US3130861A

US3130861A - Article carrier

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Publication number: US3130861A
Application number: US176986A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edwin L Arneson
Original assignee: Federal Paper Board Co Inc
Current assignee: Federal Paper Board Co Inc
Priority date: 1962-03-02
Filing date: 1962-03-02
Publication date: 1964-04-28
Anticipated expiration: 1981-04-28

Description

April 28, 1964 E. L. ARNESON ARTICLE CARRIER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 2, 1962 INVENTOR. Eda/72 Z. d/"rzeaa 76,

A ril 28, 1964 E. L. ARNESON ARTICLE CARRIER .2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 2, 1962 INVENTOR.

[ail/ml. flrlzesarz, BY MMWM Mm United States Patent 3,130,861 ARTICLE CARRIER Edwin L. Arneson, Morris, Ill, assignor to Federal Paper Board tlompany, line, Bogota, N1, a corporation of New York Filed Mar. 2, 1962, Ser. No. 176,986 12 Claims. (Cl. 220-113) This invention relates to article carriers of the type which are formed from a single blank of foldable sheet material and designed to provide, when set up, a plurality of cells for articles, such as bottled beverages, with adequate provision for supporting and separating the articles in the cells.

(lhe general type of carrier here involved is characterized by a bottom wall, opposed pairs of upstanding, laterally spaced side walls, end walls connecitng the vertical edges of the side walls, a longitudinal partition and handle structure extending in a vertical plane between the end walls and parallel to the side walls, and cross partitions which are disposed in longitudinally spaced, vertical planes and are integrally hinged on vertical fold lines to the respective side walls and to the longitudinal partition and handle structure, the latter dividing the compartments on opposite sides of the longitudinal partition and handle structure into a plurality of cells to receive therein the articles to be carried.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide a strong and rugged carrier of the type described which is formed from a minimum of material and which has longitudinal and cross partition panels extending between each cell and the adjoining cells so as to provide at least one thickness of material for separating the bottles in each of the adjoining cells.

It is a more specific object of the invention to provide a cellular article carrier of the type described in which the cross partitions are taken from elongate longitudinal partition forming panels which are integrally hinged to the end wall panel-s at one end of the carrier and which are secured to the end wall panels at the other end of the carrier by a pair of relatively narrow cooperating longitudinal partition panels integrally hinged thereto, with the longitudinal partition panels having their top margins sandwiched between a pair of handle forming panels which are hinged to one of the longitudinal partition panels on a vertical hinge line and which have portions reinforcing the hinged connections of the cross partitions with the longitudinal partition panels.

It is another object of the invention to provide a cellular article carrier of the type described having cross partition forming panels cut from longitudinal partition forming panels which are integrally hinged to the end wall panels at one end of the carrier and having a handle construction formed by foldable panels which are taken from the one side edge of the blank, with foldable handle reinforcing panels which are taken from the area adjoining the handle panels.

It is a further object of the invention to provide an article carrier of the type described wherein the cross partitions are cut from longitudinal partition torming panels at one end of the blank and a longitudinal partition reinforcing panel hinged to the end of the one longitudinal partition panel which reinforcing panel is adapted to be folded onto the longitudinal partition panel to which it is hinged so that the free marginal portion thereof extends into the area between the center cells, whereby to cover at least in part the openings left by cutting therefrom the cross partitions so as to separate the articles in the center cells.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide an article carrier of the type described which is formed from a rectangular blank adapted to be cut so that suc- 3,13%,851 Patented Apr. 28, 1964 ice cessive blanks may be nested and a plurality of the blanks may be cut trom a web with a minimum of waste material.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent trom a consideration of the article carrier which is shown by way of illustration in the accompanying drawings wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of an article carrier having embodied therein the principal features of the invention, the carrier being shown in set up empty condition;

FIGURE 2 is a vertical, longitudinal section taken on the line 22 of FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a vertical, transverse section taken on the line 3-3 of FIGURE 2;

FIGURE 4 is a vertical, transverse section taken on the line 4-4 of FIGURE 2;

FIGURE 5 is a partial vertical, longitudinal section taken on the line 5-5 of FIGURE 4;

FIGURE 6 is a plan view of the inside face of the prepared blank from which the carrier is formed, the view showing glue applied to certain areas of the blank preliminary to executing the initial folding operation;

FIGURE 7 is a plan view of a portion of the blank shown in FIGURE 6 illustrating the first folding and gluing operations;

[FlGU RE 8 is a plan view of the partially folded blank following certain additional folding and gluing operations; and

FIGURE 9 is a plan view of the completed carrier in knocked down condition.

