US3756394A - Carrier for containers - Google Patents

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US3756394A
US3756394A US00126757A US3756394DA US3756394A US 3756394 A US3756394 A US 3756394A US 00126757 A US00126757 A US 00126757A US 3756394D A US3756394D A US 3756394DA US 3756394 A US3756394 A US 3756394A
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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
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D71/40—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank or several blanks
    • B65D71/42—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank or several blanks formed by folding a single blank into a single layer element

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  • ABSTRACT A carrier for combining two or more containers having generally square tops with outwardly extending rims at the top.
  • the carrier blank has a top panel and two side panels downwardly foldable along fold lines spaced apart a distance less than the corresponding dimension of the tops of the containers'
  • the fold lines are interrupted by slits which follow the contours of the tops of the containers adjacent the fold lines and extend inwardly across the top panel at mid-regions to form tongues which snap below the undersides of the rims of the containers in the erected condition.
  • This invention relates to a carrier for containers such as tubs or pots, formed from a flat blank of cardboard, paperboard or like material and adapted to retain two or more containers, and particularly for containers having tops of a generally rectangular shape.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a carrier which is suitable for combining containers having generally rectangular tops and an outwardly extending flat rim at the top of the container.
  • a carrier carton for grouping together at least two containers having substantially rectangular outwardly extending flat rims at the top comprising a top panel and two side wall panels, the side wall panels being joined to the top panel by parallel fold lines interrupted by slits, the fold lines lying between adjacent containers and being spaced apart a distance less than the width 2 of the tops of the containers, each of the slits between consecutive fold lines comforrning to the shape of the top of the container adjacent the fold lines and having a central portion in which the slits extend inwardly across the top panel to providetongues on the side panels which engage the underside of the outwardly extending rims of the containers when the side panels are folded to the erected position with the containers.
  • edges of the tongues formed on the side wall panels which engage the undersides of the rims of the containers are convex.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of a flat blank of cardboard material, and,
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the blank of FIG. 1 erected to form a carrier combining two containers.
  • the blank As shown in FIG. 1 the blank, indicated generally by the numeral 1, is adapted to combine two containers each having substantially rectangular tops.
  • the blank comprises a top panel 8 and two side panels 9 which are folded from opposite edges of the top panel 8 along fold lines 6.
  • the fold lines are interrupted by slits which, adjacent the fold lines 6, are arcuate at 2 and straight lines at 3. Between the portions 2, or the portions 2 and 3 as the case may be, each of the slits between consecutive fold lines 6 are provided with a central portion comprising a pair of straight slits 4 extending from the slits 2 and 3 inwardly across the top panel and joined by an arcuate slit 5. This central portion of the slit extends inwardly across the top panel a distance such that the innermost portions of the arcuate slits S are aligned with the fold lines 6.
  • the erected carrier combines two containers each of which has three radiused corners and a fourth sharp angled corner which coincides with a tear strip device provided to facilitate opening of the containers.
  • the containers are turned through with respect to one another so that the sharp angled corners 3a of the containers are each disposed other than at the ends of the carrier with the sharp angled corners adjacent opposite edges of the top panel.
  • the top panel of the blank is aligned with the tops of the containers and the side panels 9 and 10 pressed downwards.
  • each of the slits can be modified to provide two or more tongues engaging the undersides of the rims of the containers.
  • a carrier according to the present invention may be constructed to combine more than two containers by using a longer blank 1 with the required number of slits on each side to take the number of containers to be grouped together.
  • a package comprising at least two containers having substantially rectangular outwardly extending flat rims at the top and a carrier of foldable sheet material, the carrier comprising a top panel, two interrupted fold lines spaced apart a distance less than the corresponding width of the tops of the containers, two side walls joined respectively to the top panel by said fold lines, slits interrupting the fold lines and conforming to the shape of the tops of the containers adjacent the fold lines, central slit portions of each of the slits extending inwardly across the top panel, tongues on the side panels formed by said central slit portions engaging the underside of the outwardly extending rims of the containers.

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US4570795A (en) * 1983-04-21 1986-02-18 Ignacio Fernandez Sanz Support for jars
US4844328A (en) * 1988-04-29 1989-07-04 Manville Corporation Wrap-around carton with flange-receiving slots
US5127519A (en) * 1991-12-13 1992-07-07 Tsao Chung Piao Tuckable stabilizing carrier means for handling portable containers
US5163548A (en) * 1991-07-12 1992-11-17 The Mead Corporation Package incorporating flanged containers
US5601186A (en) * 1995-11-13 1997-02-11 Riverwood International Corporation Tub carrier
WO1999037555A3 (en) * 1998-01-23 2000-02-17 Shimshon Containers Ltd Sheet member coverings for covering containers
US20040206639A1 (en) * 2001-07-03 2004-10-21 Kenneth Karlsson Carrier for cans and a carboard blank for a carrier for cans
US20060207906A1 (en) * 2005-03-16 2006-09-21 Fogle James C Heat resistant lid for microwave container
USD585301S1 (en) * 2007-04-20 2009-01-27 Francis Coppola Winery Llc Wraparound package
US20180111734A1 (en) * 2016-10-26 2018-04-26 Synerlink Holding system for a row of individual pots, blanks kit and packaging of individual pots
USD839729S1 (en) 2017-09-15 2019-02-05 Graphic Packaging International, Llc Cover for a container
US11383896B2 (en) 2017-08-30 2022-07-12 Graphic Packaging International, Llc Cover for a container
USD1018298S1 (en) 2022-01-21 2024-03-19 Graphic Packaging International, Llc Tray cover
US11932467B2 (en) 2021-04-27 2024-03-19 Graphic Packaging International, Llc Cover for tray with containers
USD1060050S1 (en) 2021-12-30 2025-02-04 Graphic Packaging International, Llc Tray cover

