Special receptacle or package – For plural beverage-type receptacles – Noncylindrical receptacles
Patent
1994-11-03
1996-05-21
Gehman, Bryon P.
Special receptacle or package
For plural beverage-type receptacles
Noncylindrical receptacles
53443, 294 872, B65D 6500, B66C 110, B65B 2110
Patent
active
055181171
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a carrying sheet with room for a number of so-called gable-top cartons.
2. Description of Prior Art
During recent years it has become increasingly difficult to package liquid products such as milk, juice, yogurt, and the like, in so-called gable-top cartons. These gable-top cartons are usually transported to the place of sale in specially constructed boxes. After the products have been sold/consumed, the store/large-scale consumer is left with a large number of bulky, empty boxes. A solution to this problem is to use a carrying device for a number of gable-top cartons, made from cardboard or similar material, to be disposed of after use.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In order to make the handling of these gable-top cartons simpler and to prepare special sales drives, one objective of the present invention is to provide a cheap device that ties together several gable-top cartons, and that is easy to carry. It is also desirable to have a flat top, so that several layers can be stacked on top of each other. It must be possible to place the multi-package in a fully automatic production line, and it must be easy to open by means of a tear strip.
According to the invention, this is achieved through a carrying device for gable-top cartons having a hole for holding the closing part of the gable-top cartons, and having a hand-grip opening wherein the hole of the carrying device for the carton's closing parts is cut from a flat sheet of corrugated cardboard. Each of these holes have a shape that is approximately equal to the shape of the gable-top carton at the closing part, and are surrounded by flaps that are pressed upwards when the carrying device is brought into position on the closing parts of the gable-top carton. These flaps may be folded backwards in relation to the flaps, whereafter the flaps may be pushed into the tetrahedral hollow of the gable-top carton, in the closing part, and thereby hold in place the gable-top cartons at two of their lateral edges.
The carrying device may be made from double corrugated cardboard, i.e., a corrugated layer, which has a paper layer glued to both sides, possibly a corrugated layer with an interlying paper layer and paper layers glued to both outer layers.
When placing the carrying device on the gable-top cartons, the sheet section is fastened on the underside of the sheet section through gluing or stapling.
One of the sheet sections may possibly have a width that approximately corresponds to the upper sheet section, that has a hand-grip hole equal to the hole of the upper sheet section, so that an unpunched part of the hand-grip hole may be bent down into the corresponding hole in the lower sheet section for holding this firmly in place.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a plain view of the blank form of the carrying device of the present invention.
FIG. 2A is a fragmentary isometric view of the carrying device of the present invention partially folded embracing a gable-top carton.
FIG. 2B is an isometric view of the carrying case of the present invention embracing a gable-top carton.
BEST AND VARIOUS MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
In the following the invention will be described in more detail by means of an illustrated embodiment of a carrying sheet in plain view (see FIG. 1), with room for four gable-top cartons. In the figures, the folding lines are indicated with dotted lines, whereas intersections are indicated with solid lines. The carrying sheet comprises four folding lines 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the entire longitudinal direction of the plate, which divide the sheet in five sections 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. In the first section 5, which will be located uppermost when the carrying sheet is mounted on the gable-top cartons, as shown in FIG. 2A, there is arranged a partly cut oblong hole 10, which will serve as a carrying handle during use. The folding-line 1 separates section 5 and 6. Section 6 together with section 8 will make up the lateral surfaces of the mounted and folded
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