Patent ID: 6666331
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A paperboard carrier for sealed beverage bottles, each bottle having a sealed bottle opening, said carrier comprising:a pair of spaced substantially parallel side walls; a pair of spaced end walls connected to ends of said side walls to form a continuous perimeter member; a base member connected to a lower edge of said side and/or end walls so as to form a tray member to support the bottles when in said carrier and maintain adjacent bottles in contact; and bottle restraining means comprising strap member extending from an upper edge of each side wall or each end wall away from the base member to a top member which is adapted to overlie and contact each sealed bottle opening via engaging means selected from the group consisting of a cut out, dome or bulge, each such cut out, dome or bulge being adapted to engage a sealed bottle opening of an associated bottle when in the carrier, the number of such cut outs, domes or bulges being equal to the number of bottles which constitute a full complement of bottles, each said strap member having a width less than a length of its associated side or end wall, said bottle restraining means being adapted, in combination with said base to engage and prevent unsealing of a bottle when in, and extraction of a bottle from, the filled carrier without causing visible change to the carrier.