Patent · US Expired

Package group

US4669611A · kind A · utility

37Cited by
8References
2Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 18, 1986
Grant dateJun 2, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 18, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D2203/08
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A package group comprising at least two individual packages fastened together in stacked, registered superimposed relationship by a wrap around band. The wrap around band is adhesively attached to two adjacent sides of the package group symmetrically with the interface between the two packages of the group. Each package has a pricing bar code on one surface thereof, and the packages are oriented so that the surface of each package having the bar code face to the same side of the package group. The wrap around band is fabricated of a transparent material and includes an opaque panel asymmetrically located to one side of the longitudinal centerline of the band. The opaque panel is positioned, sized and configured to completely cover the pricing bar code on only one of the packages of the group.

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