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Crown support carrier
Assignee: Graphic Packaging International LLC
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Filing: 1981-08-19
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Granted: 1983-04-05
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Expires: 2001-08-19
Abstract
Abstract A novel crown support carrier is disclosed having a generally one-piece construction formed in an inverted U-shaped configuration. A pair of downwardly depending legs are formed on the apex of the U-shape and tape means are applied to the lower corner portions of each leg to tightly pull the downwardly positioned legs against the bottles contained in the carrier to thereby form a tightly secured beverage carrier. The tape means has indicia designating printing positioned thereon in the form of advertising or other copy material. In the preferred embodiments, the carrier is designed for two or six bottle capacity but may be used for other combinations of bottles such as three, four, five or more than six bottles.
Inventors
- 👤 Earl J. Graser
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 14:20
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D5/00; B65D5/42; B65D5/4212; B65D5/4216; B65D5/4233; B65D71/00; B65D71/40; B65D71/42; B65D71/44
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
184 words
The production blank for a crown support carrier comprising: (a) a pair of central panels hingedly attached together, the central panels having positioned therein at least two bottle receiving openings, each bottle receiving opening having formed thereon a plurality of sunburst neck receiving tabs; (b) an elongated panel hingedly attached to each central panel, each elongated panel having formed thereon handle means for carrying the erected container; and (c) a pair of top reinforcing panels, hingedly attached on opposite ends of each pair of central panels for folding beneath the central panels whenever the carrier is erected, each top reinforcing panel having formed thereon on opposite sides thereof a side reinforcing panel hingedly attached to the top reinforcing panel and having formed thereon partial handle openings formed by a handle tab and positioned adjacent the handle means formed on the elongated panels, each top reinforcing panel also having formed thereon bottle receiving openings having formed thereon sunburst neck receiving tabs formed adjacent to the bottle receiving openings and the neck receiving tabs formed on the central panels of the crown support carrier production blank.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
184 words
The production blank for a crown support carrier comprising: (a) a pair of central panels hingedly attached together, the central panels having positioned therein at least two bottle receiving openings, each bottle receiving opening having formed thereon a plurality of sunburst neck receiving tabs; (b) an elongated panel hingedly attached to each central panel, each elongated panel having formed thereon handle means for carrying the erected container; and (c) a pair of top reinforcing panels, hingedly attached on opposite ends of each pair of central panels for folding beneath the central panels whenever the carrier is erected, each top reinforcing panel having formed thereon on opposite sides thereof a side reinforcing panel hingedly attached to the top reinforcing panel and having formed thereon partial handle openings formed by a handle tab and positioned adjacent the handle means formed on the elongated panels, each top reinforcing panel also having formed thereon bottle receiving openings having formed thereon sunburst neck receiving tabs formed adjacent to the bottle receiving openings and the neck receiving tabs formed on the central panels of the crown support carrier production blank.
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