom panel and a top panel;
- a lower tier of bottles and an upper inverted tier of bottles;
- the necks of the bottles in the upper tier extending between, and being adjacent to, the necks of adjacent bottles in the lower tier;
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- an upper sheet containing openings through which the necks of the bottles in the upper tier extend and a spaced lower sheet containing openings through which the necks of the bottles in the lower tier extend;
- the neck of each bottle including a cap, the caps of the bottles in the lower tier contacting the upper sheet and the caps of the bottles in the upper tier contacting the lower sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.