Abstract: A hand carrier used for carrying cans or bottles of drinks, for example, cola, juice, beer or the like. The present hand carrier is so constructed that it grips the circumferential projections of the cans or bottles, for example, the crown caps of bottles or the projected edge at either end of cans. The hand carrier can be made of lesser amount of paper material than the conventional box-type hand carrier and strongly grips the cans or bottles and allows them to be carried safely.

Abstract: A wrapping device, formed of a unitary paperboard blank, secured tightly against the sides of a container and against the cap thereon, which is easily torn upon attempted upward movement of the cap for the purpose of, for example, the attempted fraudulent switching of a low price-marked cap to a larger size, higher priced container. The wrapping device is in the form of an elongated strap of paperboard, which has at least one aperture therein through which a part of the container's cap protrudes. A carton for a plurality of capped containers is formed from a plurality of the wrapping devices, which are in turn formed from a unitary blank. An assembly for a plurality of capped containers is formed from a plurality of the wrapping devices releasably coupled together.

Abstract: An article carrier of the wraparound type formed from a single sheet of paperboard and having top, bottom, and side panels separated by fold lines and which includes article retaining gussets formed at the corners of the bottom and side panels, the gussets being held in place by the weight of the article. Each gusset is formed having three triangular sections separated from each other and the side and bottom panels by fold lines, with a first section adjacent the bottom panel being folded through 180.degree. to lie flat on the bottom panel. The middle section is folded on top of the first section which causes the remaining section adjacent to the side panel to be erected in its retaining position. Articles contained within the carrier rest on the two folded sections to secure the retaining gussets and prevent movement of the articles.

Abstract: A receptacle for carrying and displaying glassware formed from a blank comprising a single sheet of paper stock. The receptacle includes an open front and rear rectangular parallelopiped sleeve having a top, a bottom, and opposite side walls connecting the top and bottom wall, all of which are hinged to each other. Four cylindrical glassware items can be supported within the receptacle and displayed between a two part divider wall provided along the interior of the bottom and top wall and the other edges of the receptacle. One part of the divider wall is attached through a connecting panel to the interior of the top wall while the other part of the divider wall is attached through a connecting panel to the interior of the bottom wall.

Abstract: A wraparound type carrier package for a group of bottles which are arranged in a double row and in transversely aligned pairs, which package is formed by wrapping about the top, sides, ends and bottom of the bottles, a cut and scored blank of paperboard, or similar foldable sheet material, which blank is divided into wall forming panels with interengaging locking elements in the margins of the end panels and with end closure forming panels hinged to the end edges of sidewall forming panels, the latter being adapted, when the package is formed, to be held in end closing position by downturned narrow hinged panels on the end edges of the top wall forming panel which are provided with latching elements in engagement with the infolded end closure panels.

Abstract: There is provided a unique tray or package for presenting a sanitary (sterile) container. The package is arranged so that the container and associated parts of the kit are presented in a specific and sequential manner so that a prescribed utilization of the container and associated apparatus is achieved and a sterile condition is maintained.

Abstract: An improved wrap-around beverage carrier which provides for total separation between adjacent containers in the carrier is provided in the subject invention. In the preferred embodiment the carrier is designed to hold twelve cans of a given product and is designed in a one-piece configuration. The novel partitioning arrangement within the carrier permits total separation to prevent cans from coming in contact with each other during shipping, thereby avoiding abrasion marks on printed aluminum beverage cans. The novel divider structure is hinged from an interior partitioned panel and has a novel configuration of the panel wherein the novel configuration allows the partition to be used for total separation without requiring additional partition structures to be placed within the carrier.

Abstract: A package especially adapted for enclosing a double row of product filled cups or tubs of tapered configuration which is characterized by a single blank of foldable sheet material, cut and scored so as to be wrapped about a plurality of the cups arranged in double row, side-by-side relation and forming an open end tubular carton, with the blank having interlocking connecting elements in end panels which form the bottom wall of the carton, and one of said end panels including integral panel portions which are folded into an upstanding keel of triangular cross section disposed in the form of a wedge between the cups in the two rows and maintaining the cups in upright position.

Abstract: A receptacle for carrying and displaying glassware formed from a blank comprising a single sheet of paper stock. The receptacle includes an open front and rear rectangular parallelopiped sleeve having a top, a bottom, and opposite side walls connecting the top and bottom wall, all of which are hinged to each other. Four cylindrical glassware items can be supported within the receptacle and displayed between a divider wall provided along the interior of the bottom and top wall and the outer edges of the receptacle. The divider wall is collapsible within the interior of the receptacle so as to enable the receptacle sides, top, and bottom, to pivot relative to each other and assume a substantially flat state for transportation and storage. A divider wall latching mechanism is movable from a first position which latches the divider wall in its upright position to a second position which allows the divider wall to collapse and thus cause the carrier to assume its flat state.

