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A multi-unit package with a paperboard tray carrying a plurality of articles over which extends a flexible film sheet whose opposite ends overlap the upstanding side walls of the tray. The overlapping ends of the film sheet are bonded to the tray by their own substance under heat and pressure. The f

A multi-unit package with a paperboard tray carrying a plurality of articles over which extends a flexible film sheet whose opposite ends overlap the upstanding side walls of the tray. The overlapping ends of the film sheet are bonded to the tray by their own substance under heat and pressure. The film sheet may be heat shrunk to keep it taut.

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A multi-unit package comprising: a paperboard tray including a bottom wall and a pair of spaced apart upstanding flexible side walls along opposite sides of the bottom wall; a group of articles such as cans, bottles and the like on said bottom wall between said side walls; and a flexible film sheet

A multi-unit package comprising: a paperboard tray including a bottom wall and a pair of spaced apart upstanding flexible side walls along opposite sides of the bottom wall; a group of articles such as cans, bottles and the like on said bottom wall between said side walls; and a flexible film sheet extending over said group of articles and overlapping both of said tray side walls, bonding sections of those portions of said film sheet overlapping said side walls bonded thereto by the substance of said bonding sections with a substantially continuous bond extending along substantially the entire length of each of said side walls, said bond having a height less than the height of said side wall and located adjacent that edge of said side wall opposite said bottom wall, an unattached portion of said film sheet left between said bond and the bottom wall, said continuous bond having been formed by pressing said bonding sections of said film sheet to be bonded against said side walls with a substantially constant pressure along the length of said side wall while simultaneously heating said bonding sections of said film sheet to bonding temperature and while maintaining said film sheet taut over said articles.