Composite article carrier
AssigneeJefferson Smurfit Corporation
InventorRoger L. Martin
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Abstract
A composite article carrier for articles such as bottles, or cans with bodies having tapered upper portions. The carrier includes an outer member, with article receiving openings of one size, and an inner member with smaller article receiving openings and adjacent retaining tabs that project through the openings of the outer member for engagement with the under sides of article end closures, to secure the articles to the carrier.
Claims20
An article package including a plurality of bottles each, including a body, with a necked upper portion presenting a generally cylindrical vertical surface, and an end closure projecting radially outward a slight distance beyond said body vertical surface, and a composite carrier, said carrier comprising:
- (a) an outer member formed from a relatively thin, flat, blank of sheet material and including a horizontal top wall panel having side wall panels foldably joined to side edges thereof and extending downwardly therefrom over upper portions of said bottles;
- (b) said outer member top wall panel including:
- (i) a plurality of circular bottle receiving openings spaced from each other and each having a diameter greater than the diameter of an upper portion of each of said bottles;
- (ii) at least one finger opening;
- (c) an inner member including a relatively thin, flat, panel formed from a blank of sheet material, and including:
- (i) at least one finger opening aligned with a said outer member finger opening;
- (ii) a plurality of bottle receiving openings spaced from each other, each opening including a generally circular center portion, having a diameter less than the diameter of a related one of said outer member bottle receiving openings, and a plurality of generally rectangular projections extending radially outward from said center portion;
- (iii) said projections defining, with said center portion and with each other, a plurality of article retaining tabs adapted to extend upwardly through related bottle receiving openings in said outer member for engagement with a related one of said bottle end closures.
A composite article carrier for holding a plurality of articles, such as beverage cans or bottles, each including a body member, with a recessed upper portion presenting a generally cylindrical vertical surface, and an end closure member projecting radially outward a slight distance beyond said body member vertical surface, said carrier comprising:
- (a) an outer member formed from a relatively thin, flat, blank of sheet material and including a horizontal top wall panel having side wall panels foldably joined to side edges thereof and extending downwardly therefrom over upper portions of said bottles;
- (b) said outer member top wall panel including:
- (i) a plurality of circular bottle receiving openings spaced from each other and each having a diameter greater than the diameter of an upper portion of each of said articles;
- (ii) at least one finger opening;
- (c) an inner member including a relatively thin, flat, panel formed from a blank of sheet material, and including:
- (i) at least one finger opening aligned with a said outer member finger opening;
- (ii) a plurality of article receiving openings spaced from each other, each opening including a generally circular center portion, having a diameter less than the diameter of a related one of said outer member article receiving openings, and a plurality of generally rectangular projections extending radially outward from said center portion;
- (iii) said projections defining, with said center portion and with each other, a plurality of article retaining tabs adapted to extend upwardly through related article receiving openings in said outer member for engagement with a related one of said article end closure members.
A composite article carrier for holding a plurality of articles, such as beverage cans or bottles, each including a body member, with a recessed upper portion presenting a generally cylindrical vertical surface, and an end closure member projecting radially outward a slight distance beyond said body member vertical surface, said carrier comprising:
- (a) an outer member formed from a relatively thin, flat, blank of sheet material and including a horizontal top wall panel;
- (b) said outer member top wall panel including:
- (i) a plurality of circular bottle receiving openings spaced from each other and each having a diameter greater than the diameter of an upper portion of each of said articles;
- (ii) at least one finger opening;
- (c) an inner member including a relatively thin, flat, panel formed from a blank of sheet material, and including:
- (i) at least one finger opening aligned with a said outer member finger opening;
- (ii) a plurality of article receiving openings spaced from each other, each opening including a generally circular center portion, having a diameter less than the diameter of a related one of said outer member article receiving openings, and a plurality of generally rectangular projections extending radially outward from said center portion;
- (iii) said projections defining, with said center portion and with each other, a plurality of article retaining tabs adapted to extend upwardly through related article receiving openings in said outer member for engagement with a related one of said article end closure members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.