EP3303170A1 - Carton doté d'éléments de renfort - Google Patents

Carton doté d'éléments de renfort

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Publication number
EP3303170A1
EP3303170A1 EP16804298.4A EP16804298A EP3303170A1 EP 3303170 A1 EP3303170 A1 EP 3303170A1 EP 16804298 A EP16804298 A EP 16804298A EP 3303170 A1 EP3303170 A1 EP 3303170A1
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Prior art keywords
carton
panel
reinforcing
handle
reinforcing flap
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German (de)
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EP3303170A4 (fr
Inventor
Bernard Skolik
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Graphic Packaging International LLC
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Graphic Packaging International LLC
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Definitions

  • the present disclosure generally relates to carriers or cartons for holding containers.
  • one aspect of the disclosure is directed to a carton for holding a plurality of containers.
  • the carton comprises a plurality of panels for at least partially forming an interior of the carton.
  • the plurality of panels comprises a front panel, a back panel, and at least one top panel foldably connected to at least one of the front panel and the back panel.
  • the at least one top panel comprising a handle portion and a retention portion.
  • the handle portion is foldably connected to the retention portion, and the retention portion has at least one opening for receiving a respective container of the plurality of containers.
  • a handle is positionable between a lowered position and a raised position to facilitate grasping and carrying the carton.
  • a reinforcing structure extends between at least two containers.
  • the reinforcing structure comprises at least one reinforcing flap comprising at least a portion of the retention portion. The reinforcing structure stabilizing the carton when the handle is positioned from the lowered position to the raised position.
  • the disclosure is generally directed to a blank for forming a carton for holding a plurality of containers.
  • the blank comprising a plurality of panels comprising a front panel, a back panel, and at least one top panel foldably connected to at least one of the front panel and the back panel.
  • the at least one top panel comprising a handle portion and a retention portion.
  • the handle portion is foldably connected to the retention portion, and the retention portion has at least one opening for receiving a respective container of the plurality of containers in the carton formed from the blank.
  • Handle features are for forming a handle that is positionable between a lowered position and a raised position to facilitate grasping and carrying the carton formed from the blank.
  • Reinforcing features are for forming a reinforcing structure extending between at least two containers in the carton formed from the blank.
  • the reinforcing features comprise at least one reinforcing flap comprising at least a portion of the retention portion.
  • the reinforcing structure stabilizing the carton formed from the blank when the handle is positioned from the lowered position to the raised position.
  • the disclosure is generally directed to a method of forming a carton for containing a plurality of containers.
  • the method comprising obtaining a blank having a plurality of panels comprising a front panel, a back panel, and at least one top panel foldably connected to at least one of the front panel and the back panel.
  • the at least one top panel comprising a handle portion and a retention portion.
  • the handle portion is foldably connected to the retention portion, and the retention portion has at least one opening for receiving a respective container of the plurality of containers.
  • the blank comprises handle features comprising the handle portion for forming a handle that is positionable between a lowered position and a raised position to facilitate grasping and carrying the carton formed from the blank and reinforcing features for forming a reinforcing structure.
  • the reinforcing features comprise at least one reinforcing flap comprising at least a portion of the retention portion.
  • the method comprises positioning the blank relative to a plurality of containers so that the at least one container of the plurality of containers is received in the at least one opening, forming the handle from the handle features, and forming the reinforcement structure by positioning the at least one reinforcing flap.
  • the reinforcement structure extending between at least two containers in the carton and stabilizing the carton.
  • the disclosure is generally directed to a method of activating a handle and reinforcing the carton as shown and/or described herein.
  • Fig. 1 is a plan view of an exterior side of a blank used to form a package, carrier, or carton according to one embodiment of the disclosure.
  • Fig. 2 is a plan view of one side of the blank of Fig. 1 partially assembled into the carton.
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the blank of Fig. 1 partially assembled into the carton.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the assembled carton with containers loaded into the carton according to one embodiment.
  • Fig. 5 is a top view of the assembled and loaded carton according to one embodiment.
  • Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the assembled and loaded carton according to one embodiment.
  • Fig. 7 is a side view of the assembled and loaded carton according to one embodiment.
  • Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the assembled and loaded carton according to one embodiment.
  • Fig. 9 is a side view of the assembled and loaded carton according to one embodiment.
  • the present disclosure generally relates to carriers, packages, constructs, sleeves, cartons, or the like, for holding, carrying, and displaying containers such as bottles, jars, cans, etc.
  • the containers can be used for packaging food and beverage products, for example.
  • the containers can be made from materials suitable in composition for packaging the particular food or beverage item, and the materials include, but are not limited to, glass; plastics such as PET, LDPE, LLDPE, HDPE, PP, PS, PVC, EVOH, and Nylon; and the like; aluminum and/or other metals; or any combination thereof.
  • Carriers or cartons according to the present disclosure can accommodate containers of numerous different shapes.
  • beverage containers e.g., glass bottles or plastic containers
  • the terms “lower,” “bottom,” “upper”, “top”, “front”, and “back” indicate orientations determined in relation to fully erected carriers or cartons.
  • Fig. 1 is a plan view of an exterior side 1 of a blank 3 used to form a package or basket-style carrier or carton 5 (Fig. 4-9), in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the carton 5 is sized to contain six containers C, three containers being contained in a front portion 7 of the carton 5 and three containers being contained in a back portion 9 of the carton.
  • the carton 5 may be sized and shaped to hold more or less than six containers without departing from the scope of this disclosure.
  • the containers C are beverage bottles with necks N covered by a foil cover F, or the like, that extends upwardly to just below the caps of the containers, but the containers could be any other suitable type and size of container without departing from the disclosure.
  • the carton 5 includes a handle 8 for grasping the carton 5 and reinforcing features including a reinforcing structure 101 extending between the front portion 7 and the back portion 9 that reinforce the carton 5 when the carton 5 is lifted at the handle 8.
  • the handle 8 is positionable between a lowered position and a raised position to facilitate grasping and carrying the carton 5 and the reinforcing structure stabilizes and reinforces the carton when the handle is positioned from the lowered position to the raised position.
  • the blank 3 has a longitudinal axis LI and a lateral axis L2.
  • the blank 3 has a first portion 11 for forming the front portion 7 of the carton 5, and a second portion 13 for forming the back portion 9 of the carton 5.
  • a first bottom panel 15 is foldably connected by a lateral fold line 16 or multiple fold lines to the first portion 11, and a second bottom panel 17 is foldably connected by a lateral fold line 18, or multiple fold lines, to the second portion 13.
  • the first portion 11 and second portion 13 are for being folded about a lateral centerline CL when the blank 3 is formed into the carton 5.
  • the blank 3 can be formed into the carton 5 by folding the blank 3 about the centerline CL so that the first portion 11 and the second portion 13 are overlapped.
  • the first portion 11 is generally a mirror image of the second portion 13. Accordingly, like or similar features of the first portion 11 and the second portion 13 are given like or similar reference numbers with the features of the first portion given the suffix "a", and the features of the second portion 13 given the suffix "b". Also, a discussion of one of two similar features is generally applicable to the other of the similar features.
  • the first portion 11 has a front panel 14a foldably connected to the bottom panel 15 at respective fold lines 16 and a top panel 21a foldably connected to the front panel 14a at a lateral fold line 26a.
  • the top panel 21a includes a retention portion 23a that is foldably connected to a handle portion 25a at a lateral fold line 24a.
  • the retention portion 23a is foldably connected to the front panel 14a at the lateral fold line 26a and has three openings 27a, 29a, 31a.
  • the bottom portion of the front panel 14a includes corresponding openings 33a, 35a, 37a, aligned with the corresponding openings 27a, 29a, 31a in the retention portion 23a.
  • the features for forming the handle 8 include two handle flaps 45a, 47a in the handle portion 25a that are foldably connected to the handle portion and partially obstruct handle openings 46a, 48a, in the handle portion.
