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Bottle Carrier
Assignee: Federal Paper Board Co Inc
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Filing: 1972-10-16
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Granted: 1975-07-08
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Expires: 1992-10-16
Abstract
Abstract A multi-cellular strap-style carrier for bottled beverages, or like articles, which is formed from an elongate paperboard blank cut and scored so as to provide, when set up, a rectangular carrier having side and end walls and a bottom wall formed by two panels which are integrally hinged to the side walls and connected by a locking panel in the form of a strip which is hinged to the one bottom wall forming panel and on which there are pairs of latch elements adapted to interengage in locking relation in aligned apertures in the margin of the cooperating bottom wall forming panel. A combination handle and longitudinal partition structure is integrally hinged at the ends to the top portions of end wall forming members at the center thereof and cross partition straps which are cut from the top margins of the side wall members extend between the side walls and the vertically disposed, longitudinal partition and handle structure, with certain of the cross partition straps having the ends thereof extending on both sides of the partition and handle structure and adhesively connected to the corresponding partition straps which extend between the partition and handle structure and the opposite side wall. A reinforcing panel is hinged upwardly of the bottom edge of one or both end wall forming members and secured to the inside face of the associated end wall.
Inventors
- 👤 Harry J Rossi
- 👤 Edwin L Arneson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 16:28
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D71/00; B65D71/0003; B65D71/0022; B65D2571/00; B65D2571/00123; B65D2571/00129; B65D2571/00135; B65D2571/00141; B65D2571/00246; B65D2571/00253; B65D2571/00259; B65D2571/00265; B65D2571/00333; B65D2571/0037; B65D2571/00376; B65D2571/00388; B65D2571/00432; B65D2571/00456; B65D2571/00475; B65D2571/00487; B65D2571/00648; B65D2571/00654; B65D2571/0066; B65D2571/00709; B65D2571/00722; B65D2571/00728; B65D2571/00753; B65D2571/00783
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
303 words
A multi-Cellular carrier for bottled products which is formed from an elongate blank of foldable sheet material cut and scored to provide a plurality of connected wall and partition forming panels, said carrier comprising, in set up position, hingedly connected, body forming upstanding side and end walls and a bottom wall, which bottom wall comprises two panel members each having an integrally hinged connection with said side walls at the bottom edges of said side walls and having overlapping marginal portions which are opposite said hinged connection with the side walls and which have means securing said marginal portions in interlocked relation, a multi-ply longitudinal partition and handle structure, formed of a plurality of panel members in face engaging relation, which partition and handle structure is connected at its opposite ends to the end walls on vertical hinge lines, and longitudinally spaced cross partition panels in the form of strap members dividing the space on opposite sides of the longitudinal partition and handle structure into a plurality of bottle accommodating cells of equal size, said cross partition forming strap members each having one end integrally connected on a vertical hinge line to a top marginal portion of a side wall and said cross partition forming strap members each having an opposite end portion extending to a hinge connection with said longitudinal partition and handle structure so as to swing relative thereto on a vertical hinge line, and at least one of said cross partition strap members having said opposite end portion thereof extending beyond the plane of said longitudinal partition and handle structure and secured to a corresponding cross partition strap member on the opposite side of said longitudinal partition and handle structure so as to reinforce the hinge connection of said cross partition strap member with said longitudinal partition and handle structure.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
303 words
A multi-Cellular carrier for bottled products which is formed from an elongate blank of foldable sheet material cut and scored to provide a plurality of connected wall and partition forming panels, said carrier comprising, in set up position, hingedly connected, body forming upstanding side and end walls and a bottom wall, which bottom wall comprises two panel members each having an integrally hinged connection with said side walls at the bottom edges of said side walls and having overlapping marginal portions which are opposite said hinged connection with the side walls and which have means securing said marginal portions in interlocked relation, a multi-ply longitudinal partition and handle structure, formed of a plurality of panel members in face engaging relation, which partition and handle structure is connected at its opposite ends to the end walls on vertical hinge lines, and longitudinally spaced cross partition panels in the form of strap members dividing the space on opposite sides of the longitudinal partition and handle structure into a plurality of bottle accommodating cells of equal size, said cross partition forming strap members each having one end integrally connected on a vertical hinge line to a top marginal portion of a side wall and said cross partition forming strap members each having an opposite end portion extending to a hinge connection with said longitudinal partition and handle structure so as to swing relative thereto on a vertical hinge line, and at least one of said cross partition strap members having said opposite end portion thereof extending beyond the plane of said longitudinal partition and handle structure and secured to a corresponding cross partition strap member on the opposite side of said longitudinal partition and handle structure so as to reinforce the hinge connection of said cross partition strap member with said longitudinal partition and handle structure.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