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FR2444624A1 (fr) * 1978-12-18 1980-07-18 Etu Tech Realisa Appliq Centre Dispositif de solidarisation de plusieurs conteneurs ou de parties constitutives d'un conteneur

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US3311402A (en) * 1964-12-24 1967-03-28 Fritz Busche Druckereigesellsc Multiple container holder
US3339725A (en) * 1965-02-25 1967-09-05 Hamilton Joseph Portola Connector for containers and package
US3409124A (en) * 1965-01-11 1968-11-05 Jorgensen Arne Carrier carton for tub-like containers
US3432202A (en) * 1966-12-27 1969-03-11 Mead Corp Article carrier for flanged containers
US3540582A (en) * 1969-02-04 1970-11-17 Mead Corp Wrapper for tubular open-ended secondary packages
US3604614A (en) * 1969-09-05 1971-09-14 Lever Brothers Ltd Sleeve blank
US3638990A (en) * 1969-02-21 1972-02-01 Lever Brothers Ltd Carrier for tubs or pots

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US3311402A (en) * 1964-12-24 1967-03-28 Fritz Busche Druckereigesellsc Multiple container holder
US3409124A (en) * 1965-01-11 1968-11-05 Jorgensen Arne Carrier carton for tub-like containers
US3339725A (en) * 1965-02-25 1967-09-05 Hamilton Joseph Portola Connector for containers and package
US3432202A (en) * 1966-12-27 1969-03-11 Mead Corp Article carrier for flanged containers
US3540582A (en) * 1969-02-04 1970-11-17 Mead Corp Wrapper for tubular open-ended secondary packages
US3638990A (en) * 1969-02-21 1972-02-01 Lever Brothers Ltd Carrier for tubs or pots
US3604614A (en) * 1969-09-05 1971-09-14 Lever Brothers Ltd Sleeve blank

Cited By (19)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4570795A (en) * 1983-04-21 1986-02-18 Ignacio Fernandez Sanz Support for jars
US4844328A (en) * 1988-04-29 1989-07-04 Manville Corporation Wrap-around carton with flange-receiving slots
US5163548A (en) * 1991-07-12 1992-11-17 The Mead Corporation Package incorporating flanged containers
US5127519A (en) * 1991-12-13 1992-07-07 Tsao Chung Piao Tuckable stabilizing carrier means for handling portable containers
US5601186A (en) * 1995-11-13 1997-02-11 Riverwood International Corporation Tub carrier
WO1997018142A1 (en) * 1995-11-13 1997-05-22 Riverwood International Corporation Tub carrier
WO1999037555A3 (en) * 1998-01-23 2000-02-17 Shimshon Containers Ltd Sheet member coverings for covering containers
US20040206639A1 (en) * 2001-07-03 2004-10-21 Kenneth Karlsson Carrier for cans and a carboard blank for a carrier for cans
US20060207906A1 (en) * 2005-03-16 2006-09-21 Fogle James C Heat resistant lid for microwave container
US7766181B2 (en) * 2005-03-16 2010-08-03 Graphic Packaging International, Inc. Heat resistant lid for microwave container
USD585301S1 (en) * 2007-04-20 2009-01-27 Francis Coppola Winery Llc Wraparound package
USD592073S1 (en) * 2007-04-20 2009-05-12 Francis Coppola Winery Llc Wraparound package
US20180111734A1 (en) * 2016-10-26 2018-04-26 Synerlink Holding system for a row of individual pots, blanks kit and packaging of individual pots
US10486874B2 (en) * 2016-10-26 2019-11-26 Synerlink Holding system for a row of individual pots, blanks kit and packaging of individual pots
US11383896B2 (en) 2017-08-30 2022-07-12 Graphic Packaging International, Llc Cover for a container
USD839729S1 (en) 2017-09-15 2019-02-05 Graphic Packaging International, Llc Cover for a container
US11932467B2 (en) 2021-04-27 2024-03-19 Graphic Packaging International, Llc Cover for tray with containers
USD1060050S1 (en) 2021-12-30 2025-02-04 Graphic Packaging International, Llc Tray cover
USD1018298S1 (en) 2022-01-21 2024-03-19 Graphic Packaging International, Llc Tray cover

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AT316413B (de) 1974-07-10
BE764930A (fr) 1971-09-27
FR2082786A5 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1971-12-10
NL7103992A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1971-09-28
CH522544A (de) 1972-06-30
GB1326492A (en) 1973-08-15

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