US3016182A

US3016182A - Bottle carrier

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Publication number: US3016182A
Application number: US814888A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jr Francis A Chidsey
Original assignee: Container Corp
Current assignee: Container Corp; Smurfit Kappa Packaging Corp
Priority date: 1959-05-21
Filing date: 1959-05-21
Publication date: 1962-01-09
Anticipated expiration: 1979-01-09

Description

BOTTLE CARRIER Filed May 21', 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 9, 1962 F. A. CHIDSEY, JR 3,016,182

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! 1'10. 35 NF Z9 1 y 25; -r" I United States Patent 3,016,182 BOTTLE CARRIER Francis A. Chidsey, Jr., Wayne, Pa., assignor to Container Corporation of America, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Delaware Filed May 21, 1959, Ser. No. 814,888

1 Claim. (Cl. 229-40) The present invention relates'to folding cartons and more particularly to cartons of open end, wrap-around style designed to carry two rows of bottles. Animportant object of the invention is to provide an improved open end, wrap-around style carrier for bottles, having supplemental retaining means at one or both open ends which will tend to prevent accidental disengagement of the bottles from the carrier;

A further object is to provide a form of partition for a carrier designed for two rows of bottles, such partition being of economical and convenient form, capable of being quickly set up from flat form and assembled with rows of

openings

15, 15 through which the-necks of the

bottles

16, 16 may extend. SeeFIG. l. The top Q includes two sloping

portions

10a, 10a defined from the two rows of bottles which are to be wrapped within an open end carrier.

Additional objects andadvantages of the present invention will become apparent as the description proceeds. "Inthe drawings-- FIG. 1 is aside elevational view of an open end carrier of the type having top openings to receive the necks of the bottles and openings in the lower portions of 'the side walls to receive a part of the curved surfaces at the lower ends of the bottles;

FIG. 2 is an end elevational view showing the bottles in place and being separated by the partition of the present invention and also showing the central end retaining member at one end of the carrier; 1

FIG. 3 is a horizontal cross-sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view on an enlarged scale taken along line 4..4 of FIG. 2 looking down on one of the upfolded retaining means;

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the bottom portion of the carrier;

, FIG. 6 is a'perspective view of the partition member in its setup condition;

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the, carrier blank as it appears when laid out flat; and t FIG. 8 is a plan view of the partition blank.

The carton of the present invention as herein disclosed is made from an elongated, rectangular, paperboard blank providing a top panel which may have openings to admit the necks of bottles, thetop panel may have sloping corner portions to conform to the shoulders of the bottles. The sloping corner portions connect with side walls connecting in turn with bottom sections. :As herein illustrated the bottom sections are secured in overlapping relation centrally of the composite bottom panel.

At each of the open ends of the carton an upstanding retaining member is provided to insure retention of the bottles. These retaining members comprise triangular flaps formed by folding upward the 'adjacentcorners of the bottom sections and securing the flaps in raised position by means of hinged tabs carried by the triangular flaps.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the, blank from which a carrier ofthe present invention may be made is shown in FIG. 7. -This blank is cut from ,foldable paperboard, preferably of elongated rectangular shape, and-is die cut and crease scored to provide a central or top panel-10,-side wall-

panels

11 and 12 and two

bottom sections

13 and 14 designed to be joined in overlapping relation to form a composite bottom panel. The carrier as shown is constructed to hold bottles and while the invention is particularly suitable for bottles it is also main portion 10 by

fold lines

17, 17 and from the side wall panels by

fold lines

18, 18. These portions 10a generally conform to the slope of the rounded shoulders of thebottles. I

The side wall panels at the lower part of the carrier have inwardly sloping portions 11a and 12a each having three

die cut openings

19 and 20 which are of crescent shape to receive a portion of the curved periphery of the lower ends of the bottles. The sloping portionsare defined from the side and bottom .panels by

fold lines

23 and 24. The fold lines 24 are preferably interrupted adjacent each crescent shaped opening to provide for the rigid extended

portions

25, 25 on the bottom panels. By interrupting these fold lines the

portions

25, 25 are left disposed in the planes of their attached bottom panels.

