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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162135 | Package for containers A package for holding a plurality of containers. The package has panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the package. The panels comprise a top panel, a bottom panel, and an intermediate panel. At least one bottom aperture in the bottom panel is ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7448492 | Carrier package and blank A wrap-around carrier package has side panels with inclined or tapered side edges that allow a greater surface area of containers accommodated within the carrier to be viewed. ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7409794 | Fishing line casting and bait projectile system A powered fishing line casting system utilizing compressed air is provided to cast a projectile provided with fishhooks and bait, and to which the fishing line to be cast is attached, to greater distances than could be achieved using conventional casting methods. Th... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7278538 | Beverage carton with strap type carrying handle A tubular carton and blank for forming the carton includes a top, base and a pair of side walls. At least one of the side walls includes a displaceable zone arranged to protrude out of the plane of the one side wall. The displaceable zone includes connected sections... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7175020 | Flat primary and secondary locking system A new type of secondary locking system for article carriers consisting of at least one secondary male lock with two shoulders that is attached by a neck to the edge of a outer flap on the carrier for use with a primary locking system. An inner flap has a secondary f... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7097034 | Carrier A carrier for cans, bottles, containers, or stackable items. In particular, the carrier can also cool or heat the cans, bottles, or other containers. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097039 | Single taco trap and holder A disposable single trap and holder for tacos and the like comprised of semi-rigid flat material to accommodate the ability of the holder to be efficiently packaged in a retail container. The holder has a flat circle shaped configuration with specific cuts and lines... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7074476 | Flexible carrier having regions of higher and lower energy treatment A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of beverage containers includes a plurality of container holders, each having a portion with higher energy treatment and a portion with lower energy treatment. The energy treatment is corona or plasma treatment. The portio... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7014044 | Cup and lid holder and dispenser A cup and lid holder has two parts: a bottom part holds two stacks of insulated paper cups and a top part holds two stacks of mating lids. The holder is folded from a flat blank. The blank is one piece and folds into a two-level structure with three horizontal parts... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007800 | Carton and carton blank An article carrier and a blank for an article carrier for holding articles with tapered sides, for example connected plastic cups, comprising a top wall, opposed side walls and a base wall hingedly connected together to form a tubular structure. An article retention... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6978888 | Bottle carrier with handle and pull tab A carrier for a plurality of beverage containers has a carrier body, means for hand carrying the carrier, and pull tabs. The carrier body has an outer periphery and defines a plurality of container openings with one container opening for each beverage container of t... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6959813 | Corrugated container A self-squaring corrugated container employs alignment markings on and adjacent to the manufacturing joint to allow quick visual inspection of placement and orientation of the manufacturing joint, and employs interlocking contoured peripheral edges on the major bott... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6926147 | Cup dispenser A carton for dispensing articles such as cups while retaining the remaining cups in the open carton. A plurality of panels are connected together to define a carton. A bottom panel includes a plurality of article-receiving openings therethrough. The openings are con... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923314 | Banded container package with opening feature A package for containers such as beverage bottles and cans includes a carrier with an array of loops, one loop provided for surrounding each container. A sleeve surrounds the group of containers held by the carrier. The carrier includes perforations, slits and frang... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6877600 | Beverage multiple packaging lock system This invention relates to a primary and secondary locking system for wrap-around carriers. A secondary male lock is held in the vertical position by a female door flap leaning against the male lock. The adjacent pairs of a primary male lock and corresponding primary... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6866144 | Carton and carton blank A carton and blank for forming a carton for holding one or more articles, for example, flexible pouches, which carton comprises an article-retaining structure for preventing the dislodgment of the packaged articles through the open ends of the carton. The article-re... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6666331 | Bottle carrier A paperboard partitionless carrier is provided for containing filled beverage bottles. The carrier comprises a pair of spaced side walls joined by a pair of end walls to form a box structure which, in combination with a base, forms a tray which supports t... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6662947 | Box for carrying bottles A box is formed from a blank of foldable material and includes a first wall and a second wall. The second wall is folded about a first wall fold line to form a first box corner. A third wall is folded about a second wall fold line to form a second box cor... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6508356 | Device for holding a plurality of receptacles An apparatus is disclosed for holding and carrying two or more receptacles. The apparatus may be comprised of first and second openings and first and second ridges, wherein a top portion of a first receptacle can be inserted into the first opening, slid a... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6415917 | Top lift handle container carrier A container carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers into a package having sleeve with a retainer portion formed with a plurality of container receiving openings arranged in three longitudinal rows. A plurality of containers are arranged within the... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6378697 | Beverage multiple packaging lock system This invention relates to a primary and secondary locking system for wrap-around carriers. A secondary male lock is held in the vertical position by a female door flap leaning against the male lock.... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6213293 | Film multipackage This invention relates to a single-piece carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers with a retainer sheet integrated with a film sleeve. The retainer sheet may comprise a thicker material than the film sleeve. The retainer sheet comprises a plurality... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6145656 | Film multipackage This invention relates to a single-piece carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers with a retainer sheet integrated with a carrier sleeve. The retainer sheet comprises a plurality of container receiving openings for engaging a top portion of a group... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5984086 | Wrap package A wrap package and method for making the package are disclosed. The wrap permits the packaging of a plurality of containers in an array of two or more rows. The wrap includes a top panel, side panels, and end panels all of which provide adequate area for ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5960945 | Bottle clip carrier for long neck bottles A bottle neck carrier designed to hold long neck bottles. Long support tabs at each bottle neck opening in a top support panel extend up to the bottle flange, while shorter support tabs contact only the sides of the necks. The tabs may include transverse ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5931300 | Wrap-around carrier with bar code blocking webs A carrier blank and carrier includes a top panel, first and second opposite ends, and first and second side panels flanking the top panel and foldably connected thereto. First and second bottom panels flank the first and second side panels and are foldabl... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5820185 | Device for carrying containers A paperboard carrier device for retaining a plurality of containers is disclosed. The carrier device is made from a paperboard blank (10) and has a base (16) with apertures defined therein for receiving the necks of the respective containers, two side wal... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5816391 | Clip carrier with handle A bottle clip carrier having an upwardly extending handle. The carrier is comprised of upper and lower support panels, each having bottle neck openings and support tabs. In one embodiment the upper support panel is comprised of adhered overlapping flaps, ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5791463 | Holding arrangement for cans A paperboard carrier device for holding a plurality of article containers, each article container having an annular rim formed along an upper peripheral edge extending perpendicularly with respect to an article container sidewall, is disclosed. The carrie... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5775486 | Package and method for producing said package To prevent honeycombing of containers of adjacent multipacks each having a container positioning top-carrier and which are combined together by means of a strapping band, cardboard or other material is placed between the juxtaposed surfaces of the cylindr... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5711419 | Paperboard bottle carrier A bottle carrier is formed of one or more panels of paperboard and includes a plurality of bottle neck receiving openings. The periphery of each opening is defined by the tips of a plurality of radially extending fingers, the tips engaging beneath a porti... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5706936 | Paperboard bottle carrier A bottle carrier is formed of one or more panels of paperboard and includes a plurality of bottle neck receiving openings. Each opening has a plurality of radially extending fingers whose ends engage beneath a portion of an abutment associated with each b... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5704470 | Article carrier with four-sided taper An enclosed carrier for beverage bottles. The side and end panels taper inwardly near the top panel to provide a tight enclosure for the bottles. The dust flaps are comprised of upper and lower sections separated from each other in the corner areas of the... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5687838 | Carrier An article carrier for packaging a one-row group of bottles is disclosed. The carrier comprises opposed top and bottom walls hingably interconnected by a pair of opposed side walls to form a tubular structure. The top wall is adapted to be disposed over t... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5657864 | Basket-style carrier with open article-viewing areas A basket-style carrier containing openings in the side and end panels through which the lower portions of packaged articles can be seen. Flaps connected to one or more opening edges are folded into the interior of the carrier so as to block the pricing ba... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5638956 | Wrap-around carrier with lock-box keel A wrap-around carrier suitable for packaging tapered tub-shaped articles. A side panel of a hollow rectangular center keel is connected to a bottom panel flap and to an attachment flap formed at an end of the carrier blank. The keel top panel includes rec... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5597071 | Wrap-around carrier with corner bed restraints A wrap-around carrier including upper and lower corner restraint panels for preventing outward movement of packaged articles. The partial end panels are locked in place by side panel locking flaps which extend between an adjacent end article and a connect... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5582289 | Composite article carrier A composite carrier (10) has a handle structure (20) with a hand-gripping portion (22, 23) in upright relation to an attached article-engaging panel structure (24, 25). In one embodiment of the handle structure (20) the panel structure is a pair of panels... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5558212 | Wrap-around carrier with bar code blocker A wrap-around carrier including partial end panels extending up from the bottom panel for covering the pricing code on the end articles in the package. The partial end panels are comprised of flaps connected to the bottom panel flaps. Angle panels connect... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5558213 | Wrap-around carrier with bar code blocker A wrap-around carrier including partial end panels extending up from the bottom panel for covering the pricing code on the end articles in the package. The partial end panels are comprised of partially overlapped flaps connected to partially overlapped bo... | 09/24/1996 |
