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US3822012A
US3822012A US00271883A US27188372A US3822012A US 3822012 A US3822012 A US 3822012A US 00271883 A US00271883 A US 00271883A US 27188372 A US27188372 A US 27188372A US 3822012 A US3822012 A US 3822012A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D71/50—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed otherwise than by folding a blank

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  • the present invention is concerned with the arrangement of container packages in groups with the individual packages disposed in vertical array one above the other in the group, and a principal object of the invention is to provide means for maintaining the packages in the group assembly and for transport of the plural packages as a single group of packages.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide for each group of packages an elongate handle member projecting through the carrier web of each package in the group and having lateral tabs engageable with the under surface of each carrier web for transport of the group of packages.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide an elongate handle member of the above type wherein the lateral tabs are spaced along the length thereof in cor relation with individual container heights in each package such that each package is independently supported by tabs during transport of the group of packages.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a pair of six container packages in a unit handled group assembly
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the elongate handle strap
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged section along the line 33 of FIG. 1 shwoing the upper and lower packages slightly separated from one another during handle support of the group thereof for transport, and
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view showing one of the carrier sheet openings and tabs positioned therein.
  • FIG. I there is shown an upper package of six containers, such as cans with end beads 12, and a lower package of six similar cans 14 with end beads 16.
  • the packages are arranged in vertical array one above the other as a single group of two or more packages arranged for transport by a handle member 18 as will appear below.
  • the integrity of each individual package is maintained by a carrier sheet of resilient deformable plastic material, such as polyethylene or a comparable material which is apertured in ac- "cordance with the number and arrangement of the containers in each package.
  • the upper carrier sheet 20 will havesix apertures with web portionstherebetweenand through which apertures the upper ends of the cans 10 will be forced.
  • the carrier material being stretched and deformed into generally vertically disposedstrap-like ring portions 22 gripping the body portions of the cans 10 immediately below the top beads 12 for support and maintenance of the cans in the six pack assembly.
  • the lower carrier sheet 24 has similar gripping ring formations 26 for the containers 12 in that lower package.
  • the upper carrier sheet 20 is provided with a pair of openings 28, one disposed through the web portion of the sheet between a cluster of four containers and the other disposed through the comparable web portion of another cluster of .four containers with the center pair of containers being common to both clusters.
  • the lower carrier sheet 24 is provided with similarly located openings 30.
  • the handle member 18 is in the form of an elongated flat strip of polyethylene, preferably of high density type, or similar material with available s'trength and flexibility characteristics for the intended use thereof.
  • the central portion 32 of the handle strap serves as a hand grip portion and may be provided with longitudinal fold lines to conform the same to hand gripping for comfort in lifting and transporting the group of packages.
  • tabs have tapered side edges 34b and 36b rendering the same tapered as a trapezoid to facilitate passage through the openings 28, 30, in the upper and lower carrier sheets 20, 24, respectively, to a position with the ledges 34a underlying the lower carrier sheet 24 as shown in FIG. 3.
  • additional pairs of laterally extending tabs or lugs 38 and 40 which present similar abutment or support ledges 38a and 40a, respectively, facing the center of the strap and which are passed through the openings 28 in the upper carrier sheet 20 to a position underlying the same as shown in FIG. 3.
  • the central portion 32 is curved upwardly for hand gripping to lift the group of packages as a unit for transport thereof with the pendant strap or leg portions 35, 35a extending between adjacent pairs of containers 10 in the upper package.
  • the distances between the ledges 34a and 38a, on the one hand, and the distances between the ledges 36a and 40a, on the other hand, are slightly longer than the lengths or heights of the containers 10 in the upper package; So arranged, initial lifting of the handle portion 32 of the strap will bring the ledges 38a and 40a into engagement with the under surface of the web portions to opposite sides of the openings 28 in the upper carrier sheet 20 prior to engagement of the ledges 34a and 36a with the under surface of the carrier sheet 24 to opposite sides of the openings 30 therein. Continued lifting of the handle strap will first elevate the upper package of the containers 10 and thereafter elevate the lower package of the containers 14, leaving a space 50 (see FIG.
  • the ledges 34a and 36a support the lower package of containers 14 and the ledges 38a and 40a support the upper package of containers 10, with the separate weights of the packages transmitted through the strap portions 35, 35a to the handle portion 32.
  • the handle portion 32 will be depressed to be flush with the top of an underlying group and the strap portions 35, 35a and tabs will assume the dotted line positions of FIG. 3.
  • the tabs 38 and 40 may also be provided with tapered edges 38b and 40b, respectively, facing the extremities of the handle strap 18 to facilitate passage of the tabs through the openings 28 in the upper carrier sheet 20.
  • the openings 28 and 30 in the web portions of the carrier sheet may be variously shaped to facilitate passage of the tabs therethrough as for example by being in the form of slits extending longitudinally of the associated carrier sheet in which case the strap portions 35, 35a will be appropriately twisted to pass the tabs therethrough and the inherent resiliency of the handle strap material will restore the tabs to positions transversely of the slits to underlie the carrier sheet material on opposite sides thereof. Also, as shown in FIG.
  • the openings 28 and 30 may be somewhat arcuate in shape so that as a tab, for example, tabs 34 are automatically forced therethrough, they will bend slightly to follow the arc, as shown in dotted lines, due to the taughtness of the carrier web portions with the web-attached cans and then restore themselves to the underlying support positions and urged toward the outer edges of the openings to underlie maximum available carrier sheet material, as where the openings are arcuate or taper toward the outer edges, for adequate support of the packages during transport.
  • each of said groups of multiple container packages comprising a plurality of containers and a carrier, said carrier formed from a resilient plastic sheet material and having a plurality of container receiving and gripping apertures positioned in said sheet material in adjoining rows with webs of said sheet material therebetween, said plastic sheet material further having a pair of spaced apart openings through said webs and between said rows, the carriers of the two groups and the openings therein being vertically aligned, each of said plurality of containers positioned within one of said container receiving and gripping apertures of one of said carriers with said carrier immediately below the upper ends of said containers, and a support handle having a central hand grip portion and leg portions projecting downwardly from each end of saidsupport handie, each of said leg portions extending downwardly through one of said spaced apart openings of each of said carriers, and each of said leg portions provided with integral horizontally projecting ledge means, each of said ledge means positioned below one of said openings and having sufficient

