EP0224369A3 - Universal bottle case - Google Patents

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EP0224369A3
EP0224369A3 EP86308966A EP86308966A EP0224369A3 EP 0224369 A3 EP0224369 A3 EP 0224369A3 EP 86308966 A EP86308966 A EP 86308966A EP 86308966 A EP86308966 A EP 86308966A EP 0224369 A3 EP0224369 A3 EP 0224369A3
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bottle
base
petaloid
cup
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Roy Hammett
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International Container Systems Inc
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Abstract

A universal case is adapted to transport PET bottles of both a base-cup type and a petaloid type. The case 2 includes an outer shell 4,6 and a plurality of support ribs 30, 32, 34, 36, 80 for reinforcing the shell. The outer shell and the support ribs are shaped to define a plurality of bottle pockets 25 for receiving the bases of PET bottles. A bottle seating structure 40 is associated with each bottle pocket 25 and includes a plurality of dual-base-engagement projections 52, a base-cup-bottle alignment structure 42 and a petaloid-bottle alignment structure 48, 50. The dual-base-­ engagement projections associated with a bottle pocket 25 extend generally parallel to a centerline of the pocket and project into the pocket. The number of dual-base-engagement projections equals the number of petaloid lobes 124 formed in the base of a PET bottle of the petaloid type. The dual-­ base-engagement projections 52 are shaped and positioned to fit within and engage an annular indentation 108 in the base cup 102 of a PET bottle 100 of the base-cup type. The dual-­ base-engagement projections 52 are also shaped and positioned to fit within and engage petaloid-lobe-separation notches 127 between the petaloid lobes 124 of a PET bottle of the petaloid type. The base-cup-bottle alignment structure 42 defines a base-cup-bottle annular-bottom-surface contact plane and the petaloid-bottle alignment structure 48, 50 defines a petaloid-bottle lobe-bottom-surface contact plane. The petaloid-bottle lobe-bottom-surface contact plane is spaces apart from the base-cup-bottle annular-bottom-surface contact plane in a direction along the pocket centerline and below the base-cup-bottle annular-bottom-surface contact plane when the case is in a horizontal rest position.
EP86308966A 1985-11-15 1986-11-17 Universal bottle case Withdrawn EP0224369A3 (en)

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US79876285A 1985-11-15 1985-11-15
US798762 1985-11-15

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EP0224369A2 EP0224369A2 (en) 1987-06-03
EP0224369A3 true EP0224369A3 (en) 1988-01-07

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JP (1) JPS62168847A (en)
BR (1) BR8605638A (en)
CA (1) CA1269955A (en)
PT (1) PT83759A (en)
WO (1) WO1987002970A1 (en)

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EP0224369A2 (en) 1987-06-03
JPS62168847A (en) 1987-07-25
BR8605638A (en) 1987-08-18
CA1269955C (en) 1990-06-05
WO1987002970A1 (en) 1987-05-21
CA1269955A (en) 1990-06-05
PT83759A (en) 1987-06-17

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