  • the handle portion 25a of the first portion 11 is foldably connected to the handle portion 25b of the second portion 13 at a lateral fold line 55.
  • the lateral fold line 55 is located on the centerline CL of the blank 3 and extends laterally across the blank.
  • the handle portion 25a includes a lateral fold line 53a extending from respective handle openings 46a, 46b.
  • the handle could be formed by other features of the blank 3 without departing from the disclosure.
  • the first bottom panel 15 includes primary female locking features 49 and secondary female locking features 51.
  • the second bottom panel 17 includes primary male locking features 63 configured for mating with the primary female locking features 49, and secondary male locking features 65 configured for mating with the secondary female locking features 67.
  • the bottom panels 15, 17 could be otherwise shaped, arranged, and/or configured such as to be free of any locking features and could comprise panels that overlap to form a bottom of the carton, or could be otherwise configured.
  • the retention portion 23a includes a reinforcing flap 73a (broadly “first reinforcing flap”) foldably connected to the front panel 14a by portions of the fold line 26a extending from the central opening 29a.
  • the reinforcing flap 73a is defined by a first and second tear line 75a, 77a respectively extending from the fold line 26a, and a lateral cut 79a extending between the ends of the tear lines 75a, 77a.
  • the lateral cut 79a has a central curved portion 81a. As shown in Fig.
  • a portion of the fold line 24a extends across the reinforcing flap 73a and defines a distal portion 90 of the reinforcing flap 73a that includes an edge defined by the central curved portion 81a.
  • the back portion 13 of the blank 3 similarly has a second top panel 21b with reinforcing flap 73b (broadly "second reinforcement flap") that is similarly shaped as reinforcing flap 73a and formed by respective tear lines 75b, 77b, and lateral cut 79b with central curved portion 81b.
  • the fold line 24b connecting the retention portion 23b to the handle portion 25b of the back portion 13 of the blank 3 is interrupted by the reinforcing flap 73b.
  • the reinforcing flap 73b does not include a portion of the fold line 24b extending across the tear lines 75b, 77b.
  • the reinforcing flaps 73a, 73b surround the respective central openings 29a, 29b and are respectively foldably connected to the front panel 14a and back panel 14b at respective fold lines 26a, 26b.
  • the reinforcing flaps 73a, 73b could be otherwise shaped, arranged, and/or configured without departing from the disclosure.
  • the blank 3 is folded about fold line 55 to bring the interior surfaces of the handle portions 25a, 25b and the retention portions 23a, 23b of the top panels 21a, 21b into face-to-face contact.
  • the handle portions 25a, 25b are adhesively attached by glue 81.
  • the reinforcing flaps 73a, 73b are overlapped and their interior surfaces brought into face-to-face contact with the distal portion 90 of the reinforcing flap 73a being adhered to a portion of the reinforcing flap 73b by glue 83. As shown in Fig.
  • the overlapped and adhered handle portions 25a, 25b are downwardly folded about overlapped fold lines 24a, 24b so that the handle portion 25a is brought into face-to-face contact with the retention portion 23a and the handle portion 25b overlapping the handle portion 25a.
  • the distal portion 90 of the reinforcing flap 73a is downwardly folded about the fold line 24a that extends across the reinforcing flap 73a to form a z-fold in the reinforcing flap that results in the distal portion 90 overlapping the remaining portion of the reinforcing flap 73a and the edge of the distal portion 90 formed by the cut 81a being adjacent the opening 29a.
  • the distal portion 90a that has already been adhesively secured to the reinforcing flap 73b can be adhered to the remaining portion of the reinforcing flap 73a to secure the two reinforcing flaps 73a, 73b together with the reinforcing flap 73b overlapping the reinforcing flap 73a that has the z-fold with the distal portion 90a folded over the remaining portion of the reinforcing flap 73a.
  • the overlapped and secured reinforcing flaps 73a, 73 form the reinforcing structure 101 of the carton 5.
  • the blank 3 can be placed on a group of containers C, such that the necks N of the containers C extend through a respective opening 27 a, 27b, 29a, 29b, 31a, 31b in the respective retention portion 23a, 23b.
