US1837495A

US1837495A - Milk bottle collar

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Publication number: US1837495A
Application number: US431397A
Authority: US
Inventors: Clarence F Shaw
Original assignee: BOLTON PRINTING Co Inc
Current assignee: BOLTON PRINTING Co Inc; BOLTON PRINTING COMPANY Inc
Priority date: 1930-02-26
Filing date: 1930-02-26
Publication date: 1931-12-22
Anticipated expiration: 1948-12-22

Description

Dec. 22, 1931. c. F. sHAw MILK BOTTLE COLLAR Filed Feb. 2e, 1930 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS FIG.7.

Patented Dec. 22, 1931 UNITED STATES AParr-.awr OFFICE CLABENC F. SAW, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR T0' THE BOLTON PRINT- ING- COMPANY, INC., OF SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OFCALIFOIRNIA mi: BoTTLEcpLLAR Application mea February 2e, 19st. rserial no. 431,397.

This invention relates to 'advertising devices, and has for an object the'provision of a novel type of advertising device particularly adapted to be placed upon the neck of a conventional milk bottle, and'to bear upon its tace, suitable advertising matter.

A. more detailed object is the provision of an advertising device in the form of a Hat strip of flexible material-preferably p aper-ada ted to be bent to substantially circular conlgiguration, and provided with means for securing the ends together, whereby .the device may be disposed upon the neck of a conventional milk bottle.

A still further object is to provide the device with a novel clasp for attaching the ends thereof together in overlapping relationship and inclined angularly downwards, whereby the effective diameter of the upper'portion of the device is reduced, and that of the lower portion is increased, with the result that the deviceV is shaped to conform itself nicelyr to the taperingneck of amilk bottle. e

A still further object is to provide an advertising device as described, which isof an exceedingly simple nature, both the strip and the clasp therefor being adapted to be formed of light-weight paper, and yet with the clasp so designed that it possessed of a suiiicient degree of rigidity to securely hold the parts in assembled relationship.

The invention possesses other objects and advantageous features,'some of which, with those enumerated, will be set forth in the following description of the inventions particular embodiment which is illustrated in the drawings accompanying and forming a part of. the specification.

Referring to the drawings: l Figure 1 is a side elevation of the neck of a conventional ini-lk bottle, with a collar constructed in accordance with. the principles of the present invention, supported thereupon.

Fig. 2 is. a plan view of the collar in iat position, i. e., with the ends disengaged and the 'collar unrolled. p

Fig. 3 is an edge elevation, the direction of view`being indicated by the arrowv3 of Fig. 2.

F ig. 4 is an enlarged transverse sectional strip, with the result that the View, the plane of section being indicated by the line 1 -tof Fig. l, and the direction of view 'by the arrows. This view shows the manner of interengagement of the clasp portions of the device. Portions of the figure are broken away to reduce its length.

Fig. 5 1s a transverse, vertical sectional View taken upon the line 5 5 of Fig. 2, with v the direction of view as indicated, and with portions ofthe ligure broken away to reduce its size.

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view taken upon the line 6-6 of Fig. 2, with the direction of view'as indicated. Portions of this vligure also are broken away to` reduce its length.l

Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing the manner whereby interengagement of the twov ends oitl the strip is effected. Only the ends oi? the strip are shown, the remainder of the figure being broken away to reduce its size.

Invterms of broad-inclusion, the device of the present invention is a flexible stri of suitable material adapted to have advertising matter printed or otherwise placed thereupon, and provided with means for securing the two ends 'of' the strip together so as lto hold the device in substantially circular configuration whereby it may be inserted over the top of a milk bottle of conventional design. vertisingcollar of the present invention, is in the form of a Hat strip 1l 'of suitable flexible material. I prefer to employ paper for this purpose however because of its cheapprinting, whereby the collar may be enabled to carry appropriate advertising matter.

The top edge 12 of the strip 11 is preferably straight, whereas the bottom edge 13 is dened by twoI straight edges 14 converging to a point 16 midway between theends 17 of the I widest portion of the strip is at its center.

' A slot 18 is formed adjacent one of the ends 17 of the strip, this slot being inclined downwards and toward the associated end 17, preferably at about 45. A second slot 19, shorter than the slot 18, perpendicularly bisects the slot 18, the second slot 19 extending In its preferred embodiment, the adin a direction toward the point 16 of the strip. Hence the

slots

18 and 19 cooperate to define two opposed corners 21' at the inner edge of the slot 18, which may easily be deflected to facilitate entrance of the tongue 22 which is struck up from the strip 11 adjacent the other end thereof.

This tongue 22 is defined by a pair of intersecting slots 23, with the result that the tongue 22 is triangular in shape. Preferably the two slots 23 are of the same length, wit the result that the shape of the tongue 22 is that of an isoscles triangle. Furthermore, the tongue 22 is so positioned that its apex 24 points downwards and away from the end 17 thereadjacent. In other words, the base of the triangle which is defined by a line 25 joining the separated ends of the two slots 23, inclines downwards and toward the adjacent end 17 of the strip 11. The extent of the inclination here also. is preferably substantially 45. A short slot 26 extends inwards from the end of each slot 23, along the line 25.

