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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2002
Applicants:

David C. Schiltz, Columbus, OH (US);

Christina M. Tranfaglia, Glenview, IL (US);

Jeffrey L. Roberts, Round Lake Park, IL (US);

Edward J. Seeberger, Dublin, OH (US);

Brad W. Dickason, Hilliard, OH (US);

Inventors:

David C. Schiltz, Columbus, OH (US);

Christina M. Tranfaglia, Glenview, IL (US);

Jeffrey L. Roberts, Round Lake Park, IL (US);

Edward J. Seeberger, Dublin, OH (US);

Brad W. Dickason, Hilliard, OH (US);

Assignee:

Pactiv Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a method of packaging an arrangement of plates is disclosed. The method of packaging an arrangement of plates comprises providing a plurality of plates that have a depiction associated with a common theme, selecting from the plurality of plates to form a first group of plates and a second group of plates, and packaging the first and second group of plates for commercial distribution. The plurality of plates including a number of different depictions, and the second group of plates containing plates with different depictions than the first group of plates.


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