US2239564A

US2239564A - Folding bottle carrying carton

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Publication number: US2239564A
Application number: US320070A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jr Joseph L Lyons
Original assignee: LYNE CO
Current assignee: LYNE CO
Priority date: 1940-02-21
Filing date: 1940-02-21
Publication date: 1941-04-22
Anticipated expiration: 1958-04-22

Description

April 22, 1941. v J. l. LYoNs, JR

FOLDING BOTTLE CARRYING CARTON 3 Shuts-Sheet 1 Filed Feb.- 21; 1940 INVENTOR. Josekh L. L on, BY

Y AHw-rwg April 22, 1941. J LYQNQ. JR 2,239,564

FOLDING BOTTLE CARRYING CARTON Filgd Feb. 21, 1940 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Q a INVENTOR. Joseph L. Lyons,Jr.

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April 22, 1941. J. L. LYONS, JR

FOLDING BOTTLE CA RRYING CARTON Filed Feb. 21, 1940 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR. yon/S, Jr. mL AHo l 58.

- Patented Apr. 22, 1941 FOLDING BOTTLE CARRYING CARTON Joseph L. Lyons, In, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Lyne 00., Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois Application February 21,1940, Serial No. 320,070

This invention relates to improvements in folding bottle carrying cartons and it consists in the novel form of construction hereinafter described.

Prior to the present invention there have been numerous attempts to provide an efilcient folding bottle carrying carton which can be folded up so as to lie in a flat state and which is adapted to be opened up and erected into a bottle carrying condition so that it can be used either for carrying bottled goods from place to place or for packaging a plurality of bottles so that they will be protected against breakage during shipment from the manufacturer to the retail dealer.

Most all of these prior bottle carrying cartons are based upon a folding construction formed from a single blank of cardboard material which is adapted to be adjusted into its erected bottle carrying condition only after the bottles to be contained therein have been placed into position with respect to the carton blank and while said carton blank is in an extended, opened out, flat condition.

In these prior-types of folding bottle cartons, in order to hold the same in an erected bottle carrying condition, it has been the practice to provide tabs or tongues or other forms of holding means, which are partially cut out from the cardboard blank at the handle portions thereof and which are adapted to interlock with each other to hold the abutting handle portions of the carton blank together. Examples of this type of prior bottle carrying carton constructions are disclosed in the Letters Patent to Buschmann No. 1,967,284, issued July 24, 1934; Keith No. 2,069,742, issued February 9, 1937; and Everhart No. 1,965,686 and No. 1,995,280, issued July 10, 1934, and March 19,1935, respectively.

Folding bottle carrying cartons of this type, with their interlocking tabs or tongues or other forms of retaining members at the top carrying portion of the carton have become known in the trade as one trip cartons because they are capable of being used practically only once in transporting bottled goods due to the fact that the cardboard tabs or tongues employed-to hold the carton in its erected bottle carrying condition are usually damaged or twisted out of shape either at the time the carton is assembled in its erected condition or during the carrying or shipping of the bottle-filled carton and therefore become useless in carrying out their interlocking or holding functions,

Also the operation of assembling the bottles in carrier cartons'of this type is a time-consuming and. clumsy p cedure because usually the carton is formed with small openings in the upper portions thereof through which the necks of the bottles must be inserted before the carton can be folded up into an erected condition.

In addition to the above disadvantages present in these prior carton constructions, it is usually necessary to make the cartons of such a size that when the carton is in its erected condition the ends of the same will extend considerably beyond the end bottles carried therein so that said end bottles will be protected against jars and will not be likely to fall out when the carton is being carried or shipped. Because of this fact, these bottle-fllled cartons take up considerable space when a number of the same are being shipped together, or are being stored, and there is nothing provided in the construction to prevent the end bottles from becoming displaced and falling out of the ends of the carton.

It is the main object of the present invention to overcome the above-mentioned defects existing in the prior folding bottle carrying carton constructions and at the same time to provide an improved form of construction which contains certain new features therein which will make the carton more durable and efllcient in use and capable of being employed a number of times for bottle carrying or shipping purposes before its, usefulness for such purposes becomes exhausted.

A further object of the invention is to provide a folding bottle carrier carton which is so constructed that it is capable of carrying a plurality of bottles therein in a minimum amount of space.

A further object of the invention is to provide a. pre-formed bottle carrier carton adapted to be collapsed into a flat state and which can be quickly assembled into bottle carrying position and which is so formed that the bottles to be carried thereby may be quickly and easily positioned therein.

