Carton with article protection feature

摘要

A carton for containing at least one article. The carton comprises at least one panel that can form an interior of the carton. The carton comprises at least one protection feature for protecting the articles from breakage. The article protection feature can comprise at least one feature in end flaps of the carton. The article protection feature can comprise an article protection flap foldably connected to the at least one panel. The article protection flap can be moveable between a first position and a second position wherein the article protection flap is folded relative to the at least one panel.

主权项

1. A carton comprising:
a plurality of panels forming an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels comprises a bottom panel, a first side panel foldably connected to the bottom panel, a second side panel foldably connected to the bottom panel, and a top panel foldably connected to at least one of the first side panel and the second side panel; a plurality of beverage bottles in the interior of the carton, each of the beverage bottles are glass beverage bottles comprising a bottom portion and a top portion, the bottom portion being wider than the top portion; at least two first end flaps, each first end flap of the at least two first end flaps is respectively foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, the at least two first end flaps being at least partially overlapped to close a first end of the carton; at least two second end flaps, each second end flap of the at least two second end flaps is respectively foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, the at least two second end flaps being at least partially overlapped to close a second end of the carton; at least one article protection flap foldably connected to the bottom panel along a fold line and moveable between a first position that is substantially parallel to the bottom panel and a second position wherein the article protection flap is folded along the fold line into the interior of the carton relative to the bottom panel and into contact with a respective bottom portion of each of two adjacent beverage bottles of the plurality of beverage bottles, the article protection flap having features for preventing folding of the article protection flap from the second position to the first position; wherein in the second position of the article protection flap, the bottom panel comprises an opening, the opening having an edge at least partially formed by a line of weakening defining at least a portion of the article protection flap in the first position, the edge being disposed opposite to the fold line, and the features for preventing folding of the article protection flap comprise a free edge of at least a portion of the article protection flap that extends beyond the edge of the opening and contacts at least a portion of the panel proximate the edge opposite to the fold line in the second position of the article protection flap, wherein movement of the article protection flap to its second position presses the article protection flap against the respective bottom portion of each of the two adjacent beverage bottles and moves the two adjacent beverage bottles to accommodate the article protection flap, the movement of the bottles tightening the packing of the bottles in the carton so that the movement of the bottles is limited by the position of the at least one article protection flap, the at least two first end flaps at the first end, and the at least two second end flaps at the second end.