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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2019
Big Heart Pet, Inc., Orrville, OH (US);
Morgan Pearl Moak, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Andrew Douglas Gordon, Medina, OH (US);
Randall Burt Cotton, Topeka, KS (US);
BIG HEART PET, INC., Orrville, OH (US);
Abstract
A carrier and related methods of use are provided for packaging irregular-shaped products. The carrier has a footing and a vertical support member partially enclosing at least one irregular-shaped product. The vertical support member has: (1) a pair of sidewalls facing one another and having lower tabs joined to opposite ends of the footing, and (2) a rear wall with edges along the junctures with the sidewalls and a lower edge along the juncture with the footing. A wrap encloses the irregular-shaped product(s) and the carrier. The method includes uniformly aligning the irregular-shaped product(s) in the carrier and securing the carrier and product(s) by enclosing them with a wrap.