US1480921A - Bottle holder - Google Patents

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Jan. 15, 1924. 1,480,921

w. WEINMANN BOTTLE HOLDER Filed April 30, 1923 &11201571030 Patented Jan. 15, 1924.

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WILLIAM WEINMANN, OF PREAKNESS, NEW JEESEY, ASSIGNOE OF ON-HALF 'DO BENJAMIN BOONSTBA, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

BOTTLE HOLDER.

Application filed April 30, 1923.

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Be it known that I, VVILLIAM WEINMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Preakness, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention rel'ates to holders or carriers for milk bottles or other articles which are divided by partition members into a plurality of compartments for the separate bottles or the like, the object being to provide an extremely simple and ineXpensive spring device for association with the partition members to yieldably hold the bottles or other articles in place, preventing accidental removal and breakage.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, thedescription being supplemented by the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a bottle carrier constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a. fragmentary top plan view.

Figures 3 and 4 are perspective views of the two forms of springs which are used.

In the drawings above briefiy described, the numeral l designates a well known form of milk bottle carrier which is divided by crossecl wires 2 or other partition members, into a plurality of separate compartments for the bottles. It has been found that the bottles are liable to be Shaken ont of the compartments and broken, when traveling over rough roadways, but my invention overcomes this difiiculty.

If both an upper and a lower set of the wires 2 are provided, at least the upper set and if desired, both sets, are equipped with arched metal springs 3 whose crowns &straddle the portions of the wires at the sides of the several compartments and may be secured thereto in any manner, for instance by soldering. The arms 5 of each spring 3 diverge downwardly and are preferably curved longitudinally in the manner shown, so that when the bottles are inserted into the compartments, said arms will be placed under tension and will consequently' yield Serial No. 635313.

ably hold said battles in place and will prevent accidental removal or breakage thereof. It is to be noted that by curving the arms in this manner, the intermediate portions thereof will be in Closer spaced relation than the end portions of the arch. Consequently, when the clip is engaged with the wire partitions, these closely spaced portions of the arms will snap over the wires and serve to maintain the clips in proper position. Preferably, although not necessarily, the free ends of the arms 5 are formed 'with central notches 6 which so engage the bottles as to prevent the arms 5 from having any tendency to slip edgewise.

The four sdes of the carrier 1 are preferably provided with additional springs 7 to yieldably engage the bottles.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that an extremely simple and inexpensive Construction has been provided for carrying out the object of the invention and it will be understood that while I have illustrated a milk bottle carrier embodying my improvements, the invention is not restricted to this particular field of use.

I claim:

l. The combination with an article carrier having partition members dividing its interior into a plurality of compartments; of arched springs straddling said partition members and each having its two arms disposed in diverging relation whereby 'insertion of articles into the compartments will place said arms under tension to yieldably hold such articles.

2. A structure as specified in claim l, in which said partition members are formed by horizontal wires received in the crown portions of the springs.

3. An article of manufacture comprising an arched spring clip having downwardly converging arms adapted to straddle a partition member in an article-carrier and to yieldably engage articles at opposite sides of said member to maintain the latter in place, said armsbeing curved longitudinally to dispose their intermediate portions in close spaced relation, whereby said portions will snap over and hold the clip on said partition member.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed 'my signature.

WILLIAM WEINMANN

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