DE1941392A1 - Container carrier - Google Patents

Description

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ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, Inc. Chicago, Illinois (V.St.A.)

Container carrier

The invention relates generally to a container carrier, and more particularly to one. Carrier for beverage containers and the like.

The invention aims to create an improved one piece foldable carrier for beverage containers or the like. Surrounding the container and engaging on side parts thereof to the

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Safe to keep container in a pack and hiking around e-in the container inside the pack to oppose it.

Furthermore, according to the invention, a container carrier of this type created, which is particularly good for use in Connection with bottles is suitable.

Furthermore, according to the invention, a one-piece carrier made of flexible film is to be provided, which extends around a number of Beverage bottles or the like. can be folded around the side panels of the Bottles in. To accommodate appropriately formed cutouts and around the bottles vertically on the bottom, on the sides and to the. To grab parts of the neck.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved carrier pack created, in the case of the carrier of the type mentioned Use is made.

The invention is described in the following on the basis of an embodiment game explained in more detail with reference to the drawing. In ^ of the drawing are:

FIG. 1 is a side view of a carrier pack,

FIG. 2 is an end view of the one shown in FIG Sluggish pack,

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FIG. 3 is a plan view of that shown in FIG Carrier pack,.

Pig. 4 is a detail in perspective showing that of Pig. 1 shows the carrier package shown,

Pig. 5 a detail in. Partial section through the in Pig. 1 carrier pack shown on line 5-5 of Figs. 1 and

Pig. 6 shows a plan view of a carrier in the starting position.

In Pig. 1-5, a carrier package 10 is shown. The carrier pack 10 comprises a number of containers 12. While the A wide variety of containers, for example cans or bottles, can be packaged, the carrier is particularly suitable for Bottles. In the illustrated embodiment, the bottles are arranged in a group consisting of two adjacent There are rows of three containers each. The containers are each held firmly in the intended position by a carrier H.

The carrier H is in Pig. 6 shown in its starting position before laying around the bottles 12. The carrier H comprises

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a single, substantially rectangular sheet 16 made of flexible plastic or the like., For example polyethylene. The foil 16 consists of two opposite side edges 18 and 20 and two opposite end edges 22 and 24 * It is divided into five sections 26, 28, 30, 32 and 34, respectively are connected to one another at fold lines 36, 38, 40 and 42. Sections 26 and 34 as well as 28 and 32 are identical in their design.

The middle section 30 of the film 16 is rectangular in shape and has two opposite side edges formed by fold lines 38 and 40, and two end edges 42 and 44, which coincide with the hands 18 and 20 of the film 16. A central handle 44 is formed integrally with portion 30 and extends between two finger receiving holes 45 and 47 for carrying the carrier package.

The similar sections 28 and 32 are located on opposite sides of section 30 at fold lines 38 and 40 and are circumscribed by these fold lines and by the side edges 18 and 20 of the film 16. The sections each include a number of spaced apart holes 46 certain shape, which is preferably punched or molded and which extend in the longitudinal direction of the carrier film 16. They holes have a shape corresponding to that of the containers to be picked up by the wearer and their

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largest width let smaller than the diameter of the container, aiser so sufficiently adapted to the diameter that considerable parts of the container pass through them, which is still to be done will be described. In the present case in which the carrier H is to receive the bottles 12, the respective Hole 46 has a shape similar to that of the bottle, i.e. a tapered triangular neck opening '48 and a rectangular one Orifice 50.

remaining outer sections 16 and 34 are connected to sections 28 and 30 respectively along fold lines 36 and 42 and extend to the end edges 22 and 24 of the Slide 16. As will be described later, these panels form a floor support for the containers that are in the carrier 14 seated.

The carrier 14 of FIG. 6 is configured to receive six containers, in this case six bottles 12 to form a aogenannte "six-pack ¹ ·. Ss, however, possible to provide a carrier according to the invention, a smaller or larger Holds number of containers.

