Paperboard carrier

May 5, 1953

2,637,480

H. W. FORRER

PAPERBOARD CARRIER

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May 5, 1953

2,637,480

H. W. FORRER

PAPERBOARD CARRIER

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ATTORNEYS

H. W. FORRER

PAPERBOARD CARRIER

May 5, 1953

Filed Oot. 2, 1950

2,637,480

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2,637,480

H. W. FORRER

PAPERBOARD CARRIER

May 5, 1953

Filed Oct. 2, 1950

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HOMER W. FORRER

BY

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attorneys

Patented May 5, 1953

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

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PAPERBOARD CARRIER

Homer W. Forrer, Atlanta, Ga., assignor to Atlanta Paper Company, a corporation of Georgia

Application October 2,1950, Serial No. 187,995

Claims.

This invention relates to paperboard carriers, and more particularly to a unique structural arrangement for a carrier of this sort by which the contents of the carrier may be entirely enclosed, and by which the form and appearance of the carrier can be adapted readily for various novelty arrangements.

Complete enclosure of the contents of the carrier is provided by the carrier structure of the present invention through an arrangement of cover flaps or panels which are foldably joined at the top edges of the side walls, and which are adapted at their extending edges for interfitting with the handle portion of the carrier to assume a position in covering relation with respect to the carrier that lends itself readily to simulation of the roof of a house, for example, or other novelty arrangements of this sort. The carrier structure of the present invention is described in further detail below in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a paperboard carrier constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a corresponding perspective view with one of the cover flaps in open position so that the interior of the carrier may be seen;

Figs. 3 and 4 are respective longitudinal and transverse vertical sections of the carrier shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a blank for forming the carrier illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4,. inclusive;

Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are corresponding plan views illustrating progressively the manner in which the blank shown in Fig. 5 is folded and glued for erection to form the carrier shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive; and

Fig. 9 is a plan view of a blank for a transverse partition element such as may be employed with the carrier of the present invention.

The embodiment shown in the drawings of the carrier structure of the present invention comprises a one piece bottom wall (6 that is foldably joined at its side edges f2 to opposed side walls 14 at the side or end edges 16 of which end wall half-laps 18 and 20 are foldably associated to meet medially of the carrier ends upon erection.

To stabilize and strengthen this wall structure with respect to the bottom wall ii), web panels 22 are preferably employed as described in copending application Serial No. 185,008, filed September 15, 1950. These web panels 22 are foldably joined at each end edge 24 of the bottom wall 16· and at the bottom edges 26 and 28 of the respective end wall half laps ί 3 and 23 that form (CI. 229—27) the adjacent end wall. The web panels 22 are further formed with fold lines 36 extending diagonally from the adjacent corners of the bottom wall ί 0 and the respective end wall half-laps ⁵ 18 and 20 so that they are adapted for doubling in overlying relation with respect to the bottom wall ί 0 upon erection of the carrier in a manner Which disposes the end wall half-laps 18 and 2S in fixed alignment with the end edges 24 of the ¹⁰ bottom wall (0.

The carrier structure of the present invention further comprises medial full-laps 32 and 34, one of which is foldably secured at and thereby connects the extending edges 38 or 38, respec¹⁵ tively, of both of the end wall half-laps 18 or 3 that are joined to each of the side walls 14, so that these medial full-laps 32 and 34 are positioned in back-to-back relation upon erection of the carrier for forming a multi-ply medial par²⁰ tition from which the carrier may be suspended for carrying, both of the medial full-laps 32 and 34 being formed at their top edges 48 and 42 with handle tabs, as at 44 and 46, for this purpose.

T₀ provide for maintaining the carrier erect with the medial full-laps 32 and 34 in back-toback relation, one of these medial full-laps (such as 32) is foldably joined at its bottom edge 43 to a first auxiliary flap or panel 5. which in turn 30 has foldably joined at its remote edge 52 a second auxiliary flap or panel 54. The first auxiliarypanel 50 is formed in substantially coextensive proportions with respect to the medial full-lap 32, and a slot 56 is formed at the joined edges of 35 these auxiliary panels 50 and 54 to provide clearance for the handle tabs 44 and 46, so that these auxiliary panels may be folded over the full-laps 32 and 34 and secured in this position by extending the handle tabs 44 and 46 through the slot 56 for maintaining the carrier erect. It should be noted that this arrangement exposes the outer smooth side of the paperboard forming the auxiliary panels 50 and 54, as well as the handle tabs 44 and 46, so that the carrier struc45 ture allows a design to be printed on the blank for the carrier which will appear fully on the carrier handle portion in relation to the exposed faces of the carrier wall structure when the carrier is erected, so as to allow a uniformly appear50 ing ornamental pattern for the carrier.

