Patent ID: 6039181
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A transit packaging comprising:a plurality of like containers arranged in a regular pattern, said plurality of containers having uniform height, shape and size, each of said like containers having straight sides, a top and a bottom;a blank of paperboard having scores defining foldable opposed side panels and a central panel for overlying said containers wherein said opposed side panels are foldable to extend downwardly substantially perpendicular to said central panel and substantially parallel to the sides of said containers, said side panels each having a height when folded less than the height of said containers, each of said side panels having an aligned notch at opposite end edges thereof;said central panel having a plurality of footprints equal in number to said plurality of containers and arranged in said regular pattern corresponding in positions to said containers each said footprints comprising an aperture a circular score concentric with said aperture and a plurality of tabs radiating inwardly from said circular score, wherein said tabs engage protrusions on each said plurality of containers upon extending said containers upwardly through respective apertures, thereby retaining said containers onto said central panel in said regular pattern between said side panels;at least one strap positioned in said aligned notches and wrapped about said side panels and said containers urging said containers together and retaining said side panels in said perpendicular condition, forming a structural package.