US3409124A - Carrier carton for tub-like containers - Google Patents

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US3409124A
US3409124A US518582A US51858266A US3409124A US 3409124 A US3409124 A US 3409124A US 518582 A US518582 A US 518582A US 51858266 A US51858266 A US 51858266A US 3409124 A US3409124 A US 3409124A
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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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    • 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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    • 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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    • B65D2571/00271—Locating elements for the contents integral with the wrapper inwardly folded tabs, i.e. elements substantially narrower than the corresponding package dimension extending from at least a side wall
    • 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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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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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  • the invention relates to an open-ended tubular sleevelike carrier carton formed from paperboard or similar sheet material, and which can be used to package for storage or transit a number of flanged tub-like containers, e.g. such as are used for packaging dairy products or other paste-like materials.
  • Containers of this kind are usually formed from thermoplastic sheet material by deep-drawing, and are closed by sealing a cover to a flange surrounding the container mouth.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a simple, convenient and relatively inexpensive carrier for flanged tub-like containers, which can be supplied in a Hat condition and which can be readily engaged with one or several rows of such containers for the purpose of enclosing them.
  • an open-ended, tubular sleeve-like carrier carton formed from paperboard or similar sheet material for enclosing at least one horizontal row of flanged tub-like containers and, comprising a top wall panel, a bottom wall panel and a pair of opposed side Wall panels, the top Wall panel being cut to provide inwardly projecting tabs arranged to underlie the flanges of the containers and to engage the side walls of the containers edgewise so as to retain them in the carton.
  • the tabs are arranged as opposed pairs, with each tab foldable about a hinge line substantially coinciding with and parallel to one of the hinge lines along which the top wall panel is hinged to the side wall panels.
  • the cuts forming the tabs in the top wall panel may each extend a small distance into the adjacent side wall panel, the hinge lines of the tabs lying in the side wall panels.
  • the tabs at the extreme ends of the tubular sleeve may border on the free edges of said sleeve.
  • the tabs at the free ends of the tubular sleeve are substantially L-shaped, whereas intermediate tabs are substantially T-sha-ped, the L-shaped tabs each being hinged at the foot of the L, and the T-shaped tabs each being hinged at the head of the T, the distances between successive pairs of tabs being equal.
  • each of the side wall panels at least one row of tabs may be formed, the row or rows of tabs in a side wall panel being identical with the row of tabs formed in the top wall panel and the hinge lines of the tabs in each row in the 3,409,124 Patented Nov. 5, 1968 side wall panels being parallel to the top wall panel, which hinge lines divide the height of the side wall panel into equal parts.
  • the invention also contemplates the provision of blanks from which the carrier cartons can be made.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a blank of cardboard or similar sheet material and from which an open-ended, tubular sleevelike carrier carton according to the invention can be set p;
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a loaded carrier carton set up from the blank of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is an end elevation of the loaded carrier carton of FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 4 is a view similar to that of FIG. 1 and shows a blank from which a second embodiment of a carrier carton according to the invention can be set up;
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a loaded carrier carton set up from the blank of FIG. 4;
  • FIG. 6 is an end elevation of the loaded carrier carton of FIG. 5.
  • Like reference numerals in the drawings indicate like or similar parts.
  • the blank is made of foldable cardboard or similar sheet material and com-prises a top wall panel 1 to which are hingedly attached at two of its opposed sides, by fold or score lines 2 and 3, side wall panels 4 and 5 respectively.
  • a bottom wall panel 6 is hingedly attached to side wall panel 5 along a fold or score line 7.
  • a glue flap 8 is hingedly attached along a fold or score line 9. The bottom wall panel 6 and the glue flap 8 are arranged to overlap in the set-up condition of the blank, so that flap 8 may be glued to the bottom wall panel 6.
  • the top wall panel 1 is cut so as to provide at each of its four corners a tab 10 each of which is hinged about a fold or score line 11 which lines 11 are arranged in the side wall panels 4 and 5, close to and parallel with the fold or score lines 2 and 3 respectively.
