Top lift handle container carrier
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorLeslie S. Marco
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Abstract
A container carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers into a package having sleeve with a retainer portion formed with a plurality of container receiving openings arranged in three longitudinal rows. A plurality of containers are arranged within the sleeve and carried with two handles for supporting the package integrated with the retainer portion and positioned between each longitudinal row of containers. The handles, sleeve and retainer portion are each integrated together to form a single-piece carrier.
Claims21
A device for unitizing a plurality of containers within a sleeve comprising:
- at least three rows of container receiving openings formed in a retainer portion integrated with the sleeve;
- two handles integrally formed with the retainer portion, each handle extending from between two rows of container receiving openings so that the two handles are spaced one container receiving opening apart with respect to each other, each handle extending longitudinally across the retainer portion and perpendicularly from between each two longitudinal rows of containers and in a different plane from the retainer portion, each handle formed by two layers of material connected across at least one seam.
A package of a plurality of containers, the package comprising:
- a retainer portion having a plurality of container receiving openings arranged in three longitudinal rows;
- a plurality of containers arranged in an upper level and a lower level, each container receiving opening of the plurality of container receiving openings engaged with a container in the upper level of the plurality of containers;
- a handle for supporting the package integrated with the retainer portion and positioned between each two longitudinal rows of containers, the handle integrated with the retainer portion and extending perpendicularly from between each two longitudinal rows of containers and in a different plane from the retainer portion, the handle formed by two layers of material connected across at least one seam;
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- a sleeve portion stretchingly engaged around the plurality of containers, the sleeve portion integrated with the retainer portion to form a single-piece carrier.
A package of a plurality of containers, the package comprising:
- a retainer portion having a plurality of container receiving openings arranged in longitudinal rows;
- a plurality of containers arranged in an upper level and a lower level, each container receiving opening of the plurality of container receiving openings engaged with a container in the upper level of the plurality of containers;
- a sleeve portion positioned around the plurality of containers, the sleeve portion integrated with the retainer portion to form a single-piece carrier;
- a carrier tear line dividing the package into a separable upper level of the plurality of containers;
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- a handle integrated with the retainer portion and extending perpendicularly from between each two longitudinal rows of containers and in a different plane from the retainer portion, the handle formed by two layers of material connected across at least one seam and for supporting the package and the separable upper level of the plurality of containers.
A device for unitizing a plurality of containers comprising:
- a retainer portion having at least three rows of container receiving openings;
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- two handles integrally formed with the retainer portion, each handle extending from between two rows of container receiving openings so that the two handles are spaced one container receiving opening apart with respect to each other, each handle extending across a longitudinal length of the device and perpendicularly from between the rows of container receiving openings and in a different plane from the retainer portion, each handle formed by two layers of material connected across at least one seam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.