CA1053191A - Carrier with drop down partition - Google Patents
Carrier with drop down partitionInfo
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- CA1053191A CA1053191A CA233,999A CA233999A CA1053191A CA 1053191 A CA1053191 A CA 1053191A CA 233999 A CA233999 A CA 233999A CA 1053191 A CA1053191 A CA 1053191A
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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Abstract
PATENT APPLICATION
INVENTOR: EARL J. GRASER
TITLE: CARRIER WITH DROP DOWN PARTITION
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A carrier for containing a plurality of bottles or the like has a pair of overlapping top panels wherein the inner top panel has a partition joined by a hinge thereto.
The hinge is such that the partition drops into a vertical position forming a divider between bottles which are later assembled therein.
INVENTOR: EARL J. GRASER
TITLE: CARRIER WITH DROP DOWN PARTITION
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A carrier for containing a plurality of bottles or the like has a pair of overlapping top panels wherein the inner top panel has a partition joined by a hinge thereto.
The hinge is such that the partition drops into a vertical position forming a divider between bottles which are later assembled therein.
Description
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The invention relates to carriers or cartons made from fiberboard or the like for containing a plurality of fragile articles, such as twelve bottles, for storage, handling and the like.
The prior art, as exemplified in U.S. Patents No. 2,684,178, No. 2,830,726, No. 3,394,800 and No.
3,554,402, contains a number of carriers having partitions between articles therein. Several prior carriers have partitions which are folded down from one of a pair of top panels to extend between articles within the carrier;
however, such prior art partitions réquire a separate step ~ of folding the partition downward and sometimes securing ;~ the partition during the assembly of articles within the carrier.
The invention is summari~ed in that a carrier for ;~
a plurality of fragile articles includes a bottom panel;
a pair of opposite side panels; a pair of opposite end closing means; first and second overlapping top panels;
~;~ the bottom pane~, the pair of opposite side panels, the `~ 20 pair of opposite end closing means, and the first and second overlapping top panels being interconnected in a collapsed flat condition wherein said overlapping top panels are on top and wherein said bottom panel is on bottom; the inside top panel of the first and second overlapping top panels havLng a partition and a hinge;
formed therein free of the bottom panel, the pair of side ;~
panels and the end closing means; and the hinge joining :: , :
the partition to the inside top panel wherein~the hinge ~ ~
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is such that when the carrier is opened from a flat condition -the partition freely drops in-to a position extending sufficiently vertically to form separated portions within the carrier for receiving fragile articles in the separated portions.
An object of the invention is to construct a carrier which, when opened from a folded condition, eliminates the necessity of inserting dividers or partitions in the carrier prior to assembly of fragile articles therein.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a carrier with a partition which automatically drops down into position when the carrier body is folded open to form a divider therein. ;` ;
An advantage of the invention is that the hinge connecting a partition to a top panel of a carrier is formed such that the partition pivots down into a vertical -~
position when the carxier is folded open.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the description of the preferred ~-embodiment taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view, partially broken away, of a carrier in accordance with the invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of a blank for forming the carrier of Fig~ 1.
Fig. 3 is a front cross section view of the ~ ?
carrier of Fig. 1 in a folded position. ~ -Fig. 4 is a side view of the carrier of Fig. 1 after being unfolded.
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Fig, S is a plan view illustrating assembly of articles in the carrier of Fiy. 4.
Fig. 6 is a front cross section view of the carrier of Fig. 1 with the assembled articles shown in 5 phantom.
Fig. 7 is a top view of the carrier of Fig. 6.
As illustrated in Fig. 1, the invention is embodied in a carton or carrier, indicated generally at lG, for ` containing a plurality of fragile articles, such as twelve ; 10 bottles 12 (Fi~s. 5, 6 and 7) during transportation and ' storage and the like. The bottles 12 are arranged in i :
;~ groups of six in separate parallel assembly lines wherein each group of six has two adjacent parallel rows of three -'~ adjacent bottles with the bottles in the two parallel rows being abreast. Conventional dividers 13 are positloned between the bottles in each group of six bottles in both assembly lines.
