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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Phillip L. Minerich, Austin, MN (US);
Jeffrey E. Johnson, Austin, MN (US);
Nicholas A. Philips, Sugar Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
Hormel Foods, LLC, Austin, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 8/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 8/102 ;
Abstract
At least one corrugated sheet is formed into a corrugated carton has a top panel, a bottom panel, opposite side walls, and opposite end walls. Intermittently spaced slits are formed through the corrugated sheet along fold lines defined between the top panel and the side walls and between the top panel and the end walls. Discrete openings are provided in the top panel to receive individual cans.