Abstract: A container package comprising an array of cans, each of which has an annular bead on the upper end thereof and a carrier. The carrier includes a sheet of flexible plastic material having a plurality of openings forming an array for receiving the ends of the cans a film of plastic material coextensive with the sheet and bonded to the periphery of the sheet so that it is flat and taut on the sheet. The cans are inserted upwardly into the openings and retained by the carrier by flexing of the periphery of each opening upwardly against the chime or bead of each can. As the cans are inserted, the film is stretched so that it is taut about the upper ends of the cans. The film is stretched substantially flat and taut from one peripheral edge to an opposite peripheral edge. The carrier thus protects the cans from contaminants. The carrier supports the array of the cans so that the upper ends of the cans are in a single plane when the package is lifted through finger openings in the film and sheet.

Abstract: A synthetic resin sheet integrally coextruded by coextruding sheet main body portions and a slender notching strip interposed between right and left side sheet main body portions, wherein the notching strip is formed of a mixture resin material of a first synthetic resin material of molding material of the sheet main body portions, a second synthetic resin material impossible to be bonded with the first synthetic resin material, a third synthetic resin material possible to be bonded with the first and second synthetic resin materials, and a fourth synthetic resin material for softening the molded notching strip, melt index value of the notching strip is the same as or substantially lower than that of the main body portions, and the softening temperature of the notching strip is the same as or substantially higher than that of the sheet main body portions, and a thermally molded container formed of the sheet, thereby smoothly and clearly separating the sheet main body portions and the notching strip of the she

Abstract: A paperboard wrap-around article carrier which has end panels foldably connected to the top panel and to gusset panels. The gusset panels allow the end panels to be folded and maintained in a substantially vertical position. The end panels extend beyond the lowermost ends of the gusset panels so that the foldable connections between the gusset panels and the end panels is minimal, thus minimizing the cumulative memory of the fibers in the foldable connections to prevent the forces generated by the memory from unfolding the end panels and snapping them up out of place.

Abstract: A bottle carrier device utilizing a single sheet-like resilient carrier device with a plurality of outer rank and middle rank apertures adapted to be positioned midway of the body of the bottles for individually grasping the bottles. The outer rank apertures are elongated longitudinally while the middle rank apertures are elongated transversely. A pair of handles are created in diagonally opposed outer rank apertures.

Abstract: An integrally formed plastic carrier for supporting a plurality of containers by their necks and shoulders, separately and independently of each other, includes a flat plate having a plurality of circular apertures for receiving a container by the shoulder. Each aperture includes an upwardly extending circular wall and a series of bands which connect with a smaller upper ring. A plurality of container supporting tabs project upwards from the upper ring in order to retain each container by its neck.

Abstract: Plastic carrier devices that are corrugated to create alternating thick rib sections, that have not been stretched and thin fully oriented sections. Applicating techniques that utilize the ability to pretension the devices to be fed onto an applicating drum are part of the multi-packaging system of this invention.

Abstract: A selectively reinforced paperboard carton having areas of reinforcement formed by impregnating the uncoated paperboard carton blank in patterned areas with a polyisocyanate which reacts with hydroxyl groups within the paperboard to form a cured polyurethane reinforcement. The preferred polyisocyanate is polymethylene polyphenylisocyanate.

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: The bottle carrier includes an upper support having a plurality of resilient neck engaging fingers that are aligned with a like number of bottom engaging members carried by a lower support. The upper and lower supports are held in spaced relationship by a pair of spacer members so that bottles placed in the carrier are engaged by the bottom engaging members in the concave bottom of the bottle and engaged at the neck by resilient fingers. The carrier is preferably constructed from a high impact styrene.

Abstract: A multi-packaging device for bottles which utilizes a single sheet-like resilient carrier device positioned about the body of bottles and individually gripping each of the bottles. A pair of handles are created in diagonally opposite end rank apertures in the device and apertures laterally adjacent the handle apertures include web structures to compensate for the presence of the handles when lateral stretching forces are applied solely to the outer margins of the carrier device.

Abstract: A clip for forming a multiple container package which is capable of securely holding cans to form a multiple can package and allowing ease of disengagement and relative bending of adjacent cans in directions parallel to the multiple container package. A cover is also disclosed which engages the clip which can comprise a coupon. The clip is designed to engage cans having a wide range of counter-sink depths by providing an ear having a guiding portion with sufficient flexibility to conform to the top portion of the can. A hook portion of the clip is designed to securely engage the chime portion of the can while uniform support is provided by a concentric support wall, to maintain engagement of the can in a secure manner with increased holding ability. A rib structure extends into the ear portion to provide additional support. Flange means limit movement of discrete body portions of the clip to allow ease in disengagement in response to radial diagonal movement of cans during disengagement.

Abstract: A molded plastic bottle holder is illustrated wherein individual rib sections are provided for receiving respective necks of the bottles held to form a package. Each of the individual rib sections carries a number of segmental flexible lip members extending upwardly and inwardly to receive the neck of the bottle and wedge shaped members are carried by marginal portions of the flexible lip members to define an opening and to add rigidity at the opening to facilitate removal of a bottle from the bottle holder while ensuring adequate gripping action during handling.

Abstract: A bottle carrier for carrying a plurality of bottles having a body portion and a neck portion and a closure which is attached to the neck of the bottle which comprises a generally flat blank formed of a material that is flexible and elastic. The blank comprises a first part defining a central portion and a second part defining a band which is severable from the first part and is adapted to be stretched about a group of bottles. The first part comprises a plurality of openings in spaced rows for receiving the necks of the containers and engaging the necks below the closures. In order to meet the requirements of adequately securing the bottles in the carrier and at the same time, being able to apply the carrier to the bottles rapidly by automatic machines, the carrier includes the following relationships: (1) minimum widths of the webs between the openings for receiving the necks of the bottles and the periphery of the carrier, (2) the stress on the webs must be less than 550 p.s.i.

Abstract: A package is provided that has connector carrier means for connecting a first multicontainer pack and a second multicontainer pack, each container having a top finish, each multicontainer pack having a top carrier for engaging the finish of a container, the connector engaging at least two of the finishes of the containers in each pack to provide a stable portable package.

Abstract: An article carrier of the basket style in which the opposed side and end walls are of the same height as a medial partition formed of two face contacting panels is provided with longitudinal finger gripping apertures formed in the face contacting medial panels and a reinforcing panel is struck from the area of one of the medial panels below the finger gripping apertures and adjacent the ends thereof and folded upwardly into face contacting relationship with the associated medial panel so as to afford reinforcement for the handle structure of the carrier.

Abstract: A multi-packaging device for cylindrical containers formed from stretchable and elastic plastic material is disclosed as having a plurality of container encircling bands with generally D-shaped hole configurations for a tight and compact package and including means providing uniform and equal separation of adjacent bands from each other, and deflectable finger tab means for easy gripping thereof by a user for carrying containers.

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 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: A bottle carrier of the so-called neck-through, top gripping type is formed of semi-rigid material and comprises a frame structure in which a plurality of collars are formed each collar having at least one pair of lift tabs which are upwardly inclined and which engage the flange of a bottle to impart an upward lifting force thereto together with at least one pair of stabilizing tabs integrally formed with the frame structure and which engage a bottle shoulder so as to impart a force to the bottle shoulder which has a lateral component as well as a downward component and by this means to grip the bottle at spaced points one above the other and thereby to enhance the stability of the carrier.

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: A novel crown support carrier is disclosed having a generally one-piece construction formed in an inverted U-shaped configuration. A pair of downwardly depending legs are formed on the apex of the U-shape and tape means are applied to the lower corner portions of each leg to tightly pull the downwardly positioned legs against the bottles contained in the carrier to thereby form a tightly secured beverage carrier. The tape means has indicia designating printing positioned thereon in the form of advertising or other copy material. In the preferred embodiments, the carrier is designed for two or six bottle capacity but may be used for other combinations of bottles such as three, four, five or more than six bottles.

Abstract: For packaging groups of articles whose exterior dimensions may vary somewhat, an article carrier of the wraparound type comprises a blank of generally rectangular configuration having lap panels at its ends which may be overlapped and secured together in flat face contacting relation in alternate relative positions of long and short overlaps to form tubular structures of different girths respectively wherein at least one combination locking and retaining tab is struck from one of the lap panels and wherein at least one locking tab and at least one retaining tab are struck from the other lap panel and disposed in spaced transverse alignment with each other whereby said combination locking and retaining tab may be driven through the aperture defined by said retaining tab when said one lap panel is disposed in an outer overlapping position relative to said other lap panel and whereby said locking tab may be driven through the aperture defined by said combination locking and retaining tab when said other lap pane

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: 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: An article carrier blank comprising a bottom panel (1), a pair of side panels (2,3) foldably joined respectively to the side edges of the bottom panel, a pair of top panels (6,8) foldably joined respectively to the edges of the side panels remote from the bottom panel, a pair of sloping panels (10,12) foldably joined respectively to the edges of the top panels remote from the side panels, a pair of auxiliary top panels (14,16) foldably joined respectively to the edges of the sloping panels remote from the top panels, a neck receiving aperture (40-45) formed in the bottom panel, a transverse retention tab (47) foldably joined to the bottom panel and disposed in the neck receiving aperture, a medial bend line (57) formed in the retention tab and a bend line extension formed in the bottom panel and disposed in alignment with the medial bend line.

Abstract: An article carrier formed from a unitary blank comprises a top wall (1) with side (2,3) and end walls (6,7) depending downwardly and generally outwardly therefrom, multiple neck receiving apertures (16-21) together with finger gripping apertures (10,11) formed in the top wall, and an overlapping web panel (22,23,26,27) and anchoring tabs (30,31,34,35) foldably joined to the end edges of the side and end walls and secured together at each corner of the carrier.

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 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 system for supplying to jobbers, in packaged form, quantities of bottled or canned beverages, or other products, similarly packaged, which enables the jobbers to readily convert the cartons, in which the packaged products are shipped, into display cases or trays, by removing portions of the shipping containers without disturbing the contents, so as to display and provide access to the multi-unit packages, and wherein the multi-unit packages are formed by tightly wrapping a cut and scored paperboard blank about the top, bottom and sides of an assembly of the bottles or cans which wrapper blank is provided with tear lines or areas near the bottom on opposite sides of the wrapper which enable the major portion of the wrapper to be torn off by an upward pull on top portions of the wrapper without the need for access to the sides thereof and which leaves the individual bottles or cans undisturbed but accessible for ready removal individually.