US 12,365,526 B2
Carton and blank therefor
Matthew E. Zacherle, Moseley (GA); Rahul Bhardwaj, Glen Allen, VA (US); Linh L. Kooc, Richmond, VA (US); and Bradford J. Walling, Chesterfield, VA (US)
Assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by WESTROCK PACKAGING SYSTEMS, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/946,822.
Application 17/946,822 is a continuation of application No. 16/483,213, granted, now 11,447,317, previously published as PCT/US2018/016560, filed on Feb. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/473,974, filed on Mar. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/459,080, filed on Feb. 15, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/454,106, filed on Feb. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0123888 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 71/44 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 71/44 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blank for forming a top engaging carrier for packaging two or more articles, the blank comprising:
a main panel which comprises at least two article retention structures each having an aperture formed through the main panel for receiving a portion of an article; and
the main panel further comprising a plurality of tabs formed about a periphery of each of the apertures, each of the apertures defining a first edge of the tabs of the respective apertures and the tabs having a second edge opposing the first edge at a distal end of the tabs,
wherein the tabs are hingedly connected to the main panel such that the tabs yield out of the plane of the main panel when an article is received in the respective aperture so as to bear against the article,
wherein the second edge of a first tab in at least one of the apertures is defined at least in part by a cutline formed in the main panel at or adjacent to a distal end of the first tab, wherein the cutline defines at least in part the fold line by which the first tab is hinged to the main panel,
wherein a second tab in the at least one of the apertures is hingedly connected to the main panel without the cutline formed in the main panel at or adjacent to a distal end of the second tab.