Bottle packaging
AssigneeNiagara Bottling, LLC
InventorMark Doherty
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Abstract
A bottle pack includes a plurality of bottles. Each bottle includes a neck defining a first diameter, a bell defining a second diameter, and a support ring defining a third diameter. The first diameter is smaller than the second diameter and the third diameter. A clip assembly includes a sheet defining a plurality of apertures. Each aperture has a fourth diameter and receives the neck of one of the bottles such that each bottle is captured by the clip assembly. The fourth diameter is greater than the first diameter and smaller than the second diameter and the third diameter. A band is wrapped around the plurality of bottles.
Claims15
A bottle pack comprising:
- a plurality of bottles, each bottle including a neck defining a first diameter, a bell defining a second diameter, and a support ring defining a third diameter, the first diameter being smaller than the second diameter and the third diameter;
- a clip assembly including a sheet defining a plurality of apertures, each aperture having a fourth diameter, each aperture receiving the neck of one of the bottles such that each bottle is captured by the clip assembly;
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- a band wrapped around the plurality of bottles;
- wherein the fourth diameter is greater than the first diameter;
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- wherein the fourth diameter is smaller than the second diameter and the third diameter.
A method of assembling a bottle pack, the bottle pack comprising a plurality of bottles, a first sheet, and a second sheet, each bottle having a neck, the first sheet including a plurality of apertures each having a larger diameter portion and a smaller diameter portion, the second sheet including a plurality of apertures each having a larger diameter portion and a smaller diameter portion, the method comprising:
- inserting the neck of each bottle through a corresponding larger diameter portion of the first sheet;
- moving the first sheet relative to the plurality of bottles such that the neck of each bottle is received in the corresponding smaller diameter portion of the first sheet;
- inserting the neck of each bottle through a corresponding larger diameter portion of the second sheet;
- moving the second sheet relative to the plurality of bottles and the first sheet such that the neck of each bottle is received in the corresponding smaller diameter portion of the second sheet;
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- applying an adhesive between a top surface of the first sheet and a bottom surface of the second sheet to couple the first sheet to the second sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.