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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
Graphic Packaging International, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Aaron Lee Bates, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Raymond R. Spivey, Sr., Mableton, GA (US);
Graphic Packaging International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A package comprising a carton and an arrangement of containers. The carton can comprise a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels can comprise at least a first panel and a second panel disposed opposite to one another. The arrangement can comprise a number of rows of containers disposed at least partially in the interior of the carton. The arrangement can include at least a first row and a second row extending along the respective first and second panels. A load width of the arrangement can be less than the number of rows multiplied by a first difference between the diameter of the containers approximately an eighth of an inch, and the load width can be greater than the number of rows multiplied by a second difference between the diameter and approximately a half of an inch.