Patent ID: 6053320
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A ganged-together plurality of individually complete closed packages, comprising:a plurality of individually complete closed packages, each said package having a collar portion, a compartment protruding from said collar portion, a closed bottom portion of said package adjacent said collar portion, each said individually complete closed package having saleable goods packaged within its protruding compartment and closed bottom portion;a wrap-around band for ganging together in side-by-side orientation said plurality of individually complete closed packages;a front surface of said wrap-around band, said front surface having a plurality of openings and a peripheral area around said openings, each said opening peripherally surrounding said closed bottom portion of each of said protruding compartments and in substantially unlocked relationship to said individually complete closed packages, their compartments, collar portions and closed bottom portions to permit unrestricted insertion and removal of each said individually complete closed package into and from its opening, said closed bottom portion being formed independently of said front surface of said wrap-around band to permit unrestricted removal of the individually complete closed packages from said front surface of said wrap-around band;a back surface of said wrap-around band, said back surface being substantially free of openings and substantially covering said closed bottom portion of said individually complete closed packages opposite the side from which said compartment protrudes, said back surface, in cooperation with said peripheral area of the front surface, enclosing each said collar portion of the individually complete packages; andmeans for securing said peripheral area of the front surface to said back surface and for sealing each said collar portion, and thus each said plurality of individually complete closed packages within said wrap-around band and between said peripheral area of the front surface and said back surface of the wrap-around band.