US2634043A - Article carrier - Google Patents

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April 7, 1953 E. L. ARNESON 2,534,043

ARTICLE CARRIER 7 Filed Nov. 13, 1951 3 Sheets-Sheet l %Wm/ I I INVENTOR. Ida/472i. Zfiza mz,

Math/w WW April 7, 1953 E. L. ARNESON 2,634,043

ARTICLE CARRIER Filed Nov. 15, 1951 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 P 7, 1953 E. ARNESON 2,634,043

. ARTICLE CARRIER Filed Nov. 13, 1951 3 Sheets-Sheet '5 IN V EN TOR.

Patented Apr. 7, 1953 ARTICLE CARRIER Edwin L. Arneson, Morris, Ill., assignor to Morris Paper Mills, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois ii This invention relates to improvements in paperboard carrier for bottles and similar articles of uniform -size and shape. A cellular article carrier is afforded thereby which provides full depth side protecticn for bottles placed in the cell's thereof, coupled with a suspending handle of increased strength and rigidity which also has other attractive features.

This application is a continuation-impart of my copending application Serial No. 235,978, filed July 10, 1951. l. V wItisan object of the invention'to provide an improved article carrier fabricated of a paperboard blank of aminimum size to provide a multiple-ply longitudinal partition and handle panel fromuwhich certain'cross partition panels are cut, one of the longitudinal partition plies having a flap of substantialsize hinged to the lower margin? thereof :and covering certain openings therein'lwhich resultfrom thecutting thereof to produceethe. cross partition elements, and the top iiof i thehlongitudinal partition and handle panelflbeing stronglyreinforced by additional partialdepthplies taken from anLarea of the blank whichjwouldnormally represent; in the main, waste material, said carrier having integral side walls and bottom. 5, 1 l

1;.Another objectlis to provide a carrier of this, sort,. featuring ,a protective ply disposed between other pliesof a, longitudinal partition and handle members and .a' two-ply top reinforcing element for said membenin, which said element is exd nthe ma n from. a Qtherwisewa t ar of ablank in such a manner as to provide a H fi surface at the topof the member, suitable single embodiment of the invention is presnted'herein forpurpose of illustration. It'will bappreciatedlthat the invention may be incorporatedm other modified forms coming equally within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings;

ffFigIl is a top plan view of the slitted an citeased'jfiekiblepaperboard blank from which the'improved' bottle carrier is formed, showing preliminary gluing thereof;

" Fig 21s a top'plan view of the blank following "Application November 13, 1951, Serial No.256,065 1 a l 2 Claims. (01. 229-28) a first folding operation also indicating the application of adhesive preceding a second fold;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing the blank following the second fold and indicating a fur: ther application of adhesive; i 1 Figs. 4 and.5 arev top plan views of the blank after still further manipulations;

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the carrier inits finished, knocked down condition; I 1. Fig. 7 is a perspective view in enlarged scale; partially broken away, showing the completed and erected carrier; v v

t Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the erectedcarrier;

and i V .Figs. 9 and 10 are, respectively, 'views in longitudinal and l transverse vertical section along lines 9-9 and Ill-l0 of Fig. 8. V Referring to Fig. l of the drawings, the proved bottle carrier is manufactured from a flexible paperboard blank 10. This blank istoa considerable extent symmetric about a medial horizontal crease line I l of a bottom forming sec-g tion I2,.whic h defines two like bottom panels l3 in that section. Hence corresponding partsand relationshipson opposite sides of crease line HQ are indicated by like reference numerals, and only one set thereof is described. l

A rectangular side wall panel 14 is hinged to bottom section I2 by a horizontal marginal crease l5, and this panel carries an end wall panel 16,- hinged thereto by a vertical crease l1. Panel "i is provided with a glue lap I8, which is hinged thereto by crease l9. hnotched bottom, locking 11 9 is formed o h in 0 b t m extrem ty ofgluelaplB. H, l M A further end wall panel 2l is conjoined by crease 22 to the opposite end of sidewall panel [4. It is similar in size and shape to the other end wall panel l6. A crease 23 serves to hinge to one of the panels 2| alongitudinal partition and liandle'panel 24 and a corresponding crease 23' in the other section of blank in acts to hinge to its end wall panel a second longitudinal: par-'- tition and handle member, designated 24". v

