US2661140A - Article carrier - Google Patents

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Dec. 1, 1953' E. L. ARNESON 2,661,140

ARTICLE CARRIER Filed Aug. 4, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR.

[maid/mom @MJMWM m Dec. 1, 1953 E. L. ARNESON 2,561,140

ARTICLE CARRIER Filed Aug. 4, 1 51 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VEN TOR.

Patented Dec. 1, 1953 ARTICIJE CARRIER i Edwin L. .Arneson, Morris, Ill.,; assignonto lMorrisn. PaperQMilIsL Chicago, IllQIXa incorporation of";

Illinois The. present invention relatesrtorimprovementsr.

insa fiexiblepaperboard carrier. forcbottleseand other articles oflike; sizesandlshape. Morelpeurr.v ticularly, the invention bears =onv-a-partitioned or;

cellular carrier 1f eaturing :a longitudinal and; cross v partition structure of improved characterv It :is an iobject'of theinventioni-to provide-an.

articleacarriersof the foregoing general descrip tion, characterized by opposed: pairsgorside andz end i wa-1ls,xa .mul-t'r-ply longitudinal czsuspending and partition: panel disposed? medially. between and'parallel toitheside Walls; and'a cross partie tion. structure of :in1p1 f0ved;:sort. constituted by a set of panel elements hingedlyarticulated to one another "in longitudinally extending order: and 1a further set ofzpartition panel elements -which are 1 hingedly joined ,toione of thevpanelzelements of saidseries in a transverselwextending. order.

A further object of 4 the invention'is to provide:

a simple paperboard article carrierlofzithetyped described comprising a multi-ply longitudinal partition and suspending. member having a pair of: cross; .partitionv.panel. elements; integrally hingedaitheretoionxa vertically "extendingsfold lline:

terminatingtat theclower margin vof twol'ofr'the. plies 1 of J the partition? member; which panel :e1e-; ments are otherwise freed. from the partition to:

enablejtheirzswingings to a. right. angleiothev latter, and further sets '-'.of cross partition, panel.

elements integrally hinged. to .the samerespective pliesof "the' -longitudinal partition member; on .v

fold lines coinciding with the bottomnmargin;

thereof, one of the panel elements of' each set 4 being integrally hinged to another: for .folding.

into juxtaposed;racer-contacting and adhesively.

secured relation thereto; the". integrally hinged". panel elements-being adapted- 130 extend between the-cross partition member and a" side Wall-of the H carrier, being adhesively'secured'tothe respec-- tive side walls to subdivide the space on one side Yet another: object is to "provide 'a flexible-' 1 paperboard'blank for an improved articlecarrier w ofthe' abovedescription. v

'Iheiforegoing' statements: are indicativein -a general way of="the-nature'-of the inventionz Other. .andt-more specific objectslwill benapparentlm tothose skilled in therart uponia full .understand-.,. ing; v of: the constructions and operationllof the. .7 devicez;

A single, embodiment or the invention is, prev: sented herein for :purpose .of: illustration; and it 4 willebe appreciated-that. the inventiontnray.be incorporatedvin 'othenmodified forms coming;- equa y within sthe, soopeeof therappended claims In .thedrawings:

Fig l is la top ypland-view-oi a flexible papery board blank employed in the manuiacture of .thec; improved vcarrier Fig-gglA" is a fragmentary plan r-view t illustrating a portion of the blankrofiFiei l following prelimi:-'- nary gluing. and folding op erations;

Fig.5. 2 is planvviev lpartiailyfiroken"away showing the"; carrier after. :anothen operation 111m the manufacturathereof Figi ZAwis, a fragmentary;p lan-=view oshowingn therxcarrier following; yeti-another: step ,innthe: manuiacturezthereof Fig. .13 is :aiplanxview {0f the lcarrierein -.its.1com-- pleted, knock-downnondition;

Figti'isia side elevational-rviewworthe carrienv in completed and erected condition;;..:

Fi'ge is :azyiew"ins-horizontal section along .a lineucorresponding: to line;5T-'5 [or vfifigis 14; further illustrating: detailslzof structure andtthe relation-i shiploilthecarrier lparts'rand Fig 6' is a yieacrinztransrerse vertical-section 7 w along a lineicorrespnndingnto'iine"6%6of1Fig.25.

Reier ringlto Fig; .l of rthez;.drawings the "refer? encennumeral J 'g'enerallyi designates sa flexible} paperboard blanhifromewhichthe improved bottle? carrier *is fabricate 1 Thiszlblankzis symmetrical; about 'a mediahlongitudinallyextending line H; except for a bottom forming section iz integrally attached to one"edge-of the blank; Accordingly, only'the partsonon-eside' of the medial line I will be described,'ontheunderstanding that similarlparts and relationships of "parts that are on: oppositelsidesofltheglineare designated by similar reference.numerals,-

Blamed dincludes.rectangnlar sidemallrpanels l 2 definedbyparallel K136981865:- l 3 4 3 and the bots tomformingsecticnis hingedly-joinedhy a crease. I5 to1-one1side ofione'iofvthe sidewall panels. l2.--- A medialnrease; t6 :subdi-vides :the bottcmisection intottwoclikes. portions; and :a glue: daps is hinged byaiurthencrease l i rontolrtheioutermost'portionr. I theg-luelanbeingrdesignatedilfii;

The crease; Mihinges :an .edge wall-ipanell if! B to; 1

1: onexendmfiside: wallr-pane-l l 2;; andiau longitudinal a 3 partition forming panel or flap is conjoined to end wall panel l9 by the crease 2|.

