Battery package
AssigneeEveready Battery Company, Inc.
InventorLarry W. Worley
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Abstract
A package for a plurality of dry cell batteries includes a heat shrinkable tube or sleeve dimensioned to receive the batteries in a tandem, side-by-side relationship. The tube is heat shrunk around the batteries to form a rigid set or package. A tear strip, affixed to an inner surface of the tube, extends between open ends of the tube. A plurality of the individual battery sets are arranged in a back-to-back grouping. An elongated, open-ended outer tube receives the grouped sets. The outer tube is heat shrunk around the sets to form a riged package. An outer tear strip may be affixed to an undersurface of the outer tube to permit easy opening of the package.
Claims5
A battery package comprising:
- a plurality of batteries, each battery including a label;
- a heat shrinkable open ended sleeve dimensioned to receive said batteries in tandem, side-by-side relationship, said sleeve covering terminals of the batteries and shrink wrapping the batteries into a rigid package with portions of the battery labels showing through said open ends, said heat shrinkable sleeve being a PVC resin film;
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- a tear strip affixed to an inner surface of said sleeve, said strip extending between ends of the sleeve with a portion extending into one of said open ends.
A battery package comprising:
- a plurality of individual batteries separated into a plurality of battery sets;
- a plurality of inner tubes, each inner tube being heat shrunk around one of said battery sets to form individually wrapped sets, said sets arranged in back-to-back, abutting relationship to form a generally rectangular grouping;
- an outer tube heat shrunk around said grouping of individually wrapped sets, said outer tube having a pair of open ends;
- a tear strip attached to an inner surface of said outer tube, said tear strip including an exposed end, said pack further including a plurality of individual tear strips each secured to an undersurface of one of said inner tubes, said inner tubes cover the terminals of said batteries of each set and the open ends of said inner tubes expose portions of the sides of said batteries, said inner tubes each having an axis extending through said open ends, and wherein said outer tube has a longitudinal axis which is generally perpendicular to the axes of said inner tubes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.