Carton with transverse strap handle

US6273330A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Mead Corporation · US

Inventors

• James R. Oliff · Austell, US
• Aaron L. Bates · Powder Springs, US
• Ronald A. Baxter · Douglasville, US
• John Murdick Holley, Jr. · Smyrna, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 6, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 14, 2001
• Expiry date: Apr 6, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2571/0087
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A beverage carton has a center panel, a left panel foldably connected to the center panel along a left fold line, a right panel foldably connected to the center panel along a right fold line, and a strap handle formed from the center, left and right panels. The strap handle extends transversely, instead of longitudinally, across the center panel between the left and right panels to absorb lifting forces in the side panels rather than end panels of the carton.