Patent ID: 9550613
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. A collection of articles provided as a plurality of stacked parallelepiped containers, each parallelepiped container having a bottom, sidewalls, and a top, the collection of stacked parallelepiped containers comprising: a supporting medium selected from the group consisting of a basket, a bin, a box, a case, a catch-all, a chest, a container, a crate, a envelope, a mold, a packing case, a packing crate, a pallet, a pocket, a receptacle, and a tin and having a first slip sheet disposed on a surface thereof; a first plurality of parallelepiped containers arranged in a first layer upon said first slip sheet, each parallelepiped container of said first plurality of parallelepiped containers being disposed adjacent each other so that a first sidewall of a first parallelepiped container of said first plurality of parallelepiped containers is disposed immediately adjacent a first sidewall of a second parallelepiped container of said first plurality of parallelepiped containers to define a first space therebetween; a second plurality of parallelepiped containers arranged in a second layer upon said first layer, each parallelepiped container of said second plurality of parallelepiped containers being disposed adjacent each other so that a first sidewall of a first parallelepiped container of said second plurality of parallelepiped containers is disposed immediately adjacent a first sidewall of a second parallelepiped container of said second plurality of parallelepiped containers to define a second space therebetween; a second slip sheet disposed upon a top surface of said second layer and wherein no slip sheet is disposed between said first plurality of parallelepiped containers and said second plurality of parallelepiped containers; wherein a first portion of said first sidewall of said first parallelepiped container of said first plurality of parallelepiped containers disposed within said first space is bonded to a first portion of said first sidewall of said second parallelepiped container of said first plurality of parallelepiped containers disposed within said first space when said first parallelepiped container and said second parallelepiped container of said first plurality of parallelepiped containers are placed into contacting engagement; wherein a first portion of said first sidewall of said first parallelepiped container of said second plurality of parallelepiped containers disposed within said second space is bonded to a first portion of said first sidewall of said second parallelepiped container of said second plurality of parallelepiped containers disposed within said second space when said first parallelepiped container and said second parallelepiped container of said second plurality of parallelepiped containers are placed into contacting engagement; and, wherein a top of a third parallelepiped container of said first plurality of parallelepiped containers is bonded to a bottom of a third parallelepiped container of said second plurality of parallelepiped containers at least partially coextensive thereto.