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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2021
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Rachell L. Slovik, Bartlett, IL (US);
Patrick R. Van Tholen, Lombard, IL (US);
Robert C. Olsen, Medinah, IL (US);
Christopher J. Samaras, Tinley Park, IL (US);
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A flexible container carrier and related method for unitizing a plurality of containers that includes a plurality of flexible bands forming an array of container receiving apertures, the array arranged in longitudinal rows and transverse ranks. A series of frangible lines of separation are provided between each container receiving opening so that removing a container from the package results in the separation of the frangible lines of separation defining the respective container receiving opening and thus the container and a respective band of the plurality of bands are removed from the package together.