Basket-like carrier for cups and the like and blank for forming the same
US4782943A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 11, 1986 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S229/933
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A carrier for cups. The carrier is formed from a flat blank to have a flat folded state from which it may be readily erected by pressing together on opposite ends. In addition to a base having a bottom, the carrier has an upstanding combined separator and handle. As a result, the upper configuration of the blank is one wherein like blanks in inverted relation and longitudinally shifted may be nested. The nesting may either be a positive nest where there is waste at one end of each of two blanks or two adjacent blanks may be longitudinally and transversely shifted relative to one another to provide a major nesting while having a minimum amount of waste material between two opposed blanks. With this arrangement, the blanks may be formed endlessly in end-to-end relation along an elongated web.
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