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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alain Saulas, Chateauroux, FR;
Jean-Michel Garnier, Issoudun, FR;
Assignee:
MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems, LLC, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 7/140 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 7/140 ;
Abstract
An article carrier and a blank for forming an article carrier for holding a plurality of articles, for example bottles. The carrier comprises a plurality of wall panels for forming a tubular structure. The wall panels include a pair of side wall panels, one of which is provided with a reinforcing tab hingedly connected thereto along an article-retaining edge of a first aperture for receiving an article. The reinforcing tab is folded to underlie the one side wall panel to provide a two-ply structure adjacent the article-retaining edge.