US2785846A

US2785846A - Can carrying carton

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Publication number: US2785846A
Application number: US482776A
Authority: US
Inventors: Weiner Morris
Original assignee: PIZOR CONTAINER CORP
Current assignee: PIZOR CONTAINER Corp
Priority date: 1955-01-19
Filing date: 1955-01-19
Publication date: 1957-03-19
Anticipated expiration: 1974-03-19

Description

March 19, 1957 M. WElNER CAN CARRYING CARTON 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. MORRIS WEINER Filed Jan. 19, 1955 QTTORNEYS.

March 19, 1957 M. WEINER cm CARRYING CARTON 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 19, 1955 INVENTOR.

MORRIS WEINER BY A TTORNEYS.

United States Patentf C 2,785,846 CAN CARRYING CARTON Morris Weiner, Philadelphia, Pa., assignor to Pizor Container Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application January 19, 1955, Serial No. 482,776

3 Claims. (Cl. 229-52) This invention relates to a can carrying receptacle in the form preferably of a carton.

The primary object of this invention is to provide can carrying cartons which can be stacked without tilting, each of the cartons being provided with a means whereby the handles thereof can be readily and easily moved by the customer from a position substantially flat against the top of the carton to a vertical or carrying position without in any way interfering with the rigidity of the carton.

A further object of the invention is to provide a can carrying carton which is simple and attractive and which can be inexpensively manufactured from a blank that can be readily folded and secured to produce the final carton.

These and other objects of the invention will become more apparent as the following description proceeds in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of the receptacle shown in its carrying position;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the receptacle shown in its stacking position;

Figure 3 is an elevational view of the receptacles shown as stacked;

Figure 4 is a plan view of a blank from which the receptacle is fabricated;

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 6;

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 5; and

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 7-7 of Figure 5.

Specific reference will now be made to the drawings wherein similar reference characters are used for corresponding elements throughout.

Referring first to Figure 4, the present receptacle comprises a blank 10 preferably fabricated of internally corrugated carton cardboard and similar materials.

The blank includes a substantially rectangular central portion 12 which is provided with longitudinally spaced, transversely extending fold or weakened

lines

14, 16, 18 and 20. The outer longitudinal margins of the central portion 12 constitute fold or weakened lines extending along the entire length of said portion 12, the

fold lines

14, 16, 18 and 20 extending transversely between said longitudinal margins.

The areas between the

fold lines

14, 16, and 18, 20 constitute

side panels

22 and 24 of the receptacle. Each of said side panels is preferably provided with cut-out portions or windows 26 through which the cans 28 may be seen.

The areas of the central portion 12 between the

fold lines

16, 18 and 20 and the opposite end 30 of the portion 12 constitute the

end panels

32 and 34. Connected to the central portion 12 at the fold line 14 is a flap 36 which is adapted to be adhered to the outer surface of the panel 34 when the blank is erected into its three-dimensional rectangular position.

The blank 10 further includes

panels

38 and 40 which are connected to the

longitudinal fold lines

42 and 44 respectively at the lower margins of the side panels 22 and 2 4. The

panels

46 and 48 are connected to the

longitudinal fold lines

50 and 52 respectively at the lower margins of the

end panels

32 and 34. The

panels

38, 40, 46 and 48 constitute when overlapped and adhered togetherin the conventional manner the bottom wallof the carton.

The blank further includes

panels

54 and 56 which are connected to the

longitudinal fold lines

58 and 60 at the upper margins of the

side panels

22 and 24. These

panels

54 and 56 constitute side portions of the top of the receptacle and perpendicularly pivoted to the free edges of said panels by means of spaced longitudinal fold or weakened

lines

62, 64' and 66, 68 are generally U-shaped

handles

70 and 72 respectively.

The blank further includes

shorter panels

74 and 76 which are connected to the

longitudinal fold lines

78 and 80 respectively at the upper margins of the

end panels

32 and 34. These

panels

74 and 76 constitute the end portions of the top of the receptacle and are adapted to be secured by adhesive to the upper surface of the

panels

54 and 56 and extend transversely thereof, as shown clearly in Figures 1 and 2.