A further object is to provide a pre-formed foldable bottle carrying carton which is provided with novel end flaps which are adapted to pre vent the end bottles carried therein from falling out of the ends of the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pre-formed collapsible-bottle carrying carton which is provided with novel means which insures the positioning of the bottle retaining end flaps into operative position when the carton is changed from its folded flat state to its erected bottle carrying condition.

A further object of the invention is to provide a collapsible bot le c y carton which is the- A further object of the invention is to pro-.

vide a collapsible bottle carrying carton which is provided with means partially cut from the card- 7 board blank from which the carton is made, and which are adapted to extend between the rows of the bottles carried in the carton and protect the bottles in each row from jarring against each other.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for reinforcing the end edges of the carton.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bottle carrier cartonwhich is not only simple in construction but which is extremely inexpensive to manufacture and durable and eflicient in Additional advantages of the invention will be a readily apparent from the accompanying dc scription, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the carton with the bottles in place therein Figure 2 is an end view of the carton with the bottles in place;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the carton in its pro-formed folded flat state;

Figure 4 is an edge view of the carton in its folded pre-formed flat state;

Figure 5 is an end elevational view showing .the carton in a partially opened condition;

Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 55 of Figure 4 looking in the direction of the arrows Figure 7 is a view taken on the line 1-1 of Figure 5 looking in the directions of the arrows;

Figures 8 and 9 are detail views showing portions of the end flap construction of the bottle receiving sections of the carton; and

Figure 10 is a plan view of the blank of cardboard or like material cut and scored so as to provide the carton construction of my invention.

In Figure 10 the blank of-material from which the folding bottle carrying carton of my invention is formed is generally indicated. The material used for the carton may be cardboard .or paper board or any other suitable-like material. The blank of material is cut of such width that its side edges will be on a line with the outer edges of the bottles to be carried in the carton and said blank is scored at predetermined points so as to provide fold lines: for the several sections of the carton. The score lines are made so as to provide

sections

2, 2 in the blank. These sections comprise the bottom portion of the carton when it is in its 2, 2 is provided with a fold line 3 at its central portion so that it maybe folded together along said line. The-blank of material is also provided with the

sections

4 and 5 which form the side walls of the carton when it is in its erected condition.

Sections

4 and 5 are hingedly connected to the bottom section 2 along the fold lines 8 and I. The fold lines 3, 8 and I may be produced in any suitable alternate .cuts and webs or interconnecting portions produced in the blank of material. The

side wall sections

4 and 5 have the bottle receiving sections 8 and 9 hingedly connected thereto along the fold lines I and II. Each of the bottle receiving sections 8 and 3 is formed with three bottle receiving openings l2, l3, l4 and I 5, l

manner, such as by.

- tion of said opening the sections l3 and I 3 which are adapted to form the handle portions of the carton when it is in its erected condition. provided with

finger grip openings

23 and 2|, the finger grip opening 2| being provided with a hinged flap 22 formed as a partially cutout porand which is hinged to the handle section along the fold line 23. Each handle portion is formed with the

flaps

24, 25, 26 and 21.. 28 and 29- at the lower portions thereof and said flaps are formed from portions partially out out of the material which is taken away from the bottle receiving sections to form the bottle receiving openings l2 to H. r

The end edges of the

sections

4 and 5 and

sections

2, 2, have the

flap extensions

30, 3|, 32 and 33 and 30', 3|, 32' and 33', which are'foldable along the

score lines

34, 35, 38 and 3'! and 34', 35', 36 and 31'. The bottle receiving sections 8 and 9 are provided with

flap extensions

33, 33 and 38' and 39', which are hingedly connected to the bottle receiving sections along the

fold lines

40, 4i and 40' and 4|. The

flap extensions

38, 39, 38' and 39'are continuations of the

flap extensions

30, 30' and 33 and 33' and are foldable with respect thereto by means of the

bellows folds

42, 43, 42 and 43'.

The

flap extensions

38 and 38 with the

curved edges

52 and 53 are provided and the flap erected condition. Thebot'tom

edges

54 and 55. The flap extensions 30 to 33 and 30' to 33' are adapted to be folded back on the

bottom sections

2, 2 and the

side wall sections

4 and 5 along the score lines 35 to 31 and 35 to 31' and to be permanently secured to those sections in any suitable manner'as more clearly shown in Figure 3. When the bottle receiving carton is erected in bottle carrying condition the

bellows folds

42 and 43 and 42' and 43' permit the

flaps

38 and 39 and 38' and 39' to be extended downwardly and substantially at right angles to the bottle receiving sections 8 and 9, and so as to provide a retaining means at the ends of the carton to prevent the bottles contained in the carton from falling out of the ends thereof.

The central bottle receiving openings l3 and iii of the bottle receiving sections 8 and 3 are provided with the

flaps

44, 45, 48 and 41 which are formed from portions out out of the material in the blank which is eliminated from the bottle receiving sections 8 and 9 to form the central bottle receiving openings I 3 and I6 therein. These flaps 45 to" are adapted to be folded inwardly and downwardly at right angles to the plane of the central bottle receiving openings along the fold lines 48 to 5i and to form spacing or cushioning means to space and cushion the center bottles in each row of bottles in the carton when said carton is in its erected bottle carrying condition.

When the blank of material has been cut and scored in the manner above indicated it is folded along the line 3 and the handle sections I 8 and i9 are brought together so that they abut and lie fiat against each other, as shown in Figure 4, and then they are permanently secured together by brads or other fastening means, as indicated in this folded state the

flaps

38, 39, 38' and 39' will lie flat against the inside face of the bottle receiving sections, as indicated in Figures 3 and 9, and with the flaps 33 and II. The blank also arranged to provide Each handle portion is formed folded 'fiat carton construction which may be stored or shipped in a flat state and which may be quickly opened out and erected to form a carrier carton which is adapted to support therein a plurality of bottles.

When it is desired to change the carton construction from its fiat folded condition, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, to a bottle carrying condition, the side walls I and are gripped by the fingers through the openings i! to I1 and are caused to be separated from each other, as shown in Figure 5, and the hinged

bottom sections

2, 2 are caused to be brought into aligned relation with each other, as indicated in Figure 2, and so that they will be at right angles to the

side walls

4 and 5. This operation will also cause the bottle receiving portions 8 and 8 to extend in a plane approximately at right angles to the

side walls

4 and 5 and in a parallel plane with respect to the

bottornportions

2, 2. The spreading of the folded carton construction will also cause the

fiaps

38, 39, 38 and 39' to extend downwardly at an angle to the plane of the bottle receiving portions 8 and 9, and the lower, extensions 24 to 29 of the handle sections to extend downwardly between the side walls. The curved edges of the

lower extensions

2, 26, 21 and 29 of the handle sections which,

' thickness provided by the bent-over when the carton construction is being opened up and erected into its bottle carrying condition, will tend to abut against the

flaps

38, 39, and assist in forcing said flaps outwardly and in positioning them with respect to the ends of the carton and so that they will extend definitely and when the carton is erected into its bottle carrying position. i

When the bottle carton is in its final erected condition the bottles 60 may then be inserted therein through the openings i2, i3, i4, I5, i6 and I1, provided in the bottle receiving sections 8 and 9. These openings are of such size that they will readily accommodate the body portions of the bottles to be carried. When the central bottles of each row of bottles to be carried in the carton are inserted through the openings i3 and I8 they cause the flaps H, 45, and 41 to be pushed downwardly and to be positioned on either side of said central bottles to provide a cushioning means between said center bottles and the bottles on either side thereof. These flaps also insure a snug fit of the bottles in the carton so that they will not be apt to loosely jar against each other.

The bottles are also caused to be maintained snugly in the carton alongside of each other by reason of the manner in which the bottle receiving openings are positioned and shaped. It will be noted in Figure 3 that the bottle re-' ceiving openings are so positioned and formed that the body portions of the bottles will be held slightly away from the side walls-4 and 5 when the carton is in its bottle carrying condition due to the curved edges of the openings terminating at a point slightly away from the side walls. Also the curved edges of said openings will tend to grip the sides of the bottles in the carton when the bottle-tilled carton is being carried and thus further maintain t e bott es secure y with- 3 in the carton. The end bottles men's row will be prevented from endwise movement with respect to the carton by means of the downwardly extending

flaps

30,49, 38, andll and the end edges of the bottom and side walls will be reinforced and strengthened by the additional 32,13,302 ll, 32 and 33'. v

A bottle carrier carton constructed and arranged as above described possesses a number of advantages which are not present in prior foldable bottle carrier constructions. In the first place, the'length of the carton is the same as the actual space occupied by a. row of bottles carried therein. 'I'hisfeaturc of the construction makes it possible to provide a carton of a compact minimum size which will save spaceon the shelves of a retail dealer and will also save space when bottle-filled cartons are shipped from place to place. Furthermore, it saves material in making up the carton and thus reduces the cost of manufacture. Secondly (though not indicated in the drawings), it is evident, that due to the folding character of the various sections of the carton construction along predetermined fold lines and thus the adaptability of the several sections to be positioned in diflerent planes from those which they normally would assume when the carton is in its erected condition, the handle portions may be caused to be positioned so that the top edges will extend below the tops of the bottles when the carton is not being carried and bottles of average length are in the carton.

