Package and blank and apparatus for forming such package

A blank for a package for containers, provided with:

• a substantially closed bottom panel;
• two side panels connected to the bottom panel via first fold lines extending parallel to each other;
• first and second upper flaps each connected to an opposite one of the side panels via fifth fold lines extending substantially parallel to the first fold lines to be folded in inward directions about the fifth fold lines to collectively form an upper panel, wherein the first and second upper flaps include dimensions suitable to allow the first and second upper flaps to at least partially overlap each other over a region of the bottom panel that is to support the containers when placed within the package;
• end wall flaps connected to the side panels via third fold lines extending substantially at right angles to the first and fifth fold lines;
• and
• top flaps connected to the end wall flaps via sixth fold lines extending approximately in line with, at least substantially parallel to the fifth fold lines.

A package for containers folded from a blank, the package comprising:

• a substantially closed bottom panel;
• two side panels, upstanding from the bottom panel, on opposite sides thereof;
• two upper flaps, each extending from an opposite one of the side panels and folded in an inward direction from the side panels to at least partially overlap each other over containers arranged on the bottom panel;
• an aperture formed in each of the two upper flaps, wherein the aperture provided to one of the two upper flaps is aligned with the aperture provided to another of the two upper flaps to define a carry opening that extends through both of the two upper flaps and leads into an interior of the package;
• end wall flaps extending on both sides of each side panel while confining the containers;
• and
• top flaps extending from the upper edges of the end wall flaps facing away from the bottom panel, below or between the upper flaps;
• wherein at least the top flaps and/or the upper flaps are attached to each other.

A blank for a package for containers, provided with:

• a substantially closed bottom panel;
• two side panels connected to the bottom panel via first fold lines extending parallel to each other;
• first and second upper flaps each connected to an opposite side of the side panels via fifth fold lines extending substantially parallel to the first fold lines to be folded in inward directions about the fifth fold lines to collectively form an upper panel above that is substantially parallel with the bottom panel, wherein the first and second upper flaps include dimensions suitable to allow the first and second upper flaps to at least partially overlap each other over a region of the bottom panel that is to support the containers when placed within the package;
• an aperture formed in each of the first and second upper flaps, wherein the aperture provided to the first upper flap is aligned with the aperture provided to the second upper flap when the first and second upper flaps are folded about the fifth fold lines in the inward directions to define a carry opening that extends through both of the first and second upper flaps and leads into an interior of the package;
• end wall flaps connected to the side panels via third fold lines extending substantially at right angles to the first and fifth fold lines;
• and
• top flaps connected to the end wall flaps via sixth fold lines extending approximately in line with, at least substantially parallel to the fifth fold lines.