Transverse Wall Folded From Center Wall And Sidewall Patents (Class 206/191)
  • Patent number: 9061809
    Abstract: A basket carrier is disclosed. The carrier includes an open-top basket and a lid for the basket. The basket includes a vertically-extending handle, a pair of side walls foldably connected to the handle by a plurality of divider walls, a pair of end walls foldably connected to the side walls and the handle, and a bottom wall formed by bottom flaps foldably connected to the side walls. The side walls, end walls, divider walls and handle together define a plurality of compartments for holding containers, such as bottles or cans. The handle may include a plurality of handle flaps that are partially separable from the handle to provide comfortable gripping surfaces for a user's hand. The lid includes a top panel for covering a top area of the basket, side panels for covering the side walls of the basket, and adhesive flaps detachably connected to the side panels for attaching the lid to the basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Zoe Claire Wilkins, Paul Bradford
  • Patent number: 8490785
    Abstract: A carrier for containing a plurality of articles. The carrier comprises a plurality of panels that extend at least partially around the interior of the carrier. The panels comprise a front panel, a back panel positioned opposite to the front panel, at least one side panel foldably connected to at least one of the front and back panels, at least one top panel foldably connected to one of the front panel and the back panel, and a divider flap foldably connected to the at least one side panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventor: Kirsten L. Brand
  • 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: 6003665
    Abstract: A set-up basket style article carrier has a bottom panel, first and second opposed sidewalls attached to the bottom panel, riser panels, a handle attached to the riser panels, transverse partition straps extending between the riser panels and sidewalls, and tapered end panels attached to the riser panels. A blank for the article carrier has a bottom panel, a sidewall joined to the bottom panel along a horizontal fold line, a handle assembly panel joined to the sidewall along a horizontal fold line, a tapered end panel joined to the sidewall along a vertical fold line and to the handle assembly panel along horizontally extending fold lines, and a riser panel joined to the end panel along a fold line offset from vertical to accommodate taper in the tapered end panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventor: James T. Stout
  • Patent number: 4930629
    Abstract: A carrier carton having a flattened, collapsed form and an expanded box-like form defined by side panels and adjoining end panels with a bottom. A center panel extends between the end panels and a separator extends between the center panel and at least one of the side panels. A portion or extension of the separator is detachably connected to the one side panel so as to enable the separator to be a detached from the side panel at its extension and folded against the center panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Assignee: Indiana Carton Corp.
    Inventor: James C. Petty
  • Patent number: 4450956
    Abstract: An article carrier comprising a bottom wall, a pair of side walls and end wall panels upstanding from the bottom wall, a pair of riser panels and a pair of medial panels, joined respectively to the medial edges of the end wall panels at the associated ends of the carrier and extending inwardly therefrom, handle structure joined to the riser panels and the medial panels and extending upwardly therefrom, a transverse partition panel joined to one of the medial panels and extending between the one medial panel and the associated side wall, an anchoring tab foldably joined to the transverse partition panel and being adhered to the associated side wall, and the upper portion of the transverse partition panel being bowed outwardly toward the associated end of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventor: Prentice J. Wood
  • Patent number: 4205748
    Abstract: A foldable basket carrier has front and rear panel assemblies hinged about common edges of center panels wherein one of the cutter panels has transverse dividers cut therefrom for one of the front and rear compartments and the other compartment is divided by transverse divider panels on a separate piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1980
    Assignee: Johns-Manville Corporation
    Inventor: Jerry F. Wilson
  • Patent number: 4117925
    Abstract: An article carrier is formed from a unitary blank and comprises a bottom wall, side walls foldably joined respectively to the side edges of the bottom wall, end wall panels foldably joined respectively to the end edges of the side walls, riser panels foldably joined respectively to the end wall panels at one end of the carrier, medial partition structure foldably joined to the end wall panels at the other end of the carrier, a handle secured at one end thereof to the riser panels and secured at the other end thereof to the medial partition structure, a hand hole disposed in the handle, and transverse partition structure struck from the medial partition structure and including an anchoring tab secured to one side wall, a transverse partition strip foldably joined to the anchoring tab, and an L-shaped medial tab foldably joined to the transverse partition strip remote from the anchoring tab and foldably joined to the medial partition structure along a fold line which is substantially adjacent the lower edge of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1978
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventor: Prentice J. Wood