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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:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2004
Applicant:
Leslie S. Marco, Bloomingdale, IL (US);
Inventor:
Leslie S. Marco, Bloomingdale, IL (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 75/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sleeve for a package of containers such as a group of beverage bottles and cans. The sleeve surrounds the group of containers held by a carrier. The sleeve includes a parting line allowing separation of the sleeve to release the containers, and a tear-initiating breach in the sleeve configured to yield to pressure and initiate tearing along the parting line.