The opposite end of side wall panel |2 has an end wall panel 22 integrally hinged thereto by the crease l3. End wall panel in turn has hinged thereto, by means of a transversely extending crease 23, the partition forming unit 24 with which the provisions of the present invention are primarily concerned. Crease 23 extends the entire width of the blank HI and a handle panel is integrally hinged to the unit 24 by the crease 23. Panel 25 is freed for movement relative to side and end wall panels I2, 22 by means of a shaped slit 26. The panel 25 is provided with hand holes 21 of well known type, and the respective panels 25 are integrally hinged to one another by a longitudinally extending crease 28 at medial line H of the blank.

Similarly, the partition units 24 are integrally hinged together by an extension of crease 28 which is designated 28', the left hand end of this crease extension terminating in an elongated, longitudinally extending slot 29 to facilitate bending of the material of the blank in this zone. At the opposite end of the blank, the longitudinal partition flaps 20 are integrally hinged to one another by a relatively short crease 30 which, along with creases 28, 28 and slot 29, coincide with the medial line H, and with the top of the top margin of the suspending member of the carrier in the completed condition of the latter.

As indicated above, the invention primarily deals with the manner in which a longitudinal and cross partition structure to subdivide the interior of the carrier into equal sized cellsis provided by the units 24. To this end, each unit is cut inwardly from its left hand edge by means of a slit 3| which is located about midway of the vertical dimension of a main, longitudinal partition panel 32 of unit 24. A crease 33 at 90 to slit 3| defines a partition panel element 34 which is freed from panel 32 for bending at a right angle thereto. Panel element 34 carries a narrow glue lap 35, hinged thereto by crease 34'.

A second cross partition defining unit includes a panel 36 integrally hinged to the bottom margin of longitudinal partition panel 32 by means of a crease 31. Panel member 36 in turn has a cross partition panel element 38 integrally hinged thereto by crease 39, the element 38 being separated from the partition panel 32 by means of a slit 43 coinciding with the bottom margin of the latter. It is thus seen that the last described unit is swingable about crease 31 into face-to-face relation to panel 32, its panel element 38 being then swingable about crease 39 into right angular relation to panel 32, while panel element 34 is similarly swingable about crease 34 to a like relationship. Member 38 carries a narrow glue lap 4| integrally hinged thereto by a crease 42. Like panel 25, the longitudinal partition panel 32 is provided with hand holdopenings 43 of a well known type.

In completing the carrier from the blank illustrated in Fig. 1, the unit including panel 36 and attached cross partition panel element 38 are first swung upwardly, inwardly and downwardly about crease 31 and adhered by previously applied adhesive on member 36, indicated by stippling in Fig. l, in face-to-face engagement with panel 32. This leaves the blank in the condition illustrated in Fig. 1A, in which it is seen that the glue lap 4| of member 38 is lapped over onto the body of the member 34. Next, adhesive is applied to the exposed surfaces of glue laps 35, 4|, as well as to the portion of the longitudinal partition panel 32 above the slit 3|, as indicated by stippling in Fig. 1A. The partition units 24 are then folded bodily upwardly, inwardly and downwardly about crease 23, causing the glue laps 35, 4| to be adhered to the side wall panel |2 in spaced relation to one another, and the panel 25 to adhere to panel 32 in the zone of the hand holes 21, 43. This leaves the blank in the condition shown in Fig. 2. Further adhesive is next applied to the exposed surface of the panel 32, as shown in stippling in Fig. 2, and the end wall panel H) and its longitudinal partition flap 2|! are then folded upwardly, inwardly, and downwardly about crease l4, causing the flap 20 to be adhered to the glued portion of panel 32 and leaving the blank in the condition shown in Fig. 2A. The article is completed by applying adhesive to the exposed surface of one of the panels 32 and partition flaps 20, shown stippled in Fig. 2A. also to the bottom section glue lap I8, and by successively folding the two sections of the blank onto one another above medial line N, then the bottom section about its medial crease Hi. This completes the carrier in its knock-down condition shown in Fig. 3.

Referring to Figs. 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings, it is seen that the invention provides a carrier having full depth bottle protection along its longitudinal medial partition 32, 20, also full depth protection at the transverse partition which are constituted by panel elements 34 and 38. The latter are both integrally hinged to panel 32. The carrier is sturdy, is fabricated from a blank of minimum size, and is well adapted for production on existing gluing and folding machinery.

