Package of interengaging containers for companion products
CA 2476566 A1 · Owner: Graham Packaging Company L.P. · Inventors: Yourist, Sheldon
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A package for companion products has two containers (102 104), each , comprising a mating formation (408 502) protruding in a direction toward the other container and defining a mating surface facing at an angle to the direction of protrusion and engaging the mating surface of the other container. Each container has a generally flat bottom and a center of gravity in vertical alignment with the generally flat bottom whereby each container , can stand independently of the other container. The shape of each container is the same as the other, and the containers are attached to one another. The shape enables the mating surfaces to be brought into engagement with one another by movement …
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- Filed February 26, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 26, 2023.
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