Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
C~R~aN ~I~H DIVISIBLE ~ARRYIN~ ~ANDLE
FOR PROVIDING A~ O ~HE ~RTON ~aN~EN~
This invention relates to a carton for beverage cans which
incorporates a carrying handle which is adapted to be
raised from a flat stowed position to an upright position
by which the carton can be carried and by which access to
tha contents of the carton is facilitated. More
particularly, the handle panel includes parts which are
separable to give access to security panels means which i5
openable to create an opening to acilitate removal of the
contents of the carton.
The invention provides a carton having a wall which
comprises an openabl~ panel means by which access to the
contents of the car~on can be gained said openable panel
means ~ comprising a handle panel construction and
security panel means, wherein said handle panel
construction can be manipulated from a flat stowed
position in which the handle panel construction forms a
paxt of said carton wall to an upright position for use in
carrying the carton and wherein one part of said handle
panel construction is separable from an attached adjacent
part thereof to facilitate access to said security panel
means said security panel means being openable to create
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an opening in said carton wall to facilitate removal of
the contents of the carton.
According to a feature of the invsn~ion, said wall may be
formed from a pair of overlapping top panels joined to
opposed side walls of the carton.
According to another ~eature o~ the invention said
security panel means may comprise a pair of reclosably
interconnected flaps each forming a part of a respective
one o~ said top panels and extending from said opposed
side walls.
According to yet another feature of the invention said
handle~ panel construction may comprise a pair of like
handle panels joined together intermediate their ends, one
o~ said handle panels overlying the other of said handle
panels when the panels are in their flat stowed position
and in that joined portions of each of said panels are
~0 raised ~or use in carrying the aarton.
In constructions where the feature of the immediately
preceding paragraph is adopted said one handle panel may
be frangibly joined to parts of said one wall adjacent
opposite ends of said security panel means at least a part
of each of said frangible ~oints being broken in order to
bring said handle panels out of said flat stowed position
into said raised position.
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Preferably, said joined portions of said handle panels are
adapted to be broken so that the handle panels can be
separated from one another thereby to give access to said
security panel means.
An embodiment of ~he invention will now be described, by
way o example, with reference to the accompanying
drawings, in which:
1~ FIGURE 1 is a plan view of a blank having a handle and
security panel means according to the invention;
FIGURE 2 is a perspectiva view of a fully enclosed carton
~or baverage cans formed from the blank shown in Figure 1
1~ and shown with the carrying handle in a stowed position;
and
FIGURE 3 is another perspective view of the same carton
but in which the handle is raised to reveal an openable
security panel means.
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Raferring then to the drawings, a fully enclosed carton
'C' is formed from a paperboard blank 10 or blank of like
foldable sheet materiai and comprises a top wall 12,
bottom wall 14, side walls 16, 18 and end walls formed by
panels 80, 80a and 82, 82a referred to later.
The top wall 12 is of two ply construction comprising
inner top wall panel 12a and an outer handle panel
assembly 12b which are disposed in overlapping
xalationship when ~he blank from which the carton is
formed is put into the form of a sleeve. Normally, the
sleeve would be furnished to a beverage manufacturer in
flat olded condition whereaftPr the flat sleeve would be
erected and loaded from one or both of its open ends and
lS the end panels then closed to complete the carton.
Referring now more particularly to Figure 1, the inner top
wall panel 12a comprises a central handle panel Hl to each
of the opposite ends of which is attached an inner end
~0 panel portion 26a and 28a by means of cut and score lines
30 and 32, respec~ively~ Inner end panel portion 26a is
hinyed to inner top end closure panel 34a by means of
spaced fold lines 36 and 38 and openings 40 are formed
therebetween to facilitate folding. Likewise, inner end
panel portion 28a is hinged to inner top end closure panel
42a by means of spaced fold lines 44 and 46 and openings
48 are formed therealong to facilitate folding.
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The central handle panel Hl and each of the end panel
portions 26a, 28a, has one of its ends hinged to side wall
panel 16 along a common fold line 50.
S Elongate reinforcing panel 52 is hinged along the
unattached transverse edge of inner end panel 26a along
transverse fold line 54 and terminates in end tab 56
secured to panel 52 along fold line 58. Likewise,
elongate reinorcing panel 62 is hinged along the
unattached transverse edge of inner end panel 28a, along
transverse fold line 64 and terminates in end tab 66
secured to panel 62 along fold line 68.
The handle panel Hl includes a reinforcing top strip Sl
foldably joined to an upper portion ha of the handle panel
by transverse fold line 70. A male locking panel 72 is
struck centrally from handle panel H1 which is hinged
along fold line 50 to side panel 16 and includes a
protruding locking tab 74 foldably join~d to panel 72
along fold line 76. Handle panel Hl also includes hand
cushioning flap 78 disposed adjacent the free end of
locking tab 74.