76 words
A multi-cellular carrier as set forth in claim 1 wherein said cross partition forming strap members are arranged in transversely aligned pairs and one strap member of each pair thereof has said opposite end portion extended beyond the plane of said longitudinal partition and handle structure with said extended end portion secured to the other cross partition forming strap member of said pair which is on the opposite side of said longitudinal partition and handle structure.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
284 words
A multi-cellular carrier for bottled products which is formed from an elongate blank of foldable sheet material and which is cut and scored to provide a plurality of connected wall and partition forming panel members, said carrier comprising, in set up condition, hingedly connected, body forming side and end wall panels arranged in upstanding relation to a bottom wall panel, a multi-ply longitudinal partition and handle structure which is connected at its opposite ends to the end wall panels on vertical hinge lines, cross partition panels in the form of strap members spaced longitudinally on opposite sides of said longitudinal partition and handle structure and dividing the space on each side of the longitudinal partition and handle structure into a plurality of bottle accommodating cells of equal size, which cross partition forming strap members each have one end integrally connected on a vertical hinge line to a top marginal portion of a side wall panel, certain of said cross partition strap members each having an opposite end extending to a hinge connection with said longitudinal partition and handle structure, and said end wall panels each having a double ply of the material in an area adjacent the vertical hinge connection of the longitudinal partition and handle structure with the end wall panels and extending in the plane of the end walls below said vertical hinge connections, the double ply of material in said end wall panels being provided by an inner reinforcing panel member which is integrally hinged to the bottom edge of said end wall panel, which is folded upwardly, and which is secured in engagemEnt with the inner face of the associated end wall panel whereby to reinforce the end wall panels.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
284 words
A multi-cellular carrier for bottled products which is formed from an elongate blank of foldable sheet material and which is cut and scored to provide a plurality of connected wall and partition forming panel members, said carrier comprising, in set up condition, hingedly connected, body forming side and end wall panels arranged in upstanding relation to a bottom wall panel, a multi-ply longitudinal partition and handle structure which is connected at its opposite ends to the end wall panels on vertical hinge lines, cross partition panels in the form of strap members spaced longitudinally on opposite sides of said longitudinal partition and handle structure and dividing the space on each side of the longitudinal partition and handle structure into a plurality of bottle accommodating cells of equal size, which cross partition forming strap members each have one end integrally connected on a vertical hinge line to a top marginal portion of a side wall panel, certain of said cross partition strap members each having an opposite end extending to a hinge connection with said longitudinal partition and handle structure, and said end wall panels each having a double ply of the material in an area adjacent the vertical hinge connection of the longitudinal partition and handle structure with the end wall panels and extending in the plane of the end walls below said vertical hinge connections, the double ply of material in said end wall panels being provided by an inner reinforcing panel member which is integrally hinged to the bottom edge of said end wall panel, which is folded upwardly, and which is secured in engagemEnt with the inner face of the associated end wall panel whereby to reinforce the end wall panels.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
298 words
A multi-cellular carrier for bottled products which is formed from an elongate blank of foldable sheet material and which is cut and scored to provide a plurality of connected wall and partition forming panel members, said carrier comprising, in set up condition, hingedly connected, body forming side and end wall panels arranged in upstanding relation to a bottom wall panel, a multi-ply longitudinal partition and handle structure which is connected at its opposite ends to the end wall panels on vertical hinge lines, cross partition panels in the form of strap members spaced longitudinally on opposite sides of said longitudinal partition and handle structure and dividing the space on each side of the longitudinal partition and handle structure into a plurality of bottle accommodating cells of equal size, which cross partition forming strap members each have one end integrally connected on a vertical hinge line to a top marginal portion of a side wall panel, certain of said cross partition strap members each having an opposite end extending to a hinge connection with said longitudinal partition and handle structure at least one of said cross partition strap members has the opposite end thereof extending beyond the plane of said longitudinal partition and handle structure and secured to a corresponding cross partition strap member on the opposite side of said longitudinal partition and handle structure so as to reinforce the hinged connection of said cross partition strap members with said longitudinal partition and handle structure, and said end wall panels each having a double ply of the material in an area adjacent the vertical hinge connection of the longitudinal partition and handle structure with the end wall panels and extending in the plane of the end walls below said vertical hinge connections whereby to reinforce the end wall panels.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
298 words
