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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7552820 | Blanks and methods for forming a beverage carrier from the blanks A beverage carrier including at least two cartons and a tray having a retractable handle for holding the cartons is provided. The cartons and the tray are each formed from blanks of sheet material. Each carton includes a first and second side wall, a top panel, a bo... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7354086 | Cup holder structure for vehicles A cup holder structure for vehicles includes a housing at a console and having a receiving space defined therein, a holder part disposed in the receiving space of the housing such that the holder part can be vertically moved, the holder part having entrances positio... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7337897 | Multi-use carrier A single unit cardboard carrier is transformed from a collapsed state into an expanded multi-use carrier with a minimum of assembly actions. A preferred embodiment of the multi-use carrier has a central chamber, a plurality of vessel apertures located around the cen... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7267060 | Stackable cargo bin A heavy-duty cargo bin unit configured for rugged use in hostile environments, such as in the oil drilling and production industry. The cargo bin unit is of a generally rectilinear construction, and preferably fabricated of heavy gauge steel. Supports or skids are p... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7011209 | Bottle carrier with improved carrying handle A wrap-around carrier for carrying bottles, which extend through apertures in the upper sidewall with the apertures being spanned by bridges. The bridges between the rows of apertures may be locked or glued. This carrier may have a handle that extends above the tops... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6969098 | Non-elevating handle for center lift carrier A container carrier especially suitable for larger containers and for packages having a larger number of containers, to provide a feeling of strength as the carrier is lifted. The carrier includes loops for surround and retaining each container, a handle portion and... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6945390 | Article carrier with handle-reinforcing bridging structure An article carrier for carrying one or more necked articles, has a plurality of panels including a pair of laterally spaced top panels, a pair of handle panels extending upwardly from the top panels to form a carrying handle, and a bridging panel provided to span th... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6155412 | Wraparound multipack with carrying handle A carton accomodating a plurality of articles, such as bottles, comprising a top (16, 26), a base (12, 30) and a pair of side walls (14, 28) interconnecting said top and base thereby forming a tubular structure, said top being provided with two spaced row... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6089366 | Bottle Box A bottle box has two half-casings engaging with each other. Both half-casings are made of plastics. Each half-casing has a hollow seat and a handle frame disposed on the hollow seat. The hollow seat has a hollow interior, a periphery flange, and a plurali... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6082532 | Bottle carrier A blank for carrying bottles with an engaging edge has a center panel, a pair of securing panels, a pair of handle panels, an exterior grip support panel and an interior grip support panel. The center panel has a plurality of apertures formed therein. The... | 07/04/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5833056 | Non-spill steady cup holder A non-spill steady cup holder (10) for beverage containers (12) comprises a panel (14) sized to snugly fit horizontally against an interior surface (16) of a paper bag (18). A facility (20) in the panel (14) is for holding a beverage container (12). When ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5746310 | Welded container carrier This invention relates to a container carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers comprising two sheets of material joined along at least two generally parallel lines of connection. A panel is defined by at least one of the sheets between the lines of... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5743389 | Reversible food and beverage vessel carrier Prepared flat paper stock blank is disposed for assembly into a dual-configuration food and beverage carrier, selectively folded into an upright box with upward-extending side walls and end walls with handle panels extending from the box base around the s... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5718330 | Holder for receptacles A receptacle holder for lockable necked receptacles has a plate provided with at least two apertures. Each aperture has a diameter just smaller than the maximum diameter of the neck, and the plate is made of alveolar polypropylene with a density of at lea... | 02/17/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5699926 | Five-piece container with stabilizer tablet The invention described consists of a five-piece container for carrying bottles and of a stabilizer tablet for steadying the bottles in their vertical position in the container. The container comprises a bottom piece formed of plastics material and of opp... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5687847 | Carton having divider panel for two-tier can package A package includes a plurality of cylindrical beverage cans (10) arranged into at least two tiers with a carton disposed around the cans. A paperboard divider panel (30) is disposed between and in contact with the cans of adjacent tiers. The divider panel... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5624024 | Concession cup carrier A collapsible carrier for tapered articles is disclosed. The carrier includes a pair of upright handle panels secured together in a face-to-face contacting relationship, a pair of divergent upper panels foldably joined respectively to the lower edges of t... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5553705 | Clip-type carrier for flanged article A clip-type carrier (10) has a top wall which includes an inner (20) and an outer (40) panel that overlap at respective lap portions (22, 42). The inner panel (20) has an inner article-receiving aperture (24) for each flanged article (1) to be received. T... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5487465 | Container carrier A plastic carrier for carrying containers includes container engaging portions which extend from a joint. The joint is at adjacent edges of the container engaging portions. The container engaging portions include a plurality of annular bands for securely ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5445262 | Bottle carrier A bottle carrier of the type which supports bottles by tabs contacting the underside of shoulders on the bottles. An upper support panel and lower support panel flaps containing aligned bottle neck openings are spaced apart at one end by connected side pa... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5439110 | Two-tiered article package A carton containing two tiers of necked bottles. The bottles in the upper tier are inverted from the bottles in the lower tier, with the bottle necks of the upper tier extending between the bottle necks of the lower tier. The bottle necks extend through s... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5306060 | Carrier strap for bottles or jugs An integrally formed bottle or jug carrier strap for securely and comfortably carrying a pair of bottles or jugs by their neck. An elongate grip has rings at each end and a neck-retaining collar attached to the inner circumference of each ring. Scores on ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5221002 | Beverage container carrier apparatus A beverage container carrier is shown formed from a single piece of rigid plastic material having two rows of container receiving apertures extending between a hinge end and a latch end. Separations are formed in the walls between apertures in each row an... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5197656 | Sleeve style carton A sleeve style closed end carton for a can matrix where the cans preferably are the type having necked in head and heel rims. The carton includes corner flaps that are wrapped around the corner cans of the matrix, the corner flaps, along with the top and ... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5188413 | Bottle carrier assembly A unitary plastic bottle carrier assembly designed to support a plurality of bottles by their neck portions. The carrier includes split collars through which the closure and bottle neck extends and the collars support the bottles through contact with the ... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5186321 | Biodegradable multi-container carrier An improved paperboard multiple can carrier made of multilayered laminated paperboard which has at least two layers of recycled paper and two layers of virgin paper. Tearing of the paperboard is prevented by multiple indentations or notches circumferentia... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5052552 | Foldable carrier for a plurality of containers A carton structure erectable by folding from a substantially flat blank includes two side panels, a bottom panel, two top panels, a center divider panel and two end panels, each extending from the bottom panel. Each end panel has slot means for engaging t... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5018620 | Carrier stock with band segments extending between opposite edges Carrier stock formed from a single sheet of resilient polymeric material, such as low density polyethylene, for machine application to substantially identical containers. The stock is severable, along transverse lines that are perforated, to form individu... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4974726 | Clip-on sheet for beverage cans and package using same A generally planar paperboard or polymeric sheet for stabilizing a rectangular array of substantially identical cans of a type having an openable end with a chime and for covering substantial portions of the openable ends of the arrayed cans. Pairs of par... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4919260 | Package unit of can-type containers A package unit having a plurality of can-type containers. A pair of plastic strips each comprising eight container circling bands are elastically received by the containers. A single row of containers receives both plastic strips for connecting the contai... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4872549 | Carrier for bottles An improved single piece plastic carrier for a plurality of filled and capped bottles in which the neck of each bottle to be carried by the carrier is received in an aperture in the top panel of the carrier and is supported by spaced apart tabs which exte... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4793647 | Cup caddy A cup carrier is provided having a plurality of circular cup engaging portions each supported by a support web at generally opposite sides of the cup engaging portions. The support webs each extend to a bail portion having a handle by which the cup carrie... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4721237 | Portable cooler for a number of beverage cans A portable cooler which may be carried in back-pack style is adapted to store and automatically dispense a number of cans of beverage. The cooler is comprised of a box-like chamber having self-supporting thermally insulative material on its exterior surfa... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4706805 | Carrying container for returnable cans A top loading carton made from a unitary sheet of inexpensive disposable material in which returnable beverage containers, such as bottles or cans, are collected and returned to a redemption center. The sheet is folded to form two adjacent bins each of wh... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4651873 | Can caddy device, and methods of constructing and utilizing same A beverage container holder having a unitary body, apertures therein adapted to receive said containers, and a handle for easy hand carrying.... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4645072 | Container carrier A container carrier adapted for receiving a plurality of containers for transportation of same is assembled from a unitary sheet of plastic. The containers are captured between retainer edges of transverse members forming a supporting web at the lower por... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4623185 | Bottle carrier A bottle carrier has a web formed with a hand grip opening and an array of fork tines that extend transversely beneath the hand grip opening. Walls extend uprightly from an open end of tine pairs to prevent bottles from sliding off the tines.... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4601390 | Collapsible hand carrier for bottles A collapsible hand carrier for bottles of standard size. When fully erected, the carrier has a box-like form and an internal array of cells to accommodate the bottles. The structure of the carrier is formed of flexible panel material and is defined by a p... | 07/22/1986 |
