DE8717618U1 - Box made of plastic in particular, for holding containers, in particular bottles - Google Patents

Abstract

In the crate, a handle is formed in one side wall by a grip strip which extends perpendicular to the plane of the crate bottom and is bounded on both sides by gripping openings or recesses which are open at the top. <IMAGE>

Description

Box made of plastic in particular , for holding containers, in particular bottles

The invention relates to a box according to the preamble of claim 1.

In particular, the invention relates to a bottle crate made of plastic, which has a compartment division inside in the usual way for holding the bottles. Such bottle crates usually have handles which are formed by essentially rectangular openings on the opposite narrow sides of a bottle crate. These openings are arranged in such a way that a crossbar remains above them, which forms the carrying handle of the bottle crate. To handle, in particular to transport these crates, they are held with both hands, with each hand being put through a opening and grasping the carrying bar remaining above the opening. Such handles have undoubtedly proven themselves, which is why they are also used predominantly, if not exclusively, in the bottle crates in question.

Up to now, people have mostly accepted these handles on bottle crates because they assumed that their arrangement and design would provide an ergonomically favourable grip. However , it was surprisingly discovered that from an ergonomic point of view, a carrying style is particularly useful in which the bottle crate is only grasped with one hand and the bottle crate is moved sideways.

is directed slightly downwards. This allows jjf to carry the bottle crate comfortably with just one

hand without the bottles falling out.

The object of the invention is to create a bottle crate that enables such a carrying behavior, this should be ensured by structurally simple measures that essentially do not involve any weakening of the bottle crate, allow a simple manufacturing of the bottle crate and also allow the bottle crates to be stacked.

This object is achieved according to the invention by the features contained in the characterizing part of the dependent claim 1.

According to the invention, the bottle crate is characterized in that the handle is formed by a vertical grip bar, i.e. perpendicular to the bottom of the bottle crate, which can be grasped because corresponding through-openings or recesses are provided on both sides of the handle bar. Such a handle, if it is arranged on opposite side walls of a bottle crate, which is expedient, also allows a bottle crate to be grasped from both sides; in particular, it enables the bottle crate to be easily grasped with just one hand, so that the other hand is available for other purposes, such as opening a door or the trunk lid of a vehicle.

In this context, it is expedient if the handle is essentially centrically formed in the side wall. The arrangement of the handle bar in the upper half of the box is particularly preferred. Expedient

The handle bar is usually arranged above a plane that contains the center of gravity of the bottle crate and runs parallel to the bottom of the crate. This arrangement has the advantage that the handle bar is above the center of gravity of the crate and thus the tipping moment of the bottle crate is minimized. If a bottle crate designed in this way is grasped with one hand, it can be carried comfortably with one hand in a position in which the bottle crate is slightly angled away from the support so that the bottles cannot fall out and the side wall and the bottom of the bottle crate are directed away from the support of the crate, which avoids the risk of the person carrying the crate becoming dirty due to contact with the bottle crate.

In a particularly advantageous manner, the handle bar is part of a continuous support profile, whereby the stability of the bottle crate is increased by further stiffening it. A robust design is also ensured by the fact that the handle bar is formed by a hollow profile.

The carrying behavior can be further improved by the handle bar at its upper end merging into a transverse bar (either on both sides or one side of the handle bar), whereby at the same time the bottle crate can also be carried in the usual way by grasping a transverse bar. This bottle crate then enables both the carrying behavior aimed at by the invention and the previously usual carrying of a bottle crate by grasping the crate on both sides.

Finally, according to a suitable further development, the carrying behaviour is also improved by the fact that, particularly in the area of the vertical handle bar, lamellar

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like ribs are provided which run parallel to each other and closely spaced from each other, and/or the handle bar has roughened gripping surfaces .

A preferred embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1? a« schematic perspective partial view
an embodiment of a bottle crate,

Figure 2: a partially sectioned side view
a corresponding embodiment of a
Bottle crate, with the left half of the
Figure 2 shows a section along the line AA in
Figure 3 shows,

Figure 3: a top view of the in Figure 2

shown bottle crate, whereby the upper
Half left a partial section along the line CC in Figure 2 and the lower half left
a partial section along the line DD in Figure

2 shows, as well as

Figure 4: A side view of a narrow side of the

shown bottle crate, the left half of which is a section along line B-B in Figure

3 shows.

