CA1195665A

CA1195665A - Article carrier

Info

Publication number: CA1195665A
Application number: CA000409180A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Prentice J. Wood
Original assignee: Mead Corp
Current assignee: Mead Corp
Priority date: 1981-08-28
Filing date: 1982-08-11
Publication date: 1985-10-22
Also published as: MX154561A; JPS5841043A; EP0074232B1; EP0074232A3; DE3275179D1; EP0074232A2; JP2500568Y2; JPH078216U

Abstract

ARTICLE CARRIER
ABSTRACT
An article carrier comprising a bottom wall, a pair of side walls and end wall panels upstanding from the bottom wall, a pair of riser panels and a pair of medial panels joined respectively to the medial edges of the end wall panels at the associated ends of the carrier and extending inwardly therefrom, handle structure joined to the riser panels and the medial panels and extending upwardly therefrom, a transverse partition panel joined to one of the medial panels and extending between the one medial panel and the associated side wall, an anchoring tab foldably joined to the transverse partition panel and being adhered to the associated side wall, and the upper portion of the transverse partition panel being bowed outwardly toward the associated end of the carrier.

Description

~ ~ 5 A~TICLE CARRIER
TECHNIGAL FIELD
This inYention relates to article carriers which are econo~ical to produce and at the same time are aesthetically pleasing in appearanceO
BACKGROUND ART
Article carriers are known in which at least a portion of the anchoring means for certain of the trans~
verse partition panels is struck in part from one or mor of the carrier end wall panels. Of course this causes the carrier to be unattractive in appeaxance.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
By this inventlon an article carrier is provided and co~prises a bottom wall, spaced side walls and end wall panels, riser panels joined to the end wall panels at one end of the carrier and extending inwardly there-from, medial panels joined to the encl wall panels at the other encl o~ the carrier and extending inwardly thereErom, ~0 hatldle structure ~joined to the riser and medial panels alld upstcmdirlg therefrom, a transverse partition panel Joincd to one o:E the medial panels and extendlng outwardly substantially to the associated side wall and being disposed in an angular relation to the associa~ed side 2S wall which is slightly different roTn perpendic~lar, an anchoring ~ab joined ~o the transverse partition panel and belng adhered to the associated side wall, and ~he upper portion o the transverse partition panel being bowed outwardly toward the associated end of the carrier.
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BRIEF ~ESCRIPTION OF THE DR~WINGS
In the drawings, FIG. 1 is an isometric viewof an article carrier constructed according to this invention; FI~. 2 is a plan view of the blank fro~ which the carrier is formed; FIGS. 3, 4, 5 and 6 depict intermediate stages through which the carrier is folded and glued into a complete and collapsed carrier as shown in FIG. 7; and FIG. 8 is an isome~ric view of a portion of the transverse ~artition structure.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
In the drawings ~he numeral 1 designates the bottom wall of the carrier to a side edge of which side wall 2 i~ foldably joined along fold line3. In addition, bottom wall 1 is provided with medial fold line 4.
End wall panels 5 and 6 are foldably joined to the end edges of side wall 2 respectively along fold lines 7 and 8. In like manner end wall panels 9 and 10 are foldably joined respectively to the end edges of side wall 11 along fold lines 12 and 13. Anchoring flap 14 is joined to the lower edge of side wall 11 along fold line 15. Also riser panels 16 and 17 are joined respectively to end wall panels 10 and 6 along fold lines 18 and 19.
Medial structure for the carrier is provided in a form of medial panels 20 and 21 which are foldably joined respectively to end wall panels 9 and 5 along fold lines 22 and 23. In addition, medial partition panels 24 and 25 are joined to the upper and lower edges respectively of medial panel 21 along fold lines 26 and 27, Handle structure for the carrier is provided in the form of handle panels 28, 29, 30 and 31. Handle panels 28 and 29 are joined respectively toiri$er panels 16 and 17 along fold lines 18 and 19 and handle panel 30 is joined to handle panel 28 along fold line 32.

