Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D71/06—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers
  • B65D71/12—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers the packaging elements, e.g. wrappers being formed by folding a single blank
  • B65D71/14—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers the packaging elements, e.g. wrappers being formed by folding a single blank having a tubular shape, e.g. tubular wrappers without end walls
  • B65D71/16—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers the packaging elements, e.g. wrappers being formed by folding a single blank having a tubular shape, e.g. tubular wrappers without end walls with article-locating elements
• • 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
  • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
  • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
  • B65D2571/00129—Wrapper locking means
  • B65D2571/00135—Wrapper locking means integral with the wrapper
  • B65D2571/00154—Wrapper locking means integral with the wrapper interlocked
  • B65D2571/00185—Wrapper locking means integral with the wrapper interlocked by tabs cut within one end and facing away from the other end when blank is unfolded, and co-operting with openings at the other end
• • 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
  • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
  • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
  • B65D2571/00246—Locating elements for the contents
  • B65D2571/00253—Locating elements for the contents integral with the wrapper
  • B65D2571/0029—Openings in top or bottom walls
• • 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
  • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
  • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
  • B65D2571/00432—Handles or suspending means
  • B65D2571/00438—Holes
  • B65D2571/00444—Holes for fingers
• • 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
  • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
  • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
  • B65D2571/00648—Elements used to form the wrapper
  • B65D2571/00654—Blanks
  • B65D2571/0066—Blanks formed from one single sheet
• • 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
  • B65D2571/00—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, pop bottles; Bales of material
  • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
  • B65D2571/00709—Shape of the formed wrapper, i.e. shape of each formed element if the wrapper is made from more than one element
  • B65D2571/00722—Shape of the formed wrapper, i.e. shape of each formed element if the wrapper is made from more than one element tubular with end walls, e.g. walls not extending on the whole end surface
  • B65D2571/00759—Shape of the formed wrapper, i.e. shape of each formed element if the wrapper is made from more than one element tubular with end walls, e.g. walls not extending on the whole end surface the end walls having a part tucked between side, top or bottom wall and contents or between two articles

Definitions

• This invention relates to cartons and blanks therefor.
• a carton for receiving a plurality of articles which carton comprises a top portion, a bottom portion, two side portions, the side and/or bottom portions being provided with formations for engaging the heel portions of at least some of said articles, and gusset portions provided between the side portions and the top portion so as to extend across at least part of each end area of the carton.
• gusset portions are provided at each end of the carton between each side portion and each top portion.
• the formations for engaging the heel portions are in the form of apertures in each of which is received and retained a heel portion.
• each gusset portion comprises two panels, the first of which is hingedly — £.—
• both panels being hingedly connected together such that one of said panels is bent towards its associated portion to allow the other panel to extend across the open end area of the carton.
• the top portion is hingedly connected along opposite side edges to the side portions and each side portion is hingedly connected to a bottom panel, the two bottom panels being secured
• the two bottom panels are formed with interengaging formations to effect their securing together.
• the two bottom panels could be adhesively secured together.
• the carton is adapted to receive two rows of articles so that two articles face each open end and the articles are retained in the carton by the gussetted portions and the heel engaging formations, one of which is provided for each article.
• the cartons are formed from cardboard and the hinged connections may be constituted by fold lines, score lines or skip/score lines.
• each gusset portion being constituted by two panels, the first of which is hingedly connected to the associated side portion and the second of which is hingedly connected to the top portion, both panels of the gusset portion being hingedly connected together.
• Figure 1 shows a blank according to the present invention
• Figure 2 is a perspective view of the blank of Figure 1 being assembled into a carton
• Figure 3 is a perspective view of a carton according to the present invention made from the blank shown in Figure 1, and
• Figure 4 is an end view of the carton shown in Figure 3.
• Figure 1 shows a blank 10 for forming a carton 11, as shown in figures 2 to 4 , around a plurality of articles which in this case is six cans 12 for beverages arranged in two rows of three.
• the carton 11 has a top portion 13 formed with two finger holes 14 for facilitating the carrying of the carton.
• Hingedly connected to each side edge of the top portion along fold lines 15, 16 are upper side panels 17, 18 which are adapted to conform to the bevelled upper surfaces of the cans 12.
• Hingedly connected to each side of the upper side panels 17, 18 along fold lines 19, 20 are main side panels 21, 22.
• Hingedly connected to the lower edges of the side panels 21, 22 along fold lines 23, 24 are lower side panels 25, 26 which in turn are connected along fold lines 27, 28 to bottom panels 29, 30.
• the panels 21, 25, 29; 22, 26, 30 are formed with apertures 31 and formations 32 for engaging and retaining heel portions of the cans 12.
• the heel of the can protrudes to some extent through the aperture 31 and this serves to prevent to a great extent transverse movement of the can 12 within the carton 11.
• the bottom panels 29, 30 are provided with various formations 33 which are arranged so as to interlock and interengage so as to close the blank 10 to form the sleeve-like carton 11.
• the blank 10 is also formed with gusset portions 34 which interconnect each side panel 21, 22 with the top portion 13.
• Each gusset portion 34 has a first panel 35 hingedly connected to the top portion 13 and a second panel 36 hingedly connected to the side panel 21, 22 along the fold line 37.
• the first and second panels 35, 36 are also hingedly connected together along fold line 38.
• the upper side panel 17, 18 is bypassed by the provision of a hole 39.
• the top portion When forming the carton 11 around the cans 12, the top portion is placed across the tops of the cans and the side panels and bottom panels are folded around the cans 12. During the folding the second panels 36 of the gusset portions 34 are tucked in behind their associated side panels 21, 22 and the bottom panels 29, 30 are connected together. These second panels 36 and the lower part of the first portions 35 are, in the finished carton 11, sandwiched in position between the cans 12 and the side panels
• the first panels 35 of the gusset portions 34 partially block the open end areas of the carton and thereby prevent the tops of the cans from being removed from the carton. This is clearly shown in figure 4.
• articles other than beverage cans can be used in the above described carton.
• the carton could be adapted for use with bottles.
• different types of can would require slightly modified panel arrangements.
• the upper side panels 17, 18 may be omitted to leave the main side panels 21, 22 hingedly connected directly to the top portion 13.
• other bottom panel securing techniques are envisaged, for example different formations 33 may be used or the two panels may simply be secured with adhesive.
• connection between the ends of the blank has been shown as being in the bottom portion, but it will be appreciated that it could be located in a side or the top portion if required. Further modifications may include further fold lines in the first gusset portion if desired or in any other panel so as to accommodate features of the articles being contained.
• the carton is ideally suited to manufacture from paperboard but other semi-rigid or rigid sheets could be used. Also fold lines could also encompass score lines or any combination of fold lines and score lines.
• the above described type of carton provides a secure package for a plurality of articles and does not rely on apertures for retaining the tops of the articles.
• the weak spots between the endmost top apertures and the end edge of known cartons are therefore eliminated without adding bulk to the carton.

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