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US3253706A
US3253706A US360222A US36022264A US3253706A US 3253706 A US3253706 A US 3253706A US 360222 A US360222 A US 360222A US 36022264 A US36022264 A US 36022264A US 3253706 A US3253706 A US 3253706A
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  • FIG. 7 A. SPILLSON PACKAGE FOR CAPPED ARTICLES Filed April 16, 1964 INVENTOR. GEORGE A. SP 1 LLSON ATTORNEY FIG. 7
  • This invention relates to paperboard wrapper type carriers or cartons for containers provided with caps of the crown type and is particularly directed to a carrier for a plurality of rows of such containers.
  • An object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive wrapper and carrier having utility in the display and handling of units or packs of containers, particularly disposable containers, such as bottles and cans for beverages, liquids or powders.
  • Another object of the invention is to produce such wrappers or carriers from single blanks so that a minimum of paperboard is used but which are capable of maintaining the containers in their packaged form for easy handling.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a carrier with a top of double thickness to reinforce the openings therein for the container necks as well as the finger holes for carrying the package.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a structure and means to insure the position of the bases of the containers and prevent them from contacting each other.
  • Still another object is to improve the package for capped containers disclosed in Ringler U. S. Patent No. 2,654,474 issued October 6, 1953.
  • the invention comprises a wrapper for a double row of crown-type capped containers formed from a blank of paperboard that has been transversely scored to form bottom, side, lower and upper corners, and overlapping top panels, the blank also having rows of cutouts in each top panel to receive the capped ends of the containers, one row of cutouts in each top panel being further provided with half sunbursts forming tabs to lock the panels below the caps of the containers.
  • Other cuts in lower corner panels at the juncture of the bottom and side panels receive the lower side wall portions of the containers and cooperate with the openings in the top panels to maintain the containers in fixed position.
  • upwardly extending hinged tabs may be formed in the bottom panel for separating the bottoms of the containers and preventing them from bumping together.
  • Complementary finger holes in the top panels are further reinforced by tabs in the outer panel which underlie the inner panel.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of scored and cut blank from which the carrier is formed
  • FIG. 2 is an end elevational view showing the end containers of two rows thereof in position onthe bottom panel of the blank of FIG. 1, with the sides shown also in partially wrapped position in dotted lines;
  • FIG. 3 is an elevational view similar to FIG. 2 of the partially formed carrier showing the side panels and the inner top panel in folded positions;
  • FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 showing the outer top panel in position on the inner top panel and the finger hole tabs folded inwardly;
  • FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 4 showing the finger hole tabs against the inner top panel
  • FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the filled and closed carrier
  • FIG. 7 is a slightly enlarged fragmentary longitudinal "Ice sectional detail view taken along line VIIVII of FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 8 is a slightly enlarged fragmentary transverse sectional detail view taken along line VIIIVIH of FIG. 6.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an elongated rectangular blank 20 which has been cut and scored to provide the wrapper of the present invention.
  • the shape of the blank 20 permits a plurality thereof to be cut from large sheets of paperboard without waste. Dash lines indicate score or fold lines, while solid lines indicate cut lines on the blank shown in FIG. 1.
  • Blank 20 is transversely scored at 22 and 23 to form a central bottom panel 25 the length of which is determined by the width of the blank 20 in turn determined by the combined dimensions of the bottoms of the containers C per row of the unit or pack.
  • the bottom panel 25 may be provided with hinged cut-out flanges 26 located between each pair of containers C to prevent their bases from bumping together and in the case of bottlesreduce their breakage.
  • a six pack which has been illustrated in the drawings comprises six containers C arranged in two rows of three each, while in an eight pack there would be two rows of four each for which the width of the blank 20' would be dimensioned accordingly.
  • the width of the bottornpanel 25 is somewhat less than the width of two containers C, and the blank 20 is thus provided with additional transverse scores 27 and 28 parallel to scores 22 and 23, respectively, to form intermediate comparatively narrow or lower corner diagonal panels 30 and 31 in each of which there are a plurality of crescent shaped cutouts 33 spaced to receive portions of the bottom edges and/or side walls E of the containers C.
  • Scores 28 and 27 also define the bottom line or edge of side panels 35 and 36, respectively, while scores 38 and 39 provide the upper lines or edges thereof as well as the bottom lines of intermediate or upper corner or diagonal panels 41 and 42 for overlying the tapered neck portion N frequently formed on cans as well as bottles.
