EP0037683B1 - Bottle carrier and blank therefor - Google Patents
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- Publication number
- EP0037683B1 EP0037683B1 EP81301303A EP81301303A EP0037683B1 EP 0037683 B1 EP0037683 B1 EP 0037683B1 EP 81301303 A EP81301303 A EP 81301303A EP 81301303 A EP81301303 A EP 81301303A EP 0037683 B1 EP0037683 B1 EP 0037683B1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- side wall
- panel
- bottom wall
- bottle carrier
- extension panel
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- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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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
- B65D71/40—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 comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank or several blanks
- B65D71/46—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 comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank or several blanks formed by folding a single blank into a tubular element
Definitions
- This invention relates to a bottle carrier of the so-called top gripping variety which includes cushioning means provided between the packaged bottles and to a blank for forming the carrier.
- U.S. Patent No. 3,528,697 discloses a top gripping carrier which has a side wall extension panel which engages shoulder portions of the bottles.
- Swiss Patent No. 450,268 discloses a top gripping bottle carrier which includes separator panels depending from the bottom wall of the carrier which provide glass to glass separation between adjacent bottles. While such separator panels do give adequate protection to the bottles, a large amount of material is used. Also, the separator panels initially are independent of the main body of the carrier so that it is necessary to secure these parts together during fabrication of the carrier. Furthermore the positioning of the separator panels is such that they can impede application of the carrier to the bottles unless the carrier and bottles accurately are aligned.
- the present invention seeks to overcome such disadvantages in a carrier which incorporates an integral separator panel using a relatively small amount of material and which allows a more reliable packing operation.
- a bottle carrier comprising a bottom wall having a plurality of beck receiving apertures, a pair of side walls joined respectively along their bottom edges to the side edges of said bottom wall, a plurality of top receiving apertures formed in the upper portions of said side walls and disposed respectively in aligned relationship with said neck receiving apertures, a side wall extension panel foldably joined to one of said side walls and extending generally downwardly therefrom, characterized by a cushioning panel foldably joined to said side wall extension panel, but free of said bottom wall, such that the cushioning panel can be folded from a first position in which it lies in the plane of the side wall extension plane to a second position in which it lies normal to the plane of both side wall extension panel and said bottom wall.
- the numeral 1 designates the bottom wall of the carrier in which medial fold line 2 and a pair of neck receiving apertures 3 and 4 are formed.
- Inner side wall means in the form of inner side wall panels 5 and 6 is joined to a side edge of bottom wall 1 along fold line 7.
- outer side wall means in the form of outer side wall panels 8 and 9 is joined along fold line 10.
- top receiving apertures 11 and 12 are formed in the inner side wall means and, in similar fashion, top receiving apertures 13 and 14 are formed in the outer side wall means.
- inner side wall panel 6 is foldably joined to inner side wall panel 5 along interrupted fold line 15. Also bend lines 15, 17 and 18 are formed in inner side wall panel 5 and, likewise, bend lines 19, 20 and 21 are formed in inner side wall panel 6. Similar structure is disposed on the opposite side of bottom wall 1 in that outer side wall panel 8 is joined to outer side wall panel 9 along interrupted fold line 22. Additionally, bend lines 23, 24 and 25 are formed in outer side wall panel 8 and bend lines 26, 27 and 28 are formed in outer side wall panel 9.
- hand gripping apertures 29 and 30 are formed respectively in inner side wall panels 5 and 6.
- Hand cushioning flaps 31 and 32 are joined respectively to inner side wall panels 5 and 6 along fold lines 33 and 34.
- hand gripping apertures 35 and 36 are formed respectively in outer side wall panels 8 and 9 and hand cushioning flaps 37 and 38 are joined respectively thereto along fold lines 39 and 40.
- a side wall extension panel 41 is joined to the lower edge of outer side wall panel 8 along fold line 42.
- a cushioning panel 43 is joined to side wall extension panel 41 along fold line 44.
- fold line 44 is disposed perpendicular to fold line 42 and the length of cushioning panel 43 is approximately one half the length of side wall extension panel 41.
- a top gripping carrier for more than two bottles would include a plurality of cushioning panels so as to afford cushioning between each pair of adjacent bottles in a row of bottles.
- an economical top gripping carrier for the packaging of bottles which includes effective and convenient separation and cushioning means between the shoulder portions of the bottles.
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- Containers Having Bodies Formed In One Piece (AREA)
- Buffer Packaging (AREA)
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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US13790980A | 1980-04-07 | 1980-04-07 | |
US137909 | 2002-06-20 |
Publications (2)
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EP0037683A1 EP0037683A1 (en) | 1981-10-14 |
EP0037683B1 true EP0037683B1 (en) | 1984-11-14 |
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Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP81301303A Expired EP0037683B1 (en) | 1980-04-07 | 1981-03-26 | Bottle carrier and blank therefor |
Country Status (15)
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EP (1) | EP0037683B1 (ja) |
JP (1) | JPS56142163A (ja) |
AR (1) | AR230603A1 (ja) |
AU (1) | AU543724B2 (ja) |
BR (1) | BR8101944A (ja) |
CA (1) | CA1152032A (ja) |
DE (1) | DE3167143D1 (ja) |
DK (1) | DK155681A (ja) |
ES (1) | ES268048Y (ja) |
MX (1) | MX152332A (ja) |
NO (1) | NO155283C (ja) |
NZ (1) | NZ196204A (ja) |
PH (1) | PH17525A (ja) |
PT (1) | PT72552B (ja) |
ZA (1) | ZA81858B (ja) |
Families Citing this family (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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AU572385B2 (en) * | 1985-03-22 | 1988-05-05 | Manville Corp. | Handle structure for wrap-around carrier |
FR2612496B1 (fr) * | 1987-03-19 | 1989-05-19 | Rey Imprimerie | Coiffe de maintien et de transport de deux objets allonges voisins, tels que des bouteilles verticales |
Family Cites Families (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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CH450268A (fr) * | 1966-01-17 | 1968-01-15 | Serametta S A | Emballage léger pour le transport d'articles |
US3387879A (en) * | 1967-05-05 | 1968-06-11 | Mead Corp | Carrier for flanged article |
US3528697A (en) * | 1968-10-31 | 1970-09-15 | Mead Corp | Carrier for flanged articles |
US3860281A (en) * | 1973-07-30 | 1975-01-14 | Mead Corp | Carrier for flanged articles |
JPS5550121Y2 (ja) * | 1975-11-07 | 1980-11-21 |
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1981
- 1981-01-26 CA CA000369284A patent/CA1152032A/en not_active Expired
- 1981-02-05 NZ NZ196204A patent/NZ196204A/xx unknown
- 1981-02-05 JP JP1509681A patent/JPS56142163A/ja active Granted
- 1981-02-09 ZA ZA00810858A patent/ZA81858B/xx unknown
- 1981-02-20 PT PT72552A patent/PT72552B/pt unknown
- 1981-02-26 AU AU67664/81A patent/AU543724B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1981-03-20 AR AR284700A patent/AR230603A1/es active
- 1981-03-26 EP EP81301303A patent/EP0037683B1/en not_active Expired
- 1981-03-26 DE DE8181301303T patent/DE3167143D1/de not_active Expired
- 1981-03-31 BR BR8101944A patent/BR8101944A/pt unknown
- 1981-04-03 PH PH25467A patent/PH17525A/en unknown
- 1981-04-03 NO NO811159A patent/NO155283C/no unknown
- 1981-04-06 ES ES1981268048U patent/ES268048Y/es not_active Expired
- 1981-04-06 DK DK155681A patent/DK155681A/da not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1981-04-07 MX MX186749A patent/MX152332A/es unknown
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Publication number | Publication date |
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DK155681A (da) | 1981-10-08 |
MX152332A (es) | 1985-06-27 |
PT72552A (en) | 1981-03-01 |
NO155283C (no) | 1987-03-11 |
AU543724B2 (en) | 1985-05-02 |
ES268048Y (es) | 1983-11-16 |
NO811159L (no) | 1981-10-08 |
JPS56142163A (en) | 1981-11-06 |
EP0037683A1 (en) | 1981-10-14 |
NZ196204A (en) | 1983-09-02 |
JPH0238462B2 (ja) | 1990-08-30 |
ZA81858B (en) | 1982-03-31 |
BR8101944A (pt) | 1981-10-13 |
DE3167143D1 (en) | 1984-12-20 |
AR230603A1 (es) | 1984-05-31 |
AU6766481A (en) | 1981-10-15 |
NO155283B (no) | 1986-12-01 |
CA1152032A (en) | 1983-08-16 |
PH17525A (en) | 1984-09-13 |
ES268048U (es) | 1983-05-01 |
PT72552B (en) | 1982-03-12 |
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