Patent ID: 7222777
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A wrap-around carrier comprising: a top panel; a pair of opposed side panels hingedly connected to said top panel; a pair of bottom flaps hingedly connected to said side panels respectively; and an end retention structure connected to at least one of said side panels and to an adjacent one of said bottom flaps, said end retention structure including an anchor panel hingedly connected to an end edge of said one side panel and disposed in a face-contacting relationship with an inside surface of said one side panel, a gusset panel hingedly connected to said anchor panel and extending toward an adjacent end opening of said carrier, an end panel hingedly connected to said gusset panel and disposed to engage an adjacent end article packaged in said carrier to prevent the end article from dislodging from said carrier, and a relief panel hingedly interconnecting said end panel with said adjacent bottom flap, said relief panel being disposed in a plane of said adjacent bottom flap when said carrier is in an erected condition and being folded out of said plane in response to folding of said anchoring panel and said gusset panel onto said one side panel and said anchoring panel respectively when said carrier is in blank form.