Wrap-around carrier with bar code blocking end panel
AssigneeRiverwood International Corporation
InventorRobert L. Sutherland
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Abstract
A wrap-around carrier including partial end panels extending up from the bottom panel for covering the pricing code on the end articles in the package. The partial end panels are locked in place by gusset panels extending between an adjacent end article and the bottom panel and by side panel locking flaps extending between an adjacent end article and a connected side panel. Upper and lower corner restraint panels are also connected to the side panel locking flaps.
Claims13
A package comprised of a wrap-around carrier containing two rows of adjacent articles, comprising:
- opposite side panels connected to top and bottom panels, the bottom panel being comprised of a first bottom panel flap connected to a second bottom panel flap, each bottom panel flap and each side panel having opposite end edges;
- a first end panel flap connected to each of the end edges of the first bottom panel flap and a second end panel flap connected to each of the end edges of the second bottom panel flap;
- a lower corner restraint panel connected to each end edge of the first and second bottom panel flaps and contacting adjacent articles in the package, the end panel flaps being connected to the lower corner restraint panels;
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- first and second means for locking the end panel flaps in place, the first locking means being connected to the bottom panel flaps and the second locking means being connected to the side panels, each of the first and second locking means engaging an adjacent end article in the package.
A blank for forming a wrap-around carrier for packaging two rows of adjacent articles, comprising:
- a sheet including a centrally located top panel section;
- opposite side panel sections connected to the top panel section by fold lines;
- a bottom panel flap connected to each of the side panel sections by a fold line;
- the side panel sections and the bottom panel flaps having opposite end edges;
- an end panel flap connected to each of the end edges of the bottom panel flaps;
- a lower corner restraint panel connected to each end edge of the bottom panel flaps for contacting adjacent articles in a carrier formed from the blank, the end panel flaps being integral with the lower corner restraint panels;
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- first and second means for locking the end panel flaps in place in a carrier formed from the blank, the first locking means being connected to the bottom panel flaps and the second locking means being connected to the side panels, each of the first and second locking means engaging an adjacent end article in such a carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.