Figure I shows a schematic perspective view of a part of a bottle crate designated 1 from its narrow side, whereby to simplify the illustration, usual parts of a bottle crate, such as in particular the compartment division, have been omitted. A handle 3 formed in the narrow side wall 2 has a vertically extending handle bar 4, which is connected on both sides by through-

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handle openings 5a and 5b. Both the

Handle bar 4 as well as the access openings 5a and

5b are dimensioned in length and width so that

can grasp the access openings 5a and the handle bar 4 with the hand.

The handle bar 4, which can preferably be arranged on one or both narrow sides of the bottle crate, but also on the sides of the bottle crate if required, is arranged centrally in the illustrated embodiment, i.e. along the central axis designated M of the side wall 2.

The reach-through openings 5a and 5b can have any suitable shape, in particular they can be semicircular or in the shape of a semi-ellipse. In the exemplary embodiment shown, the reach-through openings 5a and 5b have an L-shaped outline. This is because the handle bar 4 in the exemplary embodiment shown merges at its upper end into a crossbar of the bottle crate, designated 6, which forms the upper part of the bottle crate. In the exemplary embodiment shown, this crossbar 6 expediently has a height which allows the bar 6 to be comfortably grasped by the hand, so that the bottle crate can also be grasped in the usual way along a horizontally running handle bar, here formed by the crossbar 6. In addition to the vertical handle bar 4, one or more handles of the usual design can be provided, in particular on the side walls free from the vertical handle bar 4, which can be formed, for example, by i. W. rectangular openings are formed so that the crossbar remaining at the upper end of the box can serve as a carrying handle.

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From Figure 3 it can be seen that the handle bar 4 is designed as a hollow profile. In the present example, the handle bar 4 is a section of a support profile 7, which can be seen better in Figure 2, which extends from the upper end of the box to the bottom of the box at 8. This support profile serves to stabilize, in particular to stiffen, the bottle box 1. This support profile 7 can, as indicated in Figure 2 by dash point Ørt at the top left, have a projection that projects over the upper end of the box and serves as a stacking aid. For this purpose, a corresponding recess is formed on the bottom of the box, which is not shown in the drawing, into which the bottle box below dips with its projection 9. This achieves a stabilization of the bottle stack.

As can be seen in particular from Figures 3 bottom right and Figure 4 top left, the cross member 6 is provided with lamellar ribs 10 that run parallel to one another and are closely spaced apart, which improve the gripping properties of a handle. These lamellae or lamellar ribs 10 are also provided on the handle bar, in particular on the part of the handle bar 4 facing the inside of the box. For the sake of simplicity, the lamellae of the handle bar are not shown in the drawing. These lamellae expediently extend vertically or horizontally. According to a further embodiment, the gripping surfaces of the handle bar 4 are roughened, which also improves the gripping properties. Finally, from Figure 2, right half, an additional handle 11 can be seen, which is limited at the top by a ""--running" bar 12 similar to the crossbar 6, which ultimately serves as a carrying handle:.

According to further embodiments not shown in the drawing, the access openings on both sides of the handle bar are not closed in themselves, as in the illustrations in Figures 1 to 4, but are open at the top, i.e. formed by recesses, so that the handle bar protrudes upwards with a free end over the lower side wall area.

Claims (1)

Expectations ; Box made in particular of plastic for holding containers, in particular bottles, with at least one handle formed in a side wall of the bottle box for handling the box, the side walls of which, with transverse compartment walls in the interior of the box, form a compartment division for the bottles to be held, characterized in that the handle (3) is formed by at least one handle bar (4) extending perpendicularly to the plane of the box base (8), which is delimited on both sides by through-openings (5a, 5b) or recesses in the side wall (2) of the box (1). Box according to claim 1, characterized ,
that the handle (3) is formed by a handle bar (4) extending along the central axis (M) of the side wall (2). Deutsche Bank. Herne (bank code 430 700 61) Account holder: JS 145.3&ggr;> ;3ovit. Vere/n}btyi& Munich (bank code 700 202 70) Account number: 46 505W Postal check Munich (bank code V JO 100 80) Account number: 227 682 ■ 805 3. Box according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the handle bar (4) is arranged on the narrow sides of the bottle crate (1). 4. Box according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the handle bar (4) extends essentially in the upper half of the box. 5. Crate according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the handle bar (4) is arranged above a plane which contains the center of gravity of the bottle crate (1) and runs parallel to the crate bottom (8). 6. Box according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the handle bar (4) is formed by a hollow profile. 7. Box according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the handle strip (4) forms a section of a support profile ( ^7V) which extends continuously from the upper end of the box to the box bottom (8). 8. Box according to claim 7, characterized in that the support profile (7) extends over the upper end of the box (at 9). 9. Box according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the handle strip (4) merges at its upper end into transverse strips (6) which form carrying handles. I
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