Patent ID: 8403144

Claim:
A distribution assembly comprising: a load comprising a plurality of liquid containers; and a plurality of slip sheets, each slip sheet of the plurality of slip sheets configured to laterally group one or more liquid containers of the plurality of liquid containers, the slip sheet comprising: a plurality of cutouts, each cutout configured to hold one liquid container of the plurality of liquid containers; wherein each liquid container of the plurality of liquid containers comprises: a base member; a sidewall member that is attached to and extends upward from the base member; a spout; an upwardly converging neck member that couples the sidewall member and the spout, the neck member comprising at least one rib that extends from the spout to the sidewall member; and a handle that protrudes from the container proximate the neck member; and each slip sheet of the plurality of slip sheets further comprising: each cutout shaped such that the spout, at least part of the neck member, and at least part of the handle of the one liquid container held by the cutout passes through the cutout.