Abstract: A plural container packaged for securing together a plurality of identical containers, each said container having an open neck finish, an outstanding bead portion disposed below said finish portion, an angled shoulder portion disposed below said bead portion and an elongate hollow enlarged diameter main body portion having a closed bottom, in communication with said finish opening. The package includes a plurality of such containers, in a regular geometric array, with a unitary cover shroud overlaying each container in the array such that the upper portion of the cover shroud is subjacent to the bead portion of the containers and the lower portion of the cover shroud extends approximately to the midpoint of the container main body portion. A first container securing means interconnects each container at a point immediately subjacent to the bead portion of the container and superjacent to the cover shroud.

Abstract: A combination of a plurality of bottles and a carrier therefor. The bottles are each formed with elongated necks having an annular flange forming a barb-like member intermediate the ends of the bottle neck. A carrier for a plurality of bottles, preferably six, is made of an integrally formed plastic sheet shaped to conform with the upper portion of the body of the bottle below the annular flange. The carriers are also formed with openings having four symmetrically arranged tabs projecting inwardly to engage the lower surface of the bottle flange.

Abstract: A carrier for holding a plurality of articles which includes a shell formed of relatively thin printable sheet material having a molded plastic frame bonded to the underside thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides a holding device for one or more rows of bottles or the like. The device comprises essentially a sleeve of sheet material having upper and lower walls and side walls, and the device is applied to the containers by passing it over the containers so that the tops pass through apertures in the base wall and then apertures in the top wall. The containers are locked to the device by virtue of the device having locking tabs or a locking wall which folds upwardly by virtue of engagement with the containers, but locks under the container rims or beads on the caps of the containers or at the container mouths, preventing removal of the container by movement in an opposite direction. Preferably, there are two locking devices which engage the container rims or beads at opposite sides, and lie in an inclined position relative to the container axis.

Abstract: A cover for multiple unit container packages of containers secured by at least one clip device having a central opening wherein the cover includes a tab device extending through the clip opening and engaging clip bottom surfaces to hold the cover in place on the top of the multiple unit package.

Abstract: An article carrier comprising a pair of handle panels joined along the upper edges thereof, a pair of side walls integrally joined respectively to the lower edges of the handle panels, a first pair of end wall panels joined respectively to the side edges of one of the side walls, a second pair of end wall panels joined respectively to the side edges of the other side wall, a pair of glue flaps joined respectively to the inner edges of one of the pairs of end wall panels, a pair of reinforcing panels secured respectively in flat face contacting relation with the inner surfaces of the handle panels, and a promotional tab joined to the lower edge of one of the reinforcing panels.

Abstract: A sheet-like, thermoplastic multi-packaging device for an array of generally cylindrical containers and a multi-package created by such a device. At least one side of the device, namely the side designed to be in tight stretching contact with the container, being of a matte finish so that the device and container will not bind or adhere, thus permitting relative movement between the surfaces.

Abstract: A bottle carrier is formed by means of first and second panels interconnected by a longitudinally extending fold line. The first panel is provided with a first pair of aperatures spaced longitudinally and symetrically positioned on opposite sides of a transverse line substantially perpendicular to the fold line while the second panel is provided with a second pair of aperatures (larger than the first pair) spaced longitudinally on the second panel symetrically on opposite sides of the transverse line. Connecting passages traverse the longitudinal fold line and connect adjacent of said first and second aperatures. These connecting passages slope from a first aperature towards the adjacent second aperature in a direction away from the transverse line.

Abstract: This invention relates to a carton of the wrap-around neck-through type for bottles in which at least three parallel rows of apertures are provided in a top wall panel of the carton for receiving neck portions of the bottles. The carton further includes an end closure at opposite ends thereof, each end closure comprises a top flap hinged to the top wall of the carton and to the adjacent side walls, and a pair of base flaps hinged to respective ones of the carton base panels and to the adjacent side walls. The base flaps are secured in overlapping relationship with respect to the top flap.