  • Top panels 44 and 45 are articulated to the panels 41 and 42 along score lines 46 and 47, the inner panel 44 being of greater width than outer panel 45.
  • the inner top panel 44 is provided with a flap or lip 49 engageable with necks N of containers C beneath panel 42 and a row of holes 50, while outer partial top panel 45 is provided with a row of holes 52, holes 50 and 52 being adjacent the edges of their respective upper corner or diagonal panels 41 and 42. Holes 50 and 52 are spaced in the top panels 44 and 45 and of a size so that they can be forced over the caps T of the containers positioned adjacent the side panels 35 and 36, respectively.
  • Holes 50 and 52 do not freely receive the bottle caps T but rather are of somewhat smaller diameter and provided with half sunbursts comprising a plurality of radial cuts 54 extend ing from the holes 50 and 52 toward the centers of panels 44 and 45, the ends of cuts 54 being connected by an arcuate score 56, forming hinged tabs 57.
  • the tabs 57 are deflected, permitting passage of the caps T through the panels 44 and 45 and when these panels are properly seated, the tabs 57 engage beneath the caps T to lock the necks of the containers against movement.
  • the outer edge 59 of panel 45 is further provided with a plurality of spaced notches 60 for engaging the necks N beneath the caps T of the containers C in the row thereof not received in holes 52, while panel 44 is provided with a second row of holes 62 which are of larger diameter than the holes 50 for freely receiving the caps T of the row of containers C and their edges engage the necks N beneath the caps T of said row of containers, as do the notches 60 described above. Additionally, the flap 49 may be bent downwardly into contact with the tapered necks N of containers C.
  • the top panel 45 may be further provided with a pair of spaced U-shaped cuts 65 forming tabs 67 connected along scores 68 to the panel 45, and the top panel 44 may have complementary U-shaped cutouts 66 or alternately may be provided tabs similar to those in panel 45.
  • the scores 68 serve as bend lines about which tabs 67 may be hinged to engage the bottom surface of panel 44. This provides a pair of reinforced finger holes by which the filled-package may be conveniently and safely carried.
  • FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 5 The'steps of forming a filled package are shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 5 wherein it will be noted that the blank 20 is placed flat with the inside thereof facing upwardly, as in FIG. 1, to receive the two rows of containers C with their bottoms resting on the panel 25. If the containers C are bottles, then the spacing flaps 26 are pushed upwardly between each bottle as shown also in dotted lines in FIG. 6. The blank 20 is then folded along score lines 22, 23, 27 and 28 to bring the side panels 35 and 36 up along the outsides of the containers C in which position the crescent cutouts 33 enbrace the lower outside walls E of the containers C adjacent the bottoms thereof.
  • the inner top panel 44 is folded inwardly and downwardly on score lines 38 and 46, and holes 50 forced over the caps of the adjacent row of containers C with the edges of holes 62 in engagement with the necks N below the caps T of the other row of containers C.
  • the panel 45 is similarly folded inwardly and downwardly to overlay panel 44, the holes 52 being passed over the caps of the adjacent row of containers and with the notches 60 in engagement with the necks N below the caps T of the other row of containers C.
  • the tabs 57 as well as the edges of notches 60 and holes 62 in panels 44 and 45 lock beneath the caps T of the containers C as above described.
  • the edges of holes 62 and notches 60 are spaced from holes 60 and 62 so as to urge the tabs 57 into engagement beneath caps T.
  • a wrap-around carrier for two rows of capped containers comprising:

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May 31, 1966 s. A. SPILLSON PACKAGE FOR CAPPED ARTICLES Filed April 16, 1964 INVENTOR. GEORGE A. SP 1 LLSON ATTORNEY FIG. 7
United States Patent 3,253,706 PACKAGE FOR CAPPED ARTICLES George A. Spillson, Monroe, Micln, assignor to Consolidated Packaging Corporation, Monroe, Mich, a corporation of Michigan Filed Apr. 16, 1964, Ser. No. 360,222 2 Claims. (Cl. 206-65) This invention relates to paperboard wrapper type carriers or cartons for containers provided with caps of the crown type and is particularly directed to a carrier for a plurality of rows of such containers.
An object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive wrapper and carrier having utility in the display and handling of units or packs of containers, particularly disposable containers, such as bottles and cans for beverages, liquids or powders.
Another object of the invention is to produce such wrappers or carriers from single blanks so that a minimum of paperboard is used but which are capable of maintaining the containers in their packaged form for easy handling.
