Multipack having adhesively bonded containers and a carrying handle

A manufacture comprising a container pack having first and second container-groups, a first set of bonds, a second set of bonds, intergroup bonds, a carrying handle, and at least four containers, wherein each of said containers is in one of said first and second container-groups, wherein said carrying handle has ends that are attached to containers from different container-groups, wherein said bonds in said first set of bonds are intragroup bonds that bond containers in said first container-group to each other, wherein said bonds in said second set of bonds are intragroup bonds that bond containers in said second container-group to each other, wherein said intergroup bonds bond said first and second container-groups to each other, and wherein said first and said second container-groups each have at least three containers and wherein said intergroup bonds exist only between end-position containers of said first and second container-groups.

A manufacture comprising a container pack having first and second container-groups, a first set of bonds, a second set of bonds, intergroup bonds, a carrying handle, and at least four containers, wherein each of said containers is in one of said first and second container-groups, wherein said carrying handle has ends that are attached to containers from different container-groups, wherein said bonds in said first set of bonds are intragroup bonds that bond containers in said first container-group to each other, wherein said bonds in said second set of bonds are intragroup bonds that bond containers in said second container-group to each other, wherein said intergroup bonds bond said first and second container-groups to each other, and wherein said container pack comprises six containers and wherein only end containers have intergroup bonds.

A manufacture in which intergroup bonds are disposed only on lower halves of containers, wherein said intergroup bonds attach a first container-group of a container pack to a second container-group of said container pack, said container pack comprising six containers, wherein intragroup bonds from a first set of intragroup bonds hold containers that are in said first container-group to each other, wherein intragroup bonds from a second set of intragroup bonds hold containers that are in said second container-group to each other, wherein a carrying handle has a first end that is attached to a container from said first container-group and a second end that is attached to a container that is in said second container-group, wherein said container pack is a constituent of said manufacture, and wherein said intergroup bonds, said intragroup bonds, said first and second container-groups, and said carrying handle are all constituents of said container pack.

A method comprising producing a container pack comprising six containers, wherein producing said container pack comprises applying adhesive to at least four of said containers, pressing said containers together to form first and second sets of bonds, said first set of bonds being intragroup bonds that join containers to form a first container-group and said second set of bonds being intragroup bonds that join containers together to form a second container-group, wherein each of said containers is in one of said first and second container-groups, forming intergroup bonds to bond said first and second container groups to each other, wherein said intergroup bonds are arranged only on lower halves of said containers, and attaching ends of a carrying handle to containers from different container-groups.