Removable divider panel for multiple-tier article package

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EP 1 142 797 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	24.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/43

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	10.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/41

(21)	Application number: 01201596.2

(22)	Date of filing: 17.03.1995

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B65D 71/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE

(62)	Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
	95914113.6 / 0812289

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

(72)	Inventor:
	Stout, James Ellijay, Georgia 30540 (US)

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

(54)	Removable divider panel for multiple-tier article package

(57) A carton for multiple tiers of containers having a removable divider panel (20) separating the tiers, said carton comprising a bottom wall (40), a top wall (42) and a pair of spaced apart side walls (48; 45,52) interconnecting said top and bottom walls thereby forming a tubular structure; at least one end flap (58, 60; 66, 68) at each end of said tubular structure forming a closure structure; opening means (41) formed within at least one of said bottom wall, said top wall or said side walls, characterized in that there further comprises means for releasably securing the divider panel within the carton.

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