The carrier U can be put around the bottles leloht to those in Flg. 1 to 5 to form support pairing 10 shown. In order to cause the carrier 14 to be wrapped around the flashes, must the bottles initially be provided in an arrangement

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of the three pairs lying next to each other to make a 2x3 arrangement (Pig. 3) to form. When that's done, the middle one will Section 30 of the carrier over the top in contact with the closed ends 52 of the tabs placed. The carrier is then folded at fold lines 38 and 40 so that sections 28 and 30 migrate downward, thereby causing that the respective tabs 12 come into a seat in one of the associated holes 46. Part of each bottle extends from the carrier 14 through the associated. Hole after Outside. The sections 26 and 34 are then folded into an overlapping position and joined together to form a seam 60, either by heat sealing, or by stapling, as is well known Execution or by glue (Pig. 4) to the carrier pack in to hold composite state.

The side part of the respective seat sits tightly in one Hole 46 and is by the wearer on opposite sides of his) body 56 at the level of the transition 54 between the neck and the body as well as at the bottom of the bottle 42 gripped. The arrangement is such that tape areas of the plastic film which form the respective hole 46, through the tight fit of the container is stretched so that the respective container is securely held within the carrier and prevented from migrating. around to reduce or completely reduce the jamming of the puzzles against each other prevent, strips 62 of the carrier film 16 are provided between the tabs 12, and optionally the width can be

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this strip ao be sufficiently increased that adjacent Bottles in the same row are prevented from coming into contact with each other. They are bottles at theirs Trays supported by the flat sections 26 and 34 and at the closed ends by the central section 30 held. The bottles are therefore sufficiently gripped at both ends and on the sides to be held in the carrier 14 to become.

The carrier 14 is simple in construction but highly in use effective because bottles or containers held in it are secured at both ends and vertically on their side walls are to provide maximum protection. Furthermore, the carrier can be manufactured inexpensively and easily.

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Claims (1)

Claims Carrier for receiving a group of containers, which are arranged in two adjacent rows, characterized by a panel made of flexible material with a central portion (30) which is intended to rest on first ends (52) of the containers (12) of the group with first and second sections (28,32) connected to opposite sides of the central section (30) and each having a number of holes (46) dimensioned to form a side portion of a container (12) of the group the first section (28) extending along the outer side parts of the containers (12) of a first row of the container group and one of the containers (12) can be received tightly in each of the holes (46) and the second section ( 32) extends along the outer sides of the containers (12) of the second row of the container group and in each case one of the containers (12) tightly in each of the holes (46) can be taken, and with the two sections (28, 32) at opposite ends of the container (12) of the group connected to means (26, 34) for securing the container (12) in the carrier (14). 0 0 9 813/021 9
BATH ORIGINAL 2. Carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that it is for receiving bottles (12) serves »each having a tapered neck (58) and a substantially cylindrical body (56), and that the holes (46) in the two panels (28, 52) each for Receiving a bottle are complementary and have a first triangular end section (48) and a second rectangular end portion (50). 5. Carrier according to claim 1, characterized by material strips (62) which are located between adjacent holes (46) between the containers (12) of the first and second rows, respectively, such that contact between the containers (12) when the carrier (14) is wrapped around the containers (12) is minimized is. 4. Carrier according to claim 1 to 3, characterized in that the two sections (28, 32) in the are essentially flat and correspond to one another. 5. Carrier according to claim 1 to 4, dadurchgekenns e i ο h η e t that the respective bottles (12) Tertikai each gripped in one of the holes (46) of the carrier (U) and partially extending out of the carrier (14) through the respective hole (46). - 10 - 009813/0219 - ίο - 6. Carrier according to claim 1 to 5, characterized in that the carrier (H) consists of a single one Board is molded from plastic and that in one piece. the A handle (44) is integrally formed for carrying in the middle section (30), 7 · Carrier according to claim 1 to 6, characterized in that it has two more each in one plane lying sections (26, 34), wherein the one section (26) with the one side section (28) on its End opposite the central incision (30) and the other section (34) are connected to the other side section (32) at the end thereof which is opposite the Hitbeiabschnitt, and wherein the two further sections (26, 34) can be connected to one another to rest against the second ends of the container (12) in such a way that the container (12) are supported within the carrier (U) when the carrier (14) is placed around the container (12). 009813/0219