Banded container package with opening feature
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorLeslie S. Marco
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Abstract
A package for containers such as beverage bottles and cans includes a carrier with an array of loops, one loop provided for surrounding each container. A sleeve surrounds the group of containers held by the carrier. The carrier includes perforations, slits and frangible links for tearing the carrier and releasing containers individually. The sleeve includes parting lines allowing separated portions of the carrier to be pulled through the sleeve as the containers are released.
Claims20
A package for a group of containers including individual containers to be held in rows, said package comprising;
- an integral plastic carrier including a container holding portion of interconnected stretchable loops, one said loop for each said container, each said loop surrounding a different one of said containers, said container holding portion having a margin extending along said loops, said margin adapted for tearing to individually release containers held by said carrier;
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- a sleeve of stretchable material surrounding the group of containers, said sleeve having a parting line adapted for separation upon tearing of said margin.
A package of containers, comprising;
- a carrier including a plurality of loops;
- a group of containers, one said container disposed and secured in each said loop;
- an outer margin portion adjacent said loops adapted to be torn to release individual containers;
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- a sleeve surrounding said group of containers, said sleeve adapted for progressive parting to allow said outer margin portion to be pulled through said sleeve.
A sleeve for a group of containers held in a carrier of stretchable plastic defining loops for surrounding each container, the carrier adapted for tearing to release containers individually, said sleeve comprising;
- a band of stretchable material for surrounding the group;
- and
- a parting line in said band for allowing a portion of the carrier to be pulled through said band.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.