| 摘要 |
<p>A carrier (201) is provided with vertical support panels (24, 26), each with areceptacle (27, 29) extending outwardly from its lower region. The carrier ismade from blanks (136, 138, 288, 290, 382) in which foldable panels are arrangedin linear arrays. In the blanks, the vertical support panels can be folded andbonded to one another back-to-back. This facilitates close nesting of the blankswith one another on a sheet of fiberboard material so as to maximize the numberof carriers which can be made from a given area of sheet material. A specific embodiment(410, 531) of the carrier has beverage cup-holding receptacles (435, 437) onopposite sides of a vertical support panel, and a third much larger receptacle(439) formed from the same blank. The carrier is stored flat and is unfolded foruse at a usage location such as a motion picture theater concession stand, whereit can be used to carry beverage cups in the smaller receptacles and a bucket orquantity of loose popcorn or similar bulky fo ods in the large receptacle.</p> |
