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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7387201 | Container carrier having longitudinal end loop A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers includes a flexible sheet having two rows of container receiving apertures formed therein. The plurality of containers are each placed into a respective container receiving aperture and are thus unitized in a... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7357247 | Beverage holder A beverage holder is especially adapted for securing a three-pack arrangement of beverage containers. Three panels are joined along a central axis. The panels are spaced 120° from one another. Lower ends of the panels form stationary bases, and lower portions of th... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7269929 | Heat tunnel for film shrinking A heat tunnel for applying heated air to articles enclosed in shrink-wrap film includes at least one air supply unit; a conveyor; and a heat shroud spaced from the conveyor. The air supply unit includes a source of heated air, a fan, a heated air plenum, air ducts, ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7100762 | Three pack container carrier This invention relates to a carrier and method of packaging containers into a unitized package that includes a generally continuous plastic sheet having a plurality of container apertures extending longitudinally in adjacent pairs. A container is positioned within e... | 09/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6916765 | Consumer product package and method of manufacture The invention relates to consumer product packages having impact promotional items printed directly on the package and methods for manufacturing such product packages. An image constituting the impact promotional item is printed using blended printing inks and subli... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6715810 | Three bottle carrier An integrally molded carrier for carrying three containers by their necks includes a substantially planar web having three nodes and defining three annular support rings. Annular neck-engaging flanges integral with the web are arranged around the inside of the suppo... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6394272 | Carton and divider panel A divider panel (60) for separating two or more tiers of stacked articles (A) in a packaged carton (100) has deformable means (62, 62b, 62c, 62d) adapted operably to nest between stacks articles (A) on adjacent sides of the panel (60).... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6293392 | Beverage container carrier A reinforced planar carrier is provided which can carry, for example, four 2-liter bottles, without significantly bending. The carrier is made from a one piece paperboard blank having a machine direction. It has a center line, a pair of side edges, and a ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6170652 | Label panel container carrier This invention relates to a package of a plurality of containers unitized with a flexible carrier. The carrier is constructed from a plastic planar sheet having a plurality of container receiving openings arranged in longitudinal rows and transverse ranks... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6129397 | Six pack carrier An integral carrier for carrying multiple containers by their necks has a substantially planar web defining a pair of centrally located annular support openings. Each support opening is surrounded by a support rib having a radiused inner surface. A plural... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6056115 | Multi-body diameter carrier This invention relates to a carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers wherein a sheet of resilient polymeric material is formed with a plurality of container receiving apertures aligned in opposing transverse pairs so that each container receiving a... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6050399 | Plastic container carrier with wide skirt for obscuring container UPC indicia A carrier and container assembly that includes a plurality of containers of identical size and geometry, and having identical labels with UPC indicia identically positioned thereon. A carrier of one-piece as-made plastic composition has a top flat wall wi... | 04/18/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5682984 | Two tier can carton A sleeve style closed end carton for a can matrix. The carton includes a corner flap formed integral with each side wall at each end of each side wall. Those corner flaps are wrapped around the matrix corner cans in the carton relatively tightly so as to ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5558224 | Triangular article carrier A triangular carrier comprised of a top panel and converging end panels connected to triangular side panels. The carrier holds a plurality of rows of articles, each article extending between the side panels, with each row containing a greater number of ar... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5487463 | Banded bottle neck carrier A bottle neck carrier and a spaced band encircling the bottles. The band snugly holds the bottles in place while they are supported by the carrier and at the same time covers the pricing code on the bottles. The support panel of the carrier may be separat... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5474172 | Paperboard bottle carrier with handle A bottle carrier is formed of two superposed panels of paperboard having a plurality of bottle neck receiving openings and a handle sandwiched between the panels. Each opening has a plurality of radially extending fingers whose ends engage beneath a porti... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5456350 | Carrier stock having finger-gripping straps and strut-producing straps Carrier stock for beverage cans or other cans of a type having a chime at an upper end and having a frusto-conical wall below the chime is formed from a single sheet of resilient polymeric material, such as low density polyethylene, with outer band segmen... