Carton for beverage containers with strap type carrying handle
CA 2194384 C · Owner: The Mead Corporation · Inventors: Auclair, Jean-Michel
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A carton for beverage containers includes a series of hinged panels (12 14, 16, 18, 20) forming a sleeve and end closure panels (58 58a) hinged at least , to one of the hinged panels for closing at least in part, the opposite ends , of the sleeve. The one panel (20) includes a handle strap (S) by which the carton can be carried. The handle strap (S) is disposed in a stowed substantially coplanar relationship with the one panel (20) when the carton subsits as an open-ended sleeve and is automatically put into a position of use when the end closure panels (58, 58a) are hinged into their closed positions so that at least a user portion (H) of the handle panel stands proud of the one …
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- Filed July 7, 1995 and granted August 20, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 7, 2015.
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