Another object of the invention is to provide a carrier with a top of double thickness to reinforce the openings therein for the container necks as well as the finger holes for carrying the package.
A further object of the invention is to provide a structure and means to insure the position of the bases of the containers and prevent them from contacting each other.
Still another object is to improve the package for capped containers disclosed in Ringler U. S. Patent No. 2,654,474 issued October 6, 1953.
Generally speaking the invention comprises a wrapper for a double row of crown-type capped containers formed from a blank of paperboard that has been transversely scored to form bottom, side, lower and upper corners, and overlapping top panels, the blank also having rows of cutouts in each top panel to receive the capped ends of the containers, one row of cutouts in each top panel being further provided with half sunbursts forming tabs to lock the panels below the caps of the containers. Other cuts in lower corner panels at the juncture of the bottom and side panels receive the lower side wall portions of the containers and cooperate with the openings in the top panels to maintain the containers in fixed position. Furthermore, upwardly extending hinged tabs may be formed in the bottom panel for separating the bottoms of the containers and preventing them from bumping together. Complementary finger holes in the top panels are further reinforced by tabs in the outer panel which underlie the inner panel.
The above-mentioned and other features and objects of this invention and the manner of attaining them will become more apparent and the invention itself will be understood best by reference to the following description of an embodiment of the invention taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a plan view of scored and cut blank from which the carrier is formed;
FIG. 2 is an end elevational view showing the end containers of two rows thereof in position onthe bottom panel of the blank of FIG. 1, with the sides shown also in partially wrapped position in dotted lines;
FIG. 3 is an elevational view similar to FIG. 2 of the partially formed carrier showing the side panels and the inner top panel in folded positions;
FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 showing the outer top panel in position on the inner top panel and the finger hole tabs folded inwardly;
FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 4 showing the finger hole tabs against the inner top panel;
FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the filled and closed carrier;
FIG. 7 is a slightly enlarged fragmentary longitudinal "Ice sectional detail view taken along line VIIVII of FIG. 6; and
FIG. 8 is a slightly enlarged fragmentary transverse sectional detail view taken along line VIIIVIH of FIG. 6.
Referring to the drawings, FIG. 1 illustrates an elongated rectangular blank 20 which has been cut and scored to provide the wrapper of the present invention. The shape of the blank 20 permits a plurality thereof to be cut from large sheets of paperboard without waste. Dash lines indicate score or fold lines, while solid lines indicate cut lines on the blank shown in FIG. 1.
Blank 20 is transversely scored at 22 and 23 to form a central bottom panel 25 the length of which is determined by the width of the blank 20 in turn determined by the combined dimensions of the bottoms of the containers C per row of the unit or pack. If desired, the bottom panel 25may be provided with hinged cut-out flanges 26 located between each pair of containers C to prevent their bases from bumping together and in the case of bottlesreduce their breakage. For example, a six pack which has been illustrated in the drawings comprises six containers C arranged in two rows of three each, while in an eight pack there would be two rows of four each for which the width of the blank 20' would be dimensioned accordingly. The width of the bottornpanel 25 is somewhat less than the width of two containers C, and the blank 20 is thus provided with additional transverse scores 27 and 28 parallel to scores 22 and 23, respectively, to form intermediate comparatively narrow or lower corner diagonal panels 30 and 31 in each of which there are a plurality of crescent shaped cutouts 33 spaced to receive portions of the bottom edges and/or side walls E of the containers C.
Scores 28 and 27 also define the bottom line or edge of side panels 35 and 36, respectively, while scores 38 and 39 provide the upper lines or edges thereof as well as the bottom lines of intermediate or upper corner or diagonal panels 41 and 42 for overlying the tapered neck portion N frequently formed on cans as well as bottles. Top panels 44 and 45 are articulated to the panels 41 and 42 along score lines 46 and 47, the inner panel 44 being of greater width than outer panel 45.
The inner top panel 44 is provided with a flap or lip 49 engageable with necks N of containers C beneath panel 42 and a row of holes 50, while outer partial top panel 45 is provided with a row of holes 52, holes 50 and 52 being adjacent the edges of their respective upper corner or diagonal panels 41 and 42. Holes 50 and 52 are spaced in the top panels 44 and 45 and of a size so that they can be forced over the caps T of the containers positioned adjacent the side panels 35 and 36, respectively. Holes 50 and 52 do not freely receive the bottle caps T but rather are of somewhat smaller diameter and provided with half sunbursts comprising a plurality of radial cuts 54 extend ing from the holes 50 and 52 toward the centers of panels 44 and 45, the ends of cuts 54 being connected by an arcuate score 56, forming hinged tabs 57. Thus when the caps T of the containers C pass through the holes 50 and 52 the tabs 57 are deflected, permitting passage of the caps T through the panels 44 and 45 and when these panels are properly seated, the tabs 57 engage beneath the caps T to lock the necks of the containers against movement.
