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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1999
FCP Europa Carton Faltschachtel GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
A container carrier including a blank of a foldable sheet material, in particular cardboard, for wrapping around a plurality of bottles or other containers which includes a bottom panel, side panels hingedly joined to the longitudinal edges of the bottom panel, and a top panel hingedly joined to other longitudinal edges of the side panels. Two spaced-apart handle openings are included in the top panel. The container carrier also includes a connection between one of the aforementioned panels and an adhesive tab hingedly attached to an adjacent panel or between overlapping sections of one of these panels. A further blank made of a foldable sheet material, in particular cardboard, is arranged above the plurality of containers which comprises a reinforcement panel provided under the top panel. Two further spaced-apart handle openings are included in the reinforcement panel arranged under the handle openings of the top panel and a connection to the blank to be wrapped around the containers.