Patent ID: 6131803
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A carton having a strap type handle which bridges a handle aperture disposed in a carton handle panel which is hinged to two further carton panels along each of two opposed edges, wherein respective ones of the two further panels abut the tops and bases of cans, when present in the carton, wherein the strap handle extends longitudinally of the handle panel between two opposed end panels of the carton, and wherein a foldable gusset is provided between each comer of the carton and an adjacent end of the strap handle, each gusset being constructed and arranged to deform when the handle strap is raised under load out of the plane of the handle panel such that endmost cans disposed adjacent said opposed end panels and the handle panel act as bracing elements between said two further panels and allow significant lifting stresses to be dissipated in the two further panels around the tops and bases of said endmost cans, and wherein a web structure including a tab interconnecting said strap-type handle and said carton handle panel proximate said handle aperture provided in the handle panel between the each of the ends of the strap handle and each of said comer gussets to influence displacement of the strap handle out of the plane of the handle panel and/or the extent to which load is applied to the ends of those cans acting as bracing elements.