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Hand cushioning means is provided in the form of ~laps 33 and 34 which are joined respectively to handle panels 28 and 29 along fold lines 35 and 36. Addi~ionally, handle panel 28 is joined to handle panel 29 along fold 5- line 37 and, in similar fashion, handle panel 30 is joined - to handle panel 31 along ~old line 38. Also locking tab 39 is joined ~o handle panel 29 along old line 40.
Transverse par~itioning structure for the carrier is provided in the form of ~ransverse partition panels 41 and 42 which are joined respectively to medial panels 20 and 21 along fold lines 43 and 44.
Additional transverse partition structure is provided in the form of transverse partition panels 45 and 46. More speci:Eically, transverse partition panel ~-~5 is joined to medial panel 20 by means of fold line 47 and web panel 48. In similar fashion, transverse partition panel 46 is joined to medial panel 21 by means of fold line 49 and web panel 50.
Transverse par~ition panel 41 is provided with anchori.ng tab 51 which is joined -thereto by means of fold lines 52 and 53. In like manner anchoring tab 5~ is joined to transverse partition panel 42 along fold lines S5 and 56.
As best vlewed in FIG, 2, anchorlng tabs 57 and 58 are struck substantially respectively from transverse par~ition panels 45 and.46. :Further anchoring ~.ab 57 .i.'3 jolned to transverse parti-tic)n tab 45 along angular old lines 59 and 60 and, in like manner, anchoring tab 58 i~ joincd to ~ransverse partition panel 46 along angular old lirles 61 and 62. Anchoring tabs 57 and 58 are provided with bend lines 63 and 64.
According to another feature o.f this invention, keel panel 65 is joined to the lower edge of medial panel ~0 along fold line 66 and locking aperture 67 is formed astride the fold line 66. ~lso locking tab 68 is formed along the periphery of locking aperture 67.
To complete ~he locking s~ructure~ locki.ng ~ab 69 is D-2237 _4_ formed along the lower edge of medial panel 21, In order to form the carrier :Erom the blank shown in FIGo 2, initially it is necessary to apply glue to handle panels 30 and 31 as shown by ~- 5 stippling in FIG. 2. Then it is simply necessary to elevate and fold handle panels 30 and 31 upwardly and to the right along fold line 32 into -the positions sho~n in FIG. 3. Then medial partition panel 24 is folded rearwardly and down~ardly, as viewed in FIG. 2, along 10 fold line 26. Also riser panels 16 and 17 are elevated and folded to the left respecti~ely along old lines 18 and 19. The carrier then appears as shown in FIG. 3.
Thereafter glue is applied to anchoring tabs 51, 54, 57 and 58 as shown by stippling in FIG. 3 Fo,Llowing this the media'l structure or the carrier is elevated and folded over along fold lines 7 and 12 into the positlons shown ln FIG. 4.
Then lockin~ tab 39 is folded upwardly and to the right along fold line 40 into an interlocking rela-tionship with medial pane:L 21 as best shown in FIGS. 5and 6. Also keel panel 65 is folded downwardly along ~old ~:ine 66 The carrier then appears as shown in FIG. 5.
Following thi.s operation, medial partition panel 25 is elevated and :Eolded over along fol.d line 27, Also i)ottom wall l is :Eolded along media'l. fo:Ld line 4 to occupy t.lle posi.~ion sllown in FIG. 6. Then an applica~i.on of ~ e i.~ madel to anchorlng Elap 14 as well as to medial panels 20/ ~l, keel panel 65, riser panels 16 and 17, 30 Ik~llldle p~,~nels 30 and 31, and medial partition panels 24 and 25, as shown by stlppling in FIG. 6. Then the portions of the carrier disposed above fold lir.e 38 are simply ~levated and folded dow~wardly to oGCUpy the positions shown in FIG. 7 which represents the carrier in complete and collapsed condition.
In order to set up the carrier~ it is simply necessary to ex~and side walls 2 and 11 into positions whereby bottom wall l folds into/flat plane, Then ~he associated end of bottom wall 1 is manipulated into locking engagement wi~h locking tabs 68 and 69.
Since anchoring tabs 57 and 58 are struck substantially frorn the respective transv~rse par~ition 5 panels 45 and 46 and not from end panels 9 and 5, when - the carrier is fully assembled and glued, the structural rela~ionships between transverse partition panels 45 and 46 and the other elements o the carrier cause these panels to assume an angular relationship wi~h respect to the medial structure and the slde walls ~hich varies slig,htly ~rom perpendicular. This causes the associa~ed end cell to be somewhat larger in size ~han clesired.
In order to compensate for the oversized end cel'ls, the upper portions of ~ransverse partition panels 45 and 46 are caused to bow slightly outwardly whereby proper spacing is achieved between the transverse partiti,on panel and the associated end wall panel.
This is accomplished by means of web panels 48 and 50 which, when the carrier is set up, cause the upper portions of transverse partition panels 45 and 46 to bow or bend ~oward t'he respective encl wall pane~s9 and 5.
To further cause transverse partition panels 45 and 46 to bend in an outward :Eashlon along the upper portions thereof, angular fold lines 59-62 are provided.
~ince ,~olcl lines 59-62 diverge outwarcl'ly wi~h respect t:o ~he ends o transverse partition panels 4S and l~6, ns the carrier is set up, additional stress is i.ntroduced along the upper portlons thereo~ thereby causing them to bow outwardly.
IND'USTRIAL APPLICABILITY
By this invention a carrier is provided which is economical to produce,~aeSthetically pleasing and at the same time compensates for inheren~ undesirable an~ular dispositions of cPrtain of the ~ransverse partition panels.

