Abstract: A reclosable carton for packaging a plurality of cans and having interconnected top, bottom and side walls and end closure panels, includes a reclosable opening panel struck from one of the walls and foldably joined thereto along one edge thereof and severable therefrom along other parts of its periphery, a lap panel disposed in flat face contacting relation with a part of the inner surface of the wall from which the reclosing opening panel is struck and disposed in overlapping relation with an edge of the reclosable opening panel along which the reclosable opening panel is severable from the wall, and an edge of the reclosable opening panel being arranged for tucking into engagement with the inner surface of the lap panel so as to reclose the carton.

Abstract: Carrier side and end walls foldably joined at their end edges to form a tubular sleeve of generally rectangular cross sectional configuration includes a reinforcing panel foldably joined to the top edge of each of the end walls and secured in flat face contacting relation with the inner surface thereof together with an anchoring panel struck from each of the reinforcing panels and foldably joined to the associated end wall and with top closure panels foldably joined to the top edge of the side walls respectively and secured to the anchoring panels together with a bottom wall structure secured to the lower portions of the sleeve.

Abstract: An end loaded carton for a plurality of cans includes foldably joined top, bottom and side walls forming a tubular structure and having end closure panels, one wall of the carton being of double ply construction having inner and outer panels, at least one thickening panel foldably joined to the inner ply and being folded into flat face contacting relation with the inner ply to form a three ply wall in engagement with the can ends.

Abstract: A reusable open top case having rectangular interconnected bottom, side and end panels is provided with a disposable cover which includes a top wall overlying the open top of the case and which also includes side and end walls foldably joined to the top wall of the cover together with web structure interconnecting the corners of the side and end walls.

Abstract: A heavy duty carrying handle for a can carton formed from a unitary blank and which includes interconnected bottom, top and side walls together with end closure structure and wherein the top wall is of double ply construction having inner and outer panels, the handle having a transverse elongated opening formed in the inner panel and having spaced apart side edges, a pair of transverse fold lines formed in the outer panel in near coincidence with the side edges of the transverse elongated opening, a pair of transverse handle flaps struck from the outer panel and respectively joined thereto along the transverse fold lines, the transverse handle flaps having coincidental transverse edges defined by a transverse perforated slit along which the handle flaps are separable to accommodate inward folding of the handle flaps through the transverse elongated opening.

Abstract: A tray formed from paperboard includes a quadrilateral main panel having right angle corners, a pair of end panels foldably joined respectively to opposite end edges of the main panel, a pair of side panels foldably joined respectively to opposite side edges of the main panel, a major web panel foldably joined to each end edge of each of said end panels, a minor web panel foldably joined to each end edge of each side panel, each major and each minor web panel being foldably joined to each other at each corner of the main panel along a common fold line, each major web panel having a major angle of approximately fifty-seven degrees defined by the common fold line and by the adjacent end edge of the associated end panel and each minor web panel having a minor angle defined by its common fold line and by the adjacent end edge of the associated side panel, the side and end panels being approximately perpendicular to the main panel and the major and minor web panels being disposed in the flat face contacting relati

Abstract: A reuseable open top case having interconnected bottom, side and end walls is provided with a disposable overwrap which includes panels overlying the open top, side, end and bottom walls.

Abstract: An end loaded carton having top, bottom and side walls foldably adjoined to form a tubular structure is provided with closure structure for the lower portion of the ends of the tubular structure which includes a triangular corner panel hingedly connected with the lower part of each end edge of each side wall and having a crease line extending divergently upward from the lower corner to each side wall, a pair of closure panels foldably adjoined to said corner panel along said crease lines at each end of the carton and forming a closure structure for the lower part of each end of the carton, a bottom end panel foldably joined to each end edge of the bottom wall together with a connecting web panel foldably joined to the bottom edge of each closure panel and to each of the bottom end panels at each corner of the carton.

Abstract: A can carton having interconnected top, bottom and side walls and end closure panels is provided with a transverse flap formed in the top wall and including spaced parallel side edges and arcuate end slits interconnecting adjacent side edges of the flap, one of the side edges of the flap being defined by a perforated severance line and the other side edge of the flap being defined by a fold line together with stress relieving slits formed in the top and side walls which extend from each arcuate slit into the adjacent side wall. The point of intersection of the stress relieving slit in each side wall with the junction between each side and top wall is offset longitudinally from the severance line defining a side edge of the handle flap. According to a feature of the invention in one form each side edge of the handle flap may be defined by a perforated line which may function as a severance line or as a fold line.

Abstract: A can carton having interconnected top, bottom and side walls and end closure panels is provided with a perforated transverse slit extending completely across one carton wall and having end projections extending into the two carton walls interconnected therewith together with a pair of transverse handle flaps struck from the top carton wall or from the top carton wall and from the side walls interconnected therewith and foldably joined respectively thereto by arcuate transverse fold lines.

