Printed matte finish carrier
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorPeter L. Samaras
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Abstract
A carrier and method of manufacture for a carrier that results in a package of containers includes a plastic sheet having an array of container apertures and a portion having a printed matte finish where the printed matte finish includes a lower coefficient of friction relative to a container than a remaining surface of the plastic sheet. A plurality of containers are each positioned within an aperture of the array so that the printed matte finish of the plastic sheet is positioned along an inner portion of the package and the remaining surface of the plastic sheet is positioned along an outer portion of the package.
Claims15
A method for manufacturing a container carrier having an array of adjacent rows and adjacent ranks of apertures each for receiving a container, the method comprising:
- feeding a flexible plastic sheet across a roller, wherein the flexible plastic sheet has a generally smooth surface;
- printing a matte finish to a portion of the plastic sheet in the form of a printed ink, wherein the printed matte finish is configured to contact the containers and has a roughness value Ra of at least 100 microinches;
- forming the plastic sheet into the container carrier so that the matte finish is positioned between the adjacent rows and the adjacent ranks of the apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.