Patent ID: 7850003

Claim:
A pre-formed heat-shrinkable holder for securing a plurality of articles, the holder comprising: a first sheet formed of heat-shrinkable material, the first sheet having a first side and a second side; and two second sheets formed of heat-shrinkable material, each second sheet being separate from the first sheet and joined to the first sheet at joinder portions, one of the second sheets being located on the first side of the first sheet and the other of the second sheets being located on the second side of the first sheet, the first sheet and each of the second sheets joined so as to create at least two openings therebetween, each second sheet forming a plurality of loops extending from the first sheet, the plurality of loops including a first loop having a first length and a second loop having a second length different from that of the first loop, each of the loops and a respective portion of the first sheet defining one of the openings, the joinder portions being formed between the loops, each of the openings sized substantially larger than one of the articles, the first and second sheets being heat-shrinkable to an extent to shrink the openings sufficiently to secure two of the articles together into a unit, the holder being formed in a group of separable holders formed sequentially from the first and second sheets, at least one of the first and second sheets including perforations configured for allowing an article to be removed from the unit after heat shrinking.