US3212636A - Master shipping container for multi-unit packages - Google Patents

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US3212636A
US3212636A US327010A US32701063A US3212636A US 3212636 A US3212636 A US 3212636A US 327010 A US327010 A US 327010A US 32701063 A US32701063 A US 32701063A US 3212636 A US3212636 A US 3212636A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D5/50—Internal supporting or protecting elements for contents
    • B65D5/5021—Integral elements for containers formed by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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  • This invention relates to packages and particularly to a master shipping container for transporting a plurality of multi-unit packages.
  • the invention is particularly concerned with the shipping of the so-called six-pack type packages, in units of four or more, in a master shipping tray.
  • multipack type carton which is a tubular, open-ended, paperboard carton containing one or more parallel rows of articles arranged in side-by-side relation.
  • a more specific object of the invention is a provision, in a tray of the type described, of cushioning tabs cut from the marginal portions of the bottom wall and folded upwardly 90 between the tray side walls and the exposed articles at the ends of the cartons positioned within the tray to cushion the articles from damage due to shocks and bumps incurred in normal handling and shipping.
  • FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a tray embodying features of the invention
  • FIGURE 2 is a top plan view of the structure illustrated in FIGURE 1, with the tray shown filled with multiunit packages;
  • FIGURE 3 is a fragmentary transverse vertical section taken on line 3-3 of FIGURE 1;
  • FIGURE 4 is a top plan view of a paperboard blank from which the tray of the other views may be formed.
  • the tray embodying features of the invention may be formed from the one piece blank B of suitable sheet material such as corrugated or solid fibre paperboard, as illustrated in FIGURE 4.
  • the tray includes a generally rectangular bottom wall having opposed pairs of side and end walls 12 and 14 hingedly attached to and upstanding from the side and end edges, respectively, of the bottom wall and interconnected at their ends to form a tubular structure open at the top.
  • the side walls are preferably formed of a single panel; whereas, the end walls are formed from an outer end wall flap 16 hingedly attached to and upstanding from an end edge of the bottom wall and a pair of inner end wall flaps 18 hingedly attached to and extending inwardly from the ends of the respective side walls to be secured to the outer end wall panel 16 in overlapped relationship.
  • the tray is adapted to hold a plurality of packages P arranged in side-by-side relationship with the longitudinal axis of the packages extending transversely across the tray, or normal to the longitudinal axis of the tray.
  • Each of the packages P includes a sleeve-type, open-ended, wrap-around paperboard carrier containing at least one row of packaged articles such as bottles or cans A extending lengthwise of the carton.
  • the essential feature of this invention resides in the means of cushioning the exposed or end articles in each of the packages P. This is accomplished by cutting from the bottom wall 10 of the tray a plurality of longitudinally spaced cushion tabs 20 which are cut from the outer side edges of the bottom wall as at 22 and folded upwardly from the bottom wall 90 so as to lie against the inside surfaces of the side walls 12 of the tray. As best seen in FIGURE 3, the tabs are hinged to the lower edges of the tray :side walls along hinge lines 24 and are so positioned as to be in abutting engagement with the outer surfaces of the exposed or end articles in each of the packages.
  • the bottom wall of the tray may also have cut therefrom a plurality of transversely extending spacer or partition tabs 26 which project upwardly between adjacent packages housed within the tray.
  • a master shipping container arrangement for multipackages comprising, in combination:
  • a master container formed from a unitary blank of foldable paperboard, for holding said cartons in side-by-side relation, including:

