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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1976
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1974
Clifford C Faust, Riverside, IL (US);
Union Carbide Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A package is provided comprising a plurality of articles having an upper end portion of smaller cross-section arranged in an abutting array of at least two rows and a flexible plastic film about and retaining said array of articles, said film having portions thereof infolded between the upper end portions of abutting articles of opposite ends of the array of articles whereby an integral reinforced finger grip is formed for grasping and carrying said package. Also provided is a method for making a package comprising enveloping an abutting array of articles, each article having an upper end portion of smaller cross-section, with a flexible plastic film and infolding and tucking portions of said film between the upper end portions of abutting articles at opposite ends of the array of articles whereby means for carrying said package is formed.