An outer or top extension'of the crease 23 serves the purpose of hinging' to partition andhandle member 24' an outer handle reinforcing and finishing member 25. This isTseparated from side, and end wall panels l4, 2 l by a slit 26 which outlines the top margins thereof. Mem-i ber 25 is subdivided by a horizontal crease 21 into a pair of outer reinforcing sections 28, 29 both of which are slitted and creased to definehandhole tabs 30 of known sort. The purpose of member will be hereinafterfldescribedhS The longitudinal partition and handle panels 24, 24' are slitted and creased to set out similar cross partition structures. Like reference numerals, primed, are employed to designate parts or elements in panel 24 corresponding to those of panel 24.

Panel 24 is provided with a shaped slit 3| which outlines the free marginal edge of a cross partition element-22 and a-glue lap-'33 on that element. The element is hinged to panel 24 by a crease 34 paralleling the crease 23; the glue lap 33 is foldably connected to element 32 by a parallel crease 35. Slit 3! extends from a point beneath a grip portion 36 of panel 24 inwardly the full dimension of the panel, terminating .at .a .point which coincides with the bottom of the latter.

A further cross partition panel element 31 is hinged to panel 24 by means of a short transverse crease 38 which is, in actuality, an extension of crease 35. Element 31 is freed from panel 24 by a horizontal slit 39 extending from the outer terminus of .creasei38 to the'right' hand side edge of panel .24. :Cross partition panel element 31 isalso separated by the shaped slit 3] from the glue lap 33 .of the other .cross partition element 32. Panel element 37 carries its own glue lap 40,.-.which is hingedthereto by a vertical crease 4|.

The longitudinal partition and handle panel 24' differs from the panel 24 in that its shaped slit 31', :which defines the-free edge of cross'partition element 32' and its "hinged glue lap '33 is angled reversely at its inner extremity to intersect with a-horizontal bottom crease 42 at the inner horizontal margin of panel 24'. It is reverselydirected along the line of said crease to the inner terminal of the-partition hinging crease 34".

A reinforcing and bottle-separating flap section 43 is separated'from the longitudinal partition and handle panel 24 by a horizontal slit 44 which coincides with the inner or bottom margin of the last 'named panel. Section 43 is hinged to the inner. or bottom margin of the panel 24' by the horizontal crease 42 and is foldable upwardly about-said crease in assembling the carrier, being disposed between the longitudinal partition and handle panels 24, 24 in the completed condition of the carrier, for a purpose to be described. The panels 24, 24 are provided with U-shaped slits 46- and horizontal creases 4! connecting the ends thereof, thus to define jhandhole openi gs normally closed by hinged flaps 48, in a well known manner.

I-n'assembling the carrier from the blank H] -illustrated in Fig. l, adhesive is applied to the glue laps 33, 33', 4!), 40 and to the outer-portion of panel member 24', as [indicated by stippling. Panel members 24, 24' andtheir associated parts are'then foldedupwardly, inwardly and downwardly about creases 23, 23 respectively, causing theglue lapsto adhere to the respective side walls l4 and the glued portion of panel 24' to adhere to the portion 29 of the outer reinforcing handle member 25. This leaves the blank in the condition shown in "Fig. 2.

Further adhesive is applied to terminal glue lallS l8 and to the exposed surface of panel 24' as indicated by stippling Fig. 2. End wall panels I 6 are now folded upwardly, inwardly and downwardly about creases l9, adhering the glue laps l8 to the upper portions of panels 24, 24'. Thesection 43 is next folded upwardly, inwardly end-downwardly about its hinge 42 into face-toface relation to the panel member 24', towhich it is thus adhered, leaving the blank in the conanion ill tr d in Ha 3.

Adhesive may now be applied, as indicated by stippling in Fig. 4, to the longitudinal partition and handle panel 24, and a glue lap 18, after which the two sections of the blank are folded about medial bottom crease ll into adhered relation to one another as shown in Fig. 5.

The carrier is completed by applying adhesive to the exposed portion or section ;28' .of the outer handle reinforcing and finishing member 25, as stippled in Fig. 5. This section is then folded about the subdividing crease 21 and adhered to the exposed surface of the opposed panel 24, leaving the carrier in the completed, knock-down condition of Fig. .6.

