US 12,258,157 B2
Beverage multipacks
Michael Phillip Czarnecki, Bensenville, IL (US); and Bryan Michael Schertzer, Geneva, IL (US)
Assigned to ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/962,103.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/253,766, filed on Oct. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0109936 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 13/18 (2006.01); B65B 13/32 (2006.01); B65B 17/02 (2006.01); B65B 61/26 (2006.01); B65C 3/16 (2006.01); B65D 71/50 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 13/182 (2013.01) [B65B 13/32 (2013.01); B65B 17/02 (2013.01); B65B 61/26 (2013.01); B65C 3/163 (2013.01); B65D 71/50 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of forming a multipack of a plurality of containers, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a label on each container of the plurality of containers, wherein the label at least partially surrounds a portion of each container of the plurality of containers;
integrating a metal element with the label of each container;
assembling the plurality of containers into a multipack;
heating the metal element of the label of each container;
forming an adhesive bond on at least a portion of the label along the metal element between each container; and
securing each container to at least one other container by the adhesive bond.