Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
  • B65D71/50—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed otherwise than by folding a blank

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• neck retaining collars may be made quite stiff because removal of the bottle or jug does not require that the collar be designed to flex so as to allow the bottle or jug neck to be pulled back through the neck retaining collar.
• FIG. 1 is a side elevation view of a preferred embodiment of the bottle/jug carrying strap of the present invention showing two jugs mounted in the bottle or jug carrying strap.
• FIG. 2 is a partial sectional view of the bottle/jug carrying strap showing the neck of a jug held within the neck retaining collar.
• FIG. 4 is a bottom elevation view of the bottle/jug carrying strap.
• each end of the elongate grip 16 Fixedly attached at each end of the elongate grip 16 are the rings 18. Attached to the inner circum- ference of each ring 18 is a neck-retaining collar 20 having a proximate portion 28 and a distal portion 30 formed by gaps 32.
• proximate portion 28 of the neck-retaining collar 20 is substantially contiguous with the associated inner circumference of the ring 18.
• bridging connections 34 radiate inward from the inner circumference of the ring 18 and connect both the proximate portion 28 and the distal portion 30 of the neck-retaining collar 20 to their associated inner circumference of the ring 18.
• the points of connection between the distal portion 30 and the ring 18 are bridging connections 34 only.
• scores 36 On the bottom side 42 of the rings 18, radially aligned with the gaps 32, are scores 36. Also located on the outer circumference of the rings 18 are tabs 38. If desired, instructions may be imprinted on the top of the tabs 38 instructing the user to "lift to remove". Lift ⁇ ing the tab 38 causes the ring 18 to deform and break at the scores 36, thereby releasing the jug from the neck- retaining collar 20.

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  • 1993-07-23 WO PCT/US1993/007156 patent/WO1994002379A1/fr not_active Application Discontinuation
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