Abstract: The invention provides a loading finger for a drop loading mechanism which finger incorporates a guide plate. In a drop loading grid set the loading fingers define passageways through which bottles are dropped into the cells of cartons. In order to protect the partitions between adjacent carton cells during drop-loading, opposed loading fingers which are located in adjacent passageways have guide plates which include upper portions overlapped with one another above the uppermost edge of a carton partition during drop loading and include lower portions which are spaced apart one on either side of and below the uppermost edge of a carton partition.

Abstract: A can carton of the end loading type includes foldably joined top, bottom and side walls forming a tubular structure, an end flap foldably joined to the end edges of the top, bottom and side walls, collapsible web structure disposed at each corner of the carton and foldably joined to the adjacent end of each of the adjacent end flaps which are foldably joined to the bottom and top walls and to the bevelled end edges of a projecting end portion of each side wall, the web structure being disposed in collapsed condition adjacent the end of the adjacent can, and a fold line interconnecting the projecting end portions of each of the side walls to facilitate manipulating the end closing structure of the carton to closed position after loading is completed, such manipulation comprising folding each projecting end portion of each side wall outwardly to draw the end flaps of the top and bottom walls inwardly and then folding the end flap at each end of each side wall upwardly thereby to collapse the web structure and

Abstract: For preventing damage to the tops and bottoms of end loading stacked can cartons, a reinforcing panel is affixed to the inside surface of the top or bottom walls of the carton or to both such walls so as to prevent coincidental can chimes on the upper ends of cans in a lower carton from damaging the top wall of its associated carton and the bottom wall of a carton stacked thereabove and without which the lower ends of the cans of the upper carton may cooperate with the chimes of the cans in the lower cartons to effect substantial damage to the top of the lower carton and to the bottom of the upper carton.

Abstract: A can carton having interconnected top, bottom and side walls and end closure panels is provided with a perforated transverse slit extending completely across one carton wall and having end projections disposed in substantially perpendicular relation to the one carton wall and extending into the two carton walls interconnected therewith together with a pair of transverse handle flaps struck from the one carton wall and foldably joined respectively thereto by transverse fold lines generally parallel to the transverse slit and spaced therefrom on opposite sides by a distance approximately equal to one-half the length of each of the end projections.

Abstract: A cellular basket-style carrier has a pair of side walls (2, 3) one of the side walls (2) having a base panel (5) hinged thereto and the other of the side walls (3) having a connecting flap (10) hinged thereto and joining the base panel to the other side wall (3). Medial panels (14, 14a; 18, 18a) together provide both a central longitudinal partition structure (5) of the carrier and transverse partition structures on either side of said longitudinal partition structure. Each of the medial panels (18, 18a) associated with the other of the side walls (3) has a separator panel (46, 46a) hinged thereto which together provide a multiply separator (M) centrally of the carrier in the plane of said longitudinal partition structure.

Abstract: An article carrier of the basket style in which the opposed side and end walls are of the same height as a medial partition formed of two face contacting panels is provided with longitudinal finger gripping apertures formed in the face contacting medial panels and a reinforcing panel is struck from the area of one of the medial panels below the finger gripping apertures and adjacent the ends thereof and folded upwardly into face contacting relationship with the associated medial panel so as to afford reinforcement for the handle structure of the carrier.

Abstract: An article carrier of the basket style comprises a bottom wall, a pair of side walls foldably joined respectively to the side edges of said bottom wall, end wall panels foldably joined respectively to the end edges of said side walls and extending inwardly therefrom, medial panels foldably joined respectively to the medial edges of said end wall panels at each end of the carrier and extending inwardly therefrom and being wider than said end wall panels, handle structure joined to the upper portions of said medial panels, a transverse partition panel struck from and foldably joined to each of said medial panels, the transverse partition panels at one end of the carrier being initially disposed in a coplanar relationship with their associated medial panels respectively and the transverse partition panels at the other end of the carrier being swung out of the planes of their associated medial panels respectively through angles of approximately 180.degree.

Abstract: An article wrapper which is especially adapted for use in packaging articles which are of cube shape includes top, bottom and side walls foldably joined together so as to form a tubular structure, one wall such as the bottom wall comprising overlapping lap panels, an anchoring aperture formed in the inner one of said lap panels, a securing slit formed in general coincidence with the fold line between said inner lap panel and the associated side wall, and a locking tab having a body portion, a heel portion, and a toe portion and being struck from the outer one of said lap panels and being folded through an angle of approximately 180.degree. and into face contacting relation with the part of the outer lap panel which is remote from the associated side wall and so as to cause the heel portion to enter the anchoring aperture and to cause the toe portion to enter the securing slit thereby to interlock the lap panels in face contacting relation with each other.

Abstract: A can carton having interconnected top, bottom and side walls and end closure panels is provided with a perforated transverse slit extending completely across one carton wall and having end projections extending into the two carton walls interconnected therewith together with a pair of transverse handle flaps struck from the top carton wall or from the top carton wall and from the side walls interconnected therewith and foldably joined respectively thereto by arcuate transverse fold lines.