A CONTAINER CARRYING DEVICE

摘要

Apparatuses and embodiments related to container carrying devices. A container carrying device includes a plurality of full or partial apertures, each with a neck-engaging locking mechanism to receive and hold a container. The neck-engaging locking mechanism can include a mechanism to assist to hold and retain a container in the container carrying device, such as a clamping finger, a vertically oriented flange, a locking tab, etc. In some embodiments, a container carrying device can have a mechanical release strip that enables a portion of the container carrying device to be torn off, such as along a tear line that passes through one or more apertures. When a mechanical release strip is torn off, the container being held by the aperture through which the mechanical release strip passes is freed.

主权项

1. A six-pack packaging device for carrying six cans or bottles comprising:
a carrier, formed from a substantially planar sheet of material, that includes six partial apertures for receiving six cans or bottles, none of the six partial apertures being surrounded in two dimensions by the material; and six neck-engaging locking mechanisms, formed from the sheet of material and being part of the carrier, each of the six neck-engaging locking mechanisms associated with a different one of the six partial apertures and configured to hold one can or bottle of the six cans or bottles,
each neck-engaging locking mechanism of the six neck-engaging locking mechanisms including two clamping fingers that are formed from the sheet, each of the clamping fingers being configured to apply force to a neck region of one of the six cans or bottles to hold and retain the one can or bottle in the packaging device.