US2653749A

US2653749A - Bottle carrying carton

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Publication number: US2653749A
Application number: US72905A
Authority: US
Inventors: Milchin Jack
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1948-10-26
Filing date: 1949-01-26
Publication date: 1953-09-29
Anticipated expiration: 1970-09-29

Description

Sept. 29, 1953 J. MlLCHlN 2,653,749

BOTTLE CARRYING CARTON Filed Jan. 26, 1949 2 Sheets-Sheet l 4 I INVENTOR JACK MILCHIN 1W, M

AT TO RN EYS Sept. 29, 1953 J. MILCHIN 2,653,749

BOTTLE CARRYING CARTON Filed Jan. 26, 1949 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 mvsu'roR FIG-4 gjiiiii'ilm ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 29, 1953 BOTTLE CARRYING CARTON Jack Milchin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Application January 26, 1949, Serial No. 72,905 In Canada October 26, 1948 1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to improvements in bottle carrying cartons of the type comprising bottle receiving compartments arranged on either side of a central double-walled partition forming in part the carrying handle of the carton.

A particular object of this invention is to provide an improved carton, formed from a single blank, in which the end walls of the bottle receiving compartments are designed to protect the bottles contained therein,

One feature of the invention resides in the provision of end wall panels, arranged in pairs at each end of the carton, which extend upwardly from the bottom wall of the carton to completely enclose the lower portion of the bottles contained in the carton.

Another feature consists in providing end wall panels of unequal length with a long and a short panel forming each end wall of the carton. Each pair of end wall panels is alternately arranged with respect to the opposing pair of panels so that, when a number of cartons are placed and to end, the longer panel at each end of one carton will always be butted against the shorter panel of the adjacent carton. In this manner, the bottles of one carton are protected against direct contact with the bottles of an adjacent carton by the use of two extended length end wall panels instead of four. In addition, to the protection afiorded, a considerable saving of material is realized.

My improved carton also provides for full length inturned marginal extension fiaps of the end wall panels which lie between and are secured to the abutting panels forming the central double-walled portion of the carton.

Other objects and characteristic features of this invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of a blank from which the carton embodying my invention is formed.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the assembled carton.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the carton.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along the section lines 44 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an end elevational view of the carton.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modified form of the carton.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the carton is formed from a blank shown in Fig. 1. A pair of bottom wall forming panels 6 are defined by outer crease lines 8 and intermediate crease line H). Side wall panels II are secured to the bottom wall panels 6 at crease lines 8 to extend upwardly from said bottom wall panels. Each panel II is defined along its side edges by crease lines I3 and I4 and by an uneven upper edge hereinafter more fully described. A pair of end wall panels I5 and N5 of substantially diiferent vertical lengths, are secured to the side edges of each panel I I along the crease lines l3 and I4 respectively, the length of panel I6 being greater than panel l5. Panels l5 and 5 are defined along their outer side edges by crease lines I1 and I8, which crease lines separate marginal end extension flaps |9 and 20 from panels l5 and I6 respectively.

The blank is slit along horizontaI line 2| and 22 at different levels from the base 8 of side wall panel said slits serving in part to define the uneven upper edge of panel ll. The lower slit 2| extends inwardly from the crease line H defining the outer side edge of end panel i5 to a point substantially midway between the side edges defined by crease lines i3 and M of panel Slit 2| separates crease line Hi from crease line|3a which is, in effect, a continuation of crease line I3. A crease line 24 extends upwardly from the inner end of slit 2| to the upper edge of the blank. Slit 22 extends inwardly from the crease line H to meet the upper end of crease line extension l3a. Slit 22 separates the crease line 24 into upper and lower portions designated 24 and 24a respectively.

