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(11) EP 0 582 408 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
01.03.1995 Bulletin 1995/09

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.02.1994 Bulletin 1994/06

(21) Application number: 93305812.5

(22) Date of filing: 22.07.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5B65D 71/58, B65D 71/12
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE GB NL

(30) Priority: 01.08.1992 GB 9216401

(71) Applicant: THE MEAD CORPORATION
Dayton Ohio 45463 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Bakx, Martinus
    NL-4701 JH Roosendaal (NL)

(74) Representative: Hepworth, John Malcolm 
Hepworth Lawrence Bryer & Bizley Bloxam Court Corporation Street
Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2DU
Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2DU (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Basket style article carrier


    (57) An article carrier of the basket type, includes opposed side walls (23,49) opposed end walls (29,45: 31,47) a base (13, 13a), a medial partition structure (63,65,121,123) connecting together the opposed end walls and disposed substantially centrally of the carrier and a plurality of transverse partition panels (85,87: 101,103) connecting said medial partition structure with each of said side walls and therby creating a number of article receiving cells within the carrier. An end wall (31,47) of the carrier is formed with a projection (P) to space the carrier from a like adjacent carrier disposed in an in-line relationship the projection being formed from integral portions (125,127) of the carrier blank taken from the end wall (31,47) of the carrier from which the projection extends.





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