Multiple Blanks Patents (Class 206/176)
  • Patent number: 10183776
    Abstract: The present application provides a reinforced carton. The reinforced carton may include a number of first panels, a number of adjoining second panels, and with the first panels including one or more strength enhancing features. The one or more strength enhancing features may include a vertical fold line extending across the first panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLC
    Inventors: John Leigh Westney, Ernest B. Widner, Theodore Andrew Samotis, Yavuz Aksan
  • Patent number: 9873546
    Abstract: An external packaging for safeguarding at least one package during transportation is provided. The external packaging includes at least one carrier element with an upper side and a lower side, wherein the carrier element includes at least one base part directed toward the lower side and at least one border directed toward the upper side, and wherein the carrier element is at least partially open toward the upper side and is configured to carry the package. The external packaging furthermore has at least one bag element which is configured to surround the package carried by the carrier element. The bag element is arranged relative to the carrier element in such a manner that the bag element, at least in a maximum filling state, extends on the upper side of the carrier element beyond the border of the carrier element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Inventors: Holger Burkardt, Norbert Frisch
  • Patent number: 8087512
    Abstract: A carrier comprises a first side panel, a second panel, and at least one handle panel. A central flap is foldably connected to the at least one handle panel, and the central flap divides the interior of the carrier into at least a first container-receiving space and a second container-receiving space. A divider comprises at least one divider panel, wherein the at least one divider panel extends generally parallel to the central flap, and at least one divider flap foldably connected to the at least one divider panel to divide a respective one of the first container-receiving space or the second container-receiving space into at least two container compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventor: Kirsten L. Brand
  • Patent number: 7753195
    Abstract: A foldable carrier is provided with a vertical support panel structure made as a first component, and an external side wall structure as a second component. The vertical support panel structure and the external side wall structure are joined together to form two separate receptacles extending from opposite sides of said vertical panel structure to hold objects to be carried in the carrier. Preferably, the vertical support panel structure is made of an untreated and relatively inexpensive material, and the external side wall structure is made of a material treated to give it good resistance to weakening when wet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: SJV Food & Beverage Carriers, Inc.
    Inventor: Angelo V. Cuomo
  • Patent number: 7604116
    Abstract: A glued three piece folding basket carrier which has two partitions for dividing the carrier into six cells with each partition being constructed of a different material than used to construct the outside basket carrier. Each partition is glued to a handle panel and a divider flap on the end of the basket carrier and a to a side wall to form a bottle cell with walls that are perpendicular to the divider between the two sides of the carrier and which are also formed as part of the partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Schuster
  • Patent number: 7128206
    Abstract: A three piece beverage carrier has an outer ply, a partition assembly, and a box with the outer ply secured to the partition assembly and the partition assembly expanded and secured to the box. The outer ply comes from a rectangular blank folded lengthwise and the partition assembly comes from another blank that extends the transverse and cross partitions. The box takes shape from a third blank having wall panels and bottom flaps. The bottom flaps fold and glue together forming the bottom of the carrier. The partition assembly includes a transverse partition and at least one cross-partition. The partition assembly blank has a first body section, a second body section, and a handle section. The first and second body sections have a hinged connection at the handle section and form the transverse partition of the assembly. The first and second body sections further include at least one fold out section that defines the at least one cross-partition of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
    Inventor: Karl A. Kohler
  • Patent number: 6983874
    Abstract: An article carrier and a blank for forming an article carrier of the basket type comprising in sequence a first end panel, a first side panel, a second end panel, a second side panel and a third end panel foldably connected together one to next. A base panel is hinged to respective one of the side panels and a handle structure comprising first and second handle panels is foldably connected to the second end panel. The first handle panel is foldably connected to the first end panel and the second hand panel is foldably connected to the third end panel. The first and second handle panels are adjacent to the first and second side panels respectively and are separated therefrom. The first and second handle panels are so constructed and arranged to be placed in face contacting relationship to form a two ply handle when the carrier is set up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Martinus C. M. Bakx
  • Patent number: 6732857
