Special receptacle or package – Portable segregating carrier for plural cylindrical... – Pendent from handle
Patent
1999-09-24
2000-12-05
Foster, Jim
Special receptacle or package
Portable segregating carrier for plural cylindrical...
Pendent from handle
B65D 7100
Patent
active
06155412&
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to a carton of the wraparound type, accommodating a plurality of articles and which includes an upstanding carrying handle.
One aspect of the invention provides a carton accommodating a plurality of articles, such as bottles, comprising a top, a base and a pair of side walls interconnecting said top and base thereby forming a tubular structure, said top being provided with two spaced rows of apertures through which the top portions of said articles protrude and a carrying handle means extending upwardly from said top characterised in that said handle means is located between said two rows of apertures and is off set from a plane disposed midway between said rows of apertures.
According to an optional feature of this aspect of the invention, said carrying handle means may further comprise a pair of juxtaposed panels hinged together remote from said carton top to provide an upstanding handle, and tie means interconnecting lower portions of said carrying handle means to prevent said handle panels from moving apart about said hinged connection thereof said tie means comprising a tab struck from the junction of said top and one of said handle panels and wherein said tab is engaged in one of said apertures adjacent said opposing handle panel.
According to another optional feature of this aspect of the invention, said locking tab may be engaged in one of said apertures in said top and retained therein by the upper portion of one of said articles.
Another aspect of the invention provides a carton blank for accommodating a plurality of articles comprises a blank having a first base panel, a first side wall panel, a first top panel, first and second handle panels, a second top panel, a second side wall panel and a second base panel hinged respectively one to the next, said first and second base panel being interconnected thereby forming a carton of tubular structure and wherein said first and second handle panels form an upstanding handle, the apex of which is remote from said first and second top panels and which is off set from a transverse centre plane of said blank.
According to an optional feature of this aspect of the invention, said handle panel may be locked by tying means provided at or near the lower portion of said first and second handle panels which tying means prevents said handle panels from moving apart about the hinged connection.
An embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a carton blank forming a carton according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the central portion of the carton incorporating an upstanding handle; and
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of completed carton according to the invention but with one bottle removed to reveal one of the locking tabs.
Referring to the drawings, and in particular FIG. 1 thereof, there comprises an elongate blank 10 formed from paperboard or like foldable sheet material comprises in series, a base structure 12, first side panel 14, intermediate panel 15, first top panel 16, first handle panel 18, a second handle panel 20, third handle panel 22, fourth handle panel 24, a second top panel 26, intermediate panel 27, a second side panel 28 and a second base structure 30 hingeably connected one to the next along transverse fold lines 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50 and 52 respectively.
The lower portions of the side panels 14, 28 and base panels forming the base structures 12, 30 are not described in any greater detail since they are not concerned with the present invention and are carton features well known in the art.
A series of three spaced bottle neck receiving apertures 54, 56 and 58 is struck from top panel 16 each of the apertures being shaped to provide a locking zone 54a, 56a and 58a respectively, adjacent the lower part of handle panel 18. Likewise, a series of three similarly spaced bottle neck receiving apertures 60, 62 and 64 is struck partially from top panel 26 but do not include locking zone
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Garnier Jean-Michel
Le Bras Philippe
Boshinski Thomas A.
Foster Jim
The Mead Corporation
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