Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Signode Corporation

Arthur R Slaters

Leslie S Marco

Robert C Olsen

Victor I Deonarine

Lawrence L Lezon

Don E Graffam

Dennis J Boyd

George E Waldo, Ii

F Ronald Seager

George E Waldo

A carrier and a method for making a carrier with handles between rows of containers in both two-wide and three-wide configurations, and with the handle portion and container holding portion formed from different sheets connected together.

Top lift carrier and method of manufacture therefor

A generally continuous string of container carriers typically forming a package of fan-folded container carriers wherein the generally continuous string of container carriers are folded within a carton along a first attachment area and a second attachment area between adjacent container carriers of the plurality of container carriers and perforations are formed at least partially across the first attachment area and the second attachment area and include a series of small cuts and dividing apertures.

Container carrier string

An apparatus and method for packaging planar container carriers. A package of fan folded container carriers having a carton with vertical walls and a moveable platform positioned with respect to a bottom of the carton. Stacks of fan folded planar container carriers are then positioned in the cartons using a method for packaging wherein each stack of fan folded planar container carriers are secured with dividers positioned within the cartons. At least one carton is positioned on a base of the package to accommodate at least one additional stack of container carriers. The method is performed so that the package accommodates successive stacks of container carriers to form a generally continuous strip of container carriers.

Method and apparatus for storing and dispensing container carriers

A unitary, structural panel of a thermoplastic material and a method of forming same are disclosed. The panel includes planiform webs that traverse the full thickness dimension of the panel and define a plurality of elongated, open channels that are substantially in axial alignment with one another. One or more layers of an expanded blank are pared to form the structural panel of the invention.

Structural panel

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Arlington Heights, IL, United States of America

Arthur R Slaters