Appeal No. 2000-0487 Page 9
Application No. 08/856,228
in the group within the carton. As shown in Figure 2, a
carton C accommodates a plurality of bottles B arranged in a
group. The carton comprises a top panel 18, base panels 12,24
and
spaced side wall panels 16,20 interconnecting and hinged to
opposed side edges of the top panel and the base panels. One
of the bottles Bc is arranged centrally of the group and a
locking and separating keel 38 is provided by the top panel
which has portions displaced out of the plane of the top panel
to hold the central bottle centrally of the group while
maintaining the relative spacing of adjacent bottles in the
group. As shown in Figure 1, the keel 38 includes step panel
44 hinged to side panel portion 38b along fold line 46 and
step panel 50 hinged to side panel portion 38c along fold line
52.
Lee discloses a carton for bottles. As shown in Figures
1-3, the carton is formed from a single blank of cardboard and
includes panels 29 and 30 that are cut to produce spacers 31
and the upper end wall panel 24 is provided with a terminal
panel 33 having elliptical openings 34.
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