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EP 0263211 A1 19880413 - Double-unit beverage package container.

Title (en)

Double-unit beverage package container.

Title (de)

Zweiteiliger Verpackungsbehälter für Getränke.

Title (fr)

Emballages formant récipients pour boissons associés par paire.

Publication

EP 0263211 A1 19880413 (EN)

Application

EP 86307777 A 19861008

Priority

EP 86307777 A 19861008

Abstract (en)

A beverage container 11 comprises a front container 12 and a rear container 13 formed by folding one sheet of packaging material into two equal parallelepiped bodies connected to each other at the edge 10 of a common end wall 2.

IPC 1-7

B65D 5/54; B65D 81/32

IPC 8 full level

B65D 5/54 (2006.01); B65D 81/32 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65D 5/5495 (2013.01); B65D 81/3205 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

[X] US 2697544 A 19541221 - EMIL MORAND
[X] US 4377237 A 19830322 - PAWLOWSKI THOMAS D
[X] FR 1148227 A 19571205
[X] US 2726004 A 19551206 - MCLEOD PHILIP H

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE GB SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0263211 A1 19880413

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 86307777 A 19861008