| 摘要 |
<p>A plastic carrier device (20) for carrying a plurality of containers (22), such as bottles, or cans has container engaging portions (2,34); each of which is formed from a sheet of plastics material and includes bands (36) which define apertures (38) therein for engaging the side walls (26) of the containers (22) to form a package (24). Each container engaging portions (32,34) has a top margin (40) and opposite side margins (44,46). A joined portion (48) is formed at the top margins (40) by bonding the top margins (40) together for joining the container engaging portions (32,34) together such that the portions (32,34) freely extend downwardly from the joined portion (48). The bonded joined portio (48) is continuous along the length of the carrier (20). A notch portion (52) is provided along the side margins (44,46) of each of the container engaging portions (32,34) and is downwardly of the joined portion (48) to relieve the amount of stress placed on the ends of the joined portion when the bands (36) are stretched over the containers (22) by a jaw stretching machine. A plurality of cutouts (58) are provided in each container engaging portion (32,34) downwardly of the joined portion (48) and are located between adjacent apertures (36) in the portions (32,34). <IMAGE></p> |