Abstract: A crown support beverage carrier of the type designed to firmly retain two bottles within the carrier by holding the bottles in a sun burst bottle neck receiving opening. The carrier comprises an elongated inverted U-shaped upper section having formed therein at least two sun burst bottle neck receiving openings with a pair of side walls being hingedly attached to the inverted U-shaped upper section and a pair of end walls being hingedly attached to the pair of side walls.

Abstract: A crown support beverage carrier of the type designed to carry at least two bottles firmly locked within the carrier by the necks of the bottles with the carrier comprising an elongated inverted V-shaped upper section having formed therein bottle neck receiving openings which receive the necks of the beverage bottles and firmly retain the beverage bottles in the openings. A pair of side walls are hingedly attached to the inverted V-shaped upper section and a pair of end walls are hingedly attached to the pair of side walls.

Abstract: A bottle carrier having in an array on its upper side a plurality of bottle seats for receiving the bottoms of upright bottles held in a similar carrier thereabove. A set of bottle grippers is supported and centered relative to each seat by bottle gripper supports beneath the seat. Each set of bottle grippers releasably grips the neck of a bottle at the lower end of its finish, and is adapted for hanging the bottle by its finish with the upper end of the bottle below the seat and for supporting the carrier on the neck of the bottle. A set of bottles gripped by a carrier may be stacked on another set of bottles gripped by a carrier with the bottles of the upper set seated in the lower carrier's seats. For compact stacking of empty carriers, the bottle gripper supports are tapered to be received within central openings in the bottle seats.

Abstract: A strip of container carrier stock formed from a thin resilient plastic sheet material which is designed to be applied to containers by machines and which may particularly accommodate stretching forces applied nonsymmetrically relative to either the longitudinal axis of the stock or to the lateral axis extending across each laterally aligned series of bands. The stock of this invention is thus configured to be nonsymmetrical about the longitudinal axis of the stock or about a lateral axis extending through the midpoints of each row of container receiving aperture creating bands.

Abstract: This invention relates to a bottomless bottle carrier for a pair of bottles and which comprises a pair of side walls flanking wall portions of the bottles, the side walls having mutually inclined upper portions hinged together to provide a top wall, the top wall having a bottle-neck receiving aperture for each bottle and including bottle-neck engaging means by which the load exerted by the bottle is transferred to the carrier to support the bottle when the carrier is lifted, a wrap-around end wall connecting together lower portions of the side walls at each end of the carrier and providing, together with the lower side wall portions, a peripheral skirt to maintain the bottles in close side-by-side relationship, and tying flaps secured together within the carrier connecting together the side walls to limit movement of the upper side wall portions away from one another.

Abstract: A promotional card of paperboard is provided for incorporating in a package of stubby type bottled products which are disposed in double row transversely paired relation and held in a group by a plastic shroud or plastic shrink wrap, which card has a top panel generally with apertures for receiving capped portions of the bottles and for seating beneath the bottom edges of the cap skirts and snuggly engaging the outermost top portions of the bottles, the card being in the form of a flat foldable or formable blank which is trapped beneath the shroud or wrap and which is cut and scored to fit over a center pair of capped bottles with outer end portions conforming generally to interior face portions of the shroud or wrap and extending a portion of the distance down the outer sides of the bottles and when employed with the shroud terminating adjacent bottom edges of the shroud.

Abstract: A strip of relatively thin thermoplastic material particularly designed to be longitudinally permanently stretched so as to be transformed from a preform having a plurality of relatively small apertures into a container multi-packaging device having a similar plurality of larger can receiving apertures. The apertures in the preform are formed by bands which are designed to be reconfigured by stretching by the design of segments of the strip which are configured to have a non-uniform width with a narrow region intermediate the extremities of such a segment to effectively control the stretching of such a segment when subjected to stretching forces sufficient to elongate the segment beyond its elastic limit.

Abstract: An improved tab separator element interposes label bearing glass bottles in a paperboard carrier carton. An arcuately shaped fold line not only flares outwardly the front portion of the tab to provide a wider aperture facilitating insertion of the bottle into the carton, but also increases tab resiliency which aids in holding packaged bottles firmly in place within the carton. Leading edges of the tab are rounded and angled to decrease the possibility of tearing or disfiguring paper labels.

Abstract: A bottle carrier for enveloping the flanged necks of a plurality of bottles arranged in two rows of at least two bottles each includes an apertured bottom panel arranged with the bottle neck receiving apertures disposed in at least two rows, a locking notch formed in each aperture and located adjacent the longitudinal medial center line of the bottom panel, an inwardly and upwardly tapered side wall foldably joined to each side edge of the bottom panel, an inwardly and downwardly tapered support wall foldably joined to the top edge of each of said side walls, a plurality of apertures formed in each of said side walls and in each of said support walls and near the upper edges thereof to define a plurality of neck receiving apertures for engaging the flanges of the bottle necks respectively and a plurality of locking tabs formed along the bottom edges of said support walls and arranged to engage said notches respectively thereby to interconnect said support walls with said bottom panel.

Abstract: An article carrier comprising bottom panel elements, inner and outer side wall means upstanding from the bottom panel elements, apertures formed in the side wall means for receiving the neck portions of the packaged articles, the bottom panel elements arranged to define bottom apertures, the bottom apertures aligned respectively with the apertures, pull tabs formed in one of the outer side walls and extending between each pair of aligned apertures, cut lines disposed in the inner side wall adjacent the pull tab, and an ad panel foldably joined to the other outer side wall and extending downwardly therefrom.

Abstract: A promotional card of paperboard is provided for incorporating in a package of stubby type beverage bottles which are disposed in double row transversely paired relation and held in a group by a molded plastic shroud or bonnet having a top panel with apertures for receiving capped portions of the bottles and for seating beneath the bottom edges of the cap skirts and snuggly engaging the outermost top portions of the bottles, the promotional card comprising a flat blank which is trapped beneath the shroud and which is cut and scored to fit over a center pair of capped bottles with outer end portions conforming generally to interior face portions of the shroud and terminating adjacent bottom edges of the shroud.

Abstract: A carrier for bottles having flanged neck portions is disclosed. The subject carrier includes a generally tubular triangle formed from a horizontal bottom panel hingedly connected to a pair of inclined side panels. The bottom panel is provided with openings which are vertically aligned with flange receiving apertures located at the apex of the triangular configuration. The bottles are received through the openings in the bottom panel, with the flanged neck portions being supported by the edges of the flange receiving apertures in the side walls. A plurality of inner support triangles are provided each including an apex coincident with the apex of the outer triangle and having side walls which are in abutting relationship with, and adhesively connected to, the inner surfaces of the adjacent side walls of the outer triangle. The bottom panel of each inner triangle acts as a support member which inhibits the spreading of the side walls of the outer triangle to prevent the accidental release of the bottles.

Abstract: An article carrier formed from a unitary blank and comprising a bottom wall (1), side wall means (2, 3, 32, 37) secured to the side edges of the bottom wall, a pair of end walls (20,53) secured respectively to the ends of the bottom wall, a top panel (30) secured to the upper edges of the side wall means and the end walls, a secondary bottom panel (6) secured to an end edge of the bottom wall and disposed in overlying relationship therewith, handle means (8, 11) secured to the secondary bottom panel and upstanding therefrom, and the top panel being removable with at least one V-shaped bend line (51,52) formed therein.

Abstract: A secondary container packaging material for use in six pack can wraps, six pack bottle carriers, twelve pack carriers, etc., comprising a composite of a paper material laminated to a plastic film. The plastic film provides tear resistance to the composite, so that paper material may be used which has a tear resistance less than that of other secondary packaging paper materials. The reduced tear resistance allows the use of paper having a lower caliper, basis weight, and, therefore, cost than conventional secondary container packaging material. Natural kraft paper and recycled paper of 12-16 point caliper are preferred for use with the present composite. The plastic film may be 0.25-2 mils thick and is preferably formed of polyethylene terpthalate, polyethylene, polyvinylchloride, polypropylene, or cellophane. The preferred films are transparent and permit reverse printing on their inner surface to provide abrasion resistant decoration visible through the film.