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Oct. 19, 1965 R. M. BENNETT 3,212,636
MASTER SHIPPING CONTAINER FOR MULTI-UNIT PACKAGES Filed Nov. 29, 1965 g JZ Zfl U LTUT TfU'U United States Patent 3,212,636 MASTER SHIPPING CONTAINER FOR MULTI-UNIT PACKAGES Robert M. Bennett, Newtown Square, Pa., assignor to Container Corporation of America, Chicago, Ill., a
corporation of Delaware Filed Nov. 29, 1963, Ser. No. 327,010 1 Claim. (Cl. 206-65) This invention relates to packages and particularly to a master shipping container for transporting a plurality of multi-unit packages.
The invention is particularly concerned with the shipping of the so-called six-pack type packages, in units of four or more, in a master shipping tray.
As is known to those familiar with the packaging art it is quite common to package cans and/ or bottles of beer, soft drinks, and other products in the so-called multipack type carton which is a tubular, open-ended, paperboard carton containing one or more parallel rows of articles arranged in side-by-side relation.
It is a primary object of this invention to provide, in a master tray for holding a plurality of open-ended carrier cartons, cushioning means for protecting the exposed articles at the open ends of the cartons.
A more specific object of the invention is a provision, in a tray of the type described, of cushioning tabs cut from the marginal portions of the bottom wall and folded upwardly 90 between the tray side walls and the exposed articles at the ends of the cartons positioned within the tray to cushion the articles from damage due to shocks and bumps incurred in normal handling and shipping.
These and other objects of the invention will be apparent from an examination of the following description and drawing, wherein:
FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a tray embodying features of the invention;
FIGURE 2 is a top plan view of the structure illustrated in FIGURE 1, with the tray shown filled with multiunit packages;
FIGURE 3 is a fragmentary transverse vertical section taken on line 3-3 of FIGURE 1; and
FIGURE 4 is a top plan view of a paperboard blank from which the tray of the other views may be formed.
It will be understood that, for purposes of clarity, certain elements have been intentionally omitted from certain views where they are believed to be illustrated to better advantage in other views.
Referring now to the drawing for a better understanding of the invention, and particularly to FIGURE 1 it will be seen that the tray embodying features of the invention may be formed from the one piece blank B of suitable sheet material such as corrugated or solid fibre paperboard, as illustrated in FIGURE 4.
The tray includes a generally rectangular bottom wall having opposed pairs of side and end walls 12 and 14 hingedly attached to and upstanding from the side and end edges, respectively, of the bottom wall and interconnected at their ends to form a tubular structure open at the top.
It will be seen that the side walls are preferably formed of a single panel; whereas, the end walls are formed from an outer end wall flap 16 hingedly attached to and upstanding from an end edge of the bottom wall and a pair of inner end wall flaps 18 hingedly attached to and extending inwardly from the ends of the respective side walls to be secured to the outer end wall panel 16 in overlapped relationship.
As best seen in FIGURE 2, the tray is adapted to hold a plurality of packages P arranged in side-by-side relationship with the longitudinal axis of the packages extending transversely across the tray, or normal to the longitudinal axis of the tray. Each of the packages P includes a sleeve-type, open-ended, wrap-around paperboard carrier containing at least one row of packaged articles such as bottles or cans A extending lengthwise of the carton.
The essential feature of this invention resides in the means of cushioning the exposed or end articles in each of the packages P. This is accomplished by cutting from the bottom wall 10 of the tray a plurality of longitudinally spaced cushion tabs 20 which are cut from the outer side edges of the bottom wall as at 22 and folded upwardly from the bottom wall 90 so as to lie against the inside surfaces of the side walls 12 of the tray. As best seen in FIGURE 3, the tabs are hinged to the lower edges of the tray :side walls along hinge lines 24 and are so positioned as to be in abutting engagement with the outer surfaces of the exposed or end articles in each of the packages.
If desired the bottom wall of the tray may also have cut therefrom a plurality of transversely extending spacer or partition tabs 26 which project upwardly between adjacent packages housed within the tray.
Thus, it will be seen by this simple but ingenious arrangement it is possible to double the cushioning efiect for the articles packaged within the tray without utilizing any additional board whatsoever, so that a highly eflicient and economical package results from the arrangement of the invention.
I claim:
A master shipping container arrangement for multipackages comprising, in combination:
(a) a plurality of packages including open end cartons each containing at least one row of vertically disposed cylindrical articles with the end articles of the row having cylindrical side portions exposed;
(b) a master container, formed from a unitary blank of foldable paperboard, for holding said cartons in side-by-side relation, including:
(i) a generally rectangular bottom wall having length and width dimensions substantially equal to the combined length and width dimensions of the Packages grouped within the container and supporting the bottoms of the packages thereon;
(ii) opposed pairs of side walls hinged to and upstanding from the side edges of the bottom wall, and hingedly connected to each other at their end edges and disposed closely adjacent the sides of the packages for holding them;
(iii) a plurality of cushioning tabs cut from the bottom wall from ortions thereof each generally below a respective end article and hingedly attached to a respective side wall and folded up- Wardly 90 from the bottom Wall to between said side wall and adjacent cylindrical side portions of related end articles for cushioning the end articles within the container.
References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS JOSEPH A. LE CLAIR, Primary Examiner.
FRANKLIN T. GARRETT, Examiner.
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WO1985003274A1 (en) * 1984-01-20 1985-08-01 Gloeyer Wolfgang Multiple package
FR2747652A1 (en) * 1996-04-17 1997-10-24 Smurfit Socar Sa Bottle packaging
EP0872426A1 (en) * 1997-04-18 1998-10-21 Smurfit-Socar Portable container made of semi rigid material,particularly for bottles
WO2002028727A1 (en) * 2000-10-04 2002-04-11 Nor-Reg As Package and method of using same in connection with packaging of goods in same
WO2005085075A1 (en) * 2004-03-10 2005-09-15 Do & Co Restaurants & Catering Aktiengesellschaft Packaging and loading system for aeroplane and catering trolleys
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US2875937A (en) * 1955-04-11 1959-03-03 Continental Paper Company Carton
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WO1985003274A1 (en) * 1984-01-20 1985-08-01 Gloeyer Wolfgang Multiple package
JPS61501387A (en) * 1984-01-20 1986-07-10 グロイヤ−，ヴオルガング multiple packaging
FR2747652A1 (en) * 1996-04-17 1997-10-24 Smurfit Socar Sa Bottle packaging
EP0872426A1 (en) * 1997-04-18 1998-10-21 Smurfit-Socar Portable container made of semi rigid material,particularly for bottles
WO2002028727A1 (en) * 2000-10-04 2002-04-11 Nor-Reg As Package and method of using same in connection with packaging of goods in same
WO2005085075A1 (en) * 2004-03-10 2005-09-15 Do & Co Restaurants & Catering Aktiengesellschaft Packaging and loading system for aeroplane and catering trolleys
US8387787B1 (en) * 2009-05-27 2013-03-05 Dispensing Dynamics International Toilet seat cover refill package

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