  • the front panel 14a and back panel 14b can be downwardly folded relative to the retention portions 23a, 23b to form the front portion 7 and back portion 9 of the carton 5.
  • the bottom panels 15, 17 can be overlapped and interlocked by respective locking features to form the bottom of the carton.
  • Bottom portions of the containers C can extend in the respective openings 33a, 33b, 35a, 35b, 37a, 37b in the front and back panels 14a, 14b.
  • the retention portions 23a, 23b of the top panels 21a, 21b extend generally perpendicular to the front panel 14a and back panel 14b in the initial configuration of the carton 5.
  • This initial configuration of the carton 5 represents the configuration of the carton 5 that can be shipped to a retail or point of sale location (e.g., liquor store or other type of retail establishment) and corresponds to the handle 8 being positioned in the lowered positioned.
  • the carton 5 of Figs. 4-6 can be grasped and carried by the consumer via the handle 8 formed in the top panels 21a, 21b.
  • Figs. 7-9 when the handle 8 is grasped from the lowered position of Fig.
  • the handle panels 25a, 25b are extended upwardly such that the handle openings 46a, 46b, 48a, 48b are positioned above the containers C.
  • the reinforcing structure 101 including the overlapped reinforcing flaps 73a, 73b separate from respective retention portions 23a, 23b and handle portions 25a, 25b along tear lines 75a, 75b, 77a, 77b so that the overlapped reinforcing flaps 73a, 73b remain generally perpendicular to the front panel 14a, and back panel 14b.
  • the reinforcing structure 101 including the overlapped reinforcing flaps 73a, 73b extends between the two middle containers C to reinforce the carton when the handle is activated.
  • the remaining portions of the retention portions 23a, 23b minus the overlapped reinforcing flaps 73a, 73b
  • a portion of the handle portions 25a, 25b are free from attachment to each other and a top edge margin of the handle portions 25a, 25b are adhesively attached to each other.
  • the handles 8 could be activated prior to shipping to a retail or point of sale location without departing from the disclosure.
  • the handles 8 could be otherwise shaped, arranged, and/or configured without departing from the disclosure.
  • the handle 8 could have reinforcing features other than, or in addition to, the overlapped reinforcing flaps 73a, 73b without departing from the disclosure.
  • the handle portions 25a, 25b are downwardly folded at overlapped fold lines 24a, 24b to the position similar to the view shown in Figs. 2 and 3.
  • the blank 3 is folded to the position shown in Fig.
  • the distal portion 90 of the reinforcing flap 73a is folded downward and positioned in face-to-face contact with the remaining portion of the reinforcing flap 73a to form a z-fold arrangement of the bottom reinforcing flap 73a that is overlapped by the top reinforcing flap 73b.
  • the top reinforcing flap 73b extends between the two adjacent middle containers (the containers in openings 29a, 29b), while the bottom reinforcing flap 73a is folded about the portion of the fold line 24a that extends across the reinforcing flap 73a and positioned in a z-fold arrangement so that the bottom reinforcing flap 73a is folded over itself so that the edge of the flap formed by cut 81a is adjacent the container C in the opening 29a. Both the edges formed by respective curved cuts 81a, 81b overlap a portion of an edge of the opening 29a.
  • the overlapped reinforcing flaps 73 a, 73b comprise the reinforcing structure 101 extending between the two middle containers C that comprises the thickness of three layers of material (the top reinforcing flap 73b being the top layer and the distal portion 90 of the reinforcing flap 73a that is folded over the remaining portion of the reinforcing flap 73a being the bottom two layers) to increase the structural support and strength of the carton 5 when the handle 8 is activated.
  • the reinforcing structure 101 extends between the middle container C in the front portion 7 of the carton 5 and the middle container C in the back portion 9 of the carton 5 and the reinforcing structure 101 extends between the front panel 14a and the back panel 14b of the carton 5.
  • the reinforcing structure 101 could be otherwise positioned to extend between different containers C without departing from the disclosure.
