Patent ID: 11939129
Assignee: FOOTPRINT INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  D  Y | IPC B  D

Claim 0:
1. A vacuum-formed carrier for holding cylindrically shaped containers, comprising:
a plurality of collars interconnected by a web, wherein each collar exhibits a nominal diameter of about 1.95 inches and the web exhibits a substantially uniform thickness in a range of 0.01 to 0.05 inches;
wherein the plurality of collars comprises a fiber-based material produced using a slurry including at least one of old corrugated containers (OCC) and newsprint (NP), a moisture barrier additive in an amount of about 4.0% by weight; a wet strength additive in an amount of about 4.0% by weight; and a dry strength additive in an amount of about 4.0% by weight;
wherein the wet strength additive comprises a polyamidoamine-epichlorohydrin (PAE) resin; and the dry strength additive comprises a cationic modified polyamine water soluble polymer.