Means for handling and method of packaging shotgun shells and the like

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION WITH A BOX CONTAINER AND AMMUNITION HAVING HEAD PORTIONS, OF A SUBSTANTIALLY THIN PLASTIC BAND LINKING SAID AMMUNITION AND COMPRISING A BODY HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM WIDTH AND A PLURALITY OF CASING MEANS TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED IN A PLURALITY OF GROUPS ALONG ONE SIDE OF SAID BODY AND JOINED THERETO, SAID PLURALITY OF CASING MEANS HOLDING A LIKE PLURALITY OF SAID AMMUNITION WITH SAID HEAD PORTIONS OF SAID AMMUNITION BEING DISPOSED IN ONE DIRECTION RELATIVE TO AND ADJACENT ONE EDGE OF SAID BODY OF SAID BAND, SAID AMMUNITION BEING JUXTAPOSEDLY PACKAGED IN SAID BOX CONTAINER IN ALTERNATINGLY DISPOSED PARALLEL ROWS OF AMMUNITION AND WITH THE AMMUNITION OF EACH OF SAID PLURALITY OF GROUPS OF SAID CASING MEANS COMPRISING ONE OF SAID PARALLEL ROWS OF AMMUNITION WITH THE HEAD PORTIONS OF THE AMMUNITION OF EACH ROW BEING DISPOSED IN ONE DIRECTION RELATIVE TO SAID BOX CONTAINER AND WITH THE HEAD PORTIONS OF THE AMMUNITION OF THE ADJACENT ROW BEING DISPOSED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND WITH SAID BODY OF SAID BAND BEING CONTINUOUS AND BEING TWISTED BETWEEN EACH OF SAID PLURALITY OF GROUPS.