Container package with composite carrier
US5425446A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 2, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jun 20, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 2, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D71/504
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A can package is disclosed, including an array of cans disposed in longitudinal rows and transverse ranks. A first carrier member of resilient, flexible, plastic material includes a similar array of apertures respectively receiving can bodies. A second carrier member of self-supporting sheet material or paperboard includes a top panel overlying chimes of the cans and opposite side panels extending down along opposite sides of the cans and secured to the plastic carrier member. Slits are formed in the second member at junctions between the top panel and the side panels for presenting opposing edges respectively extending over and engaging beneath chimes of adjacent cans.
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