    Abstract: An article carrier and a blank for forming an article carrier of the basket type comprising in sequence a first end panel, a first side panel, a second end panel, a second side panel and a third end panel foldably connected together one to next. A base panel is hinged to respective one of the side panels and a handle structure comprising first and second handle panels is foldably connected to the second end panel. The first handle panel is foldably connected to the first end panel and the second hand panel is foldably connected to the third end panel. The first and second handle panels are adjacent to the first and second side panels respectively and are separated therefrom. The first and second handle panels are so constructed and arranged to be placed in face contacting relationship to form a two ply handle when the carrier is set up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Meadwestvaco Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Martinus C. M. Bakx
  • Publication number: 20040050722
    Abstract: A glued three piece folding basket carrier which has two partitions for dividing the carrier into six cells with each partition being constructed of a different material than used to construct the outside basket carrier. Each partition is glued to a handle panel and a divider flap on the end of the basket carrier and a to a side wall to form a bottle cell with walls that are perpendicular to the divider between the two sides of the carrier and which are also formed as part of the partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventor: Richard Schuster
  • Patent number: 6684591
    Abstract: A construction element having a card like structure and which can be used to build three dimensional structures, the construction element having upper and lower marginal edges, side marginal edges, first and second upper tabs, first and second lower tabs, and a upper recess formed in an upper marginal edge and a lower recess formed in a lower marginal edge, the lower recesses being designed to receive the lower tabs and upper recesses being designed to receive the upper tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Inventor: Richard Jean
  • Patent number: 5947273
    Abstract: The beverage basket carrier of the invention is constructed of two separate blanks, a primary blank including the printed surfaces of the carrier and a secondary blank including the internal divider walls forming the bottle receiving cells. The blanks are designed so as to be tipped together in a straight line gluer for substantially increased production rates. The secondary blank may be formed of a different and more economical substrate than that required for the primary blank. The reduced size primary blanks enable an increased number to be arranged across a sheet or printing cylinder to increase the yield of the printing process. The resulting assembled carrier is similar to conventional carriers and suited for use by bottle fillers without altering their equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Malnove of Nebraska, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce H. Dalrymple, Tim Pratt
  • Patent number: 5332091
    Abstract: The beverage container carrier has a central panel formed of double thickness cardboard attached together for the height of the beverage container. Above the beverage container, the separate walls of the central panel fold outward to cover the tops of the beverage container. At the bottom of the central panel, the walls fold out to form the bottom and outside of pockets which receive the beverage containers. Two identical blanks can form the beverage container carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Inventor: Donald Gugler
  • Patent number: 4362240
    Abstract: A basket type multi-use carrier carton of the top-opening type having double thicknesses of material between each adjacent carried article. The carton is made from a cartonboard blank which minimizes the number of folds and the amount of blank material required by auxillary overlying separator strips adhered to the internal separator panels located in one area of the blank that separate some of the carried articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1982
    Assignee: Pacific Paperboard Products, Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Elward
  • Patent number: 4286709
    Abstract: An upwardly opening tray-like carrier carton is disclosed for packaging a plurality of articles having the general form of beverage bottles, which carrier is fabricated from a pair of blanks of foldable sheet material which are cut, scored, folded, and glued up, so as to provide connected panels which form, when set up, a partitioned carton structure comprising a double row of upwardly opening bottle receiving cells disposed on opposite sides of a central bottle separating partition and handle forming panel assembly. The assembly is characterized by an upstanding partition wall extending between the rows of cells on each side of the partition and handle forming assembly which is hinged at its opposite ends to pairs of foldable end wall panels so as to enable the cells on each side of said central partition and handle forming panel assembly to be collapsed, when empty, and to be folded into flattened relation against said partition and handle forming assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Assignee: Federal Paper Board Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Guelfo A. Manizza
  • Patent number: 4049116
    Abstract: A carrier for glasses or bottles is formed from a single blank of material and with a single die. During assembly the adhesive may be applied with a single line gluer, and the assembled carrier is adjustable to accommodate articles of different heights. An optional separator piece is used to separate the top rims of various height glasses within the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1977
    Assignee: Neff Folding Box Company
    Inventor: Kenneth Cope