EP0017307B1 - Article carrier - Google Patents

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EP0017307B1
EP0017307B1 EP80300238A EP80300238A EP0017307B1 EP 0017307 B1 EP0017307 B1 EP 0017307B1 EP 80300238 A EP80300238 A EP 80300238A EP 80300238 A EP80300238 A EP 80300238A EP 0017307 B1 EP0017307 B1 EP 0017307B1
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bottom panel
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James T. Stout
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D71/0003—Tray-like elements provided with handles, for storage or transport of several articles, e.g. bottles, tins, jars
    • B65D71/0022—Tray-like elements provided with handles, for storage or transport of several articles, e.g. bottles, tins, jars formed by folding or erecting one blank, and provided with vertical partitions
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2571/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
    • B65D2571/00129—Wrapper locking means
    • B65D2571/00135—Wrapper locking means integral with the wrapper
    • B65D2571/00141—Wrapper locking means integral with the wrapper glued
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2571/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans, pop bottles; Bales of material
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2571/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans, pop bottles; Bales of material
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  • This invention relates to article carriers with improved bottom structure and which is formed from a blank which is nestable with an adjacent carrier blank for the purpose of providing economy of material.
  • Article carriers are known which have a double thickness of paperboard material between critical points of article contact.
  • An example of this style of carrier is disclosed and claimed in U.S. Patent No. 4,187,944.
  • a related carrier is disclosed and claimed in U.S. Patent 3,412,894.
  • this carrier has a main bottom panel (50) and a complementary bottom panel (51) which together simply comprise a unitary bottom panel but which provides little or no reinforcement for the carrier bottom.
  • the present invention provides an article carrier comprising a pair of side walls disposed in parallel spaced relationship to each other, end wall panels foldably joined respectively to the ends of the side walls and extending inwardly therefrom, a medial partition structure foldably joined to the medial edges of the end wall panels and extending medially inward therefrom, or handle structure secured to the medial partition structure and extending upwardly therefrom, a bottom panel foldably joined to the lower edge of one of the side walls, and an auxiliary bottom panel foldably joined to an end edge of the bottom panel and secured to the lower edge of the other of said side walls, characterized in that said auxiliary bottom panel is wider than the bottom panel over substantially the whole of its length and is disposed in face contacting relationship with said bottom panel so as to overlie substantially the whole of said bottom panel.
  • FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a set-up carrier formed according to this invention
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of a blank from which the carrier shown in FIG. 1 is formed
  • FIGS. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 depict intermediate stages through which the blank of FIG. 2 is manipulated and glued in order to form a complete and collapsed carrier as shown in FIG. 8, and
  • FIG. 9 shows a pair of blanks disposed in a nested relationship.
  • the numeral 1 designates a side wall of the carrier to the bottom edge of which a glue flap 2 is foldably joined along fold line 3.
  • End wall panel 4 is foldably joined to an end edge of side wall 1 along fold line 5 while end wall panel 6 is foldably joined to the opposite end edge of side wall 1 along fold line 7.
  • Medial panels 8 and 9 are foldably joined to end wall panels 4 and 6 respectively along fold lines 10 and 11.
  • Medial panel 8 is provided with locking notch 8a.
  • the other side of the blank is similar to that just described and includes side wall 12 to the side edges of which end wall panels 13 and 14 are foldably joined respectively along fold lines 15 and 16.
  • Medial panel 17 is foldably joined to end wall panel 13 along fold line 18 and medial panel 19 is foldably joined to end wall panel 14 along fold line 20.
  • Medial panel 17 is provided with locking notch 17a.
  • the bottom wall is formed of a multiple layer of paperboard material.
  • bottom panel 21 is foldably joined to the bottom edge of side wall 12 along fold line 22 and is provided with medial fold line 23.
  • auxiliary bottom panel 24 is joined to bottom panel 21 along fold line 25 and is provided with medial fold line 26 and blank manipulation notch 24a.
  • Blank manipulation notch 24a allows access to an edge of the blank by a corresponding machine element in order to facilitate formation of the carrier.
  • Handle structure for the carrier includes handle panels 27 and 28 which are foldably joined respectively to medial panels 9 and 19 along fold lines 11 and 20.
  • reinforcing panels 29 and 30 are provided and are joined respectively to handle panels 27 and 28 along fold lines 31 and 32.
  • auxiliary flap 33 is foldably joined to handle panel 28 along fold line 32.
