Multi unit package incorporating wrap-around handle
AssigneeThe Mead Corporation
InventorJean Chaussadas
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Abstract
The invention provides a package comprising a plurality of primary containers, such as bottles or cans, connecting means for holding said containers clustered together to form a unit, and an outer sleeve of paperboard passing around at least one such clustered unit, said outer sleeve providing handle means by which the package can be grasped and carried.
Claims10
A package comprising a group of primary containers such as bottles or cans, connecting means of plastics film material for holding said containers clustered together to form a unit, an outer sleeve of paperboard surrounding said clustered unit and providing handle means by which the package can be carried, said outer sleeve comprising a top wall extending across the top of said package adjacent the tops of said primary containers, side walls joined to opposite ends of said top wall, and a bottom wall joined to said side walls remote from said top wall and underlying the bases of at least some of said primary containers, characterized in that said top wall comprises a central portion and integrally hinged opposed marginal portions, said marginal portions being folded into overlapping relationship with respect to said central portions to form a multi-ply handle.
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