US 12,434,893 B2
Package, article carrier and blank therefor
Caleb S. Loftin, Richmond, VA (US)
Assigned to WestRock Shared Services, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Appl. No. 17/802,445
Filed by WestRock Shared Services, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/019751
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/173890, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/981,215, filed on Feb. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0139409 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 77/00 (2006.01); B65D 5/30 (2006.01); B65D 5/4805 (2006.01); B65D 75/58 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 77/003 (2013.01) [B65D 5/305 (2013.01); B65D 5/48022 (2013.01); B65D 75/5833 (2013.01); B65D 75/5855 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A carrier for a package comprising:
an interior configured to receive a plurality of articles, the interior defined at least in part by:
a base wall;
opposed side walls; and
opposed end walls;
a partition structure dividing the carrier into two or more chambers, wherein the partition structure comprises a portal and at least one gate panel translatable or transformable between a first position extending upwardly from the base wall closing the portal in the partition structure and a second position forming a passageway between two adjacently disposed chambers in an open condition in which the at least one gate panel is in the second position, wherein the at least one gate panel having a free upper end edge that forms part of an upper edge of the partition structure.