Carton having divider panel for two tier can package
CA 2109152 A1 · Owner: The Mead Corporation · Inventors: Culpepper, Will L.; Oliff, James R.
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A package includes a plurality of cylindrical beverage cans arranged into at least two tiers. A carton is disposed around the exterior of the group of cans and has interconnected side, top and bottom panels. A paperboard divider panel (30) is disposed between and in contact with the cans of adjacent tiers. The divider panel defines a plurality of apertures (32), each of the apertures defined by a generally circular edge (34) concentric with the cylindrical axis of upper and lower cans and having a diameter (D4) smaller than the base of the upper can. The divider panel further defines a plurality of slits (36) arranged to extend radially outward from each circular edge to a distance (D5) at …
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- Filed October 25, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 25, 2013.
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