Basket-style article carrier having reinforced handle joints and carrier blank therefor
AssigneeThe Mead Corporation
InventorJohn M. Holley, Jr.
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Abstract
A basket-style carrier is formed from a single blank and includes parallel first and second side walls, parallel first and second end walls, and a composite handle structure arranged between the first and second side walls. The handle structure has first and second handle panels secured together in a juxtaposed relationship. A first securing member is hingedly connected to the first handle panel and glued to the inside surface of the first end wall to create a joint between the handle structure and the first end wall. A first joint-reinforcing member is hingedly connected to the second handle panel and glued to the inside surface of said first end wall.
Claims25
A basket-style carrier formed from a single blank to receive a plurality of articles, comprising:
- substantially parallel first and second side walls;
- substantially parallel first and second end walls interconnecting said side walls;
- a composite handle structure disposed between said first and second side walls and extending between said first and second end walls, said handle structure comprising first and second handle panels secured together in a juxtaposed relationship;
- a first securing member hingedly connected to said first handle panel and adhesively secured to an inside surface of said first end wall to create a joint between said handle structure and said first end wall;
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- a first joint-reinforcing member hingedly connected to said second handle panel and adhesively secured to said inside surface of said first end wall,
- wherein said first and second side and end walls, said handle structure, said first securing member and said first joint-reinforcing member are formed from a single blank.
A carrier blank for making a basket-style carrier for receiving a plurality of articles, said carrier blank comprising:
- an elongate medial section having an axis of elongation and having formed therein first and second side wall panels and first and second end wall panels;
- a first exterior section formed alongside said medial section and having formed therein a plurality of handle panels for, when said blank is erected into a finished carrier, forming a composite handle structure by which said carrier is lifted, said plurality of handle panels comprise first and second handle panels, said second handle panel being arranged at one end of said first exterior section;
- a first securing member hingedly connecting between said first handle panel and said first end wall panel so that when said blank is erected into a finished carrier, said first securing member may be secured to said first end wall panel to create a joint between said handle structure and said first end wall panel;
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- a first joint-reinforcing member hingedly connected to said second handle panel and arranged next to one end of said medial section so that when said blank is erected into a finished carrier, said first joint-reinforcing member may be secured to said first end wall panel to reinforce said joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.