As shown in Fig. 2, the carrier 10 is formed from an integral blank of~fiberboard or the like and has a bottom panel 14, a palr of side panels 16 and 18 having i :
` bottom edges joined at respective score lines 20 and 22 to opposite side edges of the bottom panel 14. The top edge of the side panel 16 is joined at a score line 24 to an inside top panel 26 while the top edge of the side panel 18 is joined at a score~line 28 to a side edge of an exterior top panel 30. End flaps 32 and 34 are joined at respective ' score lines 36 and 38 to the opposite end edges of the ". : ;~'~ ~' ,. :
1~S~91 bottom panel 14, and end flaps 40 and 42 are joined at respective score lines 44 and 46 to opposite end edges of the exterior top panel 30. Finger openings48 and 50 are formed in the interior top panel 26, and bend-in finger tabs 52 and 54 are severed in the exterior top panel 30 for alignment with the openings 48 and 50 such that the tabs ~;
52 and 54 may be bent through the openings 48 and 50 to form a handle portion for the carrier. The end flaps 32, 34, 40, 42~ may be provided with interlocking tab devices such that the flap 32 can be secured to the flap 40 and the flap ~` 34 can be secured to the flap ~2.
The interlor top panel 26 has die cuts 56, 58, 60 forming a partition 62. A strip~like upper side portion 64 - of the partition 62 formed between the cut line 58 and the : 15 opening 48 is attached at the top edge thereof by a score ;~ line,hinge or hinge portion 66 to the rest of the lnterior -: top panel 26. A similar strip-like portion 6g on the opposite upper side o~ the partition 62 is attached at a score line,hinge, or hinge portion 70 to the interior top panel 260 The hinges 66 and 70 are aligned along a common axis which, is parallel to and centrally disposed between the opposite end edges of the interior top panel 26.
The hinges 66 and 70 are formed such that the partition 62 drops into a~vertical position forming separated : 25 spaces 72 and 74 (Fig. 5)~extending from the partition 62 to respective opposite ends of the carrier 10 for receiving ~;
.~, respecti.ve groups of six bottles. The strip-like portions ~
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are substantially less than one-half the width of the parti-tlon 62, and preferkably the sum of the widths of the portions 64 and 68 is less than one-half the width of the partition 62 such that fiberboaxd portions forming the hinges 66 and 70 are sufficiently weak that the weight of the partition under the force of gravity will pivot the partition 62 about the hinges 66 and 70 to a downward extendlng position.
The material from which the carrier 10 is formed is selected to form hinges 66 and 70 which are partially resilient. The partition 62 is bent 180 about the hinges 66 and 70 against the inside surface of the interior top panel 26. Then the carrier 10 is folded into a 1at condition as shown in Fig. 3 with the exterior top panel 30 overlapping and secured, such as by gluing or the like, to the interior top panel 26. The partial resilience of the hinges 66 and 70 is particularly selected to return the partition to the vertical position when the carrier 10 is unfolded from its flat condition.
In use of the~carrier 10, the carrier 10 is unfolded from its flat condition to the open condition as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 with the end flaps 32, 34, 40 and 42 open. The weight of the partition 62 together with the resilient of the fiberboard at the hinges 66 and 70 causes ' the partition 62 to drop or pivot to a vertically extending ! 25 position within the carrler forming a divider between portions72 and 74 of the carrier 10. Then as illustrated in Fig. 5 a group of six bottles may be inserted sideways into each open end of the carrier 10 such that the adjacent rows of bottles ~n respective groups of six bottles abut th~
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partition 62 from opposite sides of the partition. The assembly of the bottl~s12 into the carton is completed by securing end flap 32 to the end flap 40 and securing th~
end flap 34 to end flap42 by use of the tab devices shown in s Fig. 2 or by other suitable means such as gluing~ The partition 62 protects the adjoining rows o bottles from breaking or the like during transportation or handling.
It is partically advantageous that the hinges 66 and 70 are formed such that the partition drops or pivots Ig to a vertically extending position when the carrier 10 is ~1";~ ~5 "~` unfolded from i-ts flat position. This i~rmln~tes the ~ necessity for providing a separate bending step after ; unfolding or the necessity of insertion of a separate partition between the groups of six bottles as they are inserted into the carrier 10.
; The strip-like portions 64 and 68 having widths ~-;
substantially less than one-half the width of the partition 62 provides an easy manufacturedweakness in khe hinges 66 - and 70 which allows the force of gravity to aid in dropping the partition 62. Also the resilient nature of the hinges 66 and 70 together with the preformed 180 bend about the ~;
hinges 66 and 70 aids in pivoting the partition 62 downward.
