Two-way container package

Patent 4296858 Issued on October 27, 1981. Estimated Expiration Date:

December 14, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Abstract Claims Description Full Text

Patent References

3734278

3750874

Carton for tapered wall containers
Patent #: 4185744
Issued on: 01/29/1980
Inventor: Peterson

Two-way container package Patent #: 4191290
Issued on: 03/04/1980
Inventor: Suffern

Inventor

Platt, John R.

Assignee

Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Application

No. 06/103772 filed on 12/14/1979

US Classes:

206/150, Band or strand type206/139, PORTABLE SEGREGATING CARRIER FOR PLURAL CYLINDRICAL BEVERAGE-TYPE RECEPTACLES (E.G., BEER CANS, POP BOTTLES)206/216, COMBINED OR CONVERTIBLE206/427FOR PLURAL BEVERAGE-TYPE RECEPTACLES

Examiners

Primary: Moy, Joseph Man-Fu

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Buckman; Thomas W.

International Class

B65D 71/50 (20060101)

Abstract

A package for a plurality of containers having retained pull-tab openers. The package comprises a primary package for handling such containers when in the full condition, as well as a secondary package permitting users of the containers to repackage them when empty. A flat sheet member is secured by tabs which lock over an array of containers which have been packaged utilizing a thermoplastic-type packaging device. The flat sheet member includes tabs which lock the member to finger holes in the thermoplastic device. This sheet member further includes particularly designed slots, equal in number to the number of containers packaged, which lock the retained tabs in the sheet for efficient handling and return of empty containers.