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US 5,515,973 AGranted
Bulk package wrapping and securing system
AssigneeJames River Paper Company, Inc.
InventorDennis Sharp
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Abstract
A system of wrapping and securing together the components of a bulk package including a bottom tray element and a top cap element with an integral web of plastic material. The plastic material, while in a rope-like configuration, is looped about only a single pair of diagonally opposed corners of each of the top cap element and bottom tray element. The tail or terminal end of the web is secured in place by being positioned between a wrap convolution and the bulk package.
Claims6
A wrapped and secured bulk package comprising, in combination:
- a bulk package including objects stacked in layers with each layer comprising a plurality of said objects disposed in rows, a bottom tray element disposed under the lower-most layer having four corners and a substantially rectangular configuration, and a top cap element disposed over the upper-most layer having four corners and a substantially rectangular configuration, and said top cap element and said bottom tray element being in substantial registry;
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- an integral web of plastic material wrapping and securing together said bulk package, said web having a first web segment with a rope-like configuration wrapped about the outer periphery of the bulk package defined by the sides of the bulk package, a second web segment with a rope-like configuration looped about only a single pair of diagonally opposed corners of each of said top cap element and said bottom tray element, with said single pair of diagonally opposed corners of said top cap element about which said second web segment is looped being generally ninety degrees out of registry with the single pair of diagonally opposed corners of the bottom tray element about which the second web segment is looped, and a third web segment in a substantially uncompressed state wrapped about the sides of the bulk package to substantially cover said sides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.