The particular combination of the narrow strip-like ~
portioNs 64 and 58 and the par~ial resilience of the hinges ~ -66 and 70 bent 180 results in the partition 26 pivoting ~ i substantially to a vertical position; thus other bending steps and separate insertion of partitions are eliminated. ~`
Since many modifications, changes in detail and ; _ 7 _ ~S)S3~93L
variations may be made to the present carrier, it is intended that all matter in the fore~go3ng descri~t~on and in the r '~ accompanying drawings be in~r ~ as illustrative and not in a limiting sense, .;
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The invention relates to carriers or cartons made from fiberboard or the like for containing a plurality of fragile articles, such as twelve bottles, for storage, handling and the like.
The prior art, as exemplified in U.S. Patents No. 2,684,178, No. 2,830,726, No. 3,394,800 and No.
3,554,402, contains a number of carriers having partitions between articles therein. Several prior carriers have partitions which are folded down from one of a pair of top panels to extend between articles within the carrier;
however, such prior art partitions réquire a separate step ~ of folding the partition downward and sometimes securing ;~ the partition during the assembly of articles within the carrier.
The invention is summari~ed in that a carrier for ;~
a plurality of fragile articles includes a bottom panel;
a pair of opposite side panels; a pair of opposite end closing means; first and second overlapping top panels;
~;~ the bottom pane~, the pair of opposite side panels, the `~ 20 pair of opposite end closing means, and the first and second overlapping top panels being interconnected in a collapsed flat condition wherein said overlapping top panels are on top and wherein said bottom panel is on bottom; the inside top panel of the first and second overlapping top panels havLng a partition and a hinge;
formed therein free of the bottom panel, the pair of side ;~
panels and the end closing means; and the hinge joining :: , :
the partition to the inside top panel wherein~the hinge ~ ~
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is such that when the carrier is opened from a flat condition -the partition freely drops in-to a position extending sufficiently vertically to form separated portions within the carrier for receiving fragile articles in the separated portions.
An object of the invention is to construct a carrier which, when opened from a folded condition, eliminates the necessity of inserting dividers or partitions in the carrier prior to assembly of fragile articles therein.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a carrier with a partition which automatically drops down into position when the carrier body is folded open to form a divider therein. ;` ;
An advantage of the invention is that the hinge connecting a partition to a top panel of a carrier is formed such that the partition pivots down into a vertical -~
position when the carxier is folded open.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the description of the preferred ~-embodiment taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view, partially broken away, of a carrier in accordance with the invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of a blank for forming the carrier of Fig~ 1.
Fig. 3 is a front cross section view of the ~ ?
carrier of Fig. 1 in a folded position. ~ -Fig. 4 is a side view of the carrier of Fig. 1 after being unfolded.
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Fig, S is a plan view illustrating assembly of articles in the carrier of Fiy. 4.
Fig. 6 is a front cross section view of the carrier of Fig. 1 with the assembled articles shown in 5 phantom.
Fig. 7 is a top view of the carrier of Fig. 6.
As illustrated in Fig. 1, the invention is embodied in a carton or carrier, indicated generally at lG, for ` containing a plurality of fragile articles, such as twelve ; 10 bottles 12 (Fi~s. 5, 6 and 7) during transportation and ' storage and the like. The bottles 12 are arranged in i :
;~ groups of six in separate parallel assembly lines wherein each group of six has two adjacent parallel rows of three -'~ adjacent bottles with the bottles in the two parallel rows being abreast. Conventional dividers 13 are positloned between the bottles in each group of six bottles in both assembly lines.
As shown in Fig. 2, the carrier 10 is formed from an integral blank of~fiberboard or the like and has a bottom panel 14, a palr of side panels 16 and 18 having i :
` bottom edges joined at respective score lines 20 and 22 to opposite side edges of the bottom panel 14. The top edge of the side panel 16 is joined at a score line 24 to an inside top panel 26 while the top edge of the side panel 18 is joined at a score~line 28 to a side edge of an exterior top panel 30. End flaps 32 and 34 are joined at respective ' score lines 36 and 38 to the opposite end edges of the ". : ;~'~ ~' ,. :
1~S~91 bottom panel 14, and end flaps 40 and 42 are joined at respective score lines 44 and 46 to opposite end edges of the exterior top panel 30. Finger openings48 and 50 are formed in the interior top panel 26, and bend-in finger tabs 52 and 54 are severed in the exterior top panel 30 for alignment with the openings 48 and 50 such that the tabs ~;
52 and 54 may be bent through the openings 48 and 50 to form a handle portion for the carrier. The end flaps 32, 34, 40, 42~ may be provided with interlocking tab devices such that the flap 32 can be secured to the flap 40 and the flap ~` 34 can be secured to the flap ~2.