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5415278 | Clip-type can carrier A carrier for articles such as beverage cans of the type that grip the top portions of the cans so as to suspend them from the carrier. The upper ends of the cans extend through apertures in the bottom panel of the carrier, and the chimes or lips of the c... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5413395 | Carrier for bottles and like containers A carrier for a plurality of bottles or like containers having a plurality of collars in an integral frame for securing the necks of the bottles and a skirt depending from each collar to engage each bottle to restrain relative movement between the bottle ... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5328024 | Two-piece bottle carrier A bottle carrier of the type employing tabs surrounding bottle neck openings to support the underside of bottle flanges. The carrier is comprised of an inner clip member and an outer shroud, each having aligned bottle neck openings and tabs. The outer shr... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5323895 | Bottle carrier A bottle carrier of the type employing support tabs at the periphery of bottle neck, openings for engaging the underside of shoulders on the bottles. The carrier is comprised of two plies, each containing aligned bottle openings and each opening being sur... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5310051 | Clip-type article carrier A clip-type carrier especially suited for carrying beverage cans. The carrier is comprised of a panel having slots in a folded, wedge-shaped inner support section and in outer support sections for receiving the can chimes. The inner support sections inclu... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5285892 | Sanitary can carriers and multiple beverage can packages including the same Can carriers are provided with upwardly protruding can-receiving members having oppositely paired can-receiving recesses and can-stacking platforms. The can-receiving recesses each are defined by an annular locking ring is joined to a protective inverted ... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5269406 | Carrier stock having tear-open tabs arranged in clusters Carrier stock is disclosed, which has band segments defining container-receiving apertures and defining integral handles, along with tear-open tabs arranged in four-tab clusters. Each cluster includes two tabs proximate to each other and connected by a si... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5188225 | Carrier for a group of containers and cardboard blank therefor The carrier is provided with retention openings formed by two kinds of radial flanges of special shapes. The carriers are preferably made of cardboard or pasteboard diecast blanks which are introduced over the top of the containers and which by and adhesi... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5135104 | Devices for the support and group transport of receptacles and cardboard laminates for forming the devices A device for supporting and transporting a group of receptacles has a lower panel for retaining the receptacles and an upper panel connected to the lower panel for covering the receptacles held in openings of the lower panel. The openings of the lower pan... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5058735 | Carry pack for bottles Carry pack for bottles made from a single-piece board blank which has a top panel, two side panels and two end panels. The side panels are divided up into three sections by oblique folding lines and their free ends are glued to the end panels. As a result... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4927009 | Article carrier The article carrier for bottles and the like includes a bottom wall, opposed side walls joined to the bottom wall along opposite side edges thereof, and end wall panels joined respectively to the end edges of the side walls and extending inwardly of the c... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4915217 | Container package A container package comprising an array of cans, each of which has a body portion, an annular bead on the upper end thereof having a smaller diameter than the body portion and an inclined portion extending from the body portion to the bead, and a carrier.... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4911290 | Container package A container package comprising an array of cans, each of which has an annular bead on the upper end thereof and a carrier. The carrier includes a sheet of flexible plastic material having a plurality of openings forming an array for receiving the ends of ... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4911288 | Can carrier A carrier to make a package of sealed cans is a flat sheet having a slot opening for each can. Each can has a tab fixed to its lid. The tabs are nested in the slots with the edges of the slots between the tabs and the lids. Frictional resistance between t... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4855168 | Synthetic resin sheet having notching strip and container A synthetic resin sheet integrally coextruded by coextruding sheet main body portions and a slender notching strip interposed between right and left side sheet main body portions, wherein the notching strip is formed of a mixture resin material of a first... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4804089 | Wrap-around article carrier with end fold-in panel A paperboard wrap-around article carrier which has end panels foldably connected to the top panel and to gusset panels. The gusset panels allow the end panels to be folded and maintained in a substantially vertical position. The end panels extend beyond t... | 02/14/1989 |
