Container package
CA 2079582 C · Owner: Illinois Tool Works Inc. · Inventors: Van Erden, Donald L.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A package for releasably holding a plurality of containers comprises an arraying device a plurality of, containers, and encompassing means. The arraying device releasably holds the containers together to form a predetermined array. The containers have a bottom, and are insertable into the arraying device so that the arraying device is located proximate to the bottoms. The arraying device loosely retains the containers therewithin. The encompassing means surrounds the containers and the arraying device for retaining the containers.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed September 30, 1992 and granted September 29, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 30, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by September 30, 2014.
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