EP1737746B1 - Carton et decoupe de carton en deux parties - Google Patents

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EP1737746B1
EP1737746B1 EP05738393A EP05738393A EP1737746B1 EP 1737746 B1 EP1737746 B1 EP 1737746B1 EP 05738393 A EP05738393 A EP 05738393A EP 05738393 A EP05738393 A EP 05738393A EP 1737746 B1 EP1737746 B1 EP 1737746B1
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Philippe Lebras
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D71/06—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers
    • B65D71/38—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers the packaging elements, e.g. wrappers being formed by folding and interconnecting two or more blanks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2571/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
    • B65D2571/00129—Wrapper locking means
    • B65D2571/00135—Wrapper locking means integral with the wrapper
    • B65D2571/00141—Wrapper locking means integral with the wrapper glued
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D2571/00246—Locating elements for the contents
    • B65D2571/00253—Locating elements for the contents integral with the wrapper
    • B65D2571/0029—Openings in top or bottom walls
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2571/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans, pop bottles; Bales of material
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    • B65D2571/0045—Holes for hands
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2571/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2571/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
    • B65D2571/00648—Elements used to form the wrapper
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2571/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00123—Bundling wrappers or trays
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  • the present invention relates to a carton for containing a plurality of similar articles, such as bottles and a means for retaining the bottles within the carton and in particular to a means of accessing the articles.
  • Cartons for encasing multiple articles are useful for enabling consumers to obtain and transport a desired quantity of individual articles such as soft drinks or other beverages.
  • Such cartons need to be strong enough to support multiple articles, especially if the articles are bottles. It is also desirable for such cartons to be easy to handle and be portable.
  • the articles contained within the carton it is often desirable for the articles contained within the carton to be displayed and also for the carton to have large areas which can be printed with advertising graphics. It is also often desirable for the articles to be easily accessible and it is also preferable for the articles to be secured in place within the carton, especially if the articles are fragile, for example glass bottles. It is however undesirable for articles to be accessed too easily, for example, before being purchased.
  • the present invention seeks to provide a means for displaying the articles or a portion of the articles in combination with an access means for removal of the articles where the access means leaves the carton with sufficient integrity for replacement of articles for the purpose of returning to a recycling point.
  • US 5,022,525 to Schuster discloses a wrap-around bottle carrier having bottle neck openings. Wherein concentric arcuate fold lines are connected to slits which form flaps, which flaps fold to permit bottle necks of greater circumference to be received.
  • GB 2,171,672 to Muller discloses a wrap-around package comprising a tray-like base for bottles and a separately formed top cover secured to the tray-like base. Wherein cut lines form tear strips to facilitate separation of upper portions of the top cover from the tray-like base.
  • GB 406,511 to Mardon discloses a packing case for bottled goods, the packing case comprising a tightly fitting diaphragm having circular holes arranged to register with positions of bottle necks of bottle placed within the case.
  • FR 2 041 931 discloses another two piece carton for containing a group of bottles.
  • a two piece carton for containing a group of similar articles such as bottles, the two piece carton comprising a first U-shaped structure for forming a tray and second U-shaped structure for forming a cover wherein the first U-shaped structure comprises panels for providing a bottom wall and opposed end walls of the carton and wherein the second U-shaped structure comprises panels for providing a top wall and downwardly extending opposed side walls of the carton wherein the second U-shaped structure is complementary to the first U-shaped structure, in which the top wall is positioned at an elevation lower than the upper edges of the end walls or side walls, the first and second U-shaped structures together providing a substantially fully enclosed carton characterized in that the first U-shaped structure comprises flaps which provide support to the downwardly extending opposed side walls of the second U-shaped structure and additionally a surface to which the downwardly extending opposed side walls of the second U-shaped structure is secured.
  • the top wall is at an elevation below an upper edge of the end walls of the carton and of the side walls of the carton.
