B65B 17/02
Joining articles
Official title: Joining articles, e.g. cans, directly to each other for convenience of storage, transport, or handling
B65B17/02 (Joining articles) appears on 255 US grants and 230 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 230
- Assignees
- 97
- Inventors
- 434
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Packaging device for producing packaging units, removal device and method for removing and separating magazined packaging blanks, and use thereof in the production of packaging units29 Sep 2026US 12,747,119 B2Krones AG
- Packaging apparatus and method for applying packaging to an article combination1 Sep 2026US 12,722,822 B2Krones AG
- Carrier for containers7 Jul 2026US 12,673,809 B2Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Carrier for containers9 Jun 2026US 12,649,615 B2Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Container carrier2 Jun 2026US 12,643,725 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Carrier for containers17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274538 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for manipulating and conveying containers along a transport section10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264902 A1Krones AG
- Carrier for containers10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264952 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Carrier with retention features20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242109 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Carrier for containers30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217434 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Clip-type article carrier and method of manufacture107US 5,282,348 ARiverwood International Corporation · 1994
- Carriers of multiples of flanged containers91US 5,125,506 AImperial Packaging, Inc. · 1992
- Apparatus for manually forming containers into portable packs87US 5,263,299 AImperial Packaging, Inc. · 1993
- Package for containers79US 8,602,209 B2Graphic Packaging International, Inc. · 2013
- Carrier, blank and method for containers75US 11,027,905 B2Graphic Packaging International, Inc. · 2021