US 12,280,903 B2
Container carrier
Vincent Bowman, Highland Park, IL (US); Griffin E. Rustad, Chicago, IL (US); Hyunchul Kim, Chicago, IL (US); and Jacob M. Fornof, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/981,064.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/276,309, filed on Nov. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/276,296, filed on Nov. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/276,304, filed on Nov. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0147374 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 71/50 (2006.01); B65B 17/02 (2006.01); B65D 25/28 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 17/025 (2013.01) [B65D 25/2838 (2013.01); B65D 71/502 (2013.01); B65D 2571/0029 (2013.01); B65D 2571/00444 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers, the container carrier comprising:
a plurality of container receiving openings, each of the plurality of container receiving openings including a first engagement means configured to engage and retain a can around a chime, and a second engagement means configured to engage and retain a bottle, wherein the first engagement means and the second engagement means are generally superimposed upon each other;
an outer perimeter of the each of the plurality of container receiving openings forming the first engagement means, wherein the outer perimeter engages and retains the can; and
a plurality of radial tabs inwardly extending from the outer perimeter forming the second engagement means, wherein the plurality of radial tabs engage and retain the bottle.