US3757983A
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Disposable integral bottle and stacking cases
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1971-03-24
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Granted: 1973-09-11
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Expires: 1991-03-24
Abstract
Abstract A multiplicity of disposable plastic containers are structurally interconnected in a unitary, severable assemblage to form a package from which the containers can be selectively removed by a simple manual tearing action.
Inventors
- 👤 Carthy D Mc
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 02:59
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D21/00; B65D21/02; B65D21/0209; B65D21/023; B65D21/0231; B65D1/00; B65D1/22; B65D1/26; B65D1/30; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S220/00; Y10S220/902
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
279 words
An integral stacking and transporting container package assemblage molded from plastic and comprising a plurality of individual containers of identical geometrical form and shape, each container having a bottom, side walls, and top and constituting an individual, self-sufficient, product-containing entity, said containers in which the walls thereof are formed of two plastic materials as inner and outer walls and said containers abut and are conjoined along the lines of contact and being disposed in parallel spaced apart, side-by-side fashion into an integral package case having a geometrical shape constituted by the sum total of the shapes of the assembled and spacedly conjoined containers, said package assemblage having a bottom, top, and sides, said bottom being a flat sheet that constitutes the bottom wall for each of the conjoined containers and having peripheral edges extending laterally beyond the outermost containers, said outermost containers defining the sides of said package assemblage, said top being in the form of a flat sheet disposed parallel with and spaced upwardly from the bottom sheet and of a geometrical shape and size identical thereto and being disposed below the tops of the containers and integral therewith in a manner to encompass the containers below their tops, said top and bottom sheet constituting a means for conjoining said containers so that the containers are in rigid, connected and and reinforcing relationship, and said top and bottom sheets having score lines provided in vertical alignment thereon and constituting means rupturable by manual power whereby a selected outermost container or group thereof can be removed from the package case without impairing the rigidity of the package case and without damage to a side wall of the selected container.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
279 words
An integral stacking and transporting container package assemblage molded from plastic and comprising a plurality of individual containers of identical geometrical form and shape, each container having a bottom, side walls, and top and constituting an individual, self-sufficient, product-containing entity, said containers in which the walls thereof are formed of two plastic materials as inner and outer walls and said containers abut and are conjoined along the lines of contact and being disposed in parallel spaced apart, side-by-side fashion into an integral package case having a geometrical shape constituted by the sum total of the shapes of the assembled and spacedly conjoined containers, said package assemblage having a bottom, top, and sides, said bottom being a flat sheet that constitutes the bottom wall for each of the conjoined containers and having peripheral edges extending laterally beyond the outermost containers, said outermost containers defining the sides of said package assemblage, said top being in the form of a flat sheet disposed parallel with and spaced upwardly from the bottom sheet and of a geometrical shape and size identical thereto and being disposed below the tops of the containers and integral therewith in a manner to encompass the containers below their tops, said top and bottom sheet constituting a means for conjoining said containers so that the containers are in rigid, connected and and reinforcing relationship, and said top and bottom sheets having score lines provided in vertical alignment thereon and constituting means rupturable by manual power whereby a selected outermost container or group thereof can be removed from the package case without impairing the rigidity of the package case and without damage to a side wall of the selected container.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The package assemblage of claim 1 in which a multicellular material forms the outer wall of said container and fills all voids between adjacent containers.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1976-09-10 | 1977-03-12 | 1977-09-11 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1980-09-10 | 1981-03-12 | 1981-09-11 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1984-09-10 | 1985-03-12 | 1985-09-11 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |