EP0215844B1 - Handle structure for wrap-around carrier - Google Patents

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EP0215844B1
EP0215844B1 EP86901664A EP86901664A EP0215844B1 EP 0215844 B1 EP0215844 B1 EP 0215844B1 EP 86901664 A EP86901664 A EP 86901664A EP 86901664 A EP86901664 A EP 86901664A EP 0215844 B1 EP0215844 B1 EP 0215844B1
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Jerry Franklin Wilson
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Johns Manville Corp
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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
    • B65D71/06—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers
    • B65D71/12—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers the packaging elements, e.g. wrappers being formed by folding a single blank
    • B65D71/36—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers the packaging elements, e.g. wrappers being formed by folding a single blank having a tubular shape, e.g. tubular wrappers, with end walls
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00333—Partitions, i.e. elements contacting a major part of each aarticle or extending across the whole length of the wrapper
    • B65D2571/00339—Partitions, i.e. elements contacting a major part of each aarticle or extending across the whole length of the wrapper extending from the upper or lower wall
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00555—Wrapper opening devices
    • B65D2571/00561—Lines of weakness
    • B65D2571/00574—Lines of weakness whereby contents can still be carried after the line has been torn
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00648—Elements used to form the wrapper
    • B65D2571/00654—Blanks
    • B65D2571/0066—Blanks formed from one single sheet
    • 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
    • B65D2571/00709—Shape of the formed wrapper, i.e. shape of each formed element if the wrapper is made from more than one element
    • B65D2571/00722—Shape of the formed wrapper, i.e. shape of each formed element if the wrapper is made from more than one element tubular with end walls, e.g. walls not extending on the whole end surface
    • B65D2571/00728—Shape of the formed wrapper, i.e. shape of each formed element if the wrapper is made from more than one element tubular with end walls, e.g. walls not extending on the whole end surface the end walls being closed by gluing

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  • the present invention is generally directed to a wrap-around carrier for carrying a plurality of beverage containers.
  • the invention is directed to a reinforced handle structure for such a carrier in which a drop-down partition is formed from a portion of the inner top panel.
  • Carriers with drop-down partitions formed from the inner top panel of the carrier have been in commercial use for a number of years as illustrated by U.S. Patent Nos. 4,043,095, and 4,155,449.
  • One problem associated with such carriers is that, in using one of the layers of paperboard to form the drop-down partition, only a single ply of paperboard was left in some areas surrounding the handle. These are the areas in which tearing and failure are most likely to occur. Heavier paperboard has been used in an attempt to overcome this problem. However, heavier paperboard is more expensive and the entire carrier must be made of the heavier paperboard when it may not be needed on most of the carrier except for the handle area.
  • Figure 2 of this application illustrates the handle structure of a carrier which has been marketed prior to the present invention.
  • the design allows for double or triple ply thicknesses in some areas around the handle openings. However, other areas around the handle openings are only of a single ply thickness.
  • this carrier was fabricated from paperboard of a sufficient thickness it performed satisfactorily. However, to reduce the cost of the package and make the package commercially more competitive, it is desirable to fabricate such carriers from as light a weight paperboard as possible without losing the desired performance characteristics of the carrier.
  • the use of the present invention has permitted these carriers to be made from 24 point paperboard when carriers using a handle structure such as that illustrated in Figure 2 of this application were made from 27 point paperboard.
  • the present invention as defined in claims 1 and 2 accomplishes the above objectives by providing a reinforced handle structure which provides at least a double thickness of paperboard at critical stress areas adjacent the handle openings in the carrier top.
  • a handle reinforcement section is provided adjacent the handle openings to provide the double ply thickness.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates the blank 10 of the present invention which may be folded and adhesively bonded together to form a carrier.
  • the blank 10 comprises a bottom panel 14, side panels 16 and 18, outer top panel 20, innertop panel 22, and end panels 24, 24', 26, 26', 28, 28' and 30, 30'.
  • the outer top panel 20 includes a pair of elongated, spaced-apart handle openings 32 and 34 provided with handle tabs 36 and 38.
  • Handle opening 32 and handle tab 36 are defined by a die cut 40 and a fold line 42.
  • Handle opening 34 and handle tab 38 are defined by a die cut 44 and a fold line 46.
  • the handle tabs 36 and 38 are hingedly attached to the outer top panel 20 along the fold lines 42 and 46 respectively.
  • the inner top panel 22 includes a pair of elongated, spaced-apart handle openings 48 and 50, a drop-down portion 52 and a handle reinforcement section 54.
  • the handle opening 48 and handle tab 56 are defined by a die cut 58 and fold line 60.
  • the handle opening 50 and reinforcement tab 62 are defined by die cut 64 and fold line 66.
  • the drop-down portion 52 comprises a main partition portion 68 and a pair of connecting strips 70 and 72.
  • the connecting strips 70 and 72 are hingedly joined to the inside top panel 22 along fold lines 74 and 76 which are aligned with the transverse centerlines of handle openings 48 and 50. Die cuts 73 and 75 along the die cut 78 define drop-down portion 52 from top panel 22.
  • the handle reinforcement section 54 of the inner top panel 22 is defined in part and adjacent the handle openings 48 and 50 by die cuts 58 and 64 which also define the inner edge portions of partition straps 70, 72.
  • the remaining edge of the handle reinforcement section 54 is defined by a generally U-shaped die cut 78 which also defines a major portion of the upper edge of the main partition portion 68.
  • the width of the handle reinforcement section 54 is equal to the distance between the outer edges of the handle openings 48 and 50 so that the reinforcement section 54 extends across the entire width of each of the handle openings 48 and 50.
  • Prior art reinforcement such as that shown in U.S. Patent No. 4,043,095 extended only across a portion of the width of the handle openings.
  • the outer and inner top panels 20 and 22 are adhesively bonded together as shown in Fig. 3.
  • the outer top panel 20 overlays the inner top panel 22 and the panels are essentially coextensive.
  • the handle openings 32 and 34 of the outer top panel 20 and the handle openings 48 and 50 of the inner top panel 22 are aligned in both the transverse and longitudinal directions.
  • Handle tabs 36,38,56 are bent inwardly as shown.
  • the reinforcement tab 62 of the inner top panel 22 is folded back onto and adhesively bonded to the inner top panel 22 to form a three-ply handle portion between handle openings 32, 48 and 34, 50.
  • the width of the reinforcing tab 62 corresponds to the distance between the inner edges of the handle openings 48 and 50.
  • the ends of the handle openings 48 and 50 coincide with the ends of the handle openings 32 and 34.
  • the reinforcement section 54 which is cut from the partition permits this reinforcement of the carrier on the left side in Fig. 3 while the double layer of outer top panel 20 and inner top panel 22 provide the double ply on the right side.
  • Prior art carriers did not provide for a double ply of board across the entire width of the left side of handle openings 32, 48 and 34, 50.
  • Reinforcement tab 62 bonded to inner top panel 22 (which is itself bonded to outer top panel 20) provides a triple ply layer between handle openings 34, 50 and 32, 48.
  • reinforcing tab 202 is folded over and adhesively secured to inner top panel 204 which is adhesively secured to outer top panel 206.
  • a drop down partition 210 has an upper edge defined by die cut 212.
  • a reinforcement tab 214 on inner top panel 204 provides some reinforcement in handle area 216.
  • handle reinforcement section 54 provides double ply thickness around the handle openings 34, 50 and 32, 48 as opposed to prior art such as illustrated in Fig. 2 which provided only single ply thickness around some areas of the handle openings. Because at least double ply thicknesses are provided, a thinner paperboard such as 24 point paperboard may be advantageously employed as opposed to the prior art carriers which required 27 point paperboard. Thus, savings in weight and cost are achieved with the novel construction of the present invention.