It is to be noted that, when the bottom panels are folded to assume a right angular relationship'with the side walls, the openings 19. and 20 become semi-circular. See FIGS. 1 and 5. r

The

bottom panels

13 and 14 are designed in the present instance to be secured in overlapping relation to form a composite bottom panel. Means ,are'provided on the ends of this composite bottom panel for positively retain ing bottles within the carrier even if the retaining openings for the bottles shouldbecome enlarged or torn by rough handling. For this purpose the'adjacent corner portions of the companion bottom sections are cut and folded to provide upwardly foldable retaining flaps and thesflap on at least one of the sections carries a tab adapted to. be secured to the flap on the other sectiontto hold the flaps in fixed, up-folded condition. As shown in FIG. 7, there is'formed at the corners of each bottom section 13 and 14 a triangular flap. These are designated at 27, 27 on section 13

andat

28, 28 on section 14.

On each triangular fiapis formed a hinged tab,- indicated at 29, 29 and 30, 30 on the respective'flaps 27, 27 and 28, 28. The flaps are defined from their attached sections by fold lines 31; 31 and 32, 32, and each tab is defined from its attached flap by fold lines preferably extending at a right angle to the flap fold line; These fold lines are indicated at 33, 33 and 34,34. The tabs are severed from the bottom sections along

slits

35, 35 and 36, 36 which, in the present instance, are aligned with the fold lines between the flaps and the bottom sections.

The retaining members provided by the up folded flaps are brought into position and secured as the final operation after two rows of bottles have been enclosed within the carrier. Adhesive is applied to the area of. one ofthe bottom section edge portions, preferablyalongthe full width of their overlap. Adhesive is thus applied to the opposite flaps and tabs on one bottom section. As shown in. FIG. 5 it may be assumed that adhesive has been applied to the upper surface of the marginal edge portion of bottom section 14. 'The surfaces of the two sets of fiaps and tabs at the edges of section 14 Will also be covered withadhesive, With the bottles in place within the carrier the bottom section 13 will first be folded against the bottoms of the bottles, followed by the fold ing of section 14 against section 13. Inward and upward pressure is then applied to the ,fold lines 34,341of, the underlying flaps and

tabs

28 and 30 at each end of the bottom. The flaps 28 will thus be brought substantially to upright position and will cause the overlying flaps also to be raised to upright position. The tabs 30 will move against what are now the outwardly directed faces of the flaps 27 and the tabs 29 on flaps 27 will be disposed against the inwardly directed faces of the flaps 28. By a suitable control of the dimensions of the flaps and tabs as well as their positioning with respect to the contours of the packaged bottles, the tabs 27 will be wedged in place between the tabs 28 and the adjacent bottles as indicated in FIG. 3.

The glued portions of the bottom sections and the upraised flaps and tabs are then held in contact in any suitable manner until the adhesive has set. The assembled flaps and tabs thus become fixed bottle retaining members at the opposite ends of the composite bottom panel.

In order to remove bottles easily from the carrier a pair of closely spaced weakened lines 38, 38 may be formed in one of. the side walls herein shown as side wall 11. By tearing out the strip 39 between the weakened lines the top portion of the carrier may be disengaged from the bottle necks thus giving ready access to the bottles.

Finger openings

40, 40 may be cut in the top panel for convenience in carrying the package. 1 A divider or partition member is preferably employed to separate the bottles within the carrier. This may be made from an elongated blank 42 formed with a plurality of transverse,

parallel fold lines

43, 44, 45, 46, 47 and 48 and foldable along a longitudinal fold line 49 which is interrupted by

slits

50 and 51 extending between the fold lines 43 and 45 and the fold lines 46 and 48 respectively. The fold lines thus define a plurality of panels indicated at 52, 52a to 58, 58a, inclusive. In order to set up the partition member it is first folded along fold line 49 to bring the two halves of the blank in face-to-face contact. The pairs of

adjacent panels

53, 54 and 53a, 54a are folded outward and brought together in face-to-face relation, this being possible by reason of the slit 50, Likewise

panels

56, 57 and 56a, 57a are brought together in the same manner to complete the partition member as shown in FIG. 6.

