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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Horst F Arfert, Midlothian, VA (US);
Assignee:
Reynolds Metals Company, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53410 ; 53442 ; 5338 / ; 53557 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for packaging containers in cardboard trays with a surrounding plastics resin film. The trays are formed with apertures in each corner thereof, and holes are burned in the plastics resin film, after the package is formed, in registry with the apertures of the tray, permitting escape of leaked product within the containers from the package.