US2543821A

US2543821A - Article carrier

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Publication number: US2543821A
Application number: US171523A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edwin L Arneson
Original assignee: Morris Paper Mills
Current assignee: Morris Paper Mills
Priority date: 1950-06-30
Filing date: 1950-06-30
Publication date: 1951-03-06
Anticipated expiration: 1968-03-06

Description

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The present invention pertains to improvee ments in a portable paperboard carrier for bottles, cans or like articles of .uniform size-and cy n r c mp tion or damage due to sideby side contact with shape. The carrieris primarily'improvedinthe,

manner in which certain portions of theside and end walls thereof are cut and manipulatedto' provide a relatively strong and substantial.mul-

tiple-ply partition and suspending panel extending medially of the carrier terior. I 7

It is an object of the invention to provide a carrier having a central partition and suspending panel extending at a right angle between-and integrally connected to a pair of opposed walls. which panel is of two-ply constructiom having the respective plies thereof cut in a novel man-v ner from the material of said last named pair of walls and of a further. pair of walls normal thereto. Anotherobject of the invention is to provide a very simple, economical and practical paper:

board bottle carrier of the foregoing description, inhwhich an improved and-simplified two-ply medial partition and suspending panel subdivides the interior of the carrier between the sideand end wallsthereof into two rectangular article receiving spaces of equal size, each adapted to .receive one or more articles, the carrier being devoid of further cross partitions furthersubdividing these spaces. A still further object is to provide a flexible paperboard blank for a bottle carrier of -the abovetype- Considerable development has taken place in the design andimprovement of inexpensive paperboard bottle and related article carriers of the type characterized by pairs of side and end walls, a medial partition and suspendingpanel, usually connected tothe end walls and paralleling the side walls, and a pluralitypf cross partition elements, straps or walls extending between the respective side walls and'the. aforesaid panel to subdivide the space on either side of the. latter into a plurality of bottle receiving compartments or cells, usually three in number, and toseparate and protect bottles in those cells. n n

However, it is in some instancesdesirable to supply an article carrier which is non-cellular in character to the extent that it lacks the cross partition elements referred to above. It is evident that such cross elements are unnecessary in the packagingof just two large size bottles,

in which case the bottle separating function is.

performed solely by the medial "partition, or, alternatively. in the packaging of a number of to subdivide its in-.

no ubi t todisflsura one another. Therefore, thepre'sentinvention provides a non-cellular type carrier of this description, featuring particularly a partition and suspendinghandle which iscut in a novel and improved fashion partly from the'mat e'rlal of the:

side walls and partly from th ,material, of v the end walls.

. Two embodimentsof the stereos a lej pr sented herein for purpose'of'illu'stration audit will ,be app e i ted that the invention is sump-t tible of in orporation in other modified forms coming equally Inthe drawings. a I f Fig. lis a plan view illustrating the flexible blank iromywhich' the cari'ier isgfabricated. in one embodiment thereof, showing themanner m which the blank is slitted. creased and prelimi narily glued;

within the sco e or the appended.

Fig. 2 is a plan viewshowingtlie par;

tially folded condition, showing. in dotted" lines a succeeding folding operation; n v

lj'lg. 3 is a plan view illustrating'the completely assembled carrier in the flat, knocked-down con-v ditionthereoi'; I y

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the car-- rier in erected condition, readyfor the reception of its contents:

Fig. 5.18s. view in vertical H of Fig. 4;,

sw m

packaged'therein; a

Iiig. 7. is a plan view, similarto Fig-d; or a blank employed in the construction of a slightly modified carrier; v t V Fig. 8 is a view of the completed' knoclrdown carrier constructedfroni the blank?! E 8; 7; and Fig. 9 is aperspective view of the' carrier con-. structed as shown in Flg.. 8; ingerected condition. Referring to h dr win if h r fim 7 metal It generally designates the bl'ank. from which one em fent of the-ca erofrthepresq ent invention is fabricated. blanlr is sub, ivid b paml l m ss lines.. "-11 am" into a pair. of end wall panels, ll, lli, an intermediate sidewall panel l1fwhich}ishingedly com wall panelli bythe crease ll.

Fig. .6 is an end elevation of thefer'ected rier, showing in dotted line afpair of bottles 'to carrying articles in any multiple of two, in

which case the end and side walls will be equal in length or the latter longer than the former.

An automatically erectable bottom structure 20 of a well known type is hingedly connected to the aforesaid panels l5. l6, l1, l8 by'means of a longitudinally extending crease 2|. This bottom structure includes a pair of identical

end wall flaps

22, 23 and a pair of identical

side wall flaps

24, 25.

Flaps

22, 23 are provided with 45'' creases 26 to define generally triangular glue flaps 21 therein. This bottom construction is of the general type shown and described in the patent to Hines No. 2,243,421 of May 27, 1941. Its

- details form no part of the present invention,

hence further detailed description thereof is dispensed with.

The material of blank is cut inwardly from the exterior margin thereof, and across the respective end wall marginal creases ll, l3, along the upwardly angled, horizontally'extending slits 29, 30, respectively. These slits extend upwardly and inwardly into the integral upper extensions 3|, 32 of the respective end wall panels l5, I6. Partition and suspending

panels

33, 31 are thus freed from the end wall panels I5, 16 by

slits

29, 30, which

panels

33, 31 are adapted to hinge freely relative to the upper end panel extensions 31. 32 (as well as relative to side wall panels 19 and I1) about

vertical creases

34, 38, respectiveiv. The termini of

slits

29, 30 merge with the lower ends of the

respective creases

34, 38. Panel 33 has a terminal glue lap 35 hinged thereto by a crease 36 which lies in alignment with the lower wall defining crease H. In like-manner, a furtherglue lap or panel portion 31. freed from side wall panel I! by the angled crease 30, is hingedly connected to the partition panel 32 by the crease line 40 lying in alignment with the wall defining crease l3.

Partition panels

33, 31 are appropriately apertured at to define finger holes and depending, swinging tabs 43 therein adapted to be bent to one side and upwardly of the partition P of the carrier when grasped. These tabs are preferably left weakly connected to the

respective panel portions

33, 31, as by a line of perforations 46. They are adapted to be broken away by the fingers of the user in grasping the partition.

It will be noted that each of the

partition panels

33, 31 have a vertically elongated slot 45 located in alignment with the

crease line

36, 40, respectively, and extending downwardly approximately to the level of the lower extremity of the

respective creases

34, 38. The purpose is'to facilitate the bending of the

flaps

35, 39 at a right angle to the

panels

33, 31, respectively, by eliminating a slight tendency to bind when the completed carrier is erected to its open article-receiving condition.

In manipulating the blank ll! of Fig. l to assemble the completed carrier, the bottom forming

flap members

22, 24, 23, 25 are first folded upwardly and inwardly onto the respective end and side wall panels and the glue laps 23 are reversely folded onto the members 22, 23in the fashion illustrated in Fig. 2. Adhesive is then applied to the exposed surface of those flaps, as indicated by stippling in Fig. 2, and to one of the partition panels 33. Adhesive may also be applied to the side flap 35 as well as to an area of the end wall panel extension 3| which adjoins crease 34. as indicated by stippling in Figs. 1 and 2.

If desired, the application of adhesive to the flap 36 and panel extension may be omitted, leaving

flaps

35 and 38 unattached to the respective end wall panel extensions 32, 3| respectively, when the carrier is completed. However, it is preferred that the adhesive connection be employed for the extra rigidity which is thereby imparted to the end walls.