The interlor top panel 26 has die cuts 56, 58, 60 forming a partition 62. A strip~like upper side portion 64 - of the partition 62 formed between the cut line 58 and the : 15 opening 48 is attached at the top edge thereof by a score ;~ line,hinge or hinge portion 66 to the rest of the lnterior -: top panel 26. A similar strip-like portion 6g on the opposite upper side o~ the partition 62 is attached at a score line,hinge, or hinge portion 70 to the interior top panel 260 The hinges 66 and 70 are aligned along a common axis which, is parallel to and centrally disposed between the opposite end edges of the interior top panel 26.
The hinges 66 and 70 are formed such that the partition 62 drops into a~vertical position forming separated : 25 spaces 72 and 74 (Fig. 5)~extending from the partition 62 to respective opposite ends of the carrier 10 for receiving ~;
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are substantially less than one-half the width of the parti-tlon 62, and preferkably the sum of the widths of the portions 64 and 68 is less than one-half the width of the partition 62 such that fiberboaxd portions forming the hinges 66 and 70 are sufficiently weak that the weight of the partition under the force of gravity will pivot the partition 62 about the hinges 66 and 70 to a downward extendlng position.
The material from which the carrier 10 is formed is selected to form hinges 66 and 70 which are partially resilient. The partition 62 is bent 180 about the hinges 66 and 70 against the inside surface of the interior top panel 26. Then the carrier 10 is folded into a 1at condition as shown in Fig. 3 with the exterior top panel 30 overlapping and secured, such as by gluing or the like, to the interior top panel 26. The partial resilience of the hinges 66 and 70 is particularly selected to return the partition to the vertical position when the carrier 10 is unfolded from its flat condition.
In use of the~carrier 10, the carrier 10 is unfolded from its flat condition to the open condition as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 with the end flaps 32, 34, 40 and 42 open. The weight of the partition 62 together with the resilient of the fiberboard at the hinges 66 and 70 causes ' the partition 62 to drop or pivot to a vertically extending ! 25 position within the carrler forming a divider between portions72 and 74 of the carrier 10. Then as illustrated in Fig. 5 a group of six bottles may be inserted sideways into each open end of the carrier 10 such that the adjacent rows of bottles ~n respective groups of six bottles abut th~
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partition 62 from opposite sides of the partition. The assembly of the bottl~s12 into the carton is completed by securing end flap 32 to the end flap 40 and securing th~
end flap 34 to end flap42 by use of the tab devices shown in s Fig. 2 or by other suitable means such as gluing~ The partition 62 protects the adjoining rows o bottles from breaking or the like during transportation or handling.
It is partically advantageous that the hinges 66 and 70 are formed such that the partition drops or pivots Ig to a vertically extending position when the carrier 10 is ~1";~ ~5 "~` unfolded from i-ts flat position. This i~rmln~tes the ~ necessity for providing a separate bending step after ; unfolding or the necessity of insertion of a separate partition between the groups of six bottles as they are inserted into the carrier 10.
; The strip-like portions 64 and 68 having widths ~-;
substantially less than one-half the width of the partition 62 provides an easy manufacturedweakness in khe hinges 66 - and 70 which allows the force of gravity to aid in dropping the partition 62. Also the resilient nature of the hinges 66 and 70 together with the preformed 180 bend about the ~;
hinges 66 and 70 aids in pivoting the partition 62 downward.
The particular combination of the narrow strip-like ~
portioNs 64 and 58 and the par~ial resilience of the hinges ~ -66 and 70 bent 180 results in the partition 26 pivoting ~ i substantially to a vertical position; thus other bending steps and separate insertion of partitions are eliminated. ~`
Since many modifications, changes in detail and ; _ 7 _ ~S)S3~93L
variations may be made to the present carrier, it is intended that all matter in the fore~go3ng descri~t~on and in the r '~ accompanying drawings be in~r ~ as illustrative and not in a limiting sense, .;
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Claims (9)
1. A carrier for a plurality of fragile articles comprising a bottom panel;
a pair of opposite side panels;
a pair of opposite end closing means;
first and second overlapping top panels;
said bottom panel, said pair of opposite side panels, said pair of opposite closing means, and said first and second overlapping top panels interconnected in a collapsed flat condition wherein said overlapping top panels are on top and wherein said bottom panel is on bottom;
the inside top panel of said first and second over-lapping top panels having a partition and hinge formed therein free of the bottom panel, the pair of side panels and the end closing means; and said hinge joining the partition to the inside top panel and being such that, when the carrier is opened from the flat condition, the partition freely drops into a position extending sufficiently vertically to form separated portions within the carrier for receiving fragile articles in the separated portions.