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AT86901664T ATE60745T1 (de) 1985-03-22 1986-02-24 Handgriffvorrichtung fuer eine umhuellende trageverpackung.

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US71521685A 1985-03-22 1985-03-22
US715216 1985-03-22

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AU (1) AU572385B2 (xx)
BR (1) BR8605816A (xx)
CA (1) CA1269072A (xx)
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DK (1) DK155651C (xx)
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FR (1) FR2579183B1 (xx)
IE (1) IE57414B1 (xx)
MX (1) MX164847B (xx)
NL (1) NL8620058A (xx)
WO (1) WO1986005463A1 (xx)
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US5020668A (en) * 1989-10-05 1991-06-04 Manville Corporation Sleeve-type carrier with integral alignment feature
US5072876A (en) * 1990-10-30 1991-12-17 Riverwood International Corporation Article carrier with side handles
DE9302432U1 (de) * 1993-02-19 1993-04-08 Europa Carton Ag, 2000 Hamburg Trennwand für Flaschen in einer Flaschenverpackung und Flaschenverpackung mit zwischen Flaschen angeordneter Trennwand
ES2073371B1 (es) * 1993-11-08 1998-10-16 Videcart Sa Embalaje para briks perfeccionado.
US5775572A (en) * 1997-06-05 1998-07-07 The Mead Corporation Carton with center partition
DE29815677U1 (de) 1998-09-01 1998-11-19 Fcp Europa Carton Faltschachte Behälterträger

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CA1269072A (en) 1990-05-15
BR8605816A (pt) 1987-08-11
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FR2579183B1 (fr) 1990-06-08
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FR2579183A1 (fr) 1986-09-26
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ES296520U (es) 1987-11-01
IE860549L (en) 1986-09-22
AU5458986A (en) 1986-10-13
NL8620058A (nl) 1987-02-02
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IE57414B1 (en) 1992-08-26
DK155651B (da) 1989-05-01

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