A multi-cellular carrier for bottled products which is formed from an elongate blank of foldable sheet material and which is cut and scored to provide a plurality of connected wall and partition forming panel members, said carrier comprising, in set up condition, hingedly connected, body forming side and end wall panels arranged in upstanding relation to a bottom wall panel, a multi-ply longitudinal partition and handle structure which is connected at its opposite ends to the end wall panels on vertical hinge lines, cross partition panels in the form of strap members spaced longitudinally on opposite sides of said longitudinal partition and handle structure and dividing the space on each side of the longitudinal partition and handle structure into a plurality of bottle accommodating cells of equal size, which cross partition forming strap members each have one end integrally connected on a vertical hinge line to a top marginal portion of a side wall panel, certain of said cross partition strap members each having an opposite end extending to a hinge connection with said longitudinal partition and handle structure at least one of said cross partition strap members has the opposite end thereof extending beyond the plane of said longitudinal partition and handle structure and secured to a corresponding cross partition strap member on the opposite side of said longitudinal partition and handle structure so as to reinforce the hinged connection of said cross partition strap members with said longitudinal partition and handle structure, and said end wall panels each having a double ply of the material in an area adjacent the vertical hinge connection of the longitudinal partition and handle structure with the end wall panels and extending in the plane of the end walls below said vertical hinge connections whereby to reinforce the end wall panels.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
269 words
An elongate blank of foldable sheet material which is adapted to form a multi-cellular carrier for bottled products, said blank being cut and scored to provide a plurality of connected wall and partition forming panels said blank being divided by longitudinally spaced transverse score lines into side wall and end wall forming panels, bottom wall forming panels extending laterally of a hinge forming longitudinal score line at one side of the side wall forming panels, an end wall reinforcing panel extending laterally of said longitudinal score line along at least one of said end wall panels, longitudinal partition and handle forming panels extending laterally along the opposite side of the side wall forming panels, and cross partition strap forming panel members cut in the area of the blank between the longitudinal partition and handle forming panels and the adjoining side wall forming panels, which cross partition forming strap members each have one end terminating at a hinge forming score line extending transversely of the blank and in the top marginal forming portion of a side wall and the hinge forming score lines being equally spaced in the direction longitudinally of the blank, the dimension of each said cross partition forming strap member in the direction longitudinally of the blank being at least equal to the dimension of a bottle accommodating cell in the same direction and certain of said strap members having a dimension in the direction longitudinally of the blank which exceeds one half the corresponding dimension of an end wall forming panel and having an end opposite the associated hinge forming score line which is cut free.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
269 words
An elongate blank of foldable sheet material which is adapted to form a multi-cellular carrier for bottled products, said blank being cut and scored to provide a plurality of connected wall and partition forming panels said blank being divided by longitudinally spaced transverse score lines into side wall and end wall forming panels, bottom wall forming panels extending laterally of a hinge forming longitudinal score line at one side of the side wall forming panels, an end wall reinforcing panel extending laterally of said longitudinal score line along at least one of said end wall panels, longitudinal partition and handle forming panels extending laterally along the opposite side of the side wall forming panels, and cross partition strap forming panel members cut in the area of the blank between the longitudinal partition and handle forming panels and the adjoining side wall forming panels, which cross partition forming strap members each have one end terminating at a hinge forming score line extending transversely of the blank and in the top marginal forming portion of a side wall and the hinge forming score lines being equally spaced in the direction longitudinally of the blank, the dimension of each said cross partition forming strap member in the direction longitudinally of the blank being at least equal to the dimension of a bottle accommodating cell in the same direction and certain of said strap members having a dimension in the direction longitudinally of the blank which exceeds one half the corresponding dimension of an end wall forming panel and having an end opposite the associated hinge forming score line which is cut free.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
51 words
An elongate blank as set forth in claim 5 wherein said longitudinal partition and handle forming panels are spaced along the associated side of said blank and offset in the direction longitudinally of the blank relative to the bottom wall forming panels which extend along the opposite side of the blank.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
72 words
An elongate blank as set forth in claim 5 wherein certain of said cross partItion forming strap members which have an end cut free are provided at said cut free end with an extension in the form of a tab for connecting the respective strap member to the strap member which is on the opposite side of the carrier aligned therewith when the carrier is formed from the blank and set up.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1978-07-07 | 1979-01-06 | 1979-07-08 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1982-07-07 | 1983-01-06 | 1983-07-08 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1986-07-07 | 1987-01-06 | 1987-07-08 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |