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US 5,593,027 AGranted
Carrier with preformed end panels
AssigneeRiverwood International Corporation
InventorRobert L. Sutherland
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Abstract
An article carrier which includes a handle connected to and extending between opposite side panels. End panels of the carrier are divided into halves by vertical fold lines, and the handle includes a fold line which lies in the same plane as the end panel fold lines. This construction allows a collapsed carrier to be squared up from a folded condition. The carrier may take the form of a wrap-around carrier having a top panel or an open-top basket-style carrier.
Claims14
An article carrier, comprising:
- a pair of spaced substantially parallel side panels;
- a pair of spaced end panels connected to the side panels;
- a bottom panel connected to the side panels;
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- a handle connected to and extending between the side panels;
- the handle and each of the end panels including a fold line lying in a common plane which is substantially parallel to and spaced an equidistant amount from the side panels, whereby the carrier can be formed from a collapsed state in which the handle and the end panels are folded about said fold lines.
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A collapsed article carrier, comprising:
- a pair of side panels in overlying face-to-face relationship, each side panel having an upper edge and a lower edge;
- a pair of end panels, each end panel being connected to adjacent ends of the side panels and being divided into substantially equal halves by a fold line, the end panels being folded about said fold line so that each end panel half overlies and is in face-to-face relationship with the other associated end panel half;
- a bottom panel flap connected to the lower edge of at least one of the side panels;
- a handle having opposite ends, each end being connected to the upper edge of one of the side panels;
- the handle being divided into substantially equal halves by a fold line extending at substantially right angles to the fold lines of the end panels, the handle being folded about said handle fold line so that each half of the handle overlies and is in face-to-face relationship with the other handle half;
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- means for allowing the handle to be readily gripped when a carrier formed from the collapsed carrier is lifted by the handle.
4 more elements
A blank for forming an article carrier, comprising:
- a centrally located handle having opposite end portions;
- a side panel section connected by fold line to each handle end portion;
- a bottom panel flap connected to at least one of the side panel sections by a fold line extending substantially parallel to the fold line connecting the side panel to the handle;
- an end panel flap connected to opposite ends of each side panel section;
- the handle being divided into substantially equal halves by a fold line extending substantially parallel to the fold lines connecting the handle to the side panel sections;
- a glue flap connected by a fold line to two of the end panel flaps, the glue flap fold lines extending at substantially right angles to the handle fold line, each glue flap being on opposite sides of the handle;
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- means for allowing the handle of a carrier formed from the blank to be readily gripped when the carrier is lifted by the handle.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.