Tray container and blank
AssigneeMeadWestvaco Packaging Systems, LLC
InventorPhilippe Lebras
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Abstract
An article carrier and a blank for forming an article carrier, for holding one or more articles, for example foodstuff or the like, including a base panel, a pair of outwardly sloping side wall panels hingedly connected to the base panel and one or more inwardly sloping end wall panels hingedly connected to the base panel.
Claims14
An article carrier for holding one or more articles, comprising a base panel, a pair of opposed outwardly sloping side wall panels hingedly connected to the base panel, and at least one inwardly sloping end wall panel hingedly connected to the base panel, wherein each of said side wall panels is connected to said at least one end wall panel by a corner arrangement, each of said corner arrangements comprising a web panel hingedly connected to a respective one of said side wall panels, and a gusset panel hingedly connected to said at least one end wall panel, said gusset panel of said each corner arrangement being connected to a respective one of said web panels so that said at least one end wall panel is caused to be erected from a flat collapsed condition into a position of use by inwardly folding said side wall panels, wherein said gusset panel of said each corner arrangement is connected to said at least one end wall panel along a first fold line, said first fold line of said each corner arrangement is aligned with a second fold line interconnecting the respective web panel and an adjacent one of said side wall panels when said carrier is in blank form.
A blank for forming an article carrier for holding one or more articles, said blank comprising a base panel, a pair of opposed side wall panels hingedly connected to the base panel and at least one end wall panel hingedly connected to the base panel, wherein each of said opposed side wall panels is connected to said at least one end wall panel by a corner arrangement, each of said corner arrangements comprising a web panel hingedly connected to a respective one of said side wall panels and a gusset panel hingedly connected to said at least one end wall panel, said gusset panel of said each corner arrangement being connected to a respective one of said web panel, wherein a first fold line interconnects said at least one end wall panel and said gusset panel of said each corner arrangement, said first fold line of said each corner arrangement is aligned with a second fold line interconnecting the respective web panel and an adjacent one of said side wall panels.
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