Inner top end closure panels 34a and 42a are hinged to
side end closure panels 80 and 82 by means of foldable
gusset panels 84 and 86 respective1y. ~he side end
closure panels 80, 82 are hinged to opposite ends of the
side wall panel 16 along fold lines 88 and 90
respectively.
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At the opposite end o~ the blank shown in Figure 1, the
outer handle panel assembly 12b comprises a central handle
panel H2 to each of the opposite ends of which is
attached an outer end panel portion ~6b and 28b by
maans of cut and score linas 30a and 32a respectively.
Outer end panel portion 26b is hinged to inner top end
closure panel 34b by means of spaced ~old lines 36a and
38a. Likewise, outer end panel portion 28b is hinged to
outer top end closure panel 42b by means o~ spaced ~old
lines 44a and 46a.
The central handle panel H2 and each o~ the end panel
portions 26b, 28b has one of its ends hinged to side
wall panel 18 along a common fold line 50a.
Outer top end closure panels 34b and ~2b are hinged to
side end closure panels 80a and 82b by means o~ foldable
gusset panèls 84a and^86a respectively. The side end
closure panels 80a, 82a are hinged to opposite ends of
side wall panel 18 along iold lines 88a and 90a
respectively.
Elongate reinforcing panel 52a is hinged along the
unattached transverse edge of inner end panel 26b along
transverse iold line 54a and terminates in end tab 56a
secured to panel 52a along fold line 58a.
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Likewise, elon~ate relnforcing panel 62a is hinged along
the unat~ached transverse edge of inner end panel 28b
along transverse fold line 64a and terminates in end tab
66a secured to panel 62a along fold line 68a.
The handle panel H2 includes a reinforcing top strip S2
foldably ioined to the handle panel by transverse fold
line 70a. A female locking panel 72a is struck centrally
from handle panel H2 which is hinged along ~old line 50a
to side panel 18 and includes a locking slit 92. Handle
panel H2 also includes hand cushioning flap 78a disposed
ad;acent the locking slit 92.
The remainder of the blank includes bottom wall 14 hinged
15 to side wall 16 along fold line 94 and side wall panel 18
is hinged to bottom wall 14 along fold line 96. Bottom
wall 14 has bottom end closure flaps 98, 100 hinged at
opposite ends thereof along fold lines 102, 104
respectively.
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In order to bring the blank into a flat folded sleeve,
reinforcing panels 52/56; 62/66 and Sl are given an
appllcation of glue and folded inwardly of the blank
through 180 degrees and are secured to underlying
2~ portions of the blank and likewise reinorcing panels
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52a/56a; 62a~66a and S2 also are given an application of
glue, folded inwardly of the blank through 180 degrees and
are secured to adjacent portions o~ the blank. Thus, a
multi-ply thickness o~ material is present around the
handle panels Hl and H2. Thereafter the whole blank
assembly to the left side of fold line 50 is folded
through 180 degreas towards the opposite end of the blank
about fold line 50 into supexposed relationship with side
wall panel 16. Thereafter handle panel H1 is folded back
upon itsel~ to expose the rein~orcing strip S1 which is
thereby uppermost when the blank is viewed in plan. The
opposite end of the blank to the right side of fold line
96 including handle panel H2 together with end portions
26b, 28b and upper end closure panels 34b, 42b are folded
through 180 degrees about fold line 96 and the folded
over reinforcing strip S2 o~ handle panel H2 is secured in
the exposed reinforcing strip S1 o handle panel H1.
Simultaneously, outer end panel portions 26b and 28b
including their reinforcing panels are secured in
superposed relation~hip to inner end panel portions 26a
and 28a, respectively, while outer top end closure panels
34b and 42b are secured in superposed rela-tionship to
inner end closure panels 34a and 42a, respectively.
Locking tab 74 of ~he locking panel 72 is inserted into
locking slit 92 in panel 72a to detachably secure those
panels together and thereby form a security panel
extending between the carton sidewalls.
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The flat sleeve thus formed can thereafter be erected,
loaded and then closed by mutually securing its end
closure flaps.
In order to lift and carry the carton, the composite
handle thus formed is grasped by means of the registered
hand gripping apertures (defined by the hand cushioning
~laps as seen in the blank) and raised away from the top
wall o the carton about fold line 'f' between upper and
1~ lower portions o~ the handle panel (Figures 2 & 3) but
leaving the other portions of the handle panel Hl and H2
ln position thereby forming a part of the top wall. In
order to gain access to the security panel the frangible
joints provided by cut and fold lines 30, 30a
and 32, 32a are torn to separate the handle panels from
the ad~acent inner and outer end panel portions 26a, 2~b
and 2~a, 28b whereafter the handle panels are separated
from one another. In order ~o gain access to the contents
o~ the carton through the top wall, the locking panels 72
and 72a are unlocked by disengaging the locking tab 74
rom the locking slit 92 and thus separating the handle
panels~. The handle panels can however be brought together
agaln or use in carrying the carton again if desired.
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