Patent · US Expired

Reusable can carrier with can enlocking means on opposite surfaces

US4120396A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 16, 1977
Grant dateOct 17, 1978
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Expiry dateAug 16, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S206/821
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A can carrier which is reusable and is injection molded of plastics material, the can carrier being in the form of a sheet having projecting from opposite surfaces thereof circumferentially spaced arcuate flange segments, each flange segment defining a socket receiving the double seam or chime of a can and interlocking the same with the can carrier. The flange arrangement on opposite sides of the sheet being in alignment with the flange segments on each side of the sheet being aligned with the spaces between flange segments on the opposite sides of the sheet.

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