Abstract: A carrier for glass tumblers, or the like, is formed from paperboard and comprises a sleeve. Locking flaps are folded inwardly from the ends of the sleeve. The flaps are formed with openings bridged by straps having tabs formed thereon providing angular relationship between the locking flaps and the walls of the carrier.

Abstract: A carrier for receptacles is provided which is formed from a blank of foldable sheet material. The carrier includes a collapsible sleevelike member having foldably connected top, bottom and side panels. Pairs of apertured panel sections are provided which coact with the opposing surfaces of the top and bottom panels to retain a plurality of receptacles within the carrier. Each pair of apertured panel sections are mounted for adjustment between operative and inoperative positions. The inner edges of a pair of panel sections are integral with and foldably connected to one another and, when the panel sections are in an operative position, the inner edges of the sections are spaced a substantial distance from the adjacent opposing surface. The outer edges of the pair of panel sections are foldably connected to opposite peripheral portions of the adjacent opposing surface.

Abstract: A wraparound type carrier package for a group of bottles arranged in row relation and transversely aligned pairs, which carrier is especially adapted for use in marketing of bottled products, and which permits removal of the bottles without damaging the carrier and ready return of empty bottles therein so as to encourage return to the store or bottling plant for reuse or recycling, which is characterized by being formed from a flat blank of paper-board or similar foldable sheet material which is cut and scored so that it may be wrapped about the top and bottom of the bottles, with end margins of the end panels thereof being secured to each other, and with means to restrain endwise movement of the bottles out of the ends of the carrier while permitting ready removal of the bottles through apertures formed in the top wall, also having finger accommodating apertures in the top wall for carrying the package which are reinforced by underlying panels cut from material in the top wall and sidewalls in providing the

Abstract: A package for a group of articles, particularly bottles, cans, or the like, which is open at both ends and which is wrapped around the group of articles, and which consists of a substantially rectangular blank, formed from a film of plastic material having end portions to which strips of paperboard are secured. Locking apertures are formed in one end portion and locking tongues are formed in the other end portion and are inserted into the locking apertures whereby two oppositely disposed margins of the blank are adapted to be joined together to secure the wrapper.

Abstract: Panel interlocking means for securing a pair of panels in overlapping face contacting relation includes a locking tab struck from one of the panels and arranged to be driven through a locking aperture defined by a retaining tab struck from the other panel and arranged so that its free end engages the locking tab in angularly disposed mutually bracing relation, holding means formed in said locking tab for receiving the free end of said retaining tab to hold said locking tab and said retaining tab in angular braced relation to each other, a securing tab projecting from a transverse edge of the locking aperture remote from the fold line of the retaining tab and disposed within a securing aperture struck from the locking tab and disposed at the base thereof and adjacent the locking tab fold line so as positively to secure the panels together against relative movement.

Abstract: Panel interlocking means for securing a pair of panels in overlapping face contacting relation includes a locking tab struck from one of the panels and arranged to be driven through a locking aperture defined by a retaining tab struck from the other panel and arranged so that its free end engages the locking tab in angularly disposed mutually bracing relation, a securing tab projecting from a transverse edge of the locking aperture remote from the fold line of the retaining tab and disposed within a securing aperture struck from the locking tab and disposed at the base thereof and adjacent the locking tab fold line so as positively to secure the panels together against relative movement.

Abstract: A receptacle for carrying and displaying glassware formed from a blank comprising a single sheet of paper stock. The receptacle includes an open front and rear rectangular parallelopiped sleeve having a top, a bottom, and opposite side walls connecting the top and bottom wall, all of which are hinged to each other. Four cylindrical glassware items can be supported within the receptacle and displayed between a center wall provided along the interior of the bottom and top wall and the outer edges of the receptacle. The center wall is collapsible within the interior of the receptacle so as to enable the receptacle sides, top, and bottom, to pivot relative to each other and assume a substantially flat state for transportation and storage.

Abstract: A wraparound type carrier package for a group of bottles arranged in double row relation and transversely aligned pairs, which package is especially adapted for use in the marketing of bottled beverages and which is designed to satisfy railway requirements for shipping containers or packages of this type with respect to bottle separation, the package being formed from a flat blank of paperboard or similar foldable sheet material which is cut and scored so that it may be wrapped about the top and bottom of two rows of bottles and the ends of the blank overlapped and connected by cooperating interengaging locking elements, with one margin having an extension panel cut therein which is folded upwardly to a bottle separating position between upper portions of the bottles in the two rows and which is arranged to provide a double thickness of the wrapper material between the bottle areas which would otherwise be in contact.