Referring to the drawings, the form of the carrier which is illustrated is fabricated from a paperboard blank 10 which is generally rectangular and which is cut and creased or scored as shown in FIGURE 6. The blank 10 is divided into a bottom forming section 11, two wall and

partition forming sections

12 and 13, with the latter extending on opposite sides of the bottom forming section 11, and a handle forming section 14 at one side edge of the blank.

The bottom forming section 11 of the blank is separated from the adjoining wall and

partition forming sections

12 and 13 by parallel, laterally spaced crease lines 15 and 15' which terminate at their ends at the transverse cutting lines 16 and 17 which define the ends of the bottom wall forming panel 18, the latter being subdivided by a longitudinally extending crease line 20 into two

foldable half panels

21 and 21. The bottom wall forming panel 18 is notched at 22 at one end of the median score line 20.

The side wall and

partition forming sections

12 and 13 of the blank are cut and creased in a similar manner to provide a pair of side wall forming panels 23 and 23' and pairs of end

wall forming panels

24, 25 and 24, 25' which are separated from the side wall forming panels 23 and 23' by

parallel crease lines

26, 27 and 26', 27, which crease lines extend transversely of the blank and in longitudinally spaced relation. The

end wall panels

24, 24 and 25, 25' extend to

transverse crease lines

28, 28 and 30, 30' which are parallel with and equally spaced from the

transverse crease lines

26, 26' and 27, 27'. The

blank sections

12 and 13 are out along their outer side edges on the

lines

31, 31 which define the top edges of the

side wall panels

23, 23 and the

end wall panels

24, 24' and 25, 25'. At the one end of the blank the

sections

12 and 13 are cut to provide relatively narrow, longitudinal partition forming panels or strips 32 and 32'. The end

wall forming panels

24 and 24 and the adjoining longitudinal partition panels or strips 32 and 32' are cut on longitudinally extending lines 33 and 33' which are aligned with the crease lines 15 and 15' and which form the bottom edges of the

panels

24, 24' and 32, 32. I-Iook

formations

34 and 34 are cut in the end edges of the blank adjacent the bottom ends of the panels 32 and 32'.

The

blank sections

12 and 13 are cut and scored or creased at the other end of the blank to provide

longitudinal partition panels

35 and 35 which extend in the longitudinal direction of the blank beyond the

transverse crease lines

30 and 3%, on which these panels are hingedly connected to the

end wall panels

25 and 25. The blank is cut on the transversely spaced, longitudinally extending, parallel lines 36 and 36' which are parallel with the score lines 15 and 15' and ofiset slightly therefrom in the direction of the side edges of the blank and which form the bottom edges of the end wall panels 25, and the longitudinal partition panels 35,

Cross partition panels

37 and 37 are cut in the longitudinal partition panels 35 and 35' so as to be foldable out of the plane of the latter. These panels are formed by cutting on generally U-shaped lines 38 and 38' with the ends of the cutting lines being connected by transverse crease lines 40 and 40' which are aligned with each other, which are parallel with the transverse crease lines 39 and 30' andwhich are spaced from the latter a distance equal to the spacing between the

crease lines

27, 27 and 3t), 3h. The cross partition panels 37 and 37' are cut and creased so as to provide glue flap or glue tab formations 41 and 41' which are adapted to hinge on transverse crease lines 42 and 42, the latter being parallel with the

crease lines

40 and 40 and being spaced therefrom the same distance as the distance between the crease lines 30, 3t) and 4t 40.