The outer edge 59 of panel 45 is further provided with a plurality of spaced notches 60 for engaging the necks N beneath the caps T of the containers C in the row thereof not received in holes 52, while panel 44 is provided with a second row of holes 62 which are of larger diameter than the holes 50 for freely receiving the caps T of the row of containers C and their edges engage the necks N beneath the caps T of said row of containers, as do the notches 60 described above. Additionally, the flap 49 may be bent downwardly into contact with the tapered necks N of containers C.
The top panel 45 may be further provided with a pair of spaced U-shaped cuts 65 forming tabs 67 connected along scores 68 to the panel 45, and the top panel 44 may have complementary U-shaped cutouts 66 or alternately may be provided tabs similar to those in panel 45. The scores 68 serve as bend lines about which tabs 67 may be hinged to engage the bottom surface of panel 44. This provides a pair of reinforced finger holes by which the filled-package may be conveniently and safely carried.
The'steps of forming a filled package are shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 5 wherein it will be noted that the blank 20 is placed flat with the inside thereof facing upwardly, as in FIG. 1, to receive the two rows of containers C with their bottoms resting on the panel 25. If the containers C are bottles, then the spacing flaps 26 are pushed upwardly between each bottle as shown also in dotted lines in FIG. 6. The blank 20 is then folded along score lines 22, 23, 27 and 28 to bring the side panels 35 and 36 up along the outsides of the containers C in which position the crescent cutouts 33 enbrace the lower outside walls E of the containers C adjacent the bottoms thereof. Next the inner top panel 44 is folded inwardly and downwardly on score lines 38 and 46, and holes 50 forced over the caps of the adjacent row of containers C with the edges of holes 62 in engagement with the necks N below the caps T of the other row of containers C. The panel 45 is similarly folded inwardly and downwardly to overlay panel 44, the holes 52 being passed over the caps of the adjacent row of containers and with the notches 60 in engagement with the necks N below the caps T of the other row of containers C. In such position, the tabs 57 as well as the edges of notches 60 and holes 62 in panels 44 and 45 lock beneath the caps T of the containers C as above described. The edges of holes 62 and notches 60 are spaced from holes 60 and 62 so as to urge the tabs 57 into engagement beneath caps T. To empty the carrier, it is only necessary to disengage the notches '60 from the necks of containers C and swing top panels 45 and 44 successively arculately upwardly which releases the caps T from their locked engagement with tabs 57, holes60 and notches 62 to free the containers fromthe top panels.
While there is described above the principles of this invention in connection with specific apparatus, it is to be clearly understood that this description is made only by way of example and not as a limitation to the scope of this invention.
What is claimed is: I
1. A wrap-around carrier for two rows of capped containers comprising:
a single elongated rectangular strip of fibrous sheet material, having a plurality of transverse score lines dividing said strip into (A) a central bottom panel having a width less than that of said two rows of containers,
(B) a pair of upwardly and outwardly extending lower corner panels on each side of said bottom panel, and having apertures therealong for positioning the lower outer corners of the adjacent row of said containers,
(C) a pair of vertical side panels extending upwardly from said lower corner panels and having a height less than said containers,
(D) a pair of upwardly and inwardly extending upper corner panels extending from the top of each side panel, and
(E) a full top panel extending from the upper edge of one of said upper corner panels and having:
.(a) a row of apertures of lesser diameter than the caps on said containers and extending along the edge of said full top panel joining said one upper corner panel, each of said apertures having radial slits around its side opposite its joining edge for permitting the insertion of the caps of the adjacent row of said containers and engagement under the caps of that adjacent row,
(b) a second row of apertures inwardly of the edge of said full top panel for free passage over the caps of the other row of said containers, and
(c) a pair of longitudinally spaced central finger holes between said rows of apertures; and
(F) a partial top panel extending from the uppper edge of the other one of said upper corner panels, overlapping said full top panel and havmg:
(a) a first row of apertures of lesser diameter than the caps on said containers and extending along the edge of said full top panel joining said other upper corner panel, each of said apertures having radial slits around its side opposite its joining edge permitting the insertion of the caps of its adjacent row of said containers and being in engagement under the caps of that adjacent row,
(b) a row of notches along the free edge of said partial top panel for engagement below the caps of the other row of said containers, and
(c) a pair of longitudinally spaced central finger holes aligned with said finger holes in said full top panel, said holes having hinged tabs which extend through said finger holes in said full top panel and may underlie the same.
