Top gripping bottle carrier and method of packaging
CA 2134971 C · Owner: Meadwestvaco Packaging Systems Llc · Inventors: Oliff, James R.; Plaxico, Bob E.; Culpepper, Will L.
Overview
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A bottle carrier includes a main panel (1) to the side edges of which a pair of side panels (8, 9) are foldably joined respectively and a pair of supplementary panels (12 14) are foldably joined, respectively to the side edges of the side panels (8 9) which, are remote from the main panel (1). The main panel (1) and the two supplementary panels (12, 14) include keyhole apertures (2-7 16-18, 30-32). Cutaway areas (23-25, 33-35) are formed along the side edges of each supplementary panel (12-14) and serve to envelope the necks of bottles following folding of one supplementary panel (12) into overlying relation with respect to the main panel (1) followed by folding of the other supplementary …
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- Filed May 4, 1993 and granted July 11, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 4, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 4, 2015.
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