A crease 27 is formed in the tongue 22, eX- tending longitudinally thereof, i. e., the crease 27 lies on a line corresponding to the altitude of the triangular tongue 22, extend- -'ing from the apex 24 to the base 25, midway between the ends of the latter. The eHect of this crease 27 is two-fold, inasmuch as it serves to impart additional rigidity or stiffness 'to the tongue 22, and it also tends to make the tongue 22 extend angularly from the plane of the material of the strip 11 immediately surrounding the tongue 22, thus positioning the point or apex 24 thereof, at a point offset from facilitate entrance thereof into the slot 18 when the strip 11 has been bent to substantially circular configuration, wherein the ends 17 are in overlapping relationship.

The slot 19 which is perpendicular to the slot 18, also facilitates causing the tongue 22 to enter the slot 18, inasmuch as its presence adds materially to the flexibility of the material of the strip along the inner edge of the slot 18-that is to say, the corners 21 may easily be deflected from the plane of the material immediately surrounding the slot 18, toward the side thereof opposite that against 'which the other end 17 is lying. Obviously, this materially increases the effective width of the slot 18, whereby the operator is aided in causing the point 24 to enter the slot 18, as will readily be understood. l

After the point 24 has passed through the slot 18, the two ends 17 should be pulled apart in a direction substantially tangential in re spect to the circle described by the rolled collar, so as to slide the tongue 22 completely through the slot 18. This can be done only by swinging the ends 17 of the strip downwards into a position of angularity in respect to each other as illustrated clearly upon the strip far enough to.

the angularity of the 25 of the tongue.

has been slid all the 18, the short slots 26 Fig. 1. This is due to slot 18 and of the base When the tongue 22 way through the slot also will come into register with the slot 18,

whereupon one of the ends of the slot may enter the adjacent short slot 26, and thus securely interlock the tongue 22 within the slot 18. 1

The effect of swinging the ends 17 of the collar downwards into angularity with each other, is to decrease the diameter thereof at its top, and to increase its diameter at the bottom, whereby the collar is shaped in such a manner that it fits nicely upon the neck 31- of a conventional milk bottle 32. Moreover, th'e presence of the short slots 26, tends to prevent withdrawal of the tongue 22 from the slot 18, as would probably occur in the absence of the slots 26, due to the resilience of the material of the strip 11 which tends to cause the strip to assume a flat posi tion, and hence continually exerts a force tending to pull the ends 17 thereof apart.'

Obviously, the engagement of one end of the slot 18 within the adjacent short slot 26, will retain the associated side of the tongue 22 against withdrawal. The other side of the tongue 22 is held within the slot 18 as a result of the'fact that the associated extreme outer corner of the tongue becomes bent from the plane of the remainder of whereby it is caused to become hooked over the outermost edge of the slot 18, preventing withdrawal of the associated side of the' tongue. corner of the tongue, necessary to effect such interengagement, is practically always effected without requiring the operator to devote any attention thereto, inasmuch'v as the ordinary handling of the strip necessary to interengage its ends, will produce the necessary amount of bending of the corner. As a result of such engagement of the two ends 17 of the strip, they are attached to each other at two spaced points, preventing not the tongue,

The small extent of bending of the only withdrawal of the tongue 22 from the medium when so used. It is intended that a j plurality of the collars be made up with their ends 17 joined as above described, and owing to their substantially frusto-conical configuration, a large number of the collars may be stored in a comparatively small space by resting them one upon another. Hence, a deliveryman may be supplied with a nlu rality of the collars, enabling him to slip a collar upon the neck 31 of each of the milk bottles 32 as he effects deliver thereof, such placing of each collar being e ected substantially instantaneously.

It is obvious therefore, that by employing this type of advertising matter, a dairyis enabled to inform its customers of new products handled thereby, or changes in prices, or business policy, aswell as advertising its standard commodities; and the advertising medium is of such a nature that it is almost certain to command the attention of each customer to whom a bottle of milk is delivered.

It is to be understood that the details of the invention as herein disclosed, are subject to alteration within the spirit or scope of the appended claims.

I claim: i

l. A collar for the neck of a container, comprising a flexible strip adapted to encircle said neck, one end of said strip having a slot therein and a tongue on the other end of the strip receivable in said slot to join said ends, said tongue extending in a direction rearwardly from the proximal end of the strip. i

2. A collar for the neck of a container, comprising a flexible strip adapted to encircle said neck, one end of said strip having a slot therein, a tongue on the other end of the strip receivable in said slot to join said ends, said tongue extending in a direction rearwardly from the proximal end of the strip, and means for stiffening said tongue.

3. A collar for the neck of a container,`

comprising a flexible strip adapted to encircle said neck, one end of said strip having a slot therein and a tongue on the other end of the strip receivable in said -slot to join said ends, said tongue extending in a direction away from the proximal end of the strip and having a crease extending longitudinally thereof to stifl'en the