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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:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Allen L Olson, Crosby, MN (US);
Kelly W Ziegler, Crosby, MN (US);
Jeffrey A Lashyro, Crosby, MN (US);
Assignee:
Riverwood International Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53157 ; 53152 ; 53156 ; 53238 ; 53251 ; 53537 ; 53540 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method of forming stacked article groups by supplying at least two streams of articles; forming a stream of first article groups having at least one article; placing a support base on a top surface of each first article group; and forming a second article group, having at least one article, on top of the support base of each first article group, whereby stacked article groups are formed. The stacked article groups are subsequently packaged.