  • the top wall comprises apertures for receiving the articles or portions thereof, wherein each aperture has a frangible connection extending to at least one other aperture to facilitate removal of the articles.
  • the carton further comprises at least one reinforced handle aperture (54) being struck from one of said side and end walls of the carton.
  • the frangible connection is arranged such that upon removal of the articles, the carton retains sufficient structural integrity to be reused for returning empty articles.
  • At least one handle aperture struck from one of said side and end walls of the carton and wherein said at least one handle aperture is positioned at an elevation higher than the top wall.
  • a two part blank for forming a two piece carton for containing a group of similar articles, such as bottles, the blank comprising first and second parts, the first part for forming a first U-shaped structure for forming a tray, the first U-shaped structure comprising a bottom wall and opposing end walls, the second part for forming a second U-shaped structure for forming a cover, the second U-shaped structure comprising a top wall and opposing side walls, wherein in a setup carton formed from the two part blank, the second U-shaped structure is complementary to the first U-shaped structure, the first and second U-shaped structures are disposed in an opposed relationship, the second U-shaped structure comprises downwardly extending sidewalls and the top wall is disposed at an elevation below that of the upper edges of the end walls characterised in that the first part comprises flaps for providing support to the side walls of the second U-shaped structure and additionally a surface to which the side walls of the second U-shaped structure is securable.
  • top wall of the second part ma y comprise apertures for receiving the articles or portions thereof, wherein each aperture has a frangible connection extending to at least one other aperture to facilitate removal of the articles.
  • At least one handle aperture struck from one of said side and end walls and wherein said at least one handle aperture is positioned at an elevation higher than the top wall in a setup carton.
  • FIG. 1A -1F A first embodiment of the present invention is shown in Figs. 1A -1F .
  • Figs. 1A and 1B show a first and a second part respectively, of a two-part blank for forming a crate style carton 30, made from paperboard or similar foldable sheet material.
  • two blanks 10 and 20, of Figs. 1A & 1B are formed into a tray and a cover respectively. Together the tray and cover form a crate style carton 30 which is shown in Fig. 1F .
  • the invention is designed to receive similar articles, such as bottles, but it is envisaged that the present invention could be used to contain other articles, without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • the tray blank 10 comprises a first end wall 16, a bottom panel 24 and a second end wall 18, hingedly connected, one to the next in series, along fold lines 44 and 48 respectively.
  • Handle apertures 54 are struck from the first and second end walls 16, 18 and finger gripping tabs 58 protrude inward from the upper edges of the handle apertures 54.
  • the finger gripping tabs enable the erected crate style carton 30 to be easily grasped and lifted by the handle apertures 54.
  • the tray blank 10 further comprises corner flaps 66a/66b and 68a/68b hingedly connected to the first and second end walls 16 and 18 respectively.
  • the corner flaps 66a/66b and 68a/68b provide additional protection to some of the bottles contained within the carton.
  • a greater of lesser number of corner flaps could be used in order to provide a crate style carton with a specific shape, to accommodate the different types of articles which may be contained within a crate style carton.
  • corner flaps 66a/66b and 68a/68b are hingedly connected to side flaps 76a/76b and 78a/78b along fold lines 86a/86b and 88a/88b respectively, as shown in Fig. 1A
  • the side flaps 76a/76b and 78a/78b provide a means for securing the tray formed from blank 10 to the cover formed from blank 20 in erecting the crate style carton 30.
  • the tray blank 10 further comprises bottom end flaps 74a and 74b hingedly connected to the bottom panel 24, along fold lines 64a and 64b.
  • the bottom end flaps 74a, 74b provide an additional means for securing the tray and cover together.
  • the tray blank 10 also comprises inner handle panels 26 foldably connected to the first and second end walls 16, 18 about fold lines 40 and 42.
  • the inner handle panels 26 comprise finger gripping tabs 58 and are shaped such that upon folding the inner handle panels 26, 180° about the fold lines 40 and 42, a two ply reinforced handle structure is created.
