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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1981
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1980
Charles L Champlin, Rittman, OH (US);
Packaging Corporation of America, Evanston, IL (US);
Abstract
A carrier and handle therefor are provided which are formed from a blank of foldable sheet material. The handle includes a pair of spaced, depending end means and a hand-gripping unit which spans the distance between the end means and is foldably connected thereto. The unit is provided with a pair of elongated panel sections arranged in upright face-to-face relation and having upper peripheral segments thereof interconnected by an elongated foldline, the ends of which are spaced inwardly from the end means. Gusset sections are interposed the ends of the foldline and the adjacent end means. Each gusset section includes foldably connected first and second members. Each first member is foldably connected to corresponding peripheral portions of the panel sections. The second member of each gusset section is foldably connected to an upper peripheral portion of the adjacent end means. The hand-gripping unit is manually adjustable between operative and inoperative modes. When in an operative mode, the foldline connecting the panel sections is elevated relative to the upper peripheral portions of the end means. When the unit is in an inoperative mode, the said foldline is not elevated relative to the end means upper peripheral portions.