Collation of packages and method of retaining packages together in a collation
AssigneeNicoventures Trading Limited
InventorPaul Hodges
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Abstract
A collation of packages, each package of the collation being cuboid-shaped and including a pair of opposing first faces, a pair of opposing second faces and an end face; wherein the packages are arranged in rows such that a second face of a package faces a second face of an adjacent package within the same row, and a first face of a package in a row faces a first face of a package in an adjacent row, a second face of a package at the ends of each row, a first face of each package in a row, and each end face being exposed; wherein the exposed end faces of the packages in the collation together form a surface; and wherein a single strip of tape is adhered only to said surface of the collation such that the single strip of tape attaches the packages in the collation together.
Claims14
A collation of packages, each package of the collation being cuboid-shaped and comprising a pair of opposing first faces, a pair of opposing second faces and an end face;
- wherein the packages are arranged in rows such that a second face of a package faces a second face of an adjacent package within the same row, and a first face of a package in a row faces a first face of a package in an adjacent row, a second face of a package at the ends of each row, a first face of each package in a row, and each end face being exposed;
- wherein the exposed end faces of the packages in the collation together form a surface;
- and
- wherein a single strip of tape is adhered only to said surface of the collation such that the single strip of tape attaches the packages in the collation together.
A method of retaining packages together in a collation, the method comprising:
- providing a collation of cuboid-shaped packages, each package comprising a pair of opposing first faces, a pair of opposing second faces and an end face;
- arranging the packages in rows such that a second face of a package faces a second face of an adjacent package within the same row, and a first face of a package in a row faces a first face of a package in an adjacent row, a second face of a package at the ends of each row, a first face of each package in a row, and each end face being exposed;
- forming a surface with the exposed end faces of the packages in the collation;
- and
- adhering a single strip of tape only to said surface of the collation to attach the packages in the collation together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.