Patent ID: 8453919

Claim:
Container carrier for bottles or other containers constructed from a blank ( 1 ) made of cardboard or a different foldable flat material for wrapping around a group of bottles or other containers ( 51 ), comprising: a bottom wall ( 2 ), two side walls ( 3 , 5 )), and a top wall ( 4 ), the walls defining sleeve walls, each wall including longitudinal sides and front faces, adjacent sleeve walls ( 2 to 5 ) being articulated to one another on the longitudinal sides thereof, two handle openings ( 7 , 8 ) in the top wall ( 4 ) spaced apart from one another and laterally defining a web ( 48 ) therebetween, an adhesive tab ( 6 ) on one longitudinal side of a sleeve wall ( 2 ) for connecting to another sleeve wall ( 5 ) or two portions of a sleeve wall separated from one another with an overlapping region for forming a sleeve wall by joining the wall portions in a congruent relationship and front walls articulated to the front faces ( 17 to 22 ) of at least one sleeve wall ( 2 to 5 ) for closing front openings formed by the sleeve walls ( 2 to 5 ) and a further blank ( 23 ) made of cardboard or a different foldable flat material to be arranged below the top wall ( 4 ) above a group of containers ( 51 ), the blank comprising: a reinforcement wall ( 24 ) including longitudinal and transverse sides arranged below the top wall ( 4 ), two further handle openings ( 34 , 35 ) in the reinforcement wall ( 24 ) arranged spaced apart from one another and arranged below the handle openings ( 7 , 8 ) of the top wall ( 4 ) and longitudinal tabs ( 25 , 26 ) and/or transverse tabs ( 27 , 28 ) articulated to the longitudinal sides and/or to the transverse sides of the reinforcement wall ( 24 ), characterised in that adjacent each of the two further handle openings ( 34 , 35 ) in the reinforcement wall ( 24 ) a reinforcement tab ( 38 , 39 ) is die cut, which partially encloses the handle openings ( 34 , 35 ) and is articulated to the reinforcement wall ( 24 ) via articulation lines ( 40 . 1 , 40 . 2 , 41 . 1 , 41 . 2 ), which extend from opposing sides of the further handle opening ( 34 , 35 ), and the reinforcement tabs ( 38 , 39 ) for forming a reinforced grip portion ( 52 ) may be folded towards a further web ( 49 ) of the reinforcement wall ( 24 ) defined by the two further handle openings ( 34 , 35 ).