Divisible container carrier
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorRobert Olsen
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Abstract
A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers includes a flexible sheet having two rows of container apertures formed therein. The plurality of containers are each placed into a respective container receiving aperture and are thus unitized in a package. The flexible carrier further includes two handles, each handle formed at a periphery of the flexible sheet along each longitudinal edge of the flexible sheet and a line of weakness formed between the longitudinal rows. As a result of the described configuration, flexible carrier is divisible into two sub-carriers, each unitizing a set of containers and each including a handle along a respective longitudinal edge of the resulting sub-carrier.
Claims18
A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers, the flexible carrier comprising:
- a flexible sheet;
- an array of container apertures formed in the flexible sheet and arranged in longitudinal rows;
- two handles, each handle formed at a periphery of the flexible sheet along each longitudinal edge of the flexible sheet;
- and
- a line of weakness formed between the longitudinal rows.
A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers, the flexible carrier comprising:
- a flexible sheet having a plurality of container apertures formed therein;
- a handle suitable for manual grasping extending from a periphery of the flexible sheet along each longitudinal edge of the flexible sheet;
- a line of weakness formed between the longitudinal rows, wherein the line of weakness is severable into two sub-carriers each forming a row of container apertures.
A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers, the flexible carrier comprising:
- a flexible sheet;
- two longitudinal rows of container apertures formed in the flexible sheet;
- two handles, each handle formed at a periphery of the flexible sheet along each longitudinal edge of the flexible sheet;
- a handle aperture formed between each handle and the flexible sheet;
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- an intermittent perforation extending from near one outer edge of the flexible sheet to near an opposite outer edge of the flexible sheet between the longitudinal rows, the flexible carrier divisible along the intermittent perforation into two sub-carriers each forming three container apertures.
A method of distribution of a plurality of containers forming a unitized package, the method comprising:
- providing a flexible carrier having a plurality of container apertures formed therein into engagement with the plurality of containers;
- separating a line of weakness extending between longitudinal rows of containers to form two sub-carriers each having a discrete handle;
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- grasping the handle on the resulting sub-carrier from a longitudinal edge of the flexible carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.