I claim:

1. An article carrier fabricated from flexible paperboard stock and comprising opposed pairs of side and end walls, a bottom extending between said side walls, a longitudinal partition disposed medially between said side walls and hinged to one of said end walls, said partition comprising a longitudinally extending panel having a cross partition element connected thereto on an integral vertical hinge located in inwardly spaced relation to an end thereof, which partition element is hingedly secured to a side wall, and a further cross partition unit integrally hinged to the bottom margin of the longitudinal partition panel, said further cross partition unit including a panel element folded upwardly about said bottom hinge to said longitudinal partition panel and disposed in face to face relation thereto, and a cross partition panel integrally hinged at one end by a vertical crease to said upwardly folded panel element and hingedly secured at its opposite end to said side wall, said last named cross partition panel being separated by a cut from said bottom margin of said longitudinal partition panel.

2. An article carrier fabricated from flexible paperboard stock and comprising opposed pairs of side and end Walls, a bottom extending between said side walls, a longitudinal partition disposed medially between said side walls and hinged to one of said end walls, said partition extending downwardly substantially to the plane of the bottom margin of the walls, said partition comprising a longitudinally extending panel having a cross partition element connected there to on an integral vertical hinge located in inwardly spaced relation to an end thereof, which partition element is hingedly secured to a side wall, and a further cross partition unit integrally hinged to the bottom margin of the longitudinal partition panel, said further cross partition unit including a panel element folded upwardly about said bottom hinge to said longitudinal partition panel and disposed in face-to-face relation thereto, and a cross partition panel integrally hinged at one end by a vertical crease to said upwardly folded panel element and hingedly secured at its opposite end to said side wall, said last named cross partition panel being separated by a cut from said bottom margin of said longitudinal partition panel.

3. A flexible paperboard article carrier blank comprising hingedly connected side and end wall panels, a longitudinal partition panel integrally hinged by a transverse crease to an end of an end wall panel, a first cross partition element integrally hinged by a vertical crease to said partition panel, a panel element integrally hinged by a longitudinal crease to said longitudinal partition panel and adapted to be folded into sideby-side relation to the latter, and a second cross partition element integrally hinged by a transverse crease to an end margin of said panel element and separated by a cut from said longitudinal partition panel, said first and second cross partition panel elements being adapted to be hingedly secured to a side wall at the ends thereof opposite said integral hinges thereof.

4. A flexible paperboard article carrier blank comprising hingedly connected side and end wall Panels, a longitudinal partition panel integrally hinged by a transverse crease to an end of an end wall panel, a first cross partition element integrally hinged by a vertical crease to said partition panel, a panel element integrally hinged by a longitudinal crease to a bottom forming margin of said longitudinal partition panel and adapted to be folded inwardly and upwardly into side-by-side relation to the latter, and a second cross partition element integrally hinged by a transverse crease to an end margin of said panel element and separated by a cut from said bottom margin of said longitudinal partition panel, said first and second cross partition panel elements being adapted to be hingedly secured to a side wall at the ends thereof opposite said integral hinges thereof.

5. An article carrier fabricated from flexible paperboard stock and comprising opposed pairs of side and end walls, a bottom extending between said side walls, a longitudinal partition disposed medially between said side walls and hinged to one of said end Walls, said partition comprising a longitudinally extending panel having a cross partition element connected thereto on an integral vertical hinge, which partition element is hingedly secured to a side wall, and a further cross partition unit integrally hinged to the bottom margin of the longitudinal partition panel, said further cross partition unit including a panel element folded upwardly about said bottom hinge to said longitudinal partition panel and disposed in face to face relation thereto, and a cross partition panel integrally hinged at one end by a vertical crease to said upwardly folded panel element and hingedly secured at its opposite end to said side wall, said last named cross partition panel being separated by a cut from said bottom margin of said longitudinal partition panel.

6. An article carrier fabricated from flexible paperboard stock and comprising opposed pairs of side and end walls, a bottom extending between said side walls, a longitudinal partition disposed medially between said side walls and hinged to one of said end walls, said partition comprising a longitudinally extending panel having a cross partition element connected thereto on an integral vertical hinge, which partition element is hingedly secured to a side wall, and a further cross partition unit integrally hinged to a longitudinal margin of the longitudinal partition panel, said further cross partition unit including a panel element folded about said hinge relative to said longitudinal partition panel and disposed in face to face relation thereto, and a cross partition panel integrally hinged at one end by a vertical crease to said folded panel element and hingedly secured at its opposite end to said side wall, said last named cross partition panel being separated by a cut from the margin of said longitudinal partition panel to which said cross partition is hinged.

EDWIN L. ARNESON.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,395,711 Arnold Feb. 26, 1946 2,476,181 Crane July 12, 1949 2,525,686 Kowal Oct. 10, 1950 2,532,446 Hall Dec. 5, 1950 2,537,614 Arneson Jan. 9, 1951 2,584,658 Arneson Feb. 5, 1952 2,586,301 Castle Feb. 19, 1952

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