  • Hand gripping apertures 34 and 35 are formed respectively in handle panels 27 and 28 and, similarly, hand gripping apertures 36 and 37 are formed respectively in reinforcing panels 29 and 30.
  • medial partition structure at one end of the blank comprises medial panel 8 and 17 together with medial partition panel 38 which is foldably joined to medial panel 17 along fold line 39.
  • the medial partition structure comprises medial panels 9 and 19 and medial partition panel 40 which is foldably joined to medial panel 19 along fold line 41.
  • transverse partition structure in order to provide individual article receiving cells, transverse partition structure is provided and includes transverse partition panels 42, 43, 44, and 45.
  • Transverse partition panel 42 is foldably joined along fold lines 46 and 47 to medial panel 8 and, similarly, transverse partition panel 43 is foldably joined to medial panel 17 along fold lines 48 and 49.
  • transverse partition panel 44 is foldably joined to medial panel 19 along fold lines 50 and 51 and transverse partition panel 45 is foldably joined to medial panel 9 along fold lines 52 and 53.
  • transverse partition panels 54, 55, 56, and 57 which are foldably joined respectively to transverse partition panels 42, 43, 44, and 45 along fold lines 58, 59, 60, and 61.
  • anchoring tab 62 is foldably joined to transverse partition panel 54 along fold lines 63 and 64 and, likewise, anchoring tab 65 is foldably joined to transverse partition panel 55 along fold lines 66 and 67.
  • anchoring tab 68 is foldably joined to transverse partition panel 56 along fold lines 69 and 70 and, likewise, anchoring tab 71 is foldably joined to transverse partition panel 57 along fold lines 72 and 73.
  • transverse partition panels 54 and 55 together with anchoring tabs 62 and 65 are folded downwardly out of the plane of the blank, as viewed in FIG. 2, and rotated toward the left 180° along fold lines 58 and 59 respectively to occupy the positions shown in FIG. 3.
  • an application of glue is made to transverse partition panels 44 and 45 as shown by stippling in FIG. 2.
  • transverse partition panels 56 and 57 and their associated anchoring tabs 68 and 71 are folded upwardly 180° toward the right and out of the plane of the blank along fold lines 60 and 61 respectively.
  • the inner surfaces of transverse partition panels 56 and 57 are adhered respectively to the inner surfaces of transverse partition panels 44 and 45.
  • the carrier then appears as shown in FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 7 To complete formation of the carrier, an application of glue is made thereto as shown by stippling in FIG. 7. More specifically glue is applied to medial panels 8, 9, 17, and 19, reinforcing panels 29 and 30, auxiliary panels 33, and glue flap 2. Bottom panel 21 and auxiliary bottom panel 24 are then folded respectively along fold lines 23 and 26. Following this the portion of the blank which is disposed above the fold line F as viewed in FIG. 7 is elevated and folded into the position depicted in FIG. 8 which represents the completed carrier in collapsed condition.
  • an article carrier which has a reinforced bottom structure of double panel construction.
  • This improvement provides necessary added strength and reduces the tendency of the carrier to fail, especially along fold lines 3 and 22.
  • auxiliary bottom panel 24 is wider than bottom panel 21, and since it is disposed on top of bottom panel 21, auxiliary bottom panel 24 and glue flap 2 are glued together on the untreated sides of the paperboard material. Naturally this feature enhances the adhesion quality between these two elements because the glue is allowed thoroughly to soak into the paperboard.
  • the carrier blank can be nested with an adjacent blank to afford economy of material.
  • adjacent carrier bottom walls are disposed in a side by side arrangement. This causes the corresponding elements of each blank to offset from each other. Therefore a strip of unused paperboard material is formed along one edge of each carrier blank which ultimately must be discarded.
  • the irregular configuration of the bottom wall allows direct nesting of the bottom wall of one blank with the bottom wall of an adjacent blank.
  • the basic elements of the carrier are in longitudinal alignment, as shown in FIG. 9. Therefore by this invention, a maximum amount of paperboard material is utilized without the normal waste.
  • an article carrier which has double thickness medial and transverse partitions at all points of article contact and has a bottom wall of double panel construction which is not prone to failure at the various points of critical stress.

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AT (1) ATE7128T1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
AU (1) AU530461B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
CA (1) CA1137934A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (1) DE3067499D1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
ES (1) ES267068Y (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
MX (1) MX150796A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
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MX150796A (es) 1984-07-19
DE3067499D1 (en) 1984-05-24
NZ192273A (en) 1981-03-16
ES267068Y (es) 1983-09-16
ES267068U (es) 1983-03-01
AU5323079A (en) 1980-09-25
JPS6362424B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1988-12-02
EP0017307A1 (en) 1980-10-15
AU530461B2 (en) 1983-07-14

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