a pair of opposite side panels;
a pair of opposite end closing means;
first and second overlapping top panels;
said bottom panel, said pair of opposite side panels, said pair of opposite closing means, and said first and second overlapping top panels interconnected in a collapsed flat condition wherein said overlapping top panels are on top and wherein said bottom panel is on bottom;
the inside top panel of said first and second over-lapping top panels having a partition and hinge formed therein free of the bottom panel, the pair of side panels and the end closing means; and said hinge joining the partition to the inside top panel and being such that, when the carrier is opened from the flat condition, the partition freely drops into a position extending sufficiently vertically to form separated portions within the carrier for receiving fragile articles in the separated portions.
2. A carrier for a plurality of fragile articles as;
claimed in claim 1, wherein the partition and hinge are such that the force of gravity at least aids in dropping the partition into the vertical position.
claimed in claim 1, wherein the partition and hinge are such that the force of gravity at least aids in dropping the partition into the vertical position.
3. A carrier for a plurality of fragile articles as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inside top panel and the partition are formed from an integral fiberboard which is resilient, and the hinge is formed by bending the partition through an angle of about 180° whereby the resilience of the fiberboard at least aids in dropping the partition into the vertically extending position.
4. A carrier for a plurality of fragile articles as claimed in claim 3 wherein the partition and hinge are such that the force of gravity at least aids in dropping the partition into the vertically extending position.
5. A carrier for a plurality of fragile articles as claimed in claim 1 wherein said inside top panel, said partition and said hinge are formed from an integral fiberboard, said partition has a width extending across a substantial portion of the width of the carrier;
said partition has a pair of upper strip-like portions, said hinge includes a pair of hinge portions integrally joining the respective upper strip-like portions to the inside top panel, and said upper strip-like portions have widths substantially less than one-half the width of the partition and are such that the hinge portions are readily bent by the weight of the partition.
said partition has a pair of upper strip-like portions, said hinge includes a pair of hinge portions integrally joining the respective upper strip-like portions to the inside top panel, and said upper strip-like portions have widths substantially less than one-half the width of the partition and are such that the hinge portions are readily bent by the weight of the partition.
6. A carrier for a plurality of fragile articles as claimed in claim 5 wherein the fiberboard is resilient, and the partition is bent about 180° about the hinge portions whereby the resilience of the fiberboard urges the partition into a vertical position.
7. A carrier for a plurality of fragile articles as claimed in claim 5 wherein the strip-like portions are formed at upper opposite side corners of the partition.
8. A carrier for a plurality of fragile articles as claimed in claim 5 wherein the sum of the widths of said upper strip-like portions is less than one-half the width of the partition.
9. A carrier for twelve bottles wherein the twelve bottles are arranged in two groups of six bottles each and each of the groups has a divider separating the six bottles of each group, said carrier comprising an integral fiberboard blank including a bottom panel, a pair of opposite side panels joined to the bottom panel at opposite side edges of the bottom panel, an interior top panel joined to the top edge of one of the pair of side panels, an exterior top panel joined to the top edge of the other of the pair of side panels, said interior top panel having a pair of finger open-ings formed centrally therein, a pair of finger tabs formed centrally in the exterior top panel for alignment with the finger openings in the in-terior top panel, a first pair of end flaps joined to the opposite end edges of the bottom panel, a second pair of end flaps joined to the opposite end edges of the exterior top panel, a partition for pivoting into a vertical position formed from the interior top panel and having a pair of strip-like portions joining the upper opposite corners of the par-tition to the rest of the interior top panel, a pair of score lines forming hinges at the junction of the pair of strip-like portions to the rest of the interior top panel, said exterior top panel being secured to the interior top panel, said pair of strip-like portions having widths which have a sum less than one-half the width of the partition, said partition being bent 180° about the pair of score lines into engagement with the interior surface of the rest of the interior top panel, said hinges having a resilience which together with the force of gravity tend to pivot the partition down to a substantially vertical position when the carrier is unfolded from a flat condition to an open condition, and said hinges extending along a central axis dividing the carrier into two portions for receiving respective groups of six bottles into respective open ends thereof, whereby said partition separates the respective groups of six bottles.
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