Container carrier
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1. A container carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers comprising:
- a flexible web forming a plurality of container receiving apertures, each container receiving aperture elongated in the longitudinal direction, the container receiving apertures arranged in two transverse ranks and three longitudinal rows, wherein the three longitudinal rows include a center row between two outer rows and wherein each container receiving aperture is configured identically in shape and orientation to an adjacent container receiving aperture within a row;
a handle extending along one edge of the flexible web at first ends of the two transverse ranks, and extending parallel to the three longitudinal rows;
wherein the flexible web includes a series of identical longitudinally asymmetric dividing apertures positioned between adjacent ranks of container receiving apertures to form a plurality of tapered oblique bands defining the center row of container receiving apertures; and
wherein the container carrier accommodates at least four different standard container sizes between 2.25″ and
2.6″
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Abstract
A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers within a plurality of corresponding container receiving apertures formed in longitudinal rows and transverse ranks that includes three rows of container receiving apertures and a handle extending parallel to the three rows of container receiving apertures.
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13 Claims
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1. A container carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers comprising:
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a flexible web forming a plurality of container receiving apertures, each container receiving aperture elongated in the longitudinal direction, the container receiving apertures arranged in two transverse ranks and three longitudinal rows, wherein the three longitudinal rows include a center row between two outer rows and wherein each container receiving aperture is configured identically in shape and orientation to an adjacent container receiving aperture within a row; a handle extending along one edge of the flexible web at first ends of the two transverse ranks, and extending parallel to the three longitudinal rows; wherein the flexible web includes a series of identical longitudinally asymmetric dividing apertures positioned between adjacent ranks of container receiving apertures to form a plurality of tapered oblique bands defining the center row of container receiving apertures; and wherein the container carrier accommodates at least four different standard container sizes between 2.25″ and
2.6″
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9. A container carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers comprising:
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a flexible web forming a plurality of container receiving apertures, the container receiving apertures arranged in three longitudinal rows and four transverse ranks wherein the container receiving apertures in a center row are symmetric and the container receiving apertures in outer rows are asymmetric and wherein each container receiving aperture is configured identically in shape and orientation to an adjacent container receiving aperture within a row; the flexible web including a series of identical longitudinally asymmetric dividing apertures positioned between adjacent ranks of container receiving apertures forming a plurality of tapered oblique bands defining each side of the center row of container receiving apertures; a plurality of tabs, each tab extending from the flexible web between pairs of the tapered oblique bands into a container receiving aperture of the outer rows; and a handle positioned along one longitudinal edge of the flexible web at first ends of the four transverse ranks, and extending parallel to the three longitudinal rows and wherein the container carrier accommodates at least four different standard container sizes between 2.25″ and
2.6″
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