CZ98396A3 - Article carrier of basket-like type - Google Patents

Abstract

An articles carrier (C) of the basket type for bottles comprises a base (16, 22), opposed side walls (12, 28) opposed end walls (64, 66; 88, 90) and an internal medial partition structure (74, 84; 100, 110) which incorporates an upstanding handle panel (112, 144). The carrier includes bottle cells defined, in part, by transverse partition panels (116, 118, 120; 148, 150) on both sides of the medial partition structure. The open tops of the cells are substantially closed by removable top panels (32, 44) extending between the upstanding handle panel and respective side walls of the carrier and include openings (A) through which neck portions of bottles received in the carrier are exposed to view.

Description

The present invention relates to a carrier of basket type products adapted to accommodate a plurality of products such as bottles and a blank to form the carrier.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A basket bottle carrier normally includes a central (medial) baffle portion of which is a handle structure by which the carrier can be lifted and carried, and the bottles are arranged in rows on both sides of the central baffle portion. Typically, the bottles are separated from each other by transverse partition walls extending from each side of the central partition structure to the adjacent side wall of the carrier. In this type, the carrier is arranged in individual cells.

therefore, the bottles are seated although these cells are not

The essence of the invention

In the present invention, in order to prevent individual bottles from being removed from the carrier, the bottles are in motion limited by the cover parts that can be removed after purchase of the full carrier. The cover parts also help to protect the bottles against dust.

One aspect of the invention is that it provides a basket-type article carrier adapted to accommodate multiple articles, such as bottles, comprising a base, opposing sidewalls and end walls, and an inner central partition structure comprising a handle forming means with which the carrier can be lifted and supported, said articles being placed on both sides of said central partition structure of the carrier, and wherein an upper plate-like portion is present for joining said central partition structure with both said sidewalls together, said upper plate-like portion having means for preventing removal of individual adjacent articles when present in the carrier.

According to one aspect of this aspect of the invention, said restraining means may restrict movement of at least the upper portions of said articles when present in the carrier.

According to another aspect of this aspect of the invention, said restraining means may comprise openings formed in all said top plate means.

Again, according to another feature of this aspect of the invention, said top panel may comprise a pair of parts, each of which is a part but detachable from said central partition structure and the respective opposing sidewalls.

According to another feature of this aspect of the invention, said central bulkhead structure may comprise integral transverse members that interconnect the central parts of the central bulkhead structure and all opposing sides of the carrier, thereby creating a plurality of product placement cells on both sides of the central bulkhead structure and each of the upper parts substantially. closes the upwardly open ends of the cells to prevent removal of the articles therefrom until said upper portion is at least partially removed. Preferably, the pairs of handlebars are pivotally coupled together with the respective topsheet, said handlebars being secured as soon as the support is filled face to face with the upwardly projecting handlebars of the central partition structure thereby defining all of said topsheets.

According to another feature of this aspect of the invention, said base may comprise a bottom portion adapted to substantially close the bottom of the carrier after the carrier is filled and wherein said bottom portion comprises at least one opening through which the carrier may be pierced on a column providing means for separating the article. transport crate.

Another aspect of the invention provides a blank for forming a basket type article carrier that includes a single sheet of collapsible material, including base forming members, opposing side and end panels, and an inner partition structure that includes a handle member and wherein all side panels are rotatably connected to each other by dllft for substantially closing the top of the carrier, said upper closure members being formed with openings through which portions of the articles to be placed in the carrier can be protruded. Preferably, all said upper closure portions are pivotally connected to respective portions of a pair of handle reinforcing portions, said pair of portions along the center line of the bend of the blank.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

An embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a non-folded single carton blank forming a bottle carrier according to the invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective and partial cross-sectional view of a folded but unfilled bottle carrier formed from the blank shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a bottle carrier similar to Fig. 2 but fully and fully filled with bottles.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring to the drawings and in particular to Fig. 1, the bottle carrier C is formed from a single cardboard blank 10 or other suitable collapsible sheet of material and is adapted to accommodate six bottles B (Fig. 3) arranged in two rows of three in every row.

The carrier consists of a first sidewall 12, to the lower end of which the central foot part 14 and the main lower part of the apertures A are pivotally connected to the bottles, To complete

16. The heel 14 is pivotally connected to the sidewall 12 along the bend line 18 and the lower heel 16 is pivotally connected to the heel 14 along the bend line 20. The lower member 16 is formed with a pair that allows the carton to be placed in a box having an upwardly projecting the free edge of the bottom panel 16 is secured to the bottom strip 22 when the carrier is formed, this is done after the carrier has been filled with bottles. The bottom band 22 is pivotally connected to the opposite bottle heel 24 along the bend line 26, which in turn is pivotally connected to the bottom edge of the second opposite side panel 28 along the crease line.

