Carton and carton blank
AssigneeMeadWestvaco Packaging Systems, LLC
InventorPhilippe Le Bras
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Abstract
An article carrier and a blank for an article carrier for holding articles with tapered sides, for example connected plastic cups, comprising a top wall, opposed side walls and a base wall hingedly connected together to form a tubular structure. An article retention structure is hingedly connected to one of the side walls and the base panel. The article retention structure is formed by a plurality of panels including a side end flap so constructed and arranged to taper inwardly towards the base wall to substantially conform to the shape of an adjacent article.
Claims12
An arrangement for securing a triple ply structure comprising an intermediate panel between a first panel and a second panel, wherein a first aperture is provided in said intermediate panel such that glue applied to an inner face of said first panel in register with said first aperture secures together said first, second and intermediate panels when placed together in face contacting relationship, wherein a third panel is disposed between said intermediate panel and said second panel, and wherein said third panel is provided with a second aperture in register with said first aperture such that said first panel is secured directly to said second panel.
An article carrier comprising a top wall, opposed side walls and a base wall hingedly connected together to form a tubular structure, wherein said base wall is a composite comprising an intermediate panel between a first panel and a second panel, wherein an aperture is provided in said intermediate panel such that glue applied to an inner face of said first panel in register with said aperture secures together said first, second and intermediate panels in face contacting relationship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.