The one cross partition panel 37' has its glue tab forming portion 41 cut from a cross partition forming panel 43 which is in turn derived from the end portion of the longitudial partition panel 35'. The cross partition panel 43 is freed from the remainder of the panel 35' by the longitudinal cutting line 44 and adapted to hinge on the transverse crease line 45, the latter being aligned with the crease line 42'. The longitudinally extending cutting line 44 is aligned with the one leg of the cutting line 38 so that a top portion 46 of the longitudinal partition panel 35 remains for connecting to the handle panels when the carrier is glued and folded. The cross partition panel 43 is provided on its outer free edge with a glue tab 47 which is adapted to hinge about a transverse crease line 48, the latter being spaced from the hinge forming crease line the same distance as between the crease line 45 and the transverse crease line 40 or twice the distance between the crease lines 39 and 45.

The longitudinal partition panel 35 in the blank section 13 has a reinforcing extension panel 49 which is separated therefrom by a transverse crease line 56, with the latter being parallel to the transverse crease line 30 and being spaced therefrom a distance corresponding to the length of the side wall forming panel 23. A cross partition panel 51 is cut from the longitudinal partition reinforcing panel 49 on a generally Ushaped cutting line 52 which is of the same character as the cutting line 38 but faces in the opposite direction. The cross partition panel 51 is adapted to hinge about a transverse crease line 53 which connects the ends of the cutting line 52 and whcih is parallel with and spaced from the transverse crease line 59 the same distance as between the

crease lines

27 and 36. The cross partition panel 51 is provided with a glue tab formation 54 which is cut from the material in the outer end of the longitudinal partition panel 35 and which is adapted to hinge about a transverse crease line 55, the latter being parallel with and spaced from the crease line 53 the same distance as between the crease lines 46 and 42.

The handle forming section 14 at the one side of the blank 10 is cut and scored or creased to provide inner and

outer handle panels

56 and 57 which are foldable about a longitudinally extending crease line 58 with the latter being parallel to and spaced outwardly of the center portion of the cutting line 31. The inner handle panel 56 is connected on the hinge forming crease line 60 to a laterally extending portion 61 of the longitudinal partition panel 35, with the crease line 60 forming an extension of the transverse crease line 30. The inner handle panel 56 is freed from the adjoining side and

end wall panels

23 and 25 by the cutting line 31 except at two points 62 and 63 where the blank is partially cut through or perforated so as to permit separation by breaking the perforations in the setting up of the carrier. A handle reinforcing partition 64 is separated from the innermost handle panel 56 by the hinge forming, transversely extending crease line 65, which is parallel with the crease line 60, and freed from the outermost handle panel 57 by the cutting line 66 which is aligned with the crease line 65. The handle reinforcing panel 64 is divided by a longitudinally extending crease line 67 which is parallel with and slightly offset towards the center of the blank relative to the crease line 58, into inner and

outer panels

68 and 69. The two

handle panels

56 and 57 are provided with hand holes 76 and 70' which are adapted to align when the

panels

56 and 57 are folded about the crease line 58. The outermost handle reinforcing panel 69 is provided with a hand hole 71 which is adapted to align with the hand holes 70 and 79' when the carrier is set up and the innermost panel 68 is cut away at 72 for the same purpose. The handle reinforcing panel 64 is freed from the adjacent longitudinal partition panel 32 on the cutting line 73 which leaves a top extension 74 on the partition panel 32. The innermost handle panel 56 is slotted at 75 and 76 and the outermost handle reinforcing panel 69 is slotted along the outer edge thereof at 77 and 78 so as to provide tab portions 81, 82 on the

panel

56 and 83, 84 on the panel 69 for a purpose which will be described.

