Patent ID: 6223499
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: B65B,B65D

Abstract:
A method for packaging at least two products together side-by-side, said method comprising the steps of:providing at least two products intended to be packaged together side-by-side, said products having opposite top and bottom ends and peripheral side surfaces extending between their respective ends;positioning said products side-by-side;providing a wrapper of plastic sheet material, said wrapper having opposite end edges and having contact adhesive applied to a discrete surface area adjacent at least one said end edges thereof; and,wrapping said wrapper about said products for over-lapping respective portions only of said side surfaces intermediate said ends of said products, and with said opposite end edges of said wrapper being overlapped and bonded together via said contact adhesive, or with both said opposite end edges of said wrapper bonded to one of said products via said contact adhesive, so that the bonded end edge, or edges, of said wrapper is able to be peeled off for separating said products.