  • the distance between the fold line 11 and the fold line 3 at one side of the top wall panel 1, as well as the distance between the fold lines 11 and the fold lines 2 at the opposite side of the top wall panel 1, equals the thickness of the material used for the blank plus the thickness of the flanges of the containers intended to be enclosed by the carrier carton. This distance is clearly shown in FIG. 3 and is indicated by the reference character a.
  • tabs 12 are cut from the material of the top wall panel 1, which tabs 12 have substantially the shape of a T.
  • the tabs 12 along the fold lines 2 and 3 are arranged as opposed pairs, with each tab'foldable about a fold or score line 13 in alignment with the fold or score lines 11.
  • the tabs 10 are each L-shaped and hinged at the foot 14 of the L to fold line 11, whereas the edge 15 of the leg 16 of each tab 10 coincides with the free edge 17 of the top wall panel 1.
  • the tabs 12 are hinged at the head 18 of the T to score line 13.
  • FIGS. 4-6 The embodiment shown in FIGS. 4-6 is arranged for enclosing two superimposed rows of tub-shaped containers, each row comprising two containers.
  • the blank (FIG. 4) used for forming the carrier carton also comprises a top wall panel 1, side wall panels 4', 5', a bottom wall panel 6 and a glue flap 8, which parts are hingedly interconnected along fold or score lines 2, 3, 7 and 9.
  • Top wall panel 1 of FIG; 4 is identical with top wall panel 1 of FIG. 1 and comprises the L-shaped tabs 10 at the four corners of said panel and the intermediate T-shaped tabs 12, which tabs hinge on similar parallel lines as in FIG. 1.
  • the side wall panels 4' and '5' are twice the height of the side wall panels 4 and 5 of the embodiment of FIGS.
  • each row 10, 12, 10 in panel 5 is identical with and has the same orientation as the row 10, 12, 10 arranged along folding line 3, whereas the row of tabs in side wall panel 4' is identical with the row 10, 12, 10 arranged along fold line 2.
  • the lines through the fold lines 11 and 13' divide the height of the side wall panels 4, and 5', into equal parts.
  • the invention is not limited to a carrier carton for horizontal rows of containers comprising only two containers per row. There may be several pairs of intermediate tabs 12, and an equal number of pairs of tabs 12' if superimposed horizontal rows of containers are involved.
  • a carrier carton comprising a tubular sleeve having free open ends formed from flexible, folded paperboard or similar sheet material for enclosing at least one horizontal row of flanged tub-like containers and comprising a top wall panel, a bottom wall panel and a pair of opposed side wall panels, the top wall panel having cuts therein extending into the adjacent side wall panel for a distance at least equal to the thickness of the flange of said containers to provide tabs of which each is joined to said sleeve only along a hinge line lying in that side wall panel to be parallel to one of the fold lines by which said top wall panel is joined to said side wall panels, and said tabs being foldable along their hinge lines to form inwardly extending planar projections disposed parallel to said top wall panel and adapted to engage edgewise with the side walls of containers in said carton so as to provide a restraint for retaining such containers in said carton.
  • each of the side wall panels comprises at least one row of tabs, said row of tabs in the side wall panel being identical with the row of tabs formed in the top wall panel and hingedly attached adjacent to the hinge line along which the side wall panel is hinged to the top wall panel, the hinge lines of the tabs in each row in the side wall panels being parallel to the top wall panel, which hinge lines divide the height of the side wall panel into equal parts.
  • a blank for an open-ended tubular sleeve-like carrier carton of flexible folding cardboard or similar sheet material comprising a top :wall panel, two sidewall panels and a bottom wall panel hingedly attached to each other along parallel sides, a substantially L-shaped tab being formed in the top Wall panel at each of its four corners, each of which tabs is hinged at the foot of the L by a hinge line substantially coinciding with and parallel to a hinge line along which a side wall panel is hinged to the top wall panel, whereas an edge of the leg of the L is in register :with the free edge of the top wall panel.
  • a blank as claimed in claim 5, comprising at least one row of tabs in each of said side wall panels, said side wall tabs being parallel to and identical with the row of tabs of the top wall panel, and joined to said side walls along the hinge lines dividing the height of said panel into equal parts.

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