Patent ID: 11926458
Assignee: FISHBONE PACKAGING INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A carrier for a plurality of containers of the type having a body, a neck, and a lid with a chime, the chimes of the container all aligned in a common horizontal plane, the carrier comprising:
an upper web having an upper web top surface, an upper web bottom surface, at least one upper web peripheral edge, and a plurality of upper web aperture each for receiving the chime and neck of one of the containers therethrough, each upper web aperture having a plurality of tabs formed at an inside edge thereof, each tab configured for bending upward when contacting the chime of one of the containers, each tab having a length and a thickness;
a lower web having a lower web top surface, a lower web bottom surface, at least one lower web peripheral edge, and a plurality of lower web apertures each for receiving the body of one of the containers therethrough; and
a side web connecting the upper web with the lower web, the side web including an outer surface, an inner surface, and at least one side web peripheral edge; wherein:
the at least one upper web peripheral edge includes multiple upper linear edge portions,
the at least one lower web peripheral edge includes multiple lower linear edge portions,
a single one of the multiple upper linear edge portions is connected, via the side web, to a single one of the multiple lower linear edge portions, and
the plurality of tabs are formed uniformly about an entirety of the inside edge of the upper web aperture;
whereby with the containers aligned with the lower web apertures of the lower web, the lower web is pressed onto the containers uniformly so that one container traverses each lower web aperture, each lower web aperture engaging the body of one of the containers, and then the upper web is pressed onto the containers uniformly, the tabs of each of the upper web apertures of the carrier deforming upwardly substantially simultaneously to pass the chimes of the containers, each tab abutting a lower edge of the chime of one of the containers and engaging the neck of the container, the upper web and the lower web holding each container at the body, neck and chime.