The upper edge of uneven side panel II is defined by the horizontal slit 2| from crease line I3 to crease line 24a, the upwardly directed vertical crease line 24a, and the horizontal slit 22 from the upper end of crease line 24a to the crease line H. The vertical crease line 24 and the upper section Ila of vertical crease line H define the side edges of an upper panel 25 which forms one of the walls of a double-walled partition in the carton. The lower edge of panel 25 is defined by the horizontal slit 2| from crease line i'la to crease line I312, the upwardly directed vertical crease line l3a, and the horizontal slit 22 from crease line |3a to crease line 24. Panels 25 are provided with conventional handle extensions 2511 which are scored in the usual manner to provide finger grip openings 251). An intervening panel 26 separated at its lower and upper edges from panels H and 25 by slits 2| and 22 has its terminal ends secured to panels H and 25 respectively along the crease lines 24a and l3a.

An end wall thickening panel 21 lies between the end wall panel l6 and panel 25, its bottom wall being defined by the slit 22 between the crease lines I4 and 24. The outer ends of the blank are provided with a V-shaped notch, the inclined edges I6a and 21a of which define the upper edges of panels I6 and 21 respectively. It will be noted that the blank is stamped in such a manner that the portions of the blank beyond either side 8 of thebottom wall forming panels 6 have identical inversely arranged patterns.

To assemble the bottle carrying carton, the blank is first folded along the two crease lines 8 at opposite sides of the bottom wall panels 6 to direct the side wall forming panels I.I upwardly therefrom. The end wall panels I5 and I6 are then bent rearwardly from each side wall panel II along the side edges defined by. crease lines I3 and I4. At the same time each end wall thickening panel 21 is directed rearwardly. from the crease line I4 and each panel 26 is likewise directed rearwardly from crease line 24a so as to ofiset each panel 25 rearwardly of panel II and in back-to-back relation to each other with the handle extensions 25a and finger grip openings 25b disposed to form a common carrier handle. The marginal extension flaps I9 and 2 are then bent inwardly along their respective crease lines I! and I8 to lie between the opposing panels 25. In this manner the integrally connected end panels 21 and I6 are placed in back-to-back rela tion to form a double thickness end wall section in that portion ofthe end wall I6 which extends beyond the upper edge of adjacent side wall panel II. Each panel 26 is vertically disposed between side wall panel II and offset panel 25 with its upper end edge extending along a horizontal plane.

The purpose of providing the aforementioned inverse arrangement of the patterns beyond the bottom wall forming panels 6 is so that, when the blank is folded, as above described, each end wall panel I and I6 on one side of the carton is respectively placed in side-by-side relation with the alternate end wall panel I6 and' I5 on the other side of the carton. It therefore follows that extension fiaps I9 and 20 on one side of the carton are respectively placed in face-to-face relation with the extension flaps 20 and I9 on the other side of the carton between the opposing panels 25. Upper and-

lower staples

29 and 30, or other suitable fastening elements, secure the carton in its assembled form. Staples 29 serve to secure the handle section and staples 30 serve to secure the carton proper through the panels 25 and the extension flaps I9 and 20 interposed therebetween.

The carton, in its assembled relation, presents a pair of oppositely disposed bottle carrying compartments on either side of the carrying handle. Each compartment consists of a bottom wall 6,

outer side wall II and end walls I5 and I6 with the panels 25 and extension flaps I9 andZO forming a common inner side wall partition. Panels 25 extend across the full width of the upper section of the carton while extension flaps I9 an d '20' extend inwardly a substantial distance from each end of the carton between the bottom wall and the handle. The extension flaps I9 and 20 reinforce the carton from top to bottom adjacent the ends of the carton and also serve as parti tion panels between the compartments from the bottom of the carton to the bottom of the'panels spacer between the side wall II and the ofiset wall panel 25. Although I have only shown one partition 26 for each compartment, it will be appreciated that a plurality of such partitions may be provided depending on the width of the compartment and the number of bottles required to fill each compartment. It will be noted that the end walls I5 and I6 of each compartment extend downwardly to meet the bottom wall panel 6 when the carton has been assembled. Thus, the bottles are protected from falling or sliding out through the bottom end of the carton. While the endwall I5 is relatively short in height, the end wall I6 extends upwardly a substantial distance above the upper edge of the compartment. Thisupper extension is thickened by panel 21. The alternate arrangement of the end panels I5 and I6 is such that, when a plurality of cartons are placed end to end, the bottles of one carton are always protected from direct contact with the bottles of adjacent cartons by the double walled extension of end wall I6. This alternate arrangement makes it only necessary to provide two of such end wall panels instead of four.