2. A wrap-around carrier according to claim 1 wherein said bottom panel includes a plurality of hinged tabs extending vertically upwardly between the bases of said containers for spacing said containers from each other.
References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,654,474 10/1953 Ringler 220108 3,111,797 11/1963 Englander et al. 3,175,684 3/1965, Andre et al 206- THERON E. CONDON, Primary Examiner.
W. T, DIXSON, Assistant Examiner.

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1. A WRAP-AROUND CARRIER FOR TWO ROWS OF CAPPED CONTAINERS COMPRISING: A SINGLE ELONGATED RECTANGULAR STRIP OF FIBROUS SHEET MATERIAL, HAVING A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSE SCORE LINES DIVIDING SAID STRIP INTO (A) A CENTRAL BOTTOM PANEL HAVING A WIDTH LESS THAN THAT OF SAID TWO ROWS OF CONTAINERS, (B) A PAIR OF UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY EXTENDING LOWER CORNER PANELS ON EACH SIDE OF SAID BOTTOM PANEL, AND HAVING APERTURES THEREALONG FOR POSITIONING THE LOWER OUTER CORNERS OF THE ADJACENT ROW OF SAID CONTAINERS, (C) A PAIR OF VERTICAL SIDE PANELS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID LOWER CORNER PANELS AND HAVING A HEIGHT LESS THAN SAID CONTAINERS, (D) A PAIR OF UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY EXTENDING UPPER CORNER PANELS EXTENDING FROM THE TOP OF EACH SIDE PANEL, AND (F) A FULL TOP PANEL EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER EDGE OF ONE OF SAID UPPER CORNER PANELS AND HAVING: (A) A ROW OF APERTURES OF LESSER DIAMETER THAN THE CAPS ON SAID CONTAINERS AND EXTENDING ALONG THE EDGE OF SAID FULL TOP PANEL JOINING SAID ONE UPPER CORNER PANEL, EACH OF SAID APERTURES HAVING RADIAL SLITS AROUND ITS SIDE OPPOSITE ITS JOINING EDGE FOR PERMITTING THE INSERTION OF THE CAPS OF THE ADJACENT ROW OF SAID CONTAINERS AND ENGAGEMENT UNDER THE CAPS OF THAT ADJACENT ROW, (B) A SECOND ROW OF APERTURES INWARDLY OF THE EDGE OF SAID FULL TOP PANEL FOR FREE PASSAGE OVER THE CAPS OF THE OTHER ROW OF SAID CONTAINERS, AND (C) A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED CENTRAL FINGER HOLES BETWEEN SAID ROWS OF APERTURES; AND (F) A PARTIAL TOP PANEL EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER EDGE OF THE OTHER ONE OF SAID UPPER CORNER PANELS OVERLAPPING SAID FULL TOP PANEL AND HAVING: (A) A FIRST ROW OF APERTURES OF LESSER DIAMETER THAN THE CAPS ON SAID CONTAINERS AND EXTENDING ALONG THE EDGE OF SAID FULL TOP PANEL JOINING SAID OTHER UPPER CORNER PANEL, EACH OF SAID APERTURES HAVING RADIAL SLITS AROUND ITS SIDE OPPOSITE ITS JOINING EDGE PERMITTING THE INSERTION OF THE CAPS OF ITS ADJACENT ROW OF SAID CONTAINERS AND BEING IN ENGAGEMENT UNDER THE CAPS OF THAT ADJACENT ROW; (B) A ROW OF NOTCHES ALONG THE FREE EDGE OF SAID PARTIAL TOP PANEL FOR ENGAGEMENT BELOW THE CAPS OF THE OTHER ROW OF SAID CONTAINERS, AND (C) A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED CENTRAL FINGER HOLES ALIGNED WITH SAID FINGER HOLES IN SAID FULL TOP PANEL, SAID HOLES HAVING HINGED TABS WHICH EXTEND THROUGH SAID FINGER HOLES IN SAID FULL TOP PANEL AND MAY UNERLIE THE SAME.
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