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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:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2002
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);
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);
Pactiv Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
Arrangements of containers, cases of container packages, and methods of packaging arrangements of containers are described. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of packaging an arrangement of containers includes producing a plurality of containers that each have a depiction associated with a common theme, selecting from the plurality of containers to form a first group of containers and a second group of containers, and packaging the first group of containers and second group of containers for commercial distribution. The plurality of containers include a number of different depictions, and the second group of containers includes containers with different depictions than the first group of containers.