Special receptacle or package – Portable segregating carrier for plural cylindrical... – Interlocking carriers
Patent
1998-04-17
1999-03-23
Sewell, Paul T.
Special receptacle or package
Portable segregating carrier for plural cylindrical...
Interlocking carriers
206173, 206193, B65D 548, B65D 7500
Patent
active
058847561
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This is a continuation of International Application Serial Number WO 97/05026, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/508,767 filed Jul. 28, 1995, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to paperboard carriers for articles such as beverage bottles. More particularly, it relates to a basket-style carrier in which the articles are arranged in four parallel rows.
One traditional paperboard carrier for articles such as beverage bottles is the basket-style carrier. An example of such a carrier is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,927,009. The carrier includes side, end and bottom walls, and is typically used with articles grouped in two rows. Located between the two rows is a medial panel which connects the end walls and includes an opening to provide a handle by which the basket may be carried. In its usual form, this carrier also includes partition panels extending between the medial panel and the side walls, to define individual cells into which the articles may be placed.
Basket-style carriers are normally manufactured and shipped in a glued but collapsed condition. The end walls are folded at the medial panel, so that they are collapsed onto themselves to bring the side walls together. The medial panel is thus displaced longitudinally with respect to the side walls. For use, such as at a beverage bottling facility, the basket is erected by moving the medial panel back into alignment with the side walls. The end walls are brought into an unfolded position, and the set-up basket is available to be loaded with the articles to be carried.
Attempts have been made to develop basket-style carriers for larger multiples of articles arranged in more than two rows. For example, in a carrier for twelve beverage bottles, the articles may be arranged in four rows, two rows located on each side of the handle. However, the large size of such a carrier and the complex structure required for the partitions make it difficult to design such a carrier in which the normal folding from collapsed to erected condition can be carried out. In addition, the length of the required bottom wall makes it difficult to provide a bottom wall with sufficient rigidity to support the weight of four rows of articles.
One example of a basket carrier for articles arranged in four rows can be seen in U.S. Pat. No. 4,146,129. The carrier disclosed therein satisfies the strength requirements of the bottom carrier panel, since the bottom wall is connected to both side walls and both end walls by either fold lines or secured glue flaps. However, this carton construction is disadvantageous in that it requires special equipment to set up and glue the article carrier at the appropriate time. It is not possible to completely preglue and then collapse the carrier as with a conventional basket carrier, since the bottom panel when the carrier is completed is attached on all four sides.
Accordingly, a need exists for a basket-style carrier which can be erected from a collapsed condition using conventional techniques that is capable of carrying articles arranged in four rows.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, the present invention provides a carrier for a plurality of objects arranged in four rows, wherein two bottom walls are provided for the carrier. A primary bottom wall is connected so as to extend beneath all four rows of the articles contained within the carrier, while a secondary bottom wall extends beneath only the two inner rows of the four article rows.
In accordance with one form of the invention, the carrier includes substantially parallel first and second side walls, and substantially parallel first and second end walls interconnecting the side walls. A medial panel extends between and connects the first and second end walls, the medial panel being disposed between and substantially parallel to the first and second side walls. A first primary partition structure extends between and is connected to the first and second end walls, the first primary partition structure being dispose
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Boshinski Thomas A.
Holley, Jr. John M.
Boshinski Thomas A.
Bui Luan K.
Sewell Paul T.
The Mead Corporation
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