Patent ID: 6591986
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A handling system for caseless transport of plural, like-configured containers containing a comestible liquid product, the handling system comprising:plural similarly configured containers disposed in stacked rows, each container including a substantially planar top surface having a pour spout and for receiving loads from a row stacked above, a substantially planar base for supporting the load and a sidewall interconnecting the top surface and the base, a load transfer feature formed in the pour spout, sidewall and a handle extending from the upper surface for transferring load to the bottom surface, the containers being thin-walled and having a weight to volume ratio of approximately fifty-five to seventy grams per gallon; a preselected number of containers being disposed in contiguous relationship and held together as a unit with a first flexible wrapping material; and container units being grouped together and stacked on top of one another for transport, the container units being held in grouped and stacked array by a second flexible wrapping material.