The blank 10, when cut and creased, is glued and folded to provide the carrier which is illustrated in FIG- URE 1. In setting up the carrier after glue has been applied to the blank portion as shown in FIGURE 6, the one cross partition panel 37 is lifted and the longitudinal partition reinforcing panel 49 is folded inwardly about the transverse crease line 56 into the position shown in FIGURE 7. The panel 37 is then folded down partially overlying the panel 48 and glue is applied to the cross partition tabs 41 and 54. Thereafter, the

longitudinal partition panels

35 and 35 are folded inwardly about the

crease lines

30 and 30, the handle reinforcing panel 64 is folded about the crease line 65 onto the

handle panels

56 and 57, and the

end Wall panels

24 and 24 are folded about the

crease lines

26 and 26 which brings the blank into the condition shown in FIGURE 8. At this point glue is applied as indicated to the

panels

64, 32 and 35'. The lower half of the partially folded blank, as shown in FIGURE 8, is folded upwardly about the center crease line 20 in the bottom wall panel 18 and the outer handle panel 57 is folded inwardly about the crease line '53 to complete the assembly of the carrier in collapsed flattened condition as shown in FIGURE 9.

When the carrier is set up it assumes the position shown in FIGURE 1 with the

cross partition panels

37, 37' and 43, 51 being hinged at their inner edges to the longitudinal partition structure and extending outwardly therefrom to the glue tabs 41, 41' and 47,54 which connect the same in hinged relation to the side walls 23 and 23'. The longitudinal partition reinforcing panel 49 extends slightly beyond the center of the carrier and its marginal end portion provides a divider sufiicient to separate the articles in the center cells. The main portion of the longitudinal panel 35 provides a partition between the two end cells at the one end of the carrier suflicient to separate the articles placed therein. At the other end of the carrier the articles are separated by two solid plies of material. The hinge connections between the cross partition panels and the center longitudinal partition are reinforced by the depending

portions

81, 82 and 83, 84 of the inner handle panel 56 and the outer reinforcing handle panel 69 as shown in FIGURES 2 and 5.

The blanks for the carriers may be cut in an economical manner from a continuous web of the paperboard or other blank forming material as a result of the arrangement of the partition panels and the handle panels which enable the blanks to be nested, as shown in FIGURE 6, with only a very little waste of the blank forming material.

While particular materials and specific details of construction have been referred to in describing the form of the carrier illustrated, it will be understood that other materials and other details of construction may be resorted to within the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. A collapsible cellular bottle carrier comprising, when set up, a pair of foldable bottom forming panels, upstanding side wall forming panels hinged along the outer side edges of the bottom panels, end wall forming panels hingedly connecting the vertical edges of the side wall panels, and a partition and handle forming structure extending between the opposite end walls, said partition and handle structure comprising a pair of longitudinal partition and cross partition forming panels each integrally hinged to the vertical edges of the end wall panels at the one end of the carrier and extending in face contacting relation toward the other end of the carrier, relatively narrow longitudinal partition panels integrally hinged to the vertical edges of the end wall panels at said other end of the carrier and connected to said first mentioned longitudinal partition and cross partition forming panels, one of said first mentioned longitudinal partition and cross partition forming panels having an end panel portion which is folded back upon said one longitudinal partition and cross partition forming panel about a vertical hinge line and forms a reinforcing panel for the same, cross partition forming panels cut from said first mentioned longitudinal partition and cross partition forming panels and from said reinforcing panel and hinged in cross partition forming relation thereto, said cross partition forming panels having integrally hinged glue tabs on their free ends which are connected to the side wall forming panels, and said reinforcing panel extending at least to the longitudinal center of the carrier and providing a separating panel covering the cut out areas of the first mentioned longitudinal partition panels which result from cutting the cross partition forming panels therefrom.

2. A collapsible cellular bottle carrier comprising, when set up, a foldable bottom wall, upstanding side walls hinged along the side edges of the bottom wall, foldable end walls hingedly connecting the vertical edges of the side walls, and a partition and handle structure extending between and connecting the end walls along the longitudinal center of the carrier, said partition and handle structure comprising a pair of relatively long longitudinal partition panels integrally hinged to the end wall at one end of the carrier and extending in face contacting relation toward the other end of the carrier, relatively narrow vertical panels integrally hinged to the end wall at said other end of the carrier and connected to said longitudinal partition panels, one of said longitudinal partition panels having an end extension which is folded back upon said one longitudinal partition panel about a vertical hinge line and forms a reinforcing panel therefor, cross partition panels cut from said longitudinal partition panels and said reinforcing panel and hinged into transverse planes on opposite sides of said longitudinal partition and handle structure, said cross partition panels having hingedly connected tabs which are secured to the side walls, and said reinforcing panel providing a separating panel in the cut out areas of the longitudinal parti tion panels which result from cutting the cross partition panels therefrom.

