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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7455174 | Carrier and method A carrier blank and method of making a carrier which is highly adaptable for use in different forms with both in-line and right-angle gluers presently in use by many carrier manufacturers. A blank for use with a variety of different right-angle gluers takes advantag... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455175 | Carrier and method In the blank for making the carrier, at least one foldable panel extending from one of the edges of the blank is provided. The panel is of a size and shape sufficient to cover the holes left by cut-outs from the vertical support panels to form dividers, when the pan... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7383949 | Carrier and method A carrier is provided with vertical support panels, each with a receptacle extending outwardly from its lower region. The carrier is made from blanks in which foldable panels are arranged in linear arrays. In the blanks, the vertical support panels can be folded and... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374038 | Carton with container access openings with at least partially removable tabs A carton for holding containers, such as beverage containers, is disclosed. The carton includes one or more openings in a top wall thereof for receiving necks of containers contained within the carton. One or more at least partially removable tabs are provided in th... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7357247 | Beverage holder A beverage holder is especially adapted for securing a three-pack arrangement of beverage containers. Three panels are joined along a central axis. The panels are spaced 120° from one another. Lower ends of the panels form stationary bases, and lower portions of th... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7322464 | Fully enclosed carton and blank A carton for holding a plurality of articles, comprises a top wall, a base wall, opposed side walls and opposed end walls. A divider structure for separating adjacent articles is formed from at least one of the end walls. The divider structure includes first and sec... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7273161 | Carton with a dispenser in the top panel for dispensing pouches A carton is provided for carrying a plurality of pouches which has at least one dispenser in the top panel formed between the handle and the end panel. The carton may have two dispensers, with one formed on each side of the handle between the handle and an end panel... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267224 | Carrier and method The carrier has a folded-panel central vertical support structure with a handle and a pair of trays or receptacles attached to the central support structure, and an optional auxiliary tray with a slotted bottom which can be fitted onto the central support panel. A f... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7243785 | Carrier and method The food carrier has a central vertical support panel with a handle and a pair of trays or receptacles attached to the central support panel, and an optional auxiliary tray with a slotted bottom can be fitted onto the central support panel. A folded side-wall struct... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7225927 | Cup holder having frusto-conical cavities A cupholder for holding containers is provided with a number of container-holding cavities. Each of the container-holding cavities includes pairs of gripping flanges that extend inwardly toward centers of the cavities. The flanges include gripping points that extend... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207934 | Three piece basket carrier 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... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7185758 | Food carrier and method The food carrier has a central vertical support panel with a handle and a pair of trays with beverage cup holders attached to the central support panel. A folded side-wall structure can be unfolded to start the formation of the trays, and a folded bottom panel or tw... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7128206 | Three piece beverage carrier 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 p... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7070045 | Container for articles There is provided a basket style bottle carrier having a lengthwise central wall 30, 31 and receiving compartments for bottles 12 on each side of the central wall. A handle portion 14, which is separate from the central wall 30, 31, is co... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7048113 | Minimalist can wrap A wrap-around can wrap which is secured together by primary and secondary locks with a single aperture securing both a primary and secondary lock, with each secondary lock being attached to a bottom flap of the carrier through a locking base. The locking base on eac... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7011209 | Bottle carrier with improved carrying handle A wrap-around carrier for carrying bottles, which extend through apertures in the upper sidewall with the apertures being spanned by bridges. The bridges between the rows of apertures may be locked or glued. This carrier may have a handle that extends above the tops... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6948615 | Transfer glue system and method for a right angle gluing machine Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for applying adhesive to packaging in a variety of configurations. The adhesive may be applied by a nozzle in a first direction, a second direction and a stationary spot, wherein the first direction and the second direction... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945390 | Article carrier with handle-reinforcing bridging structure An article carrier for carrying one or more necked articles, has a plurality of panels including a pair of laterally spaced top panels, a pair of handle panels extending upwardly from the top panels to form a carrying handle, and a bridging panel provided to span th... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6896130 | Paperboard carton There is provided a carton 11 for containing two rows of bottles 12. The carton has a base, a pair of oppositely disposed side walls and a top panel section. The top panel section has side areas 22, 32 which lie over the tops of the bottles 1... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6736260 | Neck-through the top carton The neck-through the top carton blank for forming a carton with a four-ply handle and two-ply top panels with apertures through which the necks of bottles can be extended. The apertures in the top panel have an arcuate extended opening projecting towards the handle ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6615996 | Carrying case and rack for wine bottles A carrying case for carrying and displaying consumer products, such as wine bottles. The carrying case can be restructured into a wine rack. The carrying case has a front and a back wall panel, each having an opening through which a portion of a wine bott... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6571941 | Basket-style article carrier having reinforced handle joints and carrier blank therefor A basket-style carrier is formed from a single blank and includes parallel first and second side walls, parallel first and second end walls, and a composite handle structure arranged between the first and second side walls. The handle structure has first ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6341689 | Basket carrier with partition panels attached to end flaps This invention relates to carriers that have partition panels attached to one or both ends of the carrier via an end flap. All of the outside panels of these carriers are folded about lines that are parallel to the longitudinal direction of the gluer on w... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6230881 | Bottle carrier A bottle carrier is foldable from two blanks, and is relatively strong, inexpensive to manufacture, aesthetic in appearance, and easy to assemble. The carrier has several advantages: it provides a reduction in paper board costs, improves manufacturing cos... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6189687 | Article carrier and blank therefor The present invention and its preferred embodiments relate to an article carrier which is shaped to provide satisfactory strength to hold the bottles securely but with a degree of flexibility so that the load transferred to the handle is absorbed by a car... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6089638 | Stabilized two-cup carrier A handled foldable paperboard carrier is disclosed that includes peripheral walls defining an upwardly opening basket and a closed bottom joined to and extending between the walls. Stabilizers cooperate with the bottom to form a support base for the carri... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6041920 | Beverage carrier with separate partitions A carrier is provided which is made of a carrier box and a separate partition assembly which is secured in the carrier box. The partition assembly is made from transverse and cross partitions which have interengaging slots and tabs which lock together to ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6003665 | Basket style article carrier with tapered end panels and separator straps 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, a... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5979645 | Basket-style article carrier with non-stepped side walls A basket-style article carrier (10) with straight, non-stepped side walls (26, 72) and end walls (52/86, 112/122) wherein partition portions containing cell-forming partition straps (34a, 34b, 64a, 64b) are struck from a multiple-ply handle structure and ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5979644 | Multi-cell carrier construction A multi-unit foldable carrier including a pair of opposed side walls, a pair of opposed end walls and a bottom wall, formed from two panels, adjacent to the side and end walls to form an open, generally rectangular container. A handle allows the carrier t... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5941377 | Beverage carrier with separate partitions A carrier is provided which is made of a carrier box and a separate partition assembly which is secured in the carrier box. The partition assembly is made from transverse and cross partitions which have interengaging slots and tabs which lock together to ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5878877 | Basket carrier with rounded corners A basket carrier for beverage bottles. The end cells of the carrier are narrower than the interior cells, so that when the carrier is loaded the end bottles force out the end panels, creating a tight fit and rounded corners. The carrier is formed from a s... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5816391 | Clip carrier with handle A bottle clip carrier having an upwardly extending handle. The carrier is comprised of upper and lower support panels, each having bottle neck openings and support tabs. In one embodiment the upper support panel is comprised of adhered overlapping flaps, ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5657864 | Basket-style carrier with open article-viewing areas A basket-style carrier containing openings in the side and end panels through which the lower portions of packaged articles can be seen. Flaps connected to one or more opening edges are folded into the interior of the carrier so as to block the pricing ba... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5645162 | Basket-style carrier with automatic bottom and reinforced handle A basket-style carrier with an automatic bottom for containing and carrying a plurality of articles and having a reinforced, three-ply handle. The carrier comprises first and second end panels opposite each other and first and second side panels opposite ... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5590762 | Basket-style carrier with retainer tabs A basket-style carrier with means for maintaining the carrier open during loading. The carrier includes tabs foldably connected to the end panel sections at one end of the carrier. When the tabs are folded in at substantially right angles to the end panel... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5531319 | Basket-style article carrier with a single integral partition A basket-style carrier for packaging four bottles or other articles in two adjacent rows. A partition panel connected to opposite side panels is formed from a cutout in the body of a central handle panel. The layout, glue pattern and partition panel forma... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5458234 | Basket-style article carrier A basket-style carrier which exposes much of the end packaged articles. The carrier has narrow side panels which, with partition straps, form article receiving cells. End cells are formed by the partition straps, side straps extending out from the side pa... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5052552 | Foldable carrier for a plurality of containers A carton structure erectable by folding from a substantially flat blank includes two side panels, a bottom panel, two top panels, a center divider panel and two end panels, each extending from the bottom panel. Each end panel has slot means for engaging t... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4986416 | Bag bottle carrier A carrier for carrying a predetermined number, generally six, bottles. The carrier is made from two parts: a stiff plastic frame and a flexible plastic bag. The frame is made up of a rectangular collar, and a lattice which divides the frame into a network... | 01/22/1991 |
