Patent ID: 6105773
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A carton carrier for a carton, said carton being of the type having a gabled end, a ceiling having opposed ceiling panels converging to form a carton ceiling ridge, and a gable panel attached to the underside of said ceiling and cooperating therewith to form a gable pocket, said carrier comprising:opposing end and side walls joined to form a sleeve adapted to surround said carton when said carrier is assembled with said carton,first and second roof panels integral with respective opposed side walls of said sleeve, said first and second roof panels being joined one to the other at the adjacent edges of said first and second roof panels in order to maintain said first and second roof panels in fixed relation one with the other at a carrier ridge line, anda latch panel connected to at least one of said end walls, said latch panel being deformable inwardly into latching engagement with said carton's gabled end so as to latch said carton in assembled relation with said carrier when said carrier is assembled with said carton, thereby permitting said carton to be carried by a user by gripping said carrier after assembly of said carrier with said carton.