Perpendicularly pivoted to the free longitudinal edges of the

panels

74 and 76 by means of the fold or weakened

longitudinal lines

82 and 84 are

flaps

86 and 88 which, in the final form of the receptacle, remain unsecured to the

panels

54 and 56 and which serve 'as a meansto releasably retain the

handles

70 and 72 in a flat position against the top of the carton so that the cartons may be stacked without tilting, as shown clearly in Figures 2 and 3. The

flaps

86 and 88 are further provided centrally thereof with open-

ended slots

90 and 92 which extend to the

fold lines

82 and 84 and are generally perpendicular thereto.

The

flaps

86 and 88 are of a width sulficient to bear against a portion of the legs of the

U-shaped handles

70 and 72, as shown clearly in Figure 2, so that the handles can be readily moved from the flat or stacking position of Figure 2 to the vertical or carrying position of Figure 1 in which operation the handles fold the flaps upwardly until the end portions of the legs thereof slip into the

slots

90 and 92.

The rounded corners 94 of the handles assist in this operation.

In use, after the carton has been erected from the blank with the top thereof entirely open, cans are inserted in the carton, the number of cans used being equivalent to the number of windows 26 provided in the

side panels

22 and 24 of the carton. Thereafter, the

top panels

54 and 56 are folded inwardly, the

handle portions

70 and 72 arefolded rearwardly and downwardly to lie flat against the

panels

54 and 56, glue is applied to the inner surface of the

panels

74 and 76 and these panels are then'folded inwardly and downwardly and secured by the adhesive to the

panels

54 and 56 to produce the carton with the cans therein, as shown in Figure 2.

In this position, the cartons and cans therein can be readily and easily stacked, as shown in Figure 3, without fear of any tilting since the top wall of the carton is substantially flat and the handles are retained in a flat position against said topwall. When the customer secures one of the cartons and desires to carry it away, all that need be done is to exert finger pressure on the

handles

70 and 72 towards the longitudinal center of the top of the carton. This raises the

flaps

86 and 88 sufliciently sothat the handles clear the flaps, enter the

slots

90 and 92 and are retained in a vertical or carrying position, as shown in Figure 1.

To remove the contents of the carton the customer i said flap.

for access to the cans therein. While a preferred embodiment of-the invention is "shown and described hereabove, it -twill be understood that skilled artisans may make minor variations without departing-from the spirit-of'the inventionand the scope of the appende'dclaims;

I claim: 1. A blank for a can carrying receptacle comprising a central substantially rectangular panel having spaced transverse fold lines dividing the same'into'alternate side 1 v54 and 56. The top of the carton can then be opened 7 panels, and means connected to said transverse panels to releasably retain said handles flat against said longiand end panels, a:first*longitudinal-fold line a long'the =length'of said central panel at one side thereof panels connected to said first longitudinal 'fold line constituting the'bottom of the receptacle, a-second longitudinal" fold line along the length of said central panel on'the other :side thereofi pa'nels connected to those portions of said second longitudinal fold line at said side panels constituting side portions of the top of the receptacle, a pair of I spaced longitudinal fold lines at the free longitudinal edgeof each of said side portions of the top, a generally -U-shaped handle panel connected to each of said pair of spaced-longitudinal fold lines, further panels connected to those portions of said second longitudinal fold "line at said end panels and constituting end portions of the top of the receptacle, further longitudinal fold lines along the longitudinal ends of saidfurther panels and fiaps connected to said further longitudinal fold' lines of said further panels, each of said fiaps including a central transverse slot extending from said further longitudinal fold line and opening through the free edge of 2. A can carrying receptacle comprising a substantially rectangular carton including a bottom wallysidewa'lls, 7

end walls and a top, said top comprising longitudinal panels pivoted to the upper ends of said sidewalls and transverse panels pivoted to the upper ends of said end,

free edges and-adaptedto ,be'moved from an upstanding positionto arposition flat againstsaid longitudinal tudinal-panels, said means includingflaps perpendicularly pivoted to the 'free .edgesof, said transverse panels, each flap including a central slot extending longitudinally from the free edge of said transverse panel and opening through the free edge of said flap, each ;of psaid,flaps being oftsuch Width as to no-rmallybear flat, againsta portion only of said handles when the latter are 'flat against said longitudinal panels so that the handles .when moved to the upstanding position will raise "the flaps until end portions of the handles slip into said'flap slots.

3. 'The receptacle of claim 2 wherein said handles are generally U-shaped and rounded at their corners, 'said flaps normally bearing against the rounded corners of said handles, the rounded corners facilitating the raising of said flaps when said handles are raised to the upstanding position. 7

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