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US 7,011,209 B2Granted
Bottle carrier with improved carrying handle
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorsRobert L. Sutherland, Jim Fogle
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Abstract
A wrap-around carrier for carrying bottles, which extend through apertures in the upper sidewall with the apertures being spanned by bridges. The bridges between the rows of apertures may be locked or glued. This carrier may have a handle that extends above the tops of the bottles but which can be folded down between the tops of the bottles so that the carrier can be stacked one (1) on top of the other.
Claims11
A wrap-around carrier for containing and carrying a plurality of bottles in two (2) rows comprising:
- a) A bottom with sides, with a lower side panel attached to each side of the bottom, each lower side panel having an upper side which is attached to an upper side panel, each of which has an upper side which is attached to a carrying handle located between the upper side panels, said handle being designed to extend above the tops of the bottles being carried;
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- b) Each upper side panel having a row of apertures through which the necks of the bottles are designed to extend, each aperture in each row having a edge in the upper side panel to which a bridge is attached to an aperture edge in the row in the other upper side panel to assist in holding the upper side panels of the carrier together, each bridge having a locking head which locks with an aperture edge in the other row of apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.