Claims

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:

1. An article carrier comprising a bottom wall, a pair of side walls foldably joined respectively to the side edges of said bottom wall, end wall panels foldably joined respectively to the end edges of said side walls and extending inwardly therefrom, medial panels foldably joined respectively to the medial edges of said end wall panels at one end of the carrier and extending inwardly therefrom, handle structure joined at one end to the upper portions of said medial panels and extending upwardly therefrom, a full cell width single ply transverse partition panel struck entirely from and foldably joined to one of said medial panels and being initially disposed in a coplanar relationship therewith and being adapted to move through an angle of approximately 90° during formation of the carrier to a position extending substan-tially outwardly to the associated side wall, a web panel foldably joining an upper part of said transverse partition panel to said one medial panel, and an anchoring tab struck entirely from said transverse partition panel and joined thereto remote from said medial panel and being adhered to said associated side wall.

2. An article carrier according to claim 1 wherein said anchoring tab is joined to said transverse partition panel by means of an angular fold line.

3. An article carrier according to claim 1 wherein said anchoring tab is joined to said transverse partition panel by means of a pair of angular fold lines.

4. An article carrier according to claim 1 wherein said transverse partition panel is disposed at an angular relation to said associated side wall which is slightly different from perpendicular.

5. An article carrier according to claim 1 wherein the upper portion of said transverse partition panel is bowed outwardly.

6. An article carrier according to claim 1 wherein said anchoring tab is joined to said transverse partition panel along a fold line which is spaced inwardly from the end of said transverse partition panel.

7. An article carrier according to claim 1 wherein a keel panel is foldably joined to the lower edge of one of said medial panels, a locking aperture is disposed astride the fold line between said keel panel and said one medial panel, and a locking tab is disposed along the periphery of said locking aperture and is arranged to cooperate with one end edge of said bottom wall to maintain the carrier in a set up condition.

8. An article carrier according to claim 7 wherein another locking tab is formed along the lower edge of the other of said medial panels and arranged to cooperate with with said one end edge of said bottom wall.

9. An article carrier comprising a bottom wall, a pair of side walls foldably joined respectively to the side edges of said bottom wall, end wall panels foldably joined respectively to the end edges of said side walls and extending inwardly therefrom, medial panels foldably joined respectively to the medial edges of said end wall panels at one end of the carrier and extending inwardly therefrom, handle structure joined at one end to the upper portions of said medial panels and extending upwardly therefrom, a transverse partition panel struck entirely from and foldably joined to one of said medial panels and extending substantially outwardly to the associated side wall, an anchoring tab struck entirely from said transverse partition panel and joined thereto remote from said medial panel and being adhered to said associated side wall, and said transverse partition panel being disposed at an angular relation to said associated side wall which is slightly different from perpendicular.

10. An article carrier blank comprising a bottom wall, a first side wall joined to a side edge of said bottom wall, a pair of end wall panels joined respectively to the end edges of said first side wall, a first medial panel joined to one of said end wall panels remote from said first side wall, a second medial panel joined to said first medial panel, a pair of medial partition panels foldably joined to one of said medial panels along the upper and lower edges thereof respectively, a third end wall panel joined to said second medial panel, a second side wall joined to said third end wall panel remote from said second medial panel, a fourth end wall panel joined to said second side wall remote from said third end wall panel, a pair of transverse partition panels joined respectively to said medial panels and being struck entirely therefrom, and a pair of anchoring tabs joined respectively to said transverse partition panels and being struck entirely therefrom.