. A shown inFigs. 7 and 9 the swinging of the cross partition panel elements 32, 32, 31, 31 about their respective integral hinges, in erecting the carrier, results in the presence of openings of substantial size in the longitudinal partition panels 24, 24', due to the relatively large area and substantial height of the bottleseparating cross partition panel :32, 3.2", 31, 3'! cut therefrom. The relatively large reinforcing and protecting section .43 covers these openin s and affords full depth bottle protection, without-consuming extra paperboard stock. Itis evident that the section 43 adds itsgst length and rigidity zto the associated panels 24, 24' 0f the longitudinal partition and handle :unit. which these panels make up, affordin :improved rigidity for this part.

When :the .carrier ,hasrbeen erected :to theset .up condition of Figzfhone end of the bottom .12 is engaged over thelatchinglugs' 20 .pn-the ,inturned and adhered glue laps 1:8,:thus :to hold ;the carrier in erected condition ready. for loading manually or by automatic loading equipment.

Blank ID, as shown inFig. "1, is disposed with its smooth and finished, printed ordecoratedside underneath and its rough, unfinished surface .exposed. Hence it is seen that when the carrier is in the completed condition illustrated in Figs. 6+10 inclusive the longitudinal partition and suspending or handle unit of the carrier, made up of panels '24, 24 and section 43, is externally encased along'its top by the two.-ply .outer rein.- forcing member 25. The exposed opposite sur, faces of this member are finished in character and may bear ornamentation or printing. In addition, the rigidifying effect of the doubledover member 25 is, of course, substantial. The carrier presents an entirely integral side walland bottom construction, free from glued joints likely to come apart when wet. Notwithstanding this the upper edge of the carrier handle is-fimished oil in very attractive manner. 7

Reference has been made to the-separation of flap section 43 from panel 24 by slit-44. In actuality the flap is temporarily held to the panel, as the blank traverses the first stages of thefolding thereon-by nicks 59. The same function is performed by the nicked connections-'- 5l-and 52, respectively, between thehandle reinforcing member 25 and'side wallpanel' i4 'andbetween the end cross partition elements 31, 31 and the remainder of the respectivepanels'24,24'. The nicks readily rupture as the associated parts are manipulated by a gluing and folding machine.

I claim;

1. A one-piece article carrier. blank of...fiexible paperboard stock, comprising two sets of, side wall, end wall and longitudinal partition and handle-forming panels, the respective panels of each of said sets being integrally .connectedby vertical creases in'the order. named, a one-piece bottom-forming panel disposed between and integrally connected by horizontal creases to adiacent bottom-defining margins of said side wall panels, cross partition sections integrally hinged by vertical creases to said partition and handleforming panels and swingable about those hinge creases out of the planes of the respective last named panels, a protective section of substantial area integrally hinged by a horizontal crease to a bottom-defining margin of one of said partition and handle-forming panels, said protective section lying between said partition and handleforming panels and being readily displaceable by swinging about its said hinge crease out of the plane of one thereof, and a handle reinforcing unit associated with one of said sets of panels, said unit being integrally hinged by a vertical crease to an end of the partition and handleforming panel 01' its associated set and being separated at least in part by a cut from a topdefining margin of the end and side wall panels of said last named set, the outer margin of said reinforcing unit lyingsubstantially outwardly, in the lateral sense, of the outer margin of its associated partition and handle-forming panel and opposed outer margins of said side wall panels lying substantially inwardly of the outer margins of said respective partition and handle-forming 6 panels, said reinforcing unit occupying a space between said separating out therefor and a longitudinal projection of said outer margin of its associated partition and handle-forming panel, and being provided with a horizontalcrease in substantial alignment with said outer margin of its associated partition and handle-forming panel.

2. An article carrier blank in accordance with claim 1, in which said protective section hinge crease is disposed outwardly, in the longitudinal sense, of the vertical crease hinging to'one another the partition and handle-forming panel and the end wall panel of a panel set.

- EDWIN L. ARNESON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,157,712 Miller Oct 26, 1915 2,525,686 Kowal Oct." 10, 1950 2,535,741 Lighter Dec. 26, 1950 2,537,615 Arneson Jan. 9, 1951 2,584,689 Foster Feb. 5, 1952 2,586,301 Castle Feb. 19, 1952

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