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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360647 | Packaging system and method The present invention is directed to a system for packaging bottles having a neck portion. The system includes a tray unit and a bridge. The tray unit has a planar base, first and second opposite sidewalls, and first and second opposite end walls. The sidewalls and ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353946 | Protective packaging assembly for medical devices and method of using same A protective packaging system for a medical device includes a housing and an end cap. The housing surrounds the distal portion of a catheter bearing a medical device so that the device is suspended in a protective chamber. The end cap holds the housing closed. Anoth... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7273161 | Carton with a dispenser in the top panel for dispensing pouches A carton is provided for carrying a plurality of pouches which has at least one dispenser in the top panel formed between the handle and the end panel. The carton may have two dispensers, with one formed on each side of the handle between the handle and an end panel... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7175047 | Carton with an improved dispensing feature A carton with an improved dispenser at one of the carton which preserves the integrity of the carton when the carton is opened by permitting a bottom end flap attached to the bottom panel to remain in place and also a portion of each side end flap that is adjacent t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7100798 | Carton with an improved dispensing feature A carton with an improved dispenser at one of the carton which preserves the integrity of the carton when the carton is opened by permitting a bottom end flap attached to the bottom panel to remain in place and also a portion of each side end flap that is adjacent t... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7059494 | Carton with an improved dispensing feature A multicarton pack which can be easily separated into individual cartons, without destroying the integrity of any of the cartons in the pack. Cartons may have an improved dispenser at one end of the carton, which preserves the integrity of the carton when the carton... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7048817 | Method of making a composite carton A method of simultaneously making a plurality of composite cartons from two or more individual cartons on a common assembly surface. A plurality of first singular cartons is positioned in a predetermined array on an assembly surface. Adhesive is positioned at one or... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6918487 | Dispensing system for double stack carton The carton of this invention is capable of carrying the plurality of containers stacked upon their ends in two tiers with a unique dispenser that permits the dispensing of containers on their sides. The dispenser is formed in a top side wall and extends into the end... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6899221 | Bottle carrier A bottle carrier made of a foldable flat material, particularly cardboard, comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, side walls interconnecting the top wall and bottom wall at the sides, and a handle portion extending across the top wall and into two opposed side walls ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6827207 | Beverage container holder A beverage container holder includes a box portion integrally divided into a plurality of compartments for each holding a beverage container therein, and two generally U-shaped handles integrally extended from two opposite sides of the box portion and provided at pr... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6758337 | Beverage carton with strap type carrying handle A carton and blank for forming a carton includes a series of hinged panels forming a sleeve and end closure panels hinged to at least one hinged panel for closing the opposite ends of the sleeve. The carton includes a carrying handle including a strap having a user ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6513657 | Product packaging with handle-forming tearable tape system A packaged good article including an article, a packaging material and a tearable tape system. The packaging material is formed about the article. The tearable tape system is secured to the packaging material and includes at least a first section and a se... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6125999 | Panel container carrier This invention relates to a package of a plurality of elongated containers unitized with a flexible container carrier. The carrier is constructed from a plastic planar sheet having a plurality of first receiving openings positioned near a first lateral ed... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6105774 | Carton for packaging containers An article carrier that is specially designed to permit easy packaging of articles such as pet food containers in a three-tier array. The article carrier is easy to assemble from the formed blank, and when assembled provides a sturdy structure which can b... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6041572 | Package for the carrying of pieces in pairs, in particular for the carrying of bottles, and relevant manufacturing method A package of two or more grouped items, in particular bottles, of the type comprising an adhesive band wrapped around the products in order to group them together. The adhesive band is made of two adhesive strips applied to the items at opposite sides the... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6039181 | Transit packaging having reduced content A transit packaging having reduced content for straight walled containers includes a paperboard blank. Scores are made along each side of the blank defining side panels for the packaging. The blank includes a retainer having apertures with retaining tabs ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6032791 | Container carrier adapted for use with adhesive handle This invention relates to a package of a plurality of containers unitized with a flexible carrier and carried using a handle having adhesive ends. The carrier includes a flexible planar sheet having a plurality of container receiving openings arranged in ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6006976 | Wood tie end plating machine In an end plating machine for a wood tie having opposite ends comprising a frame including horizontally spaced-apart first and second end frames with the frame including tie in-feed and out-feed portions; a conveyor is provided for positioning a tie betwe... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5967319 | Bottle carrier A bottle carrier including a planar bottom panel having a generally rectangular configuration. The bottom panel has opposed long side edges and short opposed end edges. The bottom panel receives a plurality of standing bottles thereon. A front and back pa... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5915546 | Carton with three-ply handle A carton includes a bottom panel, first and second opposite side panels each connected to the bottom panel, and a top connected to the side panels. First and second opposite end panels are connected to the bottom panel and to the top panel. A three-ply ha... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5860525 | Bag for transporting substantially rigid elongate loads A bag for transporting substantially rigid elongate loads including an envelope made of a deformable but non-stretchable material comprising a bottom, a peripheral wall and having an opening plane as well as a direction of insertion of the loads in the ba... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5794778 | Article carrier with strap-type handle and top panel access An article carrier having an elongated handle strap and a tear-away top opening feature. The handle strap may extend between either the end panels or the side panels of the carrier and is separably connected to the top panel. The separable lines of weakne... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5743400 | Carrier and/or connector for a series of packages A carrying and/or uniting device (1), designed for mainly parallelepiped-shaped packages (4), having outer fastening tapes (8), provided with glue and designed to fasten the device onto a set of packages (49). The device is subdivided into plurality of lo... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5642808 | Individual aperture--continuous zip strip A carrier device for carrying a plurality of containers, such as bottles, cans and the like, includes novel zip strips which can be selectively separated from the carrier device so that the containers held by the carrier device can be easily removed from ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5595292 | Carton having shock-absorbing carrying handle and package formed therefrom A carton includes a top panel, a pair of side panels foldably joined to and extending downwardly from the side edges of the top panel, and a strap handle formed in part from the top panel and in part from the side panels. The handle extends transversely a... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5595023 | Decorative plant cover with attached sleeve A plant packaging system comprising a combination of a protective sleeve portion and a decorative cover portion having a base and skirt for packaging a potted plant. The protective sleeve can be detached from the decorative portion of the package system o... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5593027 | Carrier with preformed end panels An article carrier which includes a handle connected to and extending between opposite side panels. End panels of the carrier are divided into halves by vertical fold lines, and the handle includes a fold line which lies in the same plane as the end panel... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5570787 | Device for bundling up containers, in particular beverage containers, into a unitary set A bundling-up device for container sets comprises a membrane made of plastic material and defined by a tubular band adapted to wrap and tighten a predetermined number of containers disposed in side by side relation, at side portions thereof, as well as a ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5560486 | Container convertible for use as a plant protection cover A container (10) for storing of transporting pourable material can be converted to a plant protection device by removing a portion of the base (11) of the container to allow the peripheral wall (12) of the container to be engaged over the plant thus surro... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5558214 | Baby bottle carrier A baby bottle carrier is constructed of a container with a plurality of interconnected compartments having a complementary cross section and shape corresponding to a bottle adapted to being received therein. A lid, detachably mounted to the container, clo... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5538130 | Basket-style carrier with dividing strap A basket-style article carrier for carrying nonbreakable articles. A divider strap is connected to and extends between opposite side panels. The strap is connected to the side panels by a glue flap at each end, one of which is connected by fold line to th... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5491008 | Cellulose-based package material having an increased adsorption capacity and process for the manufacture thereof The invention relates to a cellulose-based package material having an increased adsorption capacity and a process for its manufacture. According to the invention, the package material is treated in a permanent manner with an aqueous suspension containing ... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5417327 | Insulated modular vessel for transporting beverage containers An insulated modular vessel for transporting beverage containers of a known size and shape, typically cans and bottles, is disclosed. The insulated modular vessel comprises at least one main body portion having first and second open ends and generally cyl... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5381891 | Wrap-around carrier with end straps A wrap-around carrier containing means for covering the pricing code on the end articles in the package. Straps connected to the side panels extend between the end articles and the side panels and across the end of the carrier to both conceal the article ... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5307932 | Heavy duty article carrier The top wall of an article carrier is provided with a pair of hand gripping apertures and a number of score lines are arranged to extend from adjacent an end of a hand gripping aperture outwardly in a diverging path toward the corners of the top wall. By ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5248035 | Collection and storage unit for recyclable containers A carrier moldable from plastic, aluminum, paper mache and the like for collecting and transporting empty containers such as soda bottles or cans.... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5234102 | Carrier for stacked articles A carrier containing a plurality of layers of articles arranged in stacked end-to-end fashion. The carrier is fully enclosed and is formed with overlapping top panel flaps which produce an area of double thickness between handle openings in the flaps. A r... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5219072 | Apparatus for carrying or storing bottles An apparatus for safely carrying or storing necked bottles, in particular wine bottles, has a top, a bottom having an opening, and an intermediate structure with an aperture axially aligned with the opening in the bottom. The neck of an inverted bottle is... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5193673 | Environmentally safe holder device A container holder adapted to releaseably retain a plurality of similarly configured containers and adapted to permit release of each container individually. The holder is comprised of a central panel portion and a plurality of retaining portions. Each of... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5165583 | Invertable thermally insulating carriers A thermally insulating drinks carrier is formed in two halves, an upper body portion and a lower body portion. Each portion defines six cylindrical pockets arranged in two rows and six columns. A pin and recess on each body portion enables the two portion... | 11/24/1992 |
