# Inventor of the Six Pack Plastic Thingy?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-the-six-pack-plastic-thingy/375287>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 4, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-the-six-pack-plastic-thingy/375287 "2006-10-04T18:34:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-the-six-pack-plastic-thingy/375287/21 "2015-03-04T00:07:49Z")

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The Wiki for Six Pack Rings includes 2 references to The Straight Dope.

[Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_pack_rings)

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-the-six-pack-plastic-thingy/375287/22 "2015-03-04T00:28:20Z")

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> [@gotpasswords](#):
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> With that description of “years of development” it sounds like many people were involved.

Yeah, to perfect a product like that, you need to empty a lot of beer cans.

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-the-six-pack-plastic-thingy/375287/23 "2015-03-04T01:34:56Z")

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> [@gotpasswords](#):
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> The things are also called [rim-applied multipacks](http://www.hicone.com/index.php?id=31&L=0).

Gotta love the picture of the 12-pack of Fosters on that page. 😃

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**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-the-six-pack-plastic-thingy/375287/24 "2015-03-04T10:12:36Z")

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> [@ZipperJJ](#):
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> I was so hoping this bump was from the person who invented the rings and wanted to sell 10,000 to the OP 🙂

That would be 60,000 cans of beer. Even if I started from 2006 I don’t think I could drink that many. 😃

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-the-six-pack-plastic-thingy/375287/25 "2015-03-04T13:23:52Z")

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> [@Honey](#):
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> The Wiki for Six Pack Rings includes 2 references to The Straight Dope.
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> [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_pack_rings)

But one of those appears to be mislabeled; it’s a YouTube video, not a link to a column or message board.

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