Abstract: A carrier package arrangement adapted for marketing bottled beverages or similar articles formed by securing on the top portions of a plurality of bottles arranged in a double row a carrier device which is formed by folding a cut and scored blank of paperboard, or similar material, into a tube with a generally rectangular cross section and securing the device on the tops of the bottles so as to engage the neck of each bottle in a position defining aperture in a base forming bottom panel of the device with downwardly directed flange formations on the cap on the top of each bottle engaging upwardly facing edge formations defining openings at the top fold line of upwardly converging wall forming panels which are arranged in paired relation and extend along opposite sides of the tube, with a top panel of the device extending between bottom edges of the innermost wall forming panels and having portions thereof secured to the base forming bottom panel which are scored, so as to fold downwardly in accordian fashion.

Abstract: An integrally formed bottle carrier in which an upper frame contains a plurality of bottle supporting collars for receiving and supporting therein the necks of bottles and in which a bottle retaining bar forming a loop around the cluster of bottles is secured below the frame by a plurality of integrally formed depending supports.

Abstract: A multipackaging device made from resilient plastic material and flat strip stock for producing a plurality of such devices. The strip comprises a pair of rows of bands of laterally aligned container encircling bands, each which define noncircular apertures. The plurality of bands are integrally connected by first web means joining laterally aligned pairs of bands and second web means joining longitudinally adjacent bands in a given row. The laterally innermost section of each band being generally V-shaped with an apex region and pair of legs extending from each apex with the first web means connecting laterally opposed legs of each pair of laterally aligned bands. This construction permits the strip to be stretched laterally by application of forces solely at the outer edge of the strip so each aperture is reconfigured from a noncircular aperture to a substantially circular aperture for application about a container.

Abstract: A package for a linear array of bottles or the like and a carrier included in the package made of sheet plastic material configured to be generally tubular, having side walls diverging downwardly from an upper region which is interrupted by longitudinally spaced openings for receiving the inserted neck portions of the bottles in supporting engagement with at least side marginal edges of the apertures. The bottom wall of the carrier is designed to include lower apertures formed therein in registry with the upper apertures. The portion of the bottom wall intermediate the lower apertures is V-shaped in cross section permitting lateral forces to decrease the upper aperture dimension as the carrier and package is grasped in regions intermediate the bottles.

Abstract: A multi-packaging device formed from stretchable and elastic plastic sheet material is disclosed as having a plurality of attached bands each including inner and outer curvilinear band sections wherein at least the outer curvilinear band sections thereof have a variable or tapering band width.

Abstract: A single piece semi-rigid plastic carrier for glass containers is provided with the carrier comprising a planar top panel, which includes gripping means and a plurality of apertures adapted to supportingly receive a plurality of containers for holding same in a multipack assemblage, a generally sinusoidal type peripheral wall extends downwardly from the outer margins of the planar top panel and merges with a peripheral skirt which skirt, in turn, merges with a lip which is generally parallel to the planar top panel.

Abstract: A carton for twelve bottles, the carton having a bottom panel, end panels and a top panel. The top panel is divided into a center section, two intermediate sections and two side sections connected together on hinge lines. Openings are formed on the hinge lines to receive the necks of bottles. A first row of bottles is inserted into each side of the carton with the necks lodged on the ends. The intermediate sections are swung to horizontal position to capture the first rows of bottles in the openings at the hinge lines. A second row of bottles is inserted into each side of the carton, and the side sections are swung downwardly to capture the second rows of bottles in the openings. The side sections are then sealed to side flaps.

Abstract: A plastic sheet band multi-packaging device is disclosed as having means to facilitate carrying thereof in an economical and efficient multi-packaging design. The assembly of plastic sheet band multi-packaging devices to containers can also be greatly enhanced by folding techniques prior to and/or during assembly.

Abstract: A packaged linear array of bottles or like containers having reduced neck portions with applied caps, and including a carrier of sheet plastic material having side walls diverging downwardly from an apical fold line interrupted by longitudinally spaced openings receiving the inserted neck portions with edge portions of the openings in supporting engagement beneath outward annular shoulder means as provided by the closure caps or by outward rib means on the containers below the ends of the neck portions, and further including longitudinally spaced strap elements connecting the lower edges of the side walls substantially between adjacent openings and contoured to engage adjacent surface portions of containers inserted in the carrier for stable transport and handling of the package.