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The upper portions of each of the side panels 12 and 28, respectively, are similar and joined together as a whole along the center line of the bend F of the carrier. The upper portion of the sidewall 12 includes this associated top panel 32 which covers the cells for placing the bottles along one side of the handle structure 11, but has a series of openings S1 through S3 through which extend through the neck portion of the bottles housed therein. The top panel 32 is pivotally connected to the sidewall 12 along the score line of the break line 34 and is also integral and pivotally connected to the first handle piece 36 along the score line of the break line 38. During use, the top panel 32 can break along the score lines of the break line 34 and 38; separate, carriers. The handle member 36 includes an opening in the handle 40 that is reinforced by the pivotally connected flap of the handle 42.

Similarly, the upper portion of the sidewall 28 includes an integral upper portion 44 that covers the bottle receiving cells on the other side of the handle 11 and includes a plurality of openings S4-Se through which the rear portions of the bottles located in these cells penetrate. The top member 44 is pivotally connected to the sidewall 28 along the score line of the break line 46 and is also integrally attached to the other stiffening portion of the handle 48 along the score line of the break line 50. Thus, in use, the top panel 44 can be peeled along the lines of the break line 46 or 50 and at least partially separated, allowing the bottles in the cells below it to be removed from the carrier. The handle portion 48 includes a handle opening 52 that is reinforced by a pivotally connected flap 54. The holes in the handle 40 and 52 are inserted into the register when forming the handle H.

Further, stiffening of the handle portion is performed by stiffening flaps 56 and 58. The flap 56 is rotatably connected to the handle portion 36 along the bend line 60 and is bent to a face to face position to stiffen the portion 36 and likewise the flap 58 is rotatably connected to the handle portion. 48 along the bend line 62 and is bent to a face-to-face position to stiffen the member 48.

One end of the carrier is provided with end portions 64 and 66, respectively. The end portion 64 is pivotally connected along the bend line 68 to an intermediate portion 70 that provides a bevelled corner portion between the sidewall 12 and the end piece 64. 72. Along its opposite end, the edge portion 64 is pivotally attached to the central strip portion 74 along the fold line 76.

Similarly, the end member 66 is pivotally connected along the bend line to an intermediate member 80 that forms another chamfered corner carrier portion between sidewall 28 and end member 66. Part 80 is pivotally connected to sidewall 28 along bend line 82. Along the opposite end is an end edge member 66 is pivotally connected to the central strip 84 along the fold line 86. The central strip 84 is fastened face to face with the central strip 74 and forms part of the central inner structure of the carrier as a continuation extending below the handle structure H.

The opposite end of the carrier is provided with end portions 88 and 90, respectively. The end portion 88 is pivotally connected along a bend line 92 to an intermediate portion 94 that forms an angled corner portion between the sidewall 12 and the end piece 88. 96. Along the opposite end, the panel 88 is pivotally connected along the fold line 98 to the main center panel 100. Similarly, the end piece 90 is pivotally connected along a line 104 that forms a tapered and end piece 90. The bend portion 104 to the corner portion 11 of the intermediate member between the side panels 28 is pivotally connected to the side panel 28 along the bend line 106. an edge panel 90 along the bend line 108 to the main center panel 110.

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The central portion 100 includes an integral handle portion 112 in which a handle opening 114 is punched near the upper edge. To form partitions that partially define one row of individual carrier cells, a row of three transverse dividers 116, 118, and 120 are pivotally connected to the main center piece 100 along the fold lines 122, 124, respectively.

126. The opposite ends of the transverse dividers are connected to one another by a common anchoring member 128 along the bending lines 130, 132 and 134 respectively. Another anchor tab 136 is embossed and the transverse dividing member 116. a handle reinforcing portion 138 formed with a handle opening 140 and pivotally hinged to a portion of the handle portion 112 along a fold line 142.

The central portion 110 includes an integral portion of the handle portion 144 from which the hole of the handle 146 is punched near its upper edge. To form additional baffles that partially define another row of individual carrier cells, a series of three transverse baffle panels 148, 150 and 152 are rotatably connected to the main center panel 110 along the bend lines 154, 156, and 158. respectively. each to the next common anchoring piece 160 along the bending lines 162, 164 and 166, respectively.

In order to form the entire carrier in a flat folded state from a blank, a series of bending and gluing operations are required. While these operations are known to those skilled in the art, in this particular case, the handle reinforcement portion 138 first folds along the bend line 142 and is fastened face to face on the handle portion 112 of the center piece 10O. Similarly, the stiffening portions of the handle structure 56 and 58 are folded and fastened face to face with the handle stiffening portions 36 and 48, respectively.

