Carrier and method
AssigneeE-Z Media, Inc.
InventorAngelo V. Cuomo
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Abstract
A carrier is provided with vertical support panels, each with a receptacle extending outwardly from its lower region. The carrier is made from blanks in which foldable panels are arranged in linear arrays. In the blanks, the vertical support panels can be folded and bonded to one another back-to-back. This facilitates close nesting of the blanks with one another on a sheet of fiberboard material so as to maximize the number of carriers which can be made from a given area of sheet material. Preferably, the vertical support panels and side panels are joined together serially along fold lines perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the linear array, while flanges forming bottoms for the receptacles are joined to the vertical support panels and side wall panels along fold lines parallel to the longitudinal axis.
Claims21
A carrier blank comprising a sheet of material shaped to form a linear array of parts, said parts comprising:
- (a) first and second vertical support panels,
- (b) a first group of foldably interconnected side wall panels foldably secured to said first vertical support panel along a vertical fold line to form a side wall structure for a first receptacle to be secured to said first vertical support panel,
- (c) a second group of foldably interconnected side wall panels foldably secured to said second vertical support panel along a vertical fold line to form a side wall structure for a second receptacle to be secured to said second vertical support panel, and
- (d) flanges extending from said side wall panels and said vertical support panels and being foldable together to form bottom wall structures for said receptacles,
- (e) said vertical panels being foldable along vertical fold lines to be secured together back-to-back
- in which each of said groups includes three side wall panels, in which each of said side wall panels and said vertical support panels has a top edge and a bottom edge, and a flange extending from each of said bottom edges, said flanges being adapted to fit together when folded to form said bottom wall structure for each of said receptacles, in which the flanges extending from one of said side walls and one of said vertical support panels in each of said receptacles extends across said bottom wall structure, and two others of said flanges in each of said receptacles is a corner flange foldable along a diagonal line.
A carrier blank comprising a linear array of components formed in a sheet of material and including:
- (a) a first vertical support panel having a leading edge and a trailing edge;
- (b) first, second and third side wall panels foldably connected together in series, said first side wall panel being foldably connected to said leading edge of first vertical support panel;
- (c) fourth, fifth and sixth side wall panels foldably connected together in series, said fourth side wall panel being foldably connected to said third side wall panel;
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- (d) a second vertical support panel having a leading edge and a trailing edge, said sixth side wall panel being foldably connected to said trailing edge of said second vertical support pane
- in which each of said groups includes three side wall panels, in which each of said side wall panels and said vertical support panels has a top edge and a bottom edge, and a flange extending from each of said bottom edges, said flanges being adapted to fit together when folded to form said bottom wall structure for each of said receptacles, in which the flanges extending from one of said side walls and one of said vertical support panels in each of said receptacles extends across said bottom wall structure, and two others of said flanges in each of said receptacles is a corner flange foldable along a diagonal line.
A method of making a carrier from a sheet of material, said method comprising the steps of
- (a) creating a linear blank for said carrier, said blank having;
- (1) a first vertical support panel having a leading edge and a trailing edge;
- (2) first, second and third side wall panels foldably connected together in series, said first side wall panel being foldably connected to said leading edge of first vertical support panel;
- (3) fourth, fifth and sixth side wall panels foldably connected together in series, said fourth side wall panel being foldably connected to said third side wall panel;
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- (4) a second vertical support panel having a leading edge and a trailing edge, said sixth side wall panel being foldably connected to said trailing edge of said second vertical support panel;
- in which each of said groups includes three side wall panels, in which each of said side wall panels and said vertical support panels has a top edge and a bottom edge, and a flange extending from each of said bottom edges, said flanges being adapted to fit together when folded to form said bottom wall structure for each of said receptacles, in which the flanges extending from one of said side walls and one of said vertical support panels in each of said receptacles extends across said bottom wall structure, and two others of said flanges in each of said receptacles is a corner flange foldable along a diagonal line;
- (b) bending said flanges and applying adhesive to selected areas of said blank to be adhered to other areas of said blank;
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- (c) folding said blank to cause said selected areas to adhere to said other areas of said blank.
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