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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2007
Jean-michel Auclair, Chateauroux, FR;
Alain Saulas, Chateauroux, FR;
Jean-Michel Auclair, Chateauroux, FR;
Alain Saulas, Chateauroux, FR;
Meadwestvaco Packaging Systems, LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A two-part () transporting and vending package () for containing and displaying articles (A). The articles are grouped and disposed upon the first part (), which is augment by the second part () to give the package sufficient structural integrity to resist compressive forces being transmitted to the articles when the package is stacked with other such packages. The second part also restricts access to the articles. The package also comprises a releasable retaining means () provided to maintain the first and second parts as a unit until access to the articles is required. The retaining means can be manipulated to deprive the package of its initial structural integrity and to provide improved access to the articles to facilitate vending.