3. A carrier as recited in claim 2, and a handle structure comprising inner and outer handle panels folded upon themselves so as to encompass the top margins of the longitudinal partition panels and having depending portions which extend downwardly of the top edges of the cross partition panels along the hinge connections of the cross partition panels with the longitudinal partition structure and reinforce the same.

4. A carrier as recited in claim 2, and a handle structure which comprises foldable panels connected on a vertical hinge line to the one end of the longitudinal partition structure and overlying the upper marginal portions of the panels in the longitudinal partition structure with depending portions extending below the top ends of the hinge connections of the cross partition panels with the longitudinal partition panels and lying along said hinge connections so as to reinforce the same.

5. A cellular paperboard article carrier having, when set up, a foldable bottom wall, upstanding side walls hinged to the opposite edges of the bottom wall, end walls hinged to the end edges of the side walls and a longitudinal partition and handle structure connecting the middle portions of the end walls, said longitudinal partition and handle structure comprising a pair of main longitudinal partition panels hinged to one end wall and secured in face-to-face relation, one of said main longitudinal partition panels extending substantially the full length of the carrier and having a reinforcing panel portion on the end opposite the hinged connection thereof with the end wall which is folded back about a vertical hinge line and secured in face engaging relation with the adjoining portions of said main longitudinal partition panel so that the inner end thereof extends to at least the center of the carrier, a pair of cross partitions cut from the one main longitudinal partition panel and hinged into parallel transverse planes on one side of said longitudinal partition and handle structure, a pair of cross partitions cut from the other one of said main longitudinal partition panels and from the reinforcing panel portion thereon and hinged into said parallel transverse planes on the opposite side of said longitudinal partition and handle structure, said cross partitions having their outer ends hingedly connected to the side walls and said longitudinal partition reinforcing panel portion extending in the panel areas from which the cross partitions are cut so as to cover the apertures resulting from cutting out said cross partitions and thereby separate the articles in the adjacent cells.

6. A cellular paperboard article carrier as recited in claim 5, and said longitudinal partition and handle structure including foldable inner and outer handle forming panels having their lower marginal portions secured in encompassing relation over the top marginal portions of said longitudinal partition panels.

7. A cellular paperboard article carrier as recited in claim 6, and said handle forming panels having hinge reinforcing, downwardly extending tab portions which are secured to the longitudinal partition panels adjacent the hinge connections of the cross partitions with said longitudinal partition panels at both sides of the longitudinal partition and handle structure.

8. A blank for a cellular article carrier which is cut and creased to provide a bottom forming section divided by a longitudinally extending medial crease line into a pair of foldable bottom panels, side wall and partition forming sections extending on opposite sides of the bottom forming section which are divided by longitudinally spaced, transversely extending, parallel crease lines into end wall panels at opposite ends of the side wall panels, the end wall panels at one end of the blank having relatively narrow, longitudinal partition connecting panels at their end margins which are separated therefrom by hinge forming transverse crease lines, longitudinal partition panels extending from the end wall panels at the other end of the blank in the longitudinal direction thereof, the blank being cut away in the areas between the end walls and the adjoining longitudinal partition panels at this end of the blank, cross partition panels cut from the longitudinal partition panels so as to hinge out of the plane of these panels about transverse crease lines which are spaced equal distances from the crease line separating said longitudinal partition panels from the adjoining end wall panels, the one longitudinal partition panel having an end portion which is foldable about a transverse crease line spaced from the edge of the adjoining end wall panel a distance corresponding to the length of a side wall panel and which is slightly more than half the length of the remainder of said longitudinal partition panel, and one of said cross partition panels being cut largely from said end portion and hinged about a transverse crease line extending in said end portion.