Abstract: A one-piece paperboard blank is formed into a can carrier by sequentially folding and gluing the panels and flaps of the blank together while moving it along a linear path. The completed "six-pack" carrier comprises top and bottom panels connected together by a pair of end panels and a pair of first and second partitions secured between the top and bottom panels and disposed intermediate the end panels to define three separate cells. A flap secures the bottom panel to each of the partitions whereas a bridging panel secures the partitions to the top panel.

Abstract: A carton for a group of capped bottles having sloping upper necks and cylindrical lower portions. The carton is formed from a single molded blank. It includes a rectangular top panel having an inner area slightly less than the composite area of the grouped bottles across their caps. Sloping side and end walls lead downwardly from the top panel to engage shoulders of the bottles at intermediate locations along their height in a horizontal plane. The carton area across this intermediate plane is slightly less than the composite area of the lower portions of the grouped bottles. The carton is applied over the grouped bottles, initially spreading the lower bottle ends because of the restricted area within which the caps are confined. As the carton is closed, the lower bottle portions are pressed slightly toward one another. The yieldability of the carton material at its corner area assures production of a tight package without interior partitions for safe shipping of bottles.

Abstract: A package unit for tumblers, drinking glasses and the like comprising a single blank of sheet material which is scored, cut, folded and shaped to form a holder for the tumblers in a display condition, with said blank sheet forming a top section, a pair of spaced side sections, and a pair of spaced bottom sections with said bottom sections having interlocking means for interlocking engagement, and a partition section extending outwardly of one of said bottom sections, said side sections each having an elongated cutout and a flap extending inwardly into the cutout from the top section, said blank adapted to be folded with the bottom sections adapted to be interlocked so that the partition section is positioned intermediate the side sections, with the tumblers positioned inside the elongated cutouts and the side sections to rest on the bottom sections, with the flaps extending into the partition and a portion of the tumbler extending outwardly and forwardly of the side section so that the front of the tumbler is

Abstract: A wraparound type carrier package for a group of bottles arranged in row relation and transversely aligned pairs, which carrier is especially adapted for use in the marketing of bottled beverages, wherein the bottles are designed to be returned to the store or bottling plant for reuse or recycling, the package being formed from a flat blank of paperboard or similar foldable sheet material which is cut and scored so that it may be wrapped in the form of an open ended tube about the top and bottom of two rows of bottles in transversely aligned relation with the end margins of the end panels of the blank having co-operating, interengaging locking elements and having means for restraining top and bottom portions of the endmost bottles against movement out of the ends of the tube.

Abstract: A unitary wrapper blank having top, bottom and side walls interconnected to form a tubular structure about a plurality of articles incorporates one composite wall formed of a pair of overlapping panels one of which incorporates at least one specially configured locking slit which receives a specially configured locking tab struck from the other lap panel after the locking tab is folded out of the plane of the other panel along a hinge line and into flat face contacting relation with an adjacent positioning tab formed on an edge of the other panel which tab also is inserted along with the locking tab into the locking slit. After the positioning tab and locking tab are fully inserted into the locking slit, the locking tab swings away from the positioning tab due to its inherent bias which tends to swing the locking tab into the plane of the panel from which it is struck.

Abstract: An open-ended, sleeve type carrier carton having an advertising display panel foldably connected to an end of the carton top wall and also having a locking tab engageable with the panel to retain it in a generally vertical position.

Abstract: A temperature insulating receptacle, e.g. of styrofoam or polyurethane, which is composed of two sections hinged together so as to be adapted to be folded like a suitcase while the ends opposite the hinging means are provided with interengaging closure means a part of which simultaneously serves as a handle.

Abstract: An article carrier having two opposed open sides. The carrier comprises a bottom and a top wall spaced apart in substantially parallel relationship by two transverse walls extending between opposed end edges of the bottom and top wall. An article retaining panel extends from a respective side edge of both the bottom and top wall and inclined inwardly between the bottom and top wall. Article retaining cavities are formed in each of the article retaining panels and defined retention ribs therebetween. The cavities in the panels are in transverse alignment with cavities in an opposite retaining panel whereby an article may be removably secured between vertically aligned pairs of cavities by frictional engagement by the ribs and by a pressure applying panel applying inward pressure between the ends of the article.