Multi container package and carrier

Claim 2

A package of filled and sealed pouch-like containers each with closed ends presenting corner portions of maintained integrity and relative stiffness, and carrier means including a pair of end support members connected by a strap portion, and each end member having groups of recess means with the recess means of each group oriented in accordance with the spacing arrangement of the corner portions of an adjacent container in the package and wedgingly receiving and interlocking with adjacent corner portions trapping the containers in the package for handling and transport.

Claim 3

A package as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carrier means is in the form of a sheet of plastic material providing the end members in sheet form which are apertured to provide the recess means with the apertures oriented in accordance with the spacing arrangement of the corner portions which project therethrough for the wedging and interlocking association.

Claim 4

A package as claimed in claim 2, wherein the apertures are of substantially tear drop configuration with the curved portions engaging the corner portions of the ends of the containers.

Claim 5

A package as claimed in claim 3, wherein the containers are disposed horizontally in the package with a pair of end corner portions in straight line opposition and projecting beyond the body portions of the containers and with the apertures of each group arranged in corresponding pairs.

Claim 6

A package as claimed in claim 4, wherein the corner portions of the containers are disposed at an angle to the vertical center line of the package with the pairs of apertures correspondingly angled.

Claim 7

A carrier blank for supporting in package form a plurality of filled pouch-like containers each with closed ends having spaced projecting corner portions, and comprising a pair of end support portions connected by a strap portion of a length permitting the end portions to be angled relative thereto for disposition across the ends of containers in package form, and each end portion having groups of recess means with the recess means of each group oriented in accordance with the spacing of the corner portions of an adjacent container in package form for wedgingly receiving the adjacent corner portions for support of containers in packaged assembly.

Claim 8

A carrier blank for supporting in package form a plurality of filled pouch-like containers each with closed ends having spaced projecting corner portions, and comprising a pair of end support portions connected by a strap portion of a length permitting the end portions to be angled relative thereto for disposition across the ends of containers in package form, and each end portion having groups of recess means with the recess means of each group oriented in accordance with the spacing of the corner portions of an adjacent container in package form for wedgingly receiving the adjacent corner portions for support of containers in packaged assembly.

Claim 9

A carrier blank as claimed in claim 6, wherein the recess means comprise apertures through the end portions with the apertures of each group arranged in pairs on opposite sides of the center line of the blank.

Claim 10

A carrier as claimed in claim 7, wherein the axis of each pair of apertures is inclined relative to the center line of the blank.

Claim 11

A carrier as claimed in claim 8, wherein the apertures are of tear drop configuration.

Claim 12

A carrier as claimed in claim 9, wherein the rounded ends of the apertures of each pair are at the outer ends of the axis thereof.

Claim 13

A package of plurality of filled and sealed pouch-like containers, each of said containers having a generally cylindrically body portion and closed ends each of which presents a pair of opposed corners projecting radially outwardly of the body portion, said body portion and closed ends of said containers being of substantially maintained integrity and relative stiffness, and a carrier formed from a sheet of unsupported resilient plastic material, said carrier comprising a central strap portion and end sections, each of said end sections having a plurality of spaced apart apertures, said containers being arranged in a longitudinal contiguous relationship of two vertical contiguous rows, and said end sections mounted over the closed ends of said containers with said spaced apart apertures engaging the opposed corners of said closed ends to urge said body portions of adjacent containers together along lines circumferentially displaced from lines drawn longitudinally of said containers through said opposed corners.

Claim 14

A package of plurality of filled and sealed pouch-like containers, each of said containers having a generally cylindrically body portion and closed ends each of which presents a pair of opposed corners projecting radially outwardly of the body portion, said body portion and closed ends of said containers being of substantially maintained integrity and relative stiffness, and a carrier formed from a sheet of unsupported resilient plastic material, said carrier comprising a central strap portion and end sections, each of said end sections having a plurality of spaced apart apertures, said containers being arranged in a longitudinal contiguous relationship of two vertical contiguous rows, and said end sections mounted over the closed ends of said containers with said spaced apart apertures engaging the opposed corners of said closed ends to urge said body portions of adjacent containers together along lines circumferentially displaced from lines drawn longitudinally of said containers through said opposed corners.