The outer side wall panel I8 and its bottom forming flap 25 are now folded inwardly and downwardly about the crease H, as shown in dotted line in Fig. 2, causing the flap to be adhered to the glue lap 21. With the parts in this condition, the end wall panel 15 and associated parts are folded inwardly and downwardly about the crease l2, causing the other glue lap 21 to be adhered to the bottom-forming flap 24. The side wall glue flap I9 is adhered to the coacting side wall panel and the partition and suspending

panels

33 and 31 are adhered to one another. Flap 39 will also be adhered to the end wall extension 3i and flap 35 to the other extension 32 in the event adhesive has been applied as mentioned above.

These manipulations leave the carrier in the completed condition illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing, presenting opposed end walls IS, IS, both of which are twice the width of the side wall constituted by the panel l8 and flap or panel l9,

also that constituted by the opposite end wall panel l1. The partition and suspending panel or handle P is of double-ply thickness, being constituted by sections cut by unidirectional slits from the material of the blank which normally falls in the end and sidewall areas thereof.

The carrier is erected to the position of Figs. 4. 5 and 6 by simply compressing the opposite end margins represented by creases l2 and M. This spreads the opposed end and side walls and causes the bottom-forming members to assume closed and locked relation, in a. well known manner. The partition and handle member P swings to position between and normal to the end walls, paralleling the side walls.

The amount of material employed in manufacturing the above carrier is kept at an absolute minimum, representing the width occupied by two end walls, two side walls and a necessary overlapping glue flap. The cutting of the blank along the

angled slits

29, 30 insures the presence of a pair of depending tab portions 46 and 41 (see Figs. 4 and 5) which extend substantially downwardly into the interior of "the carrier to separate the two bottles therein from one another. This prevents destruction or disfiguring of the bottles by rubbing or impact.

The embodiment of the article carrier illustrated in Figs. '1, 8 and 9 of the drawings is, in general respects, almost identical to that illustrated and described above. Hence, corresponding parts thereof are designated by corresponding reference numerals or characters, primed,

and further detailed description of these partswill be dispensed with. The carrier of the sec- 15 ond. embodiment differs from that of Figs. 1

through 6 primarily in that the partition ireeing slits 48, 49 in the blank, here generally designated 50, are horizontal throughout and parallel the bottom crease 2!", rather than being angled in spective flaps and portions may be adhered to tion oi. the blank being provided with a' single 7 laterally extending cut having an inner terminus located at the midpoint of one of the respective end wall panel members, said cuts extendingfrom said termini. in the same direction to an exteriormargin of said blank and at least to a hinged edge of said respective end wall panel members, said blank beingprovided with a pair of creases parallel to said lines of articulation and hinging,

each extending to a free edge of the blank from the inner terminus of one of the respective cuts to provide a partition member on each section partially freed therefrom by the cut and which one another, if desired, without imposing ex- 7 cessive resistance to flexure at creases 34', 38' and 36', 40'. Hence, a stippled application of adhesive is shown in Figure 7 at the areas which are involved. Alternatively, the expedient of sorted to, as in the first embodiment.

Assembly and erection of the structure the same way as described above, and generally considered, the carrier exhibits all of the char-I acteristic features of improvement of the first embodiment. n

Iclaim: v A blank for a. flexible paperboard carrier comprising a pair of similar sections integrally articulated to one another in end-to-end relation,

said sections each including end and side wall panel members integrally hinged in end-to-end relation to one another, the material 01' each sec-' elongating one of the apertures 42' may be re-" mus 7 trated in Figs. 7, 8 and 9 is performed in exactly is-freely swingable about said inner crease terminus relative to one of the end wall panel members. said sections being adapted to be connected to one another at opposite ends of the blank and said partition members being adapted to be secured inface contact with one another to define a .multi-ply partition having said respective creases disposed at opposite margins of the respective partition members.

'. EDWIN L. ARNESON.

REFERENCES crrEn The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

'UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,273,266 Himes Feb. 17, 1942' 2,354,369 Gilbert July 25, 1944 2,371,471, Rothsteln Mar. 13, 1945 2,418,350 Holy ...L Apr. 1, 1947 Lupton Jan. 4, 1949