Patent ID: 7237671

Claim:
A multiple packaged good article package comprising: a carrier including a base panel and first and second side panels extending from opposite sides of the base panel; a multiplicity of packaged good articles each including a flexible walled bag defining opposing major faces, a top region, and a bottom region; wherein the multiplicity of packaged good articles are arranged on the carrier in an upright, major face-to-major face fashion so as to define first and second outermost packaged good articles, each having an exposed major face relative to a remainder of the packaged good articles, and an interior packaged good article, and further wherein each of the bottom regions contact the base panel and the first and second side panels extend along a portion of the exposed major face of the first and second outermost packaged good articles, respectively; a handle provided apart from the carrier and extending across the top regions of the packaged good articles, from the exposed major face of the first outermost packaged good article to the exposed major face of the second outermost packaged good article, wherein the handle is an elongated strip defining opposing first and second end sections, and further including: a trans parent top film layer; an adhesive layer disposed along a back side of the top film layer; and a transparent liner film layer adhered to the adhesive layer opposite the top film layer, the liner film layer having a length less than a length of the top film layer such that the adhesive layer is exposed at the first and second end sections; and retaining means for securing the interior packaged good article to the outermost packaged good articles.