US3874502A
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Multiple container carrier and package
Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc
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Filing: 1973-03-02
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Granted: 1975-04-01
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Expires: 1993-03-02
Abstract
Abstract A multiple container carrier made from a resilient deformable plastic sheet material and having a plurality of container encircling bands and integral webs which by virtue of their shape, size, and cooperation with certain cylindrical containers will cause the resulting package to be a tight, compact package.
Inventors
- 👤 William N Weaver
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 18:35
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D71/00; B65D71/50; B65D71/504
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
329 words
A multiple container carrier for a plurality of pairs of cylindrical containers, said carrier comprising a plurality of pairs of bands, a web interconnecting the outer marginal edges on one side of each of the bands of each pair of bands, a second web interconnecting the outer marginal edges on one side of each of the bands of adjacent pairs of said bands, said bands and said webs being formed from a resilient deformable plastic sheet material with said bands and said webs lying in the plane of said sheet material, the inner peripheral margin of each of said bands being uninterrupted and shaped to define a closed loop of four arcuate sections, said first arcuate section being contiguous to said first web and said one side of each of said bands and having a radius of curvature substantially greater than the radius of said containers, the second and third arcuate sections extending from each end of said first arcuate section and being contiguous to said second web, said second and third arcuate sections having substantially the same radius of curvature, the radius of curvature of said second and third arcuate sections being substantially less than the radius of said containers, the fourth arcuate section extending between said second and third arcuate sections and having a radius of curvature no greater than the radius of said containers, the total arcuate extent of said four arcuate sections being substantially less than the circumferential dimension of said containers, the distance between the end connections of said first webs to said bands being greater than the length of a straight line extending between the ends of said first arcuate section and less than the diameter of said cylindrical containers, and the distance between the end connections of said second webs to said bands being substantially less than the length of a straight line drawn between the points of widest spacing on the inner peripheral margin of said first and fourth arcuate sections.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
329 words
A multiple container carrier for a plurality of pairs of cylindrical containers, said carrier comprising a plurality of pairs of bands, a web interconnecting the outer marginal edges on one side of each of the bands of each pair of bands, a second web interconnecting the outer marginal edges on one side of each of the bands of adjacent pairs of said bands, said bands and said webs being formed from a resilient deformable plastic sheet material with said bands and said webs lying in the plane of said sheet material, the inner peripheral margin of each of said bands being uninterrupted and shaped to define a closed loop of four arcuate sections, said first arcuate section being contiguous to said first web and said one side of each of said bands and having a radius of curvature substantially greater than the radius of said containers, the second and third arcuate sections extending from each end of said first arcuate section and being contiguous to said second web, said second and third arcuate sections having substantially the same radius of curvature, the radius of curvature of said second and third arcuate sections being substantially less than the radius of said containers, the fourth arcuate section extending between said second and third arcuate sections and having a radius of curvature no greater than the radius of said containers, the total arcuate extent of said four arcuate sections being substantially less than the circumferential dimension of said containers, the distance between the end connections of said first webs to said bands being greater than the length of a straight line extending between the ends of said first arcuate section and less than the diameter of said cylindrical containers, and the distance between the end connections of said second webs to said bands being substantially less than the length of a straight line drawn between the points of widest spacing on the inner peripheral margin of said first and fourth arcuate sections.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A multiple container carrier as defined in claim 1, wherein the inner and outer peripheral margins of said bands including the extensions thereof integral with said webs are substantially parallel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
A multiple container carrier as defined in claim 2, wherein the width of said webs at the longitudinal centers thereof is substantially zero.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A multiple container carrier as defined in claim 1, wherein integral tabs are provided on the ends of said first webs as finger gripping handle means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
270 words
A multiple container carrier for a plurality of pairs of cylindrical containers, said carrier comprising a pluraLity of pairs of bands, a web interconnecting the outer marginal edges on one side of each of the bands of each pair of bands, a second web interconnecting the outer marginal edges on one side of each of the bands of adjacent pairs of said bands, said bands and said webs being formed from a resilient deformable plastic sheet material with said bands and said webs lying in the plane of said sheet material, the inner peripheral margin of each of said bands being uninterrupted and shaped to define a closed loop of four arcuate sections, said first arcuate section being contiguous to said first web and said one side of each of said bands and having a radius of curvature substantially greater than the radius of said containers, the second and third arcuate sections extending from each end of said first arcuate section and being contiguous to said second web, said second and third arcuate sections having substantially the same radius of curvature, the radius of curvature of said second and third arcuate sections being substantially less than the radius of said containers, the fourth arcuate section extending between said second and third arcuate sections, said fourth arcuate section having a radius of curvature substantially between the range of the radius of curvature of said containers and a radius of curvature 20 percent less than the radius of curvature of said containers, and the total arcuate extent of said four arcuate sections being substantially less than the circumferential dimension of said containers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
270 words
A multiple container carrier for a plurality of pairs of cylindrical containers, said carrier comprising a pluraLity of pairs of bands, a web interconnecting the outer marginal edges on one side of each of the bands of each pair of bands, a second web interconnecting the outer marginal edges on one side of each of the bands of adjacent pairs of said bands, said bands and said webs being formed from a resilient deformable plastic sheet material with said bands and said webs lying in the plane of said sheet material, the inner peripheral margin of each of said bands being uninterrupted and shaped to define a closed loop of four arcuate sections, said first arcuate section being contiguous to said first web and said one side of each of said bands and having a radius of curvature substantially greater than the radius of said containers, the second and third arcuate sections extending from each end of said first arcuate section and being contiguous to said second web, said second and third arcuate sections having substantially the same radius of curvature, the radius of curvature of said second and third arcuate sections being substantially less than the radius of said containers, the fourth arcuate section extending between said second and third arcuate sections, said fourth arcuate section having a radius of curvature substantially between the range of the radius of curvature of said containers and a radius of curvature 20 percent less than the radius of curvature of said containers, and the total arcuate extent of said four arcuate sections being substantially less than the circumferential dimension of said containers.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
89 words
A multiple container carrier as defined in claim 5, wherein the distance between the end connections of said first webs to said bands is substantially greater than the length of a straight line extending between the ends of said first arcuate sections and less than the diameter of said cylindrical containers, and the distance between the end connections of said second webs to said bands being substantially less than the length of a straight line drawn between the points of widest spacing between said first and fourth arcuate sections.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
44 words
A multiple container carrier as defined in claim 6 wherein the inner and outer peripheral margins of said bands including the extensions thereof integral with said webs are substantially parallel, and the width of said webs at the longitudinal centers thereof is substantially zero.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
A multiple container carrier as defined in claim 7, wherein integral tabs are provided on the ends of said first webs as finger gripping handle means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
199 words
A package of a plurality of pairs of cylindrical containers and a carrier, said containers having frusto-conical circumferential portions immediately below the upper chimes thereof, said carrier comprising a plurality of pairs of frusto-conical bands with each of said bands encircling one of said containers immediately below the upper chime thereof, a plurality of first webs, each of said first webs integrally interconnected between opposed lower edges of the bands of each pair of bands, a plurality of second webs, each of said second webs integrally interconnected between opposed lower edges of the bands of an adjacent pair of said bands, each of said bands being in a circumferentially stretched condition, each of said bands having four circumferential sections of substantially different elongation, the first of said sections being continguous to said first web, the second and third sections extending circumferentially about the container from the ends of said first section and being contiguous to said second web, the fourth section being connected between the ends of said second and third sections, said second and third sections being elongated substantially greater than said first and fourth sections, and said fourth section being elongated substantially greater than said first section.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
199 words
A package of a plurality of pairs of cylindrical containers and a carrier, said containers having frusto-conical circumferential portions immediately below the upper chimes thereof, said carrier comprising a plurality of pairs of frusto-conical bands with each of said bands encircling one of said containers immediately below the upper chime thereof, a plurality of first webs, each of said first webs integrally interconnected between opposed lower edges of the bands of each pair of bands, a plurality of second webs, each of said second webs integrally interconnected between opposed lower edges of the bands of an adjacent pair of said bands, each of said bands being in a circumferentially stretched condition, each of said bands having four circumferential sections of substantially different elongation, the first of said sections being continguous to said first web, the second and third sections extending circumferentially about the container from the ends of said first section and being contiguous to said second web, the fourth section being connected between the ends of said second and third sections, said second and third sections being elongated substantially greater than said first and fourth sections, and said fourth section being elongated substantially greater than said first section.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
A package as defined in claim 9, wherein the elongation of each of said sections decreases from the upper edges of said sections to the lower edges of said sections.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
243 words
A packAge as defined in claim 10, wherein said carrier is formed from a resilient deformable plastic sheet material with said bands and said webs lying in the plane of said sheet material, each of said webs formed in said sheet material to interconnect the opposed outer marginal edges of one side of each of said pair of bands, each of said second webs interconnecting the opposed outer marginal edges on one side of the bands of adjacent pairs of said bands, said bands further being formed in said sheet material with the inner peripheral margin of each of said bands being shaped to define a closed loop of four arcuate sections, the first arcuate section being formed contiguous to said first web and having a radius of curvature substantially greater than the radius of curvature of said containers, the second and third arcuate sections being formed to extend from each end of said first arcuate section, said second and third arcuate section being formed to have substantially the same radius of curvature, the radius of curvature of said second and third arcuate sections being formed substantially less than the radius of said containers, the fourth arcuate section extending between said second and third arcuate sections and being formed to have a radius of curvature no greater than the radius of said containers, and the total arcuate extent of said four arcuate sections being substantially less than the circumferential dimension of said containers.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
40 words
A package as defined in claim 11, wherein the width of each of said webs at the longitudinal center thereof is substantially zero, and the length of each of said webs is substantially less than the diameter of said containers.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
26 words
A package as defined in claim 12, wherein integral tabs are provided on the ends of each of said first webs as finger gripping handle means.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1978-03-31 | 1978-09-30 | 1979-04-01 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1982-03-31 | 1982-09-30 | 1983-04-01 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1986-03-31 | 1986-09-30 | 1987-04-01 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |