COMBINATION STRAPPING PACKAGE AND DISPENSER

• US 20120292427A1
• Filed: 04/05/2012
• Published: 11/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Signode Industrial Group LLC (Crown Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
• Inventors: Kaufman, Michael, Miller, Dennis, Antonio, Rolando, Hochleutner, Jeffrey
• Application Number:
  US13/440,532
• Publication Number:
  US 20120292427A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 242/590
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/671 wound in flat spiral form
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 90/10 Bio-packaging, e.g. packing containers made from renewable resources or bio-plastics

Abstract

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a combination strapping package and dispenser that includes a first strapping coil holding compartment and a second strapping coil holding compartment configured to be nested together and to define a coil receiving or holding area. The combination strapping package and dispenser is configured to hold a strapping coil during shipment from the manufacturer or distributor to the end user and additionally during the use of the strapping by the end user such that the end user does not need to remove the strapping coil from the combination strapping package and dispenser. In certain embodiments, the combination strapping package and dispenser of the present disclosure is configured for mid-range amounts of coil which are easier to transport and use, is compostable, and requires less cost to ship.

Claims

1. A combination strapping package and dispenser comprising:

a first strapping coil holding compartment;

a second strapping coil holding compartment configured to nest with the first strapping coil holding compartment, said first strapping coil holding compartment and said second strapping coil holding compartment configured to define a strapping coil holding area, said first strapping coil holding compartment and said second strapping coil holding compartment defining at least one strapping dispensing opening;

a strapping coil centering core attached to one of the first strapping coil holding compartment and the second strapping coil holding compartment; and

a plurality of coil positioners each attached to one of the first strapping coil holding compartment and the second strapping coil holding compartment.

2. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 1, wherein the first strapping coil holding compartment includes a first base wall and a plurality of first side walls connected to and extending transversely from the first base wall.

3. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 2, wherein the second strapping coil holding compartment includes a second base wall and a plurality of second side walls connected to and extending transversely from the second base wall.

4. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 3, wherein the second coil holding compartment includes a strapping end receiver in one of the second side walls which is configured to receive an end of strapping.

5. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 2, wherein each coil positioner is mounted to the first base wall of the first strapping coil holding compartment adjacent to a different one of the first side walls of the first strapping coil holding compartment.

6. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 1, which includes at least one coil dispensing guide attached to one of the first strapping coil holding compartment and the second strapping coil holding compartment.

7. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 1, which includes a plurality of coil guides mounted in the strapping coil holding area.

8. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 7, wherein each coil guide extends from a different one of the coil positioners to the strapping coil centering core.

9. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 7, wherein each coil guide is made of a low-friction material.

10. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 1, wherein at least one of the coil positioners includes a low-friction material on an interior surface of said coil positioner.

11. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 1, which includes a low-friction material on the centering core.

12. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 1, which includes a coil spacer sheet configured to be positioned in the strapping coil holding area.

13. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 1, which is at least partly made from at least one compostable material.

14. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 1, which includes a steel strapping coil positioned in the strapping coil holding area.

15. A combination strapping package and dispenser comprising:

a first strapping coil holding compartment, said first strapping coil holding compartment including a first base wall and a plurality of first side walls connected to and extending transversely from the first base wall;

a second strapping coil holding compartment configured to nest with the first strapping coil holding compartment, said second strapping coil holding compartment including a second base wall and a plurality of second side walls connected to and extending transversely from the second base wall, when attached, said first strapping coil holding compartment and said second strapping coil holding compartment define a strapping coil receiving area, and one of the first side walls of the first strapping coil holding compartment and one of the second side walls of the second strapping coil holding compartment define a plurality of aligned strapping dispensing openings;

a strapping coil centering core attached to the first strapping coil holding compartment;

a plurality of coil positioners, each attached to the first base wall of the first strapping coil holding compartment coil adjacent to a different one of the first side walls of the first strapping coil holding compartment; and

a plurality of elongated coil guides attached to the first base wall of the first strapping coil holding compartment.

16. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 15, wherein the second strapping coil holding compartment includes a strapping end receiver in one of the second side walls which is configured to receive an end of strapping.

17. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 15, wherein at least coil dispensing guide is attached one of the first strapping coil holding compartment and the second strapping coil holding compartment.

18. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 15, wherein each coil guide is made of a low-friction material.

19. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 15, wherein at least one of the coil positioners includes a low-friction material on an interior surface of said coil positioner.

20. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 15, which includes a low-friction material on the centering core.

21. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 15, which is at least partly made from at least one compostable material.

22. The combination strapping package and dispenser of claim 15, which includes a steel strapping coil positioned in the strapping coil receiving area.