Patent ID: 7506489

Claim:
A method of packaging an arrangement of containers, comprising: producing a plurality of containers on at least first manufacturing line and a second manufacturing line, the first manufacturing line producing containers with a first set of depictions using a first series of color combinations and the second manufacturing line producing containers with a second set of depictions using a second series of color combinations, the first series of color combinations including a first plurality of colors and the second series of color combinations including a second plurality of colors, the first plurality of colors being different than the second plurality of colors, the first manufacturing line and the second manufacturing line producing containers with depictions associated with a common theme; accumulating containers with the first set of depictions from the first manufacturing line and containers with the second set of depictions from the second manufacturing line at a common location; at the common location, selecting containers from the first set of depictions from the first manufacturing line with the first series of color combinations and containers from the second set of depictions from the second manufacturing line with the second series of color combinations to form a group of containers including depictions from the first manufacturing line with the first series of color combinations and depictions from the second manufacturing line with the second series of color combinations; and packaging the group of containers including the selected depictions from the first manufacturing line with the first series of color combinations and the selected depictions from the second manufacturing line with the second series of color combinations in a package for commercial distribution.