  • the reinforcing structure 101 stabilizes the carton 5 by preventing or limiting flexing of the front portion 7 and back portion 9 of the carton 5 when the handle 8 is used to lift and carry the carton 5.
  • the reinforcing structures 101 provides a bracing structural member that extends between the front panel 14a and back panel 14b to stabilize, reinforce, and increase the rigidity of the carton 5.
  • the reinforcing structure 101 could have other features or be otherwise shaped, arranged, and/or configured without departing from the disclosure.
  • the carton 5 could have other strengthening and reinforcing features without departing from the disclosure.
  • the reinforcing flaps 73a, 73b also may be otherwise shaped, arranged, and/or configured without departing from the disclosure.
  • the exemplary carton embodiment discussed above accommodates six containers arranged in two rows, but the present disclosure is not limited to these numbers.
  • additional containers may be accommodated by increasing the size of the blank 3 (e.g., in the lateral direction L2 in Fig. 1) and forming additional container-receiving spaces therein.
  • the blank 3 could have less than six container-receiving spaces without departing from the disclosure.
  • the blank 3 may be constructed from paperboard having a caliper so that it is heavier and more rigid than ordinary paper.
  • the blank 3 can also be constructed of other materials, such as cardboard, or any other material having properties suitable for enabling the carton to function at least generally as described above.
  • the blank 3 can be coated with, for example, a clay coating.
  • the clay coating may then be printed over with product, advertising, and other information or images.
  • the blank 3 may then be coated with a varnish to protect information printed on the blanks.
  • the blank 3 may also be coated with, for example, a moisture barrier layer, on either or both sides of the blank 3.
  • the blank 3 can also be laminated to or coated with one or more sheet-like materials at selected panels or panel sections.
  • a tear line can include: a slit that extends partially into the material along the desired line of weakness, and/or a series of spaced apart slits that extend partially into and/or completely through the material along the desired line of weakness, or various combinations of these features.
  • one type tear line is in the form of a series of spaced apart slits that extend completely through the material, with adjacent slits being spaced apart slightly so that a nick (e.g., a small somewhat bridging-like piece of the material) is defined between the adjacent slits for typically temporarily connecting the material across the tear line. The nicks are broken during tearing along the tear line.
  • the nicks typically are a relatively small percentage of the tear line, and alternatively the nicks can be omitted from or torn in a tear line such that the tear line is a continuous cut line. That is, it is within the scope of the present disclosure for each of the tear lines to be replaced with a continuous slit, or the like.
  • a cut line can be a continuous slit or could be wider than a slit without departing from the present disclosure.
  • a fold line can be any substantially linear, although not necessarily straight, form of weakening that facilitates folding therealong. More specifically, but not for the purpose of narrowing the scope of the present disclosure, fold lines include: a score line, such as lines formed with a blunt scoring knife, or the like, which creates a crushed or depressed portion in the material along the desired line of weakness; a cut that extends partially into a material along the desired line of weakness, and/or a series of cuts that extend partially into and/or completely through the material along the desired line of weakness; and various combinations of these features. In situations where cutting is used to create a fold line, typically the cutting will not be overly extensive in a manner that might cause a reasonable user to incorrectly consider the fold line to be a tear line.
  • the above embodiments may be described as having one or more panels adhered together by glue during erection of the carton embodiments.
  • glue is intended to encompass all manner of adhesives commonly used to secure carton panels in place.

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L'invention concerne un carton pour contenir une pluralité de récipients. Le carton comprend une pluralité de panneaux pour former au moins partiellement l'intérieur du carton. La pluralité de panneaux comprend au moins un panneau supérieur comprenant une partie poignée et une partie de retenue. La partie poignée est relié de façon pliable à la partie de retenue et forme au moins partiellement une poignée du carton. La partie de rétention a des ouvertures pour recevoir respectivement les cols des récipients quand les récipients sont dans le carton. La partie de rétention a au moins un volet de renfort pour renforcer et stabiliser le carton quand la poignée est activée.
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