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US 9,957,093 B2Granted
Container package
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorRobert C. Olsen
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Abstract
A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers within a plurality of corresponding container receiving apertures wherein each container receiving aperture is stretched around a perimeter of a corresponding container and positioned under a flap extending downward from the corresponding container.
Claims6
A package of flexible containers comprising:
- a carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers within a plurality of corresponding container receiving apertures that includes a flexible sheet forming at least two rows forming a plurality of container receiving apertures;
- a lip formed of the flexible sheet along each inner transverse edge of, and extending into, each container receiving aperture;
- a plurality of flexible containers, each flexible container including at least one flap extending downward from a top edge, each flexible container engaged within a corresponding container receiving aperture and the corresponding container receiving aperture positioned under the at least one flap;
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- a weld positioned between the rows of container receiving apertures.
2 more elements
A package of flexible containers comprising:
- a carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers within a plurality of corresponding container receiving apertures that includes a flexible sheet forming at least two rows forming a plurality of container receiving apertures, wherein each container receiving aperture is generally square;
- a lip formed of the flexible sheet along each inner transverse edge of, and extending into, each container receiving aperture;
- a plurality of flexible containers, each flexible container including at least one flap extending downward from a top edge, each flexible container engaged within a corresponding container receiving aperture and the corresponding container receiving aperture positioned under the at least one flap;
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- a circular void formed at a central intersection of each four container receiving apertures.
2 more elements
A unitized package of a plurality of containers within a plurality of corresponding container receiving apertures, the package comprising:
- a flexible sheet forming a row of container receiving apertures wherein each container receiving aperture is stretched around a perimeter of a corresponding container and a portion of the flexible sheet is positioned under a flap folded downward from the corresponding container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.