Temporary package and method
AssigneeDelkor Systems, Inc.
InventorsDale C. Andersen, Donald J. Lasecke
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Abstract
A temporary packaging method and a resultant package are provided for comprising temporarily bonding containers on a flat base member to stabilize the containers for further packaging, the method comprising the steps of providing a base member, providing containers, temporarily bonding the containers to the base member with a hot melt adhesive, advancing the base member with containers through the packaging or handling system so that further processing of the containers may optionally be effected, encapsulating the base member and bonded containers with a plastic shrink film to complete the package, followed by release of the containers from the bond to base member within minutes after shrink wrapping, with the adhesive remaining bonded to the base member.
Claims16
A packaging method for handling package containers during the packaging procedure, comprising the steps of:
- providing a base member;
- providing a plurality of containers;
- applying strips of adhesive to base member with substantially consistent application temperature and adhesive strip depth;
- providing the plurality of containers to the base member within a substantially consistently short time period after application of adhesive to base member for temporary bonding of containers to base member during handling in the packaging method.
A package comprising a continuous, substantially rigid planar base member having at lease one row of containers, and a quantity of hot melt adhesive which forms a temporary bond between the containers and the base member, and plastic shrink film encapsulating the base member and containers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.