Thewidth of the

partition panels

55 and 55a conforms to the diameter of bottles to be packed in the carrier. The other panels, however, may have a width just suflicient to extend a short distance beyond the vertical lines of contact of the bottles with the partitions. The construction of the retaining members and partition panels is preferably such that the outer edges of the pairs of

end panels

52, 52a and 58, 58a will terminate short of edge contact with the fold lines 33 and 34 of the retaining members.

The carrier blanks and partition blanks are preferably delivered in flat form to the user who may set them up and package bottles as needed. The packaging operation may be carried out by machine or manually A convenient method is to set up the partition and place the bottles in surrounding relation to the partition as they appear in FIG. 3. The carrier blank may then be folded along one group of

fold lines

17, 18 so that

panels

11 and 13 may lie flat on a support with the remainder of the blank at right angles-thereto. The bottle group is then moved toward the top panel to insert the bottle necks into the openings 15. The remaining side and bottom panels will then be brought down to a position parallelto the other side and bottom panel. Adhesive may then be applied to an edge portion of one of the bottom panels, such as panel 14 as previously described. Bottom panel 13 will then be folded against thebottoms of the bottles and panel 14 will be folded against panel 13. Pressure is then applied to the outer most flap 28 and its tab 30 at each end of the composite bottom panel. The adhesive on the surfaces of the flaps 28 and tabs 30 will then cause their adherence to the companion flaps 27 and tabs 29 on the other bottom panel section, As

above explained, the tab 29 will contact an end bottle and it will thus be held in place to permit the flap 28 to remain in firm contactwith such tab. As soon as the adhesive has set the package is complete.

From the foregoing it is apparent that the present invention provides an improved form of open-end, wraparound carrier, particularly adapted for packaging of bottles. By employing the fixed retaining members at the ends of the composite bottom panel the bottles tend to be held within the carrier even though the retaining openings for the bottles may become unduly enlarged or torn. By. the use of the retaining members herein disclosed it is feasible to employ paperboard of lower test and of lesser caliper than is indicated for carriers without the retaining members. By employing the partition member disclosed erein with the end retaining members the bottles within the carrier are held securely and the likelihood of the bottles becoming broken in transit is greatly reduced.

While the present description sets forth a preferred embodiment of the invention, various changes may be made in the construction without departing from the spirit of the invention, and it is therefore desired that the present embodiment be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

I claim:

An open-end carrier, for holding two parallel rows of containers having upper portions projecting out of the carrier arranged in side-by-side relation, formed from a unitary blank of suitable sheet material such as foldable paperboard, comprising: a pair of vertically spaced parallel 'top and bottom horizontal wallsinterconnected by a pair of horizontally spaced vertical side walls to form a. tubular construction open at an end; said top wall including a panel having a' plurality of openings therein arranged and disposed to permit upper portions of said containers to project upwardly therethrough out of the carrier; said bottom wall including a pair of generally fiat panels hingedly connected at their outboard edges to respective side walls and having inboardly adjacent their inboard edges marginal portions disposed in overlapping relation with, and adhesively secured to each other; and a central retaining member formed of the overlapping marginal portions of said panels at an end of the carrier between said rows of containers for preventing the accidental movement of the containers out of said end of the carrier; said retaining members including a pair of triangular flaps on adjacent inboard corners of the panels each being' formed by a fold line extending diagonally across said panel corner, said flaps being adapted to be folded to upright position, at least one of said flaps including a hinged tab formed by a tap fold line in the flap extending from a free outer edge of the flap to said flap fold line and a slit in said flap fold line extending from a free outer edge of the flap to said tab fold line, said tab being adapted, when the companion flaps of respective panels are folded to raised position, to be adhesively secured flatwise against the flap on the companion panel and thereby formsaid retaining member;

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