Banded bottle neck carrier
AssigneeRiverwood International Corporation
InventorRandall L. Harris
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Abstract
A bottle neck carrier and a spaced band encircling the bottles. The band snugly holds the bottles in place while they are supported by the carrier and at the same time covers the pricing code on the bottles. The support panel of the carrier may be separate from the band or attached to it. The support panel may be formed from two layers of material, and in the embodiment where the support panel is attached to the band, each layer is connected to the band along fold lines. Side panels connect the support panel layers to the band in the latter arrangement.
Claims9
A carrier package for a plurality of rows of bottles having a neck portion which includes an outwardly projecting shoulder, comprising:
- a continuous flexible band snugly encircling the bottles;
- the band having an upper edge and a lower edge, the lower edge being a free unconnected edge;
- opposite side panels connected to the upper edge of the band;
- one of the side panels being connected to an outer support panel ply and the other side panel being connected to an inner support panel ply, the outer and inner support panel plies being in face-to-face relationship to form a two-ply support panel;
- each support panel ply containing bottle openings which are aligned in the support panel and through which the necks of the bottles extend;
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- a plurality of support tabs connected to the outer support panel ply by fold lines extending along portions of the periphery of each bottle opening therein, the support tabs having edges engaging the underside of the bottle shoulders.
A blank for forming a carrier for supporting bottles having a neck portion which includes an outwardly projecting shoulder, comprising:
- an elongated flexible strip capable of being formed into a continuous band, the strip having an upper edge and a lower unconnected edge,
- a first side panel section connected to the upper edge of the flexible strip;
- an outer support panel section connected to the first side panel section, the outer support panel section containing openings for receiving the necks of the bottles;
- a plurality of support tabs connected to the outer support panel section by fold lines extending along portions of the periphery of each bottle opening, the support tabs having edges for engaging the underside of the shoulders of bottles in a carrier formed from the blank;
- a second side panel section connected to the upper edge of the flexible strip at a location spaced from the first side panel section;
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- an inner support panel section connected to the second side panel section, the inner support panel section containing openings for receiving the necks of the bottles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.