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 a parting line allowing separation of the sleeve to release the containers.
Claims22
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 first and second edges and at least one parting line adapted for separation to release said containers from said sleeve, said at least one parting line having an end near at least one said edge for causing a separation of said sleeve through said at least one edge.
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 stretchable sleeve surrounding said group of containers, said sleeve having first and second edges and at least one parting line adapted for separation to release said containers from said sleeve, said at least one parting line having an end near at least one said edge for causing a separation of said sleeve through said at least one edge.
A sleeve for a group of containers held in a carrier of stretchable plastic defining loops for surrounding each container, said sleeve comprising;
- a band of stretchable material for surrounding the group, said band having first and second edges;
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- at least one parting line in said band having an end near at least one of said edges for causing separation of said band through said at least one edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.