  • the inner handle panels 26 are additionally provided with glue flaps 70a/70b and 72a/72b, which can be secured to the inside faces of the corner panels 66a/66b and 68a/68b respectively. In this way some additional protection of the articles held within the corners of the crate style carton 30 may be provided.
  • the glue flaps 70a/70b and 72a/72b may not be required, or may in fact be secured to the inside faces of the side flaps 76a/76b and 78a/78b respectively.
  • a second blank, cover blank 20 is shown in Figure 1B .
  • the cover blank 20 is used to form a cover for the tray formed from the blank 10 of Figure 1A .
  • Blank 20 comprises a top panel 22 which is hingedly attached to first and second side walls 12, 14 along fold lines 34a, 34b.
  • the first and second side walls 12, 14 comprise fold lines 32a and 32b.
  • a series of apertures 56 are struck from the top panel 22 and are structured to receive an upper portion of the articles which are to be contained within the crate style carton 30.
  • the crate style carton 30 is suitable for containing bottles and the apertures 56 are designed to receive the necks of the bottles.
  • the apertures 56 are circular and further comprise tabs protruding toward the centre of each of the apertures 56. The protruding tabs may help to provide a close fit of the bottle necks within the apertures 56. This may help prevent the bottles from being subject to damage, which can occur if bottles knock against each other.
  • the apertures 56 may not be circular and may or may not contain additional tabs.
  • the top panel 22 further comprises a series of weakened lines or nicks 37 which connect each aperture 56 to at least one other aperture 56.
  • the nicks 37 extend between the apertures 56 in lines perpendicular to the first and second side walls 12, 14.
  • the configurations of the nicks 37 may differ from that described, for example, the nicks 37 may not fully extend to neighbouring apertures 56, they may intersect each other or the nicks 37 may extend to the edges of the top panel 22.
  • the top panel 22 further comprises a series of glue flaps 36a/36b and 38a/38b, which are used to secure the top panel 22 to the tray of blank 10.
  • a series of sequential folding and gluing operations are required. Preferably these can be performed in a straight line machine, so that the blanks 10, 20 are not required to be rotated or inverted to complete the construction.
  • the folding process is not limited to that described below and can be altered according to particular manufacturing requirements.
  • the first stage is to secure the inner handle panels 26 to the inside faces of the end wall panels 16, 18 and secure the glue flaps 70a/70b and 72a/72b to the inside faces of the corner panels 66a/66b and 68a/68b.
  • the end wall panels 16, 18 are then folded about fold lines 44 and 48, out of the plane of the bottom panel 24 to produce a tray.
  • the tray is then loaded with bottles, as shown in Fig. 1C and the corner panels 66a/66b and 68a/68b and side flaps 76a/76b and 78a/78b are folded about fold lines 96a/96b, 98a/98b, 86a/86b and 88a/88b.
  • the bottom end flaps 74a, 74b are also folded inward of the tray.
  • the cover blank 20 is folded about fold lines 34a, 34b, 32a and 32b, as shown in Fig. 1D .
  • the side walls 12, 14 are folded 90° about fold lines 34a and 34b, out of the plane of top panel 22.
  • the second side walls 12, 14 are then folded about fold lines 32a and 32b to bring bottom portions of the first and second side walls 12, 14 back into the plane of the top panel 22 as shown in Fig. 1D .
  • Cover blank 20 is then brought into registry with the bottles which have been loaded into the tray.
  • Top portions of the first and second side walls are placed in flat face contact with the inner faces of the side flaps 76a/76b and 78a/78b respectively, and may be secured together by adhesive of other means known in the art.
  • the bottom portions of the first and second side walls 12, 14 are further folded about fold lines 32a and 32b so that the bottom portions of the first and second side walls are in flat face contact with upper portions of the first and second side walls 12, 14 and the outer faces of the side flaps 76a/76b and 78a/78b respectively. In this way the fold lines 32a and 32b form upper edges of the side walls of the crate style carton 30.