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US00271883A US3822012A (en) 1972-07-14 1972-07-14 Multiple container package arrangements
CA174,827A CA1006127A (en) 1972-07-14 1973-06-25 Multiple container package arrangements
AU57930/73A AU5793073A (en) 1972-07-14 1973-07-10 Multiple container package arrangements
NL7309659A NL7309659A (xx) 1972-07-14 1973-07-11
GB3329973A GB1372683A (en) 1972-07-14 1973-07-12 Multiple container package arrangements
DE19732335526 DE2335526A1 (de) 1972-07-14 1973-07-12 Mehrfachbehaelterpackungsanordnung
IT26507/73A IT991159B (it) 1972-07-14 1973-07-12 Disposizioni per confezioni a contenitori multipli
FR7325877A FR2193385A5 (xx) 1972-07-14 1973-07-13
JP7851673A JPS5548030B2 (xx) 1972-07-14 1973-07-13

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US3930578A (en) * 1974-04-22 1976-01-06 Stein Richard J Container package
WO1984000942A1 (en) * 1982-09-03 1984-03-15 Barrie M Eaton Multi-container connector
US4564106A (en) * 1983-05-06 1986-01-14 Waddingtons Limited Lifting device with tongue flaps
US5437370A (en) * 1994-05-05 1995-08-01 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Package comprising containers in unitized upper and lower tiers
US5437364A (en) * 1994-05-05 1995-08-01 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Package comprising containers, carrier, and handle
US5439111A (en) * 1994-05-05 1995-08-08 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Package comprising containers in unitized upper and lower tiers with folded divider
US5868659A (en) * 1996-11-13 1999-02-09 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Method of forming a two-piece fused top lift carrier
US20070124996A1 (en) * 2005-10-12 2007-06-07 Hall Walter J Plant flat handle
US20070141207A1 (en) * 2005-12-15 2007-06-21 Boudrie Laura L Packaging configurations for consumable products
US20070141283A1 (en) * 2005-12-15 2007-06-21 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Package for consumable products with separately sealed compartments
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FR2658796A1 (fr) * 1990-02-26 1991-08-30 Jagenberg Ag Groupe de recipients perfectionne et procede pour sa realisation.
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US3930578A (en) * 1974-04-22 1976-01-06 Stein Richard J Container package
WO1984000942A1 (en) * 1982-09-03 1984-03-15 Barrie M Eaton Multi-container connector
US4564106A (en) * 1983-05-06 1986-01-14 Waddingtons Limited Lifting device with tongue flaps
US5437370A (en) * 1994-05-05 1995-08-01 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Package comprising containers in unitized upper and lower tiers
US5437364A (en) * 1994-05-05 1995-08-01 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Package comprising containers, carrier, and handle
US5439111A (en) * 1994-05-05 1995-08-08 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Package comprising containers in unitized upper and lower tiers with folded divider
AU666635B1 (en) * 1994-05-05 1996-02-15 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Package comprising containers in unitized upper and lower tiers with folded divider
AU676631B2 (en) * 1994-05-05 1997-03-13 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Package comprising containers in unitized upper and lower tiers
US5868659A (en) * 1996-11-13 1999-02-09 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Method of forming a two-piece fused top lift carrier
US6152508A (en) * 1996-11-13 2000-11-28 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Two-piece fused top lift carrier
US20070124996A1 (en) * 2005-10-12 2007-06-07 Hall Walter J Plant flat handle
US20070141207A1 (en) * 2005-12-15 2007-06-21 Boudrie Laura L Packaging configurations for consumable products
US20070141283A1 (en) * 2005-12-15 2007-06-21 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Package for consumable products with separately sealed compartments
US20070141208A1 (en) * 2005-12-15 2007-06-21 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Carrier for consumable products
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