US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on March 25 for "Beverage multipacks" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,157, issued on March 25, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Beverage multipacks" was invented by Michael Phillip Czarnecki (Bensenville, Ill.) and Bryan Michael Schertzer (Geneva, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a multipack of a plurality of containers includes a label on each container of the plurality of containers. The label at least partially surrounds a portion of each container of the plurality of containers. The method includes assembling the plurality of container into a multipack, heating an area of the multipack that includes the label, and forming an adhesive bond on the he...