Multi-unit package
AssigneeThe Mead Corporation
InventorClaude Martin
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Abstract
The invention relates to a package accommodating a plurality of primary containers arranged in at least one row. The package includes a wrapper (10) of foldable sheet material wrapped about the containers and which partially can be removed whereafter each container is detachable from an adjacent container such that each detached container is left with a part of the wrapper (48-51) which provides a handle by which the container can be grasped.
Claims13
A package comprising a plurality of parallelepiped containers arranged in at least one row and accommodated within a wrapper of foldable sheet material adapted to cover at least portions of the tops, sides and bottoms of said containers and secured to at least portions of each of said containers, said wrapper comprising a top panel, a front panel hinged to said top panel along one side edge thereof and extending between the upper and lower ends of said containers, and a base panel hinged to said front panel remote from said top panel, said front panel being formed to provide at least one handle strip for each container, said handle strips being detachably connected to adjacent strips by means of frangible connections, each of said handle strips having its opposite ends integral with adjacent portions of said top panel and said base panel, said adjacent portions being secured to the top and bottom, respectively, of said container while said handle strip is left detached from the underlying wall of said container, said adjacent portions being provided with tear lines in extension of said frangible connections between said handle strips so that individual containers may be detached from each other while said handle strip and said adjacent portions remain associated with said containers.
The package according to calim 8 further characterized in that said top panel (125, 128, 129) comprises outer portions (128, 129) each being permanently secured to the tops of the containers in respective rows, and a removable portion (125) between and detachably connected to said outer portions, said frangible zones of the top panel comprising first spaced score lines (152, 153) coincident with the space between adjacent containers in said one row, each of said first score lines (152, 153) extending between one edge of said removable portion (125) and one end of respective ones of the adjacent struck out portions (146, 147) and second spaced score lines (169, 170) coincident with the space between adjacent containers in said other row, each of said second score lines (169, 170) extending between the opposite edge of said removable portion (125) and one end of respective ones of the adjacent struck out portions (163, 164).
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