The main central baffle structure 110 folds 180 ° to the right around the bend line 98 and the common anchoring member 128 and the anchoring tab 136 are secured facing the face against the sidewall 12. Similarly, the main central member 110 folds 180 ° to the right around the bending line 108 and the common anchoring piece 160 is secured with a face against the face against the sidewall 28.

At the other end of the blank, the end panel 64 is folded together with the center strip panel 74 as a single unit around the bend line 68 to extend beyond the adjacent end panels of the folded central baffle structure 10O and likewise the end panel 66 together with the center strip panel 84 folds as one unit around the bending line 78 to a state that extends over adjacent end portions of the composite center bulkhead structure

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Then, the partially formed carrier is folded around the bend line F so that these parts reach both sides of the center line of the bend F facing the face. Prior to performing this folding, adhesive (glue) is applied to the handle portions 112, 144 and other portions of the main center panels 100, 110 not connected to the transverse partition panels together with their adjacent end walls and center strips 64, 74 and 66, respectively 84, respectively. the carrier surfaces are joined together when the bending around the bending line F is completed. The carrier is then in a flat, flattened shape from which it can be unfolded for filling.

Filling is accomplished by the relative vertical movement between the bottles and the carrier during a common forward filling movement, well known in the art, whereby the bottles penetrate into the respective cells through the open bottom of the carrier. Thereafter, the lower portion 16 is folded upwardly to close the lower ends of the bottle cells and the free edge of the lower panel 16 is secured with an overlap with the free edge of the security strip 22 to form the bottom of the carrier.

During and immediately after the filling process, the handle reinforcing portions 36, 48 associated with the upper portions 32 and 34, respectively, are detached from the remaining (inner) portions 112/138, 144 of the handle structure H, so that opening holes A with neck portions filled with bottles are easier to achieve.

Then, the location of each of the upper panels 32 and 44 is relatively fixed as a result of securing the (outer) reinforcing handle portions 36 and 48 in excess of registration with the (internal) handle portion structure to form the finished handle structure H as shown in FIG. 3 drawings.

Claims (4)

PATENT CLAIMS (modified) A basket-type article carrier adapted to accommodate a plurality of articles such as bottles, including a bottom, opposing sidewalls and end portions, and an inner central partition structure and a handle for carrying the carrier, said central articles being provided with an upper and mutual partition bulkhead. means liftable and locatable on both sides of the carrier partition structure and wherein the member substantially for closing the top of the carrier connection of said handle [center structure] and both sidewalls, said upper portions T. i. restricting means which limit the possibility of removing adjacent articles when present in the carrier, [said hand gripping means being part of said central structure] and [that] said hand gripping [top piece] is articulated to said [hand gripping means or all of said sidewalls to facilitate removal of the removable of the articles present in the carrier without damaging the integrity of said handle means, wherein the carrier can be reused by an upper target and / or adjacent. sidebars, characterized in that said central partition structure further comprises bracket portions that extend beyond portions comprising said handle means. The article carrier of claim 1, wherein said central partition structure is coupled to said end and / or side wall to facilitate removal of articles present in the carrier without damaging the integrity of said handle means, wherein the carrier can be reused. T3 <Ό f 73 O ^w Ξ O - <-rt o rrh - LD cn - ιυ Product carrier according to wherein said upper each is an integral central partition fifth wheel. of any one of the preceding claims, the part comprising a pair of parts, wherein the separable from said and respective oppositely joined, but The article carrier of claim 3, wherein said central bulkhead structure comprises integral transverse bulkheads that interconnect the central panels of the central bulkhead structure and the two opposite sides of the carrier to form a plurality of receptacles for receiving articles on both sides of the central bulkhead structure and wherein each of the upper parts it essentially closes the open ends of the cells in order to remove the articles therefrom until at least partially separated. prevent removal of said top piece The article carrier of claim 3 or 4, wherein a pair of handle-like stiffening members are coupled together with the respective top panel, wherein said handle-like vertical bracket portion of the central partition structure, thereby defining all said top targets. The article carrier according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said lower portion comprises portions substantially adapted to close the bottom of the carrier after the carrier is filled and wherein said lower portion comprises at least one opening through which the carrier can be pierced to a post having means for product separation in the delivery box. A blank for forming a basket type article carrier comprising a single sheet of collapsible material including bottom, side and end wall panels and a central partition structure, and wherein each side panel is joined to panels for substantially closing the top of the carrier, said the top closure portions are formed with openings through which portions of the articles that are located in the carrier can be exposed to be visible and wherein said top panel is kinkably connected to said handle or said respective sidewall; characterized in that [said bracket means is integrally connected to] said central partition structure [and that it further comprises bracket parts adapted to overlap the portions comprising said handle. The blank of claim 7, wherein all said upper closure portions are pivotally connected to a respective portion of a pair of projecting handle portions, wherein said pair of handle reinforcement portions are pivotally connected to each other along the centerline of the bend of the blank.