Claims
- 1. A blank arrangement for forming basket carriers from a web with minimum waste, said basket carriers each having four handles, said blank arrangement comprising at least two blanks arranged in handle-to-handle relation, one of said blanks having one double handle central projection and two single handle outer projections, and the other of said blanks having two spaced double handle projections, and said one double handle central projection being disposed between said two double handle projections.
- 2. A blank arrangement according to claim 1 wherein said blanks are separated by a single continuous cut line.
- 3. A blank arrangement according to claim 1 wherein each of said blanks also include body panels forming extensions of said handle projections, and bottle forming panels and flaps carried by said body panels.
- 4. A blank arrangement according to claim 3 wherein one of said body panels has a glue flap for bonding said body panels together and each of said double handle projections has an interior glue flap for joining handles of said double handle projections together.
- 5. A blank arrangement according to claim 3 wherein one of said body panels has a glue flap for bonding said body panels together and each of said single handle projections has a glue flap for joining said single handle projections together.
- 6. A blank arrangement according to claim 5 wherein said body panel glue flap is longitudinally aligned with one of said handle glue flaps.
- 7. A blank arrangement according to claim 1 wherein each double handle projection has two sloping sides joined by a first radius, and at least one sloping side of each double handle projection is joined to a sloping side of a next adjacent handle projection by a second radius.
- 8. A blank arrangement according to claim 7 wherein said first radius and said second radius are the same.
- 9. A blank arrangement according to claim 7 wherein one of said blanks has two of said first radius and one of said second radius, and the other of said blanks has one of said first radius and two of said second radius.
- 10. A blank for a basket-like carrier, said blank comprising a lower portion, an intermediate portion and an upper portion, said lower portoin being in the form of a plurality of bottom forming panels and flaps, said intermediate portion being in the form of a plurality of body forming panels, and said upper portion being in the form of a plurality of handles for defining a combined separator and handle structure, said handles including two sets of handles joined togther, each set of handles including two of said handles joined together along a fold line, the configuration of the space between said sets of handles corresponding to the configuration of each of said sets of handles.
- 11. A blank according to claim 10 wherein one handle of each set of handles has a glue flap for joining to a like handle of the other set of handles.
- 12. A basket-like carrier comprising a base having a bottom, said base being defined by side walls, and combined separator and handle structure extending upwardly from central portions of said side walls, said combined separator and handle structure including a handle extending from each of said side walls and intersecting like handles in a centrally located vertical line, said handles being arranged in sets with each set including two handles joined along a fold and together having a rounded tip and partially rounded base portions.
- 13. A carrier according to claim 12 wherein an edge of one of said two adjacent handles and an edge of a next adjacent further one of said handles define a configuration which is identical to the configuration of said two adjacent panel members but inverted.
- 14. A carrier according to claim 12 wherein one handle of each set of handles has a glue flap joined to a like handle of the other set of handles.
- 15. A carrier according to claim 14 wherein each glue flap is bonded to the other handle of a respective one of said handle sets.
- 16. A carrier according to claim 12 wherein one set of handles has a finger receiving opening in an upper portion thereof, one of said finger receiving openings resulting from a folded glue flap bonded to one handle of each set of handles.
- 17. A blank according to claim 10 wherein one of said sets of handles has a finger receiving opening therein defined by a foldable displacement of a glue flap having adhesive thereon for bonding to one handle of each of said sets of handles.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation-in-part of my copending prior application Ser. No. 06/940,617 filed Dec. 11, 1986, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,782,943.
Blanks for basket carriers and the like are cut from a continuous web so as to have a minimum waste. Although the blanks for my earlier basket carrier generally internested, there was an undesirable certain degree of waste. It has now been found that by providing two different blanks to form the same overall basket carrier, a full nesting between the two different blanks is obtainable, thereby minimizing waste in the formation of the blanks.
My original blank construction includes four handles or handle portions two of which are arranged in a single formation at opposite ends of the blank with the other two being joined together at the center of the blank. In accordance with this invention, the new blank also includes four handles, but the handles are provided in sets of twos. As a result, the two handle arrangement of my prior blank will nest exactly between the two sets of handles of the new blank, while the two sets of handles of the new blank will nest between the end handles and the central double handle of my prior blank.
The new blank of this invention differs from the prior blank in that it is provided with an entirely different arrangement of glue flaps which permit the blank to be readily assembled into a flat carrier which then corresponds substantially to the original carrier and which may be readily erected.
With the above and other objects in view that will hereinafter appear, the nature of the invention will be more clearly understood by reference to the following detailed description, the appended claims, and the several views illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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Patent Grant
4838414
