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

Claim 11:
12. A method of manufacturing a carrier for cylindrically shaped containers, comprising:
providing a wire mesh mold in the shape of the carrier;
immersing the wire mesh mold into a fiber-based slurry;
drawing a vacuum across the wire mesh mold to cause fiber particles to accumulate at a wire mesh surface; and
removing the wire mesh mold and accumulated fiber particles from the fiber-based slurry; and
subsequently drying the accumulated fiber particles to yield the carrier;
wherein the fiber-based slurry comprises:
a fiber base including at least one of old corrugated containers (OCC) or newsprint (NP);
a moisture barrier additive in an amount of about 4% by weight;
a wet strength additive in an amount of about 4% by weight; and
a dry strength additive in an amount of about 4% by weight,
wherein the carrier comprises 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 of about 0.05 inches.