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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:
Mar. 09, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1997
Richard T Galbierz, St. Louis, MO (US);
Michael A Galbierz, St. Louis, MO (US);
Eco-Pak Products, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A carrier for holding and transporting a plurality of bottles includes a top panel, a bottom panel, and two side panels extending between said top and bottom panels to form a sleeve through which the bottles extend. When the carrier is formed to carry six or more bottles, the top panel has at least two rows of outboard apertures which are adapted to receive the bottles to engage the bottles to retain the bottles in the carrier. The bottom panel extends between the side panels and also includes at least two rows of outboard surrounding apertures which are aligned with, but radially offset from the outboard apertures of the top panel, such that the centers of the bottom panel outboard apertures are closer to the side panels than are the outboard apertures of the top panel. If the carrier includes inboard apertures in the top and bottom panel, the inboard apertures of the top and bottom panel are preferably concentric with each other. Further, the bottom panel outboard apertures are larger than the bottom panel inboard apertures. Lastly, when bottles are introduced into the carrier, the position of the outboard apertures and the size of the side panels cause the side panels to slope downwardly and inwardly. The carriers can be provided with a flexible handle to facilitate carrying heavy packages (i.e., 12 packs or greater).