Patent ID: 6148994
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A carrier for carrying a plurality of containers, the carrier comprising:a planar sheet of a plastic material, the sheet having a plurality of container receiving openings arranged in longitudinal rows and transverse ranks;a corner container receiving opening of the container receiving openings located at an intersection between an outermost row of the longitudinal rows and an outermost rank of the transverse ranks, the corner container receiving opening having a first longitudinal length defined along a greatest longitudinal axis and having an outer corner in the form of a first arc having a first degree of curve;a first longitudinal band between the corner container receiving openings;an inner container receiving opening of the container receiving openings located in an inner rank of the transverse ranks, the inner container receiving opening having a second longitudinal length defined along a greatest longitudinal axis, the second longitudinal length shorter than the first longitudinal length and having at least one corner in the form of a second arc having a second degree of curve, the first degree of curve being greater than the second degree of curve;a second longitudinal band between the inner container receiving openings, the second longitudinal band wider than the first longitudinal band;a panel integrally formed with the sheet, the panel extending outward from a panel edge of the sheet and formed to lay flat with respect to the plurality of containers; andthe panel edge at least partially formed along a portion of each of the container receiving openings, the panel edge positioned in a longitudinal direction along a generally straight line.