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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2020
Kevin Alan L'heureux, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Keith James Elliott, San Marcos, CA (US);
Wayne Gebhardt, Cheney, WA (US);
Kevin Alan L'Heureux, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Keith James Elliott, San Marcos, CA (US);
Wayne Gebhardt, Cheney, WA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A system for packaging two or more containers with a paperboard carrier having two or more apertures. Each aperture has a plurality of tabs formed at an inside edge thereof that bend upward when contacting a lower edge of a chime of one of the containers. The system includes a platen having apertures for pressing the carrier down uniformly onto the containers and a carrier support configured for maintaining the carrier in the flat configuration as the platen presses the carrier onto the containers substantially simultaneously. Some embodiments of the system include a one-piece manual applicator, while other embodiments include a semi-automatic apparatus that includes a carrier support with retractable carrier support plates and a linear actuator for pressing the platen and carrier down on the containers. A method of use is also disclosed.