B - Operations – Transporting – 65 – D
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
65
D
229/17
B65D 5/46 (2006.01) B65D 5/468 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1269965
Abstract of the Disclosure A sleeve-type beverage can carrier having an elongated handle opening in the top panel extending transversely of the length of the carrier. The handle opening is covered by a tab connected to the top panel of the carrier at a fold line extending along one of the elongated handle opening edges so that a user's fingers will fold down the tab. The tab also has an intermediate fold line parallel to its main fold line, enabling the tab to fold upon itself when it contacts a can while being folded down by the user. Slits extending from the ends of the handle opening into the upper portions of the side panels allow the top panel and side panels to flex sufficiently to permit the carrier to be lifted by the handle opening. Score lines in the upper portions of the side panels extending upwardly from the ends of the slits provide for relief from the stresses exerted on the panels when the carrier is lifted. Additional score lines in the upper panel allow the upper panel to withstand lifting stresses to the extent that thinner carrier material can be used. In another embodiment, the tab covering the handle opening is connected to the top panel by integral connecting portions which may break when the tab is pressed hard, allowing the tab to fall to the interior of the package. Alternatively, only the connecting portions adjacent the edge where the fingers initially press may break when the finger pressure is gentle, causing the unbroken portions to act as hinges and resulting in the same type of tab movement as in the first embodiment.
521975
Macrae & Co.
Manville Corporation
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