  • glue or other means maybe used to secure the bottom portions of the first and second side walls 12, 14 to the outer faces of the side flaps 76a/76b and 78a/78b and the outer faces of the bottom end flaps 74a and 74b, as shown in Fig. 1E .
  • first and second side walls 12, 14 could further be provided with handle apertures 54 struck from the first and second side walls 12, 14. This could provide two-ply handle structures in each wall of the erected crate style carton 30, in other embodiments, without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • the crate style carton formed from the blanks 10 and 20 is shown in Figure 1F . It can be seen that the bottles are secured within the carton, once the cover made from blank 20 has been secured inside the tray, erected from blank 10. Access to the bottles is gained by separating the nicks 37, this may be achieved by lifting a bottle from the crate style carton 30 or in other embodiments it is envisaged that an initiating means may be provided to assist in the separation of the nicks 37.
  • nicks 37 allow each bottle can be accessed individually, whilst the structural integrity of the carton is maintained. Bottles not accessed are held in position by the apertures 56 in the cover. Therefore the carton provides an adaptable carrying container, the structural integrity of which is not destroyed when the bottles are accessed. This enables the carton to be reused for the convenient returning of the empty bottles.
  • FIGs. 2A - 2D illustrate a second embodiment of the present invention, which will now be described by way of example only. This is to illustrate some of the changes that can be made, without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • similar reference numerals have been used to denote like features, the reference numerals in the second embodiment of the invention are increased by '200' to show that they represent features of the second embodiment. Since the second embodiment has features common to the first embodiment, only differences in the second embodiment will be highlighted.
  • first and second side walls 12, 14 are not provided with fold lines and can be sized such that when the cover from blank 220 is inserted into the tray formed from blank 210, the position of the top wall panel 222 is adjustable.
  • the side flaps 276a/276b and 278a/278b are also sized to allow the top panel 222 to have an adjustable elevation once the tray and cover have been formed into the crate style carton 230.
  • the crate style carton 230 is erected by carrying out a similar arrangement of folding and gluing operations as previously described however the operation of folding the first and second side walls 12, 14 about fold line 32a and 32b, is not required in this embodiment.
  • the second embodiment can be considered as a special case of the first embodiment wherein the fold lines 232a, 232b are positioned along the fold lines 234a/234b.
  • An intermediate step in the erection process is shown in Fig 2C .
  • the present invention is designed such that a crate style carton can be formed from two blanks wherein the elevation of the top panel 22, 222 is adjustable by altering the depth of the bottom portion of the first and second side walls 12, 212, 14 and 214.
  • the depth of the bottom portion of the first and second side walls 12, 212, 14 and 214 is defined by the position of the fold lines 32a, 32b, 232a and 232b and the size of the first and second side walls 12, 212, 14 and 214.
  • the present invention also allows the height of the upper edge of the first and second side walls 12, 212, 14 and 214 to be adjustable relative to the height of the end walls 16, 18, 216 and 218.
  • the upper edge of the first and second side walls 12, 212, 14 and 214 can also be considered as being defined by the position of the fold lines 32a, 32b, 232a and 232b.
  • the apertures formed within the top panel may not be circular and may also be provided with additional tabs protruding into the aperture, to aid retention of the bottle necks or other articles contained within the carton.
