Special receptacle or package – Portable segregating carrier for plural cylindrical... – Pendent from handle
Patent
1997-12-22
1999-11-02
Fidei, David T.
Special receptacle or package
Portable segregating carrier for plural cylindrical...
Pendent from handle
206162, 206427, B65D 7500
Patent
active
059752874
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to a paperboard arrangement for carrying bottles.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Paperboard cartons for carrying bottles have been used in the packaging industry for some time. The various configurations of these cartons, however, have exhibited numerous problems and shortcomings, not the least of which has been the general lack of ease and comfort provided to persons lifting and carrying a carton filled with bottles. Other problems have related to the difficulty of assembling cartons around an array of bottles in a manner that is reliable and subject to efficient automation processes. It is to the provision of a paperboard carton that addresses these and other shortcomings that the present invention is primarily directed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the present invention there is provided a paperboard carton for carrying a plurality of bottles arranged in two or more rows and each having a neck portion topped with a closure, said carton comprising oppositely disposed side walls, base walls hingedly connected to respective side walls and adapted to be secured relative to each other below the bottles, oppositely disposed top panels hingedly connected to the respective side walls and having apertures therein for receiving the neck portions of said bottles, handle panels hingedly connected to respective top panels and to each other and projecting upwardly from the top panels and a securing tab attached to one of said top panels and extending from said one top panel through one of the apertures on the other top panel and in use being held in position in said one aperture by the bottle in said one aperture.
Preferably the securing tab extends from a position adjacent an aperture in the first top panel such that this aperture, the tab and said one aperture in the other top panel are substantially aligned in the transverse direction of the carton.
In one embodiment, the aligned apertures are formed in flap sections of the respective top panels, each flap section being defined between two spaced cuts extending transversely on each lengthwise side of its associated aperture and also said flap portions are not directly connected to the handle panels.
It is a preferred feature that the cuts stop short of the hinge connections between the top panels and the side walls. Preferably the cuts are formed with frangible bridges at locations along their length. In a preferred arrangement the carton is for two rows of three bottles, the tab being associated with the apertures for the central pair of bottles.
With certain embodiments a further hinge extends the length of each panel between the hinge connection with the handle panel and the side wall. Also, a further interlock is provided between the two top panels, said further interlock connecting the two top panels before the retention of the tab by the bottle. Said retention is preferably by upward bending of the tab. Conveniently, the tab flares outwardly from where it joins said first top panel and the aperture in the other top panel has a narrowed top for receiving a narrow portion of the tab, ideally with a snap fit.
One embodiment of the present invention will now be described in more detail. The description makes reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings in which:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 shows a blank for producing a carton according to the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a perspective view from above of the carton in an initial position with the bottles shown in broken lines.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view from above of the carton after it has been lifted, again with the bottles shown in broken lines, and
FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C are perspective views from inside the carton showing the stages of connection of top panels of the carton.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
In the figures there is shown a blank 10 for producing a paperboard carton 11 for retaining a plurality of bottles 12 each having a neck portion 13 topped with a closure 14. In this particular embodiment the cart
Fidei David T.
Riverwood International Corporation
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