In the modified form of carton shown in Fig. 6 a substantial portion of the upper edge 2I of each end wall I5 slopes upwardly and rearwardly, as indicated at 35, toward the crease line H to provide a triangular extension 36 at the upper end of end wall I5. A complementary slope to the lower edge of panel 25 is provided, as indicated.

at 31. The extra triangular extension 36 gives greater supporting strength to the end wall against endwise jostling of the bottles in the carton. This is particularly desirable in cases where the end wall is comparatively low in relation to the height of the bottle. In addition, the angular meeting of the upper edge portion 35 with crease line H tends to increase the resistance against tearing of the carton at this meeting point. This likewise is desirable where the height of the bottle is substantially greater than that of the end wall.

The empty carton in its assembled condition is collapsible for shipping purposes and for space saving. This is done by folding the carton along the crease lines III of the bottom wall, I! and I8 at one end, and I3 and Mat the other end. In this manner the bottom wall panels 6 will be extended outwardly from their side edges 8 and theend of the carton which is folded along crease lines I3 and I4, will have the outer surfaces of the adjacent end wall panels I5 and I6 disposed in face-to-face contact.

Having thus described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it will be understood that further modifications may be resorted to within the scope and spirit ofthis invention as'defined in the appended claim.

I claim:

A carton formed from asingle blankto provide a pair of bottom wallpanels havingtheir inner longitudinal edges integrally. joined together along a fold line coextensive with said edges and portions extending beyond the outer longitudinal edges of said bottom wall panels of identical inversely arranged patterns, each-of said portions comprising a side wall panel having. its lower-edge integrally joined to said outer edge ofthe bottom wall panel along a fold line .paralleling the first mentioned foldline and concompartment whose bottom wall islformed by the adjacent bottom wall panel. a pair of end wall panels closing the opposing ends of said compartment, said end wall panels having their outer vertical edges integrally joined to and extending rearwardly from the adjacent vertical side edges of said side wall panel along vertical fold lines, a partition-forming panel secured in abutting back-to-back relation with the corresponding panel of the opposing compartment and in inwardly offset spaced relation to its compartment outer side wall panel, a connecting member extending between the upper central portion of the outer side wall panel and the central wall portion of the adjacent partitionforming panel, the ends of said connecting member being integrally joined to said outer side wall and partition-forming panels along vertical fold lines with the upper and lower edges of said connecting member being horizontally disposed between the said panels, one end wall panel of each compartment being of a length to extend vertically from the lower edge of the connected outer side wall panel to a point a substantial distance above said outer side wall panel, an end wall reinforcing panel extending between the adjacent side edge of said partitionforming panel and the outer edge of that portion of said first end wall panel extending above the outer side wall, said reinforcing panel being joined to said partition-forming panel and to said end wall panel extension along vertical fold lines and being disposed in back-to-back relation with said end wall panel extension, a fulllength extension flap integrally joined to the inner edge of said first mentioned end wall along a vertical fold line, said flap being folded to lie between adjacent side portions of said back-toback partition-forming panels of each compartment, the remaining end wall panel of each compartment being of a full length equal to at least the length of the adjacent vertical edge portion of the outer side wall panel to which it is integrally connected, said remaining end wall having its inner side edge disposed adjacent the inner side edge of the first mentioned end wall of the opposing compartment and a second full length extension flap integrally joined in its upper section to the adjacent edge of the corresponding partition-forming panel and in its lower section to the inner edge of said remaining end wall panel along a vertical fold line, said second mentioned flap being folded along its entire length to lie along its entire length in face-to-face relation with said first mentioned extension flap of the opposing compartment and with its upper portion between adjacent side portions of said back-to-back partition-forming panels, and means for securing said partitionforming panels in back-to-back relation and said face-to-face flaps between said partitiontorming panels when the carton is assembled so that the said inner vertical edges of adjacent end wall panels of compartment are disposed in abutting engagement.

JACK MILCHIN.

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