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(11) |
EP 0 582 408 A3 |
| (12) |
EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
| (88) |
Date of publication A3: |
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01.03.1995 Bulletin 1995/09 |
| (43) |
Date of publication A2: |
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09.02.1994 Bulletin 1994/06 |
| (22) |
Date of filing: 22.07.1993 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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BE DE GB NL |
| (30) |
Priority: |
01.08.1992 GB 9216401
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Applicant: THE MEAD CORPORATION |
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Dayton
Ohio 45463 (US) |
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Inventor: |
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- Bakx, Martinus
NL-4701 JH Roosendaal (NL)
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Representative: Hepworth, John Malcolm |
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Hepworth Lawrence Bryer & Bizley
Bloxam Court
Corporation Street Rugby,
Warwickshire CV21 2DU Rugby,
Warwickshire CV21 2DU (GB) |
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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.