US 12,187,516 B2
Carton and blank therefor
Stephen G. Simmons, Chesterfield, VA (US); Casey P. Grey, Richmond, VA (US); Bradford Walling, Chesterfield, VA (US); Matthew E. Zacherle, Chesterfield, VA (US); Eric D. Linvill, Alvsjo (SE); and Linh L. Kooc, Richmond, VA (US)
Assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Appl. No. 17/263,629
Filed by WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 17, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/042128
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/023257, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/711,277, filed on Jul. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0284413 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 71/42 (2006.01); B32B 27/10 (2006.01); B32B 27/36 (2006.01); B32B 29/00 (2006.01); B32B 33/00 (2006.01); B65D 71/72 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 71/42 (2013.01) [B32B 27/10 (2013.01); B32B 27/36 (2013.01); B32B 29/002 (2013.01); B32B 33/00 (2013.01); B65D 71/72 (2013.01); B32B 2255/12 (2013.01); B32B 2307/5825 (2013.01); B32B 2307/75 (2013.01); B65D 2203/00 (2013.01); B65D 2571/00265 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A top-engaging carrier for packaging at least one article, the top-engaging carrier comprising: a main panel comprising an article retention structure for suspending the at least one article therefrom, the article retention structure comprising at least one aperture struck from the main panel for receiving an upper portion of a respective article of the at least one article, the main panel further comprising an annular series of tabs formed around the at least one aperture such that the at least one aperture is defined at least in part by distal edges of the tabs, the tabs of the annular series being hingedly connected to the main panel such that at least some of the tabs yield out of the plane of the main panel when the upper portion of the article is received in the at least one aperture so as to bear against the article, the main panel comprising an upper surface and an opposed lower surface, the upper surface comprising a surface facing upwards when the carrier is applied to the upper portion of the at least one article, the main panel further comprising a paperboard substrate and a tear resistant layer wherein the tear resistant layer is disposed closer to the upper surface than the paperboard substrate and wherein the upper surface is printable such that a printed ink layer is applicable directly on either the tear resistant layer or an intervening printable layer disposed immediately above the tear resistant layer.