Reinforced basket-style carrier
AssigneeRiverwood International Corporation
InventorGlen Harrelson
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Abstract
A basket-style carrier having reinforced corner areas and reinforced end panels. Bottom panel reinforcing flaps are connected to the end panels and to gusset panels which in turn are connected to a bottom panel flap. The gusset panels lie between the reinforcing flaps and the bottom panel. The end panels include cutouts from which end panel reinforcing flaps are formed. The end panel reinforcing flaps are adhered to the end panels adjacent the cutouts. Side panel cutouts have cover flaps foldably attached. When folded into the carrier, the cover flaps form bottle stabilizers and also cover the pricing code on packaged articles.
Claims15
A basket-style article carrier, comprising:
- opposite side panels connected to a bottom panel;
- a handle panel located between the side panels;
- opposite end panels connected to the side panels, each end panel being comprised of two adjacent end panel sections;
- a bottom panel comprised of two interconnected bottom panel flaps, each flap being connected by fold line to one of the side panels;
- a bottom panel reinforcing flap connected by fold line to each of the end panel sections;
- a gusset panel connected by fold line to each of the bottom panel reinforcing flaps, each gusset panel also being connected by fold line to an associated bottom panel flap, each gusset panel lying between an associated bottom panel flap and an associated reinforcing flap.
A basket-style article carrier, comprising:
- opposite side panels connected to a bottom panel;
- a handle panel located between the side panels;
- opposite end panels connected to the side panels, each end panel being comprised of two adjacent end panel sections;
- a bottom panel comprised of two connected bottom panel flaps, each flap being connected by fold line to one of the side panels;
- each of the end panels having an inner surface and including a cutout through which substantial portions of the interior of the carrier can be seen;
- each cutout having opposite side edges;
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- each side edge of each of the end panel cutouts being connected by fold line to a separate end panel reinforcing flap, the end panel reinforcing flaps being adhered to the inner surface of the end panels.
A blank for forming a basket-style carrier, comprising:
- two side panel sections;
- each side panel section connected by fold lines to outer and inner handle panel sections, to a bottom panel flap and to opposite end panel sections such that the blank can be formed into a basket-style carrier;
- handle panel support flaps connected to each of the end panel sections, the handle panel support flaps having inner and outer ends;
- an outer bottom panel flap connected by a fold line to one of the side panel sections, the outer bottom panel flap having opposite end edges;
- an inner bottom panel flap connected by a fold line to the other side panel section, the inner bottom panel flap having opposite end edges;
- each end edge of each of the bottom panel flaps being connected by a fold line to a separate gusset panel;
- each gusset panel being connected by a fold line to a separate bottom panel reinforcing flap;
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- each bottom panel reinforcing flap being connected by a fold line to an associated end panel section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.