Cooler carrier
AssigneeWestRock Shared Services, LLC
InventorsEric Vasbinder, Jeffrey Scott James, Fred Foushee
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a carrier that is designed to hold a plurality of beverages, such as but not limited to cans or bottles. In some embodiments, the carrier is designed to also serve as a cooler. For example, the cans or bottles may be loaded into the carrier when the top is opened. Due to the shape and/or configuration of the carrier, the carrier has ample room for not only the beverages, but also ice when in the opened position. As such, the carrier is configured to be a one-time or multi-use cooler.
Claims18
A carrier, comprising:
- a. a body portion having a base panel and front and back wall panels;
- b. an upper handle portion;
- c. two gusseted side portions, each comprising a plurality of foldable panels that are configured to fold inwardly when the carrier is in a closed position and to slant hingedly outwardly from the base panel at an angle greater than 90 degrees when the carrier is in an opened position.
A carrier, comprising:
- a body portion having a base panel and front and back wall panels;
- an upper handle portion;
- two gusseted side portions, each comprising a plurality of foldable panels that are configured to fold inwardly when the carrier is in a closed position and to expand hingedly outwardly from the base panel when the carrier is in an opened position, wherein each gusseted side portion comprises:
- a. two left glue flap panels,
- b. two left inwardly foldable panels,
- c. a middle face panel,
- d. two right inwardly foldable panels, and
- e. two right glue flap panels.
A carrier, comprising:
- a. a body portion having a base panel and front and back wall panels;
- b. an upper handle portion;
- c. two gusseted side portions, each comprising a plurality of foldable panels that are configured to fold inwardly when the carrier is in a closed position and to slant open and expand away from the base panel when the carrier is in an opened position, wherein each gusseted side portion comprises:
- two left glue flap panels, two left inwardly foldable panels, a middle face panel, two right inwardly foldable panels, and two right glue flap panels.
A carrier, comprising:
- a. a body portion having a base panel and front and back wall panels;
- b. an upper handle portion;
- c. two gusseted side portions, each comprising a plurality of foldable panels that are configured to fold inwardly when the carrier is in a closed position and to slant from the base panel at an angle greater than 90 degrees when the carrier is in an opened position, wherein each gusseted side portion comprises a series of nine consecutive panels, with first and ninth panels that are foldably connected to the front and back wall panels respectively and glued thereto in use.
A carrier, comprising:
- a body portion having a base panel, a front wall panel, and a back wall panel, each of
- the front and back wall panels comprising a base-contacting edge and a handle portion, first and second gusseted side portions, each of the first and second gusseted side portions comprising a plurality of foldable panels that are configured to fold inwardly when the carrier is in a closed position and to slant open and expand away from the base panel at an angle greater than 90 degrees when the carrier is in an open position
- wherein bringing together of the front wall panel and the back wall panel such that the handle portions meet creates a pyramid shape for the carrier when closed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.