Another feature of the carrier structure of the present invention, as previously noted above, is the arrangement of cover flaps or lid members 58 and 60 foldably joined at the top edges 62 55 of the side walls 14 to provide for completely

2,637,480 the extending edges of both end wall half-laps joined to each of said side walls, whereby said full-laps are positioned in back-to-back relation to serve as a medial panel from which said carrier may be suspended for carrying, both of said medial full-laps being formed with handle tabs at their top edges, one of said full-laps having a bottom edge extending downwardly to said bottom wall and the other of said full-laps having a bottom edge terminating short of said bottom wall, a first auxiliary panel of substantially coextensive proportions foldably joined at the bottom edge of said other full-lap, a second auxiliary panel foldably joined to said first auxiliary panel at the edge thereof remote from said other fulllap, a slot being formed at the joined edges of said first and second auxiliary panels and receiving said handle tabs, whereby said auxiliary panels are folded over said full-laps thus securing them in back-to-back relation, and cover flaps foldably joined at the top edges of said side walls and formed with tongues at their remote edges for insertion in said slot at each side of said handle tabs.

2. In a paperboard carrier structure having a one-piece bottom wall foldably joined to opposed side walls with which end wall half-laps are foldably associated to meet medially of the carrier ends, the improvement which comprises a medial 30 full-lap secured at and thereby connecting the extending edges of both end wall half-laps associated with each of said side walls, whereby said full-laps are positioned in back-to-back relation, both of said medial full-laps being formed with 35 handle tabs at their top edges, a first auxiliary panel foldably joined at the bottom edge of one of said full-laps and formed in substantially coextensive proportions therewith, a second auxiliary panel foldably joined to said first auxiliary panel at the edge thereof remote from said last mentioned full-lap, a slot being formed at the joined edges of said first and second auxiliary panels and receiving said handle tabs, said auxiliary panels being folded over said full-laps thus ₄₅ securing them in back-to-back relation, and cover flaps foldably joined at the top edges of said side walls and formed with tongues at their remote edges for insertion in said slot at each side of said handle tabs.

3. In a paperboard carrier structure, the improvement defined in claim 2 and further characterized in that a web panel is foldably joined at each end edge of said bottom wall and at the bottom edges of the half-laps forming the ad55 jacent end wall, said web panels being joined with fold lines extending diagonally from the ad’acent corners of said bottom wall and end wall half-laps and folded in overlying relation to said bottom wall and thereby disposing said ₆₀ end wall half-laps in fixed alignment with the end edges of said bottom wall upon erection of said carrier.

4. In a paperbeard carrier structure, the improvement defined in claim 2 and further char55 acterived in that a transverse partition element is provided for said carrier comprising a central panel adapted to rest on said bottom wall and transverse partition panels foldably joined at each side edge of said central panel for disposi70 tion in upstanding relation thereto, said transverse partiticn panels being formed with notches extending downwardly from their top edges, the medial full-lap with which said auxiliary panels are associated having a bottom edge terminating 75 sufficiently short of said bottom wall for disposi3 enclosing the contents of the carrier. Each of the flap members 58 and 60 are formed at their remote edges 64 and 66 with tongues as at 68 and 70· for insertion in the slot 53 at each side of the handle tabs 44 and 46, so that they may be secured in covering relation.

In order to compartment the carrier structure of the present invention, if desired, so as to provide a series of carrier cells for accommodating a plurality of articles separately in the carrier, a transverse partition element may be employed comprising a central panel 72 foldably joined at each of its side edges 74 to a transverse partition panel 76 arranged for upstanding disposition with respect to the central panel 72, as shown in the drawings. The top edges of both of the transverse partition panels 76 are formed with downwardly extending notches as at 78, and the medial full-laps 32 and 34 are formed for interlocking with these notches 78. For this purpose, the medial full-lap 32, with which the auxiliary panels 50 and 54 are associated, is formed with a bottom edge terminating sufficiently short of the bottom wall 10 for disposition in the transverse panel notches 78 upon erection of the carrier, and the other medial full-lap 34 is formed with a bottom edge extending downwardly to the bottom wall i 0 and has notches 80 extending upwardly from its bottom edge for interlocking with the transverse panel notches 78 and thereby providing means for securing the transverse partition element in place upon erection of the carrier. In this connection it should be noted that, as shown in the drawings (compare Figs. 4 and 9), the downwardly extending notches 78 of the transverse partition panel 76 are flared adjacent their open end with a rounded form, which makes it possible to manipulate the medial partition panel or fulllap 32 having the shorter bottom edge easily in and out of interlocking engagement with the transverse panel notches 78 after the transverse panels 76 have first been engaged with the other medial partition panel or full-lap 34, and which thereby facilitates the erection and collapse of the carrier.

The form of blank used in accordance with the present invention for constructing a carrier such as is illustrated in Figs. X to 4 of the drawings is shown in Fig. 5. In constructing the carrier from this blank, the first and second auxiliary panels 50 and 54 are first folded upwardly, as seen in Fig. 6, over the medial full-lap 32 about its bottom edge 48. Next, the medial full-laps 32 and 34 are both folded over to the left, as seen in Fig. 7, about the extending edges 36 and 38 of the adjacent end wall half-laps 18 and 20, to which they are joined, and a coating of adhesive is applied, as indicated by stippling in Fig. 7, to the exposed faces of glue flaps as at 82 and 84 provided at the extending edges of the full-laps 32 and 24 for securing them to the opposite end wall half-laps 18 and 20; and then finally, these opposite halflaps 18 and 20 are folded over to the right as seen in Fig. 8, and thereby secured by the adhesive application to the glue flaps 82 and 84 to form the carrier structure in collapsed position for association upon erection with a transverse partition element having a blank formed such as is shown in Fig. 9.