  • hinged connection should not be construed as necessarily referring to a single fold line only; indeed it is envisaged that hinged connection can be formed from one or more of the following, a score line, a frangible line or a fold line without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

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  1. Carton en deux parties (10,20) permettant de contenir un groupe d'articles similaires, tels que des bouteilles, le carton en deux parties comprenant une première structure (10) en forme de la lettre U pour former un plateau et la seconde structure (20) en forme de U pour former un couvercle, dans lequel la première structure en forme de U comprend des panneaux pour fournir une paroi inférieure (24) et des parois d'extrémité opposées (16, 18) du carton et dans lequel la seconde structure en forme de U comprend des panneaux pour fournir une paroi supérieure (22) et des parois latérales opposées (12, 14), s'étendant vers le bas, du carton, dans lequel la seconde structure en forme de U est complémentaire à la première structure en forme de U, dans lequel la paroi supérieure est située à une élévation inférieure à celle des bords supérieurs des parois d'extrémité ou des parois latérales, la première et la seconde structure en forme de U fournissant ensemble un carton sensiblement totalement fermé, caractérisé en ce que la première structure en forme de U comprend des rabats (76a, 76b, 78a, 78b) qui servent de support aux parois latérales opposées, s'étendant vers le bas, de la seconde structure en forme de U et, en outre, une surface à laquelle sont fixées les parois latérales opposées s'étendant vers le bas.
  2. Carton selon la revendication 1 dans lequel la paroi supérieure est située à une élévation inférieure à celle d'un bord supérieur des parois d'extrémité du carton et des parois latérales du carton.
  3. Carton selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes dans lequel la paroi supérieure comprend des ouvertures (56) pour recevoir les articles ou des parties de ceux-ci, dans lequel chaque ouverture présente un raccord cassant (37) s'étendant au moins jusqu'à une autre ouverture afin de faciliter le retrait des articles.
  4. Carton selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant en outre au moins une ouverture de poignée renforcée (54) réalisée à partir d'une desdites parois latérales et d'extrémité du carton.
  5. Carton selon la revendication 3 dans lequel le raccord cassant est disposé de telle sorte, qu'après le retrait des articles, le carton maintient une intégrité structurale suffisante afin de pouvoir être réutilisé pour le retour des articles vides.
  6. Découpe en deux parties (10, 20) pour former un carton en deux parties permettant de contenir un groupe d'articles similaires, tels que des bouteilles, la découpe comprenant la première et la seconde partie, la première partie (10) pour former la première structure en forme de U destinée à former un plateau, la première structure en forme de U comprend une paroi inférieure (24) et des parois d'extrémité opposées (16, 18), la seconde partie (20) pour former la seconde structure en forme de U destiné à former un couvercle, la seconde structure en forme de U comprenant une paroi supérieure (22) et des parois latérales opposées (12, 14), dans lequel dans un carton monté formé à partir de la découpe en deux parties, la seconde structure en forme de U est complémentaire à la première structure en forme de U, la première et la seconde structure en forme de U sont positionnées dans une relation opposée, la seconde structure en forme de U comprend des parois latérales s'étendant vers le bas et la paroi supérieure est située à une élévation inférieure à celle des bords supérieurs des parois d'extrémité, caractérisée en ce que la première partie comprend des rabats (76a, 76b, 78a, 78b) destinés à servir de support aux parois latérales de la seconde structure en forme de U et en outre une surface à laquelle sont fixées les parois latérales de la seconde structure en forme de U.
  7. Découpe selon la revendication 6 dans laquelle la paroi supérieure de la seconde partie comprend des ouvertures (56) destinées à recevoir les articles ou des parties de ceux-ci, dans laquelle chaque ouverture présente un raccord cassant (37) s'étendant jusqu'à au moins une autre ouverture afin de faciliter le retrait des articles.
  8. Carton selon la revendication 1 dans lequel au moins une ouverture de poignée (54) est réalisée à partir d'une desdites parois latérales et d'extrémité du carton et dans lequel ladite au moins une ouverture de poignée est située à une élévation supérieure à celle de la paroi supérieure.
  9. Découpe (10, 20) selon la revendication 6 dans laquelle au moins une ouverture de poignée (54) est réalisée à partir d'une desdites parois latérales et d'extrémité et dans laquelle ladite au moins une ouverture de poignée est située à une élévation supérieure à celle de la paroi supérieure dans un carton monté.
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