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US 6,923,314 B2Granted
Banded container package with opening feature
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorLeslie S. Marco
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Abstract
A package for containers such as beverage bottles and cans includes a carrier with an array of loops, one loop provided for surrounding each container. A sleeve surrounds the group of containers held by the carrier. The carrier includes perforations, slits and frangible links for tearing the carrier and releasing containers individually. The sleeve includes parting lines allowing separated portions of the carrier to be pulled through the sleeve as the containers are released.
Claims17
A package for a group of containers including individual containers to be held in rows, said package comprising;
- an integral plastic carrier including a contain holding portion of interconnected stretchable loops, one said loop for each said container, each said loop surrounding a different one of said containers, said container holding portion having a margin extending along said loops, said margin adapted for tearing to individually release containers held by said carrier;
- and
- a sleeve of stretchable material surrounding the group of containers, said sleeve having a parting line adapted for separation in conjunction with tearing of said margin.
A package of containers, comprising;
- a carrier including a plurality of loops;
- a group of containers, one said container disposed and secured in each said loop;
- an outer margin portion of said carrier adjacent said loops adapted to be torn to release individual containers from said loops;
- and
- a sleeve surrounding said group of containers, said sleeve adapted for progressive parting in conjunction with tearing of said margin portion to allow said outer margin portion to be pulled through said sleeve as said outer margin portion is torn.
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