Container carrier
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsVincent BOWMAN, Griffin E. RUSTAD, Hyunchul KIM, Jacob M. FORNOF
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Abstract
A container carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers that includes a first engagement means configured to engage a can and a second engagement means configured to engage a bottle, wherein the first engagement means and the second engagement means are generally superimposed upon each other.
Claims12
A container carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers, the container carrier comprising:
- a first engagement means configured to engage and retain a can;
- a second engagement means configured to engage an adjacent pair of bottles, wherein the first engagement means and the second engagement means are generally superimposed upon each other.
A container carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers, the container carrier comprising:
- a pair of container engaging fittings that are configured to engage a pair of cans arranged in transverse ranks for each transverse pair of containers;
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- an oval aperture positioned within the pair of container engaging fittings that are configured to alternatively engage a pair of bottles.
container carrier of claim 7 further comprising a pair of gripping apertures formed along a center axis of the container carrier.
The container carrier of claim 10 wherein the gripping aperture is formed as a ring between each four of the container receiving fittings to provide an opening for grasping the multipack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.