Product Containers with Rolled Goods

Abstract

The present invention relates to a product container for rolls of product, particularly coreless rolls of trash bags. It may comprise a top panel, a bottom panel, a flexible outer wrap and multiple rolls of product. The top panel and the bottom panel may cover each or both ends of the rolls of product while the flexible outer wrap is placed securely around the top panel, the bottom panel, and the rolls of product.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A product container comprising:
 a top panel,   a first roll of product, the first roll of product having a first end and a second end with a central axis extending between the first end and the second end,   the top panel is perpendicular to the central axis of the first roll of product, the top panel at least partially covering a first end of the first roll of product, and   a flexible outer wrap, the flexible outer wrap placed securely around the top panel and the first roll of product.   
     
     
         2 . The product container of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a first access hole located in the top panel proximate the central axis of the first roll of product, the first access hole providing exterior access to the first roll of product.   
     
     
         3 . The product container of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 the first access hole being comprised of a portion of the top panel that is separable.   
     
     
         4 . The product container of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 the first access hole being covered by a first removable cover.   
     
     
         5 . The product container of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 the first roll of product is a roll of trash bags.   
     
     
         6 . The product container of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 the first roll of product is a first coreless roll of trash bags.   
     
     
         7 . The product container of  claim 6 , further comprising:
 a first access hole located in the top panel proximate the central axis of the first roll of product, the first access hole providing exterior access to the first coreless roll of trash bags.   
     
     
         8 . The product container of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 a first leader attached to an innermost trash bag of the first coreless roll of trash bags to facilitate removal of the innermost trash bag, the first leader being adjacent to and accessible through the first access hole.   
     
     
         9 . The product container of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a bottom panel,   wherein the bottom panel is perpendicular to the central axis of the first roll of product, and   wherein the bottom panel is at least partially covering a second end of the first roll of product.   
     
     
         10 . The product container of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a second roll of product, the second roll of product having a first end and a second end with a central axis extending between the first end and the second end, and   wherein the top panel is perpendicular to the central axis of the second roll of product, and   wherein the top panel is at least at least partially covering a first end of the second roll of product.   
     
     
         11 . The product container of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 a first access hole located in the top panel proximate the central axis of the first roll of product, the first access hole providing exterior access to the first roll of product, and   a second access hole located in the top panel proximate the central axis of the second roll of product, the second access hole providing exterior access to the second roll of product.   
     
     
         12 . The product container of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 a bottom panel,   wherein the bottom panel is perpendicular to the central axis of the second roll of product and perpendicular to the central axis of the second roll of product, and   wherein the bottom panel is at least partially covering a second end of the first roll of product and at least partially covering a second end of the second roll of product.   
     
     
         13 . The product container of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 a first access hole located in the top panel proximate the central axis of the first roll of product, the first access hole providing exterior access to the first roll of product, and   a second access hole located in the top panel proximate the central axis of the second roll of product, the second access hole providing exterior access to the second roll of product.   
     
     
         14 . The product container of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 the top panel being comprised of a cardboard material.   
     
     
         15 . The product container of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 the flexible outer wrap comprised of a shrink film wherein the shrink film is heat-activated to shrink securely around the top panel and the first roll of product.   
     
     
         16 . The product container of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 the flexible outer wrap is printed with information relating to the first roll of product.   
     
     
         17 . The product container of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 the flexible outer wrap is not printed and the flexible outer wrap is clear or translucent.   
     
     
         18 . A product container comprising:
 a plurality of rolled cylindrical product in a parallel alignment, each of the plurality of rolled cylindrical product having a first end, a second end, and a central axis running therebetween,   a top panel adjacent to the plurality of rolled cylindrical product, the top panel covering at least a portion of a first end of each of the plurality of rolled cylindrical product,   a flexible outer wrap adjacent to and surrounding the plurality of rolled cylindrical product and adjacent to and surrounding at least a portion of the top panel.