摘要 |
A CARTON AND CORRESPONDING CARTON BLANK FOR CONTAINERS SUCH AS CANS OR BOTTLES INCLUDE TOP WALL (12) , PAIR OF SIDE WALLS (14, 22) AND A BOTTOM WALL (18). END CLOSURE STRUCTURE INCLUDES AN END FLAP (30, 34) CONNECTED TO EACH END EDGE OF THE TOP WALL. A HANDLE APERTURE (26) IS DEFINED IN THE TOP WALL AND POSITIONED GENERALLY CENTRALLY OF THE TOP WALL. A HANDLE REINFORCING STRUCTURE INCLUDES A PAIR OF END PORTIONS (42, 46), ONE OF THE END PORTIONS CONNECTED ALONG A SIDE EDGE OF EACH OF THE END FLAPS, AND A CENTRAL PORTION (50) CONNECTED TO EACH OF THE END PORTIONS AND EXTENDING THEREBETWEEN. THE CENTRAL PORTION IS SEPARATED FROM THE TOP WALL, AND IS SECURED IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP TO THE TOP WALL AND POSITIONED THEREON TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY ADJACENT TO A PORTION OF THE HANDLE APERTURE.(FIG. 1)
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