EP3119691A4 - Carton for containers - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP3119691A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: carton; containers
Prior art date: 2014-03-21
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP15765009.4A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

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EP3119691A1 (en

Inventor

Jon Thompson

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Graphic Packaging International LLC

Original Assignee

Graphic Packaging International LLC

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2014-03-21

Filing date

2015-03-19

Publication date

2017-11-22

2015-03-19 Application filed by Graphic Packaging International LLC filed Critical Graphic Packaging International LLC

2017-01-25 Publication of EP3119691A1 publication Critical patent/EP3119691A1/en

2017-11-22 Publication of EP3119691A4 publication Critical patent/EP3119691A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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
- B65D71/06—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers
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- B65D71/14—Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers the packaging elements, e.g. wrappers being formed by folding a single blank having the shape of a tube, without, or not being characterised by, end walls
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- 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
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- B65D2571/00709—Shape of the formed wrapper, i.e. shape of each formed element if the wrapper is made from more than one element
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EP15765009.4A 2014-03-21 2015-03-19 Carton for containers Withdrawn EP3119691A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US201461967594P	2014-03-21	2014-03-21
PCT/US2015/021423 WO2015143128A1 (en)	2014-03-21	2015-03-19	Carton for containers

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP3119691A1 EP3119691A1 (en)	2017-01-25
EP3119691A4 true EP3119691A4 (en)	2017-11-22

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Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP15765009.4A Withdrawn EP3119691A4 (en)	2014-03-21	2015-03-19	Carton for containers

Country Status (3)

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US (1)	US20150266640A1 (en)
EP (1)	EP3119691A4 (en)
WO (1)	WO2015143128A1 (en)

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US20150266640A1 (en)	2015-09-24
WO2015143128A1 (en)	2015-09-24
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