9. A blank for an article carrier as recited in claim 8, and a handle forming section at one side margin of the blank which is cut free of the adjoining side and end wall panels and separated at one end from a laterally extending portion of the longitudinal partition by a hinge forming crease line which is aligned with the transverse crease line separating the longitudinal partition from the adjoining end wall panel.

10. A blank for an article carrier as recited in claim 9, and said handle forming section being divided into inner and outer handle panels by a longitudinally extending crease line which is parallel with and extends outwardly 8 of the outer side edges of the adjoining side wall and longitudinal partition panels.

11. A blank for an article carrier as recited in claim 10, and said handle forming section having inner and outer handle reinforcing panels separated from the corresponding handle panels by aligned transverse crease and cutting lines, respectively, and separated from each other by a longitudinally extending hinge forming crease line.

12. A blank for an article carrier as recited in claim 11, and said inner handle panel and outer handle reinforcing panel having tab forming portions extending from their inner and outer edges, respectively, with corresponding transversely extending edges spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the blank a distance approximately one third the length of the side wall panels.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,606,712 Kowal Aug. 12, 1962 2,634,043 Arneson Apr. 7, 1953 2,687,232 Arneson Aug. 24, 1954 2,688,421 Forrer Sept. 7, 1954 2,754,028 Berbstein July 10, 1956

Claims

1. A COLLAPSIBLE CELLULAR BOTTLE CARRIER COMPRISING, WHEN SET UP, A PAIR OF FOLDABLE BOTTOM FORMING PANELS, UPSTANDING SIDE WALL FORMING PANELS HINGED ALONG THE OUTER SIDE EDGES OF THE BOTTOM PANELS, END WALL FORMING PANELS HINGEDLY CONNECTING THE VERTICAL EDGES OF THE SIDE WALL PANELS, AND A PARTITION AND HANDLE FORMING STRUCTURE EXTENDING BETWEEN THE OPPOSITE END WALLS, SAID PARTITION AND HANDLE STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PAIR OF LONGITUDINAL PARTITION AND CROSS PARTITION FORMING PANELS EACH INTEGRALLY HINGED TO THE VERTICAL EDGES OF THE END WALL PANELS AT THE ONE END OF THE CARRIER AND EXTENDING IN FACE CONTACTING RELATION TOWARD THE OTHER END OF THE CARRIER, RELATIVELY NARROW LONGITUDINAL PARTITION PANELS INTEGRALLY HINGED TO THE VERTICAL EDGES OF THE END WALL PANELS AT SAID OTHER END OF THE CARRIER AND CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST MENTIONED LONGITUDINAL PARTITION AND CROSS PARTITION FORMING PANELS, ONE OF SAID FIRST MENTIONED LONGITUDINAL PARTITION AND CROSS PARTITION FORMING PANELS HAVING AN END PANEL PORTION AND CROSS PARTITION FORMING PANEL ABOUT A VERTICAL HINGE LINE AND FORMS A REINFORCING PANEL FOR THE SAME, CROSS PARTITION FORMING PANELS CUT FROM SAID FIRST MENTIONED LONGITUDINAL PARTITION AND CROSS PARTITION FORMING PANELS AND FROM SAID REINFORCING PANEL AND HINGED IN CROSS PARTITION FORMING RELATION THERETO, SAID CROSS PARTITION FORMING PANELS HAVING INTEGRALLY HINGED GLUE TABS ON THEIR FREE ENDS WHICH ARE CONNECTED TO THE SIDE WALL FORMING PANELS, AND SAID REINFORCING PANEL EXTENDING AT LEAST TO THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER OF THE CARRIER AND PROVIDING A SEPARATING PANEL COVERING THE CUT OUT AREAS OF THE FIRST MENTIONED LONGITUDINAL PARTITION PANELS WHICH RESULT FROM CUTTING THE CROSS PARTITION FORMING PANELS THEREFROM.