Basket carrier with top panel
AssigneeRiverwood International Corporation
InventorRobert L. Sutherland
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Abstract
A basket-style carrier which includes a top panel. The end panels are comprised of two separate sections, each of which is connected to a center panel, and are spaced from the top panel. The top panel is foldably connected to the side panels and includes a handle. Vertical folds in the end panels allow the end panels to follow the contour of adjacent packaged bottles. In three embodiments the top panel includes bottle neck openings. In a fourth embodiment partial upper end panels connected to the top panel are spaced from the lower end panels. Gusset panels connected to upper end panel flaps and to glue flaps connected to the side panels automatically cause the upper end panel elements to fold into place during the carrier forming operation.
Claims28
A basket-style carrier, comprising:
- a bottom panel;
- a pair of opposite side panels foldably connected to the bottom panel;
- a pair of opposite partial lower end panels foldably connected to the side panels;
- a center panel foldably connected to the partial lower end panels, the center panel dividing the carrier into article-receiving areas between the side panels and the center panel;
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- a top panel foldably connected to the side panels, the top panel being spaced from the partial lower end panels.
A blank for forming a basket-style carrier, comprising:
- a top panel section having opposite side edges;
- each side edge of the top panel section being connected by a fold line to a side panel section, each side panel section having opposite end edges;
- each end edge of the side panel section being connected by a fold line to an end edge of a lower end panel section;
- each lower end panel section having an opposite end edge connected by a fold line to a center panel flap;
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- bottom panel flaps connected by fold lines to the side panel sections;
- whereby the blank can be formed into a carrier having a two-ply center panel connected to partial lower end panels comprised of the lower end panel sections, and a top panel spaced from the partial lower end panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.