This feature will permit a number of bottlefilled cartons to be readily stacked one upon the other andthe tops of the bottles will serve as a support for abottle-filled carton positioned just above it. Furthermore, the end flaps ll, 39, SI and 39' are of a novel construction and not only serve the useful purpose of insuring that the end bottles will not be forced out of the ends of the carton when it is being carried or shipped but they also are arranged and shaped so that they will automatically be projected into their bottle retaining positions when the carton is opened up and formed into its bottle carrying condition and will be caused to be collapsed against the inner faces of the carton blank when the carton is in its fiat folded shape. Also the flaps 44 to 41, associated with the central bottle receiving openings, insure that the bottles in the carton will be protected against jars in an endwise direction of the carton and will also cause all of the bottles in each row to have a snug fit when maintained in the carton. The flaps at the lower extremities of the handle sections also provide a separating and cushioning means between the rows of bottles, and the curved bottle receiving openings not only separate the sides of the bottles from each other and from the side walls but also serve as gripping means to effect a gripping action on the sides of the bottles when the carton is being carried and thus tend to keep the bottles in place and to keep the sides of the bottles from contacting with each other.

Finally, the reinforcing of the end: edges of the carton and the definite permanent securing s gle blank of material and ad pted to carry,

two parallel rows of bottles, and comprising, in its erected or bottle-carrying condition, a bottom wall, side walls, a handle section, and abottlereceiv'ing section at each side of said handle section' and adjacent the lower end oi the latter, eachof said bottle-receiving sections being joined at its outer edge to the upper edge of one of said side walls and being joined at its inner edge to the lower end portion of said handle section, each of said bottle-receiving sections having a row oi spaced bottle-receiving openings formed therein and each of said rows of bottle-receiving openings including a central bottlerreceiving opening and an additional bottle-receiving opening at each side of said central bottle-receiving opening, eachof said side walls having an in-- turned marginal edge portion formed thereon at each end thereof and said marginal edge portions being adhesively secured to said side walls on the inner sides of said side walls, each of said bottle-receiving sections having a bottle-retaining flap formed thereon at each end thereof and there being one of said bottle-retaining flaps at the outer end of each one of said additional bottle-receiving openings, a bellows-fold connection between the said inturned marginal edge portion of each of said side walls and the adja cent one of said bottle-retaining flaps, said bottle-retaining flaps being collapsed against,

and into substantially parallel relationship with, 30

said bottle-receiving sections, and on the inner side of said bottle-receiving sections, when said bottle carrier is in a collapsed or folded condition and said bottle-retaining flaps being automatically moved into eifective and downwardly extending and bottle-retaining position as and when said bottle carrier is erected into bottlecarrying position, said handle section having extensions formed thereon at the lower end thereof when said bottle carrier is erected into bottle-- carrying condition.

2. The bottle carrier defined in claim 1 in which each of said extensions has a curved outer edge portion and in which each of said bottleretaining flaps has a curved end portion at the end thereof opposite the end portion of said bottle-retaining flap to which said bellows-fold is connected, and in which the said curved outer edge portion of each of said extensions is adapted to bear against the inner surface of the adjacent one of said bottle-retaining flaps and to urge the latter into downwardly extending and effective or bottle-retaining position, as and when said bottle carrier is erected, and in which the said'curved outer edge portion of each 7 of said extensions rides oil from the said curved end portion of the adjacent one of said bottle-retaining flaps as and when said extensions are moved into downwardly extending and eil'ective or bottle-spacing and cushioning position. I

JOSEPH L. LYONS, Jn.

Disclaimer 2,239,564.-Je:=cph L. Lyons, Jen, Chicago, Ill. FOLDING Be'r'rLE CARRYING CARTON. Patent dated Apr. 22, 1941. Disclaimer filed Oct. 12, 1951, by the assignee, E mpz're Bow Corporation.

Hereby enters this disclaimer to

claims

1 and 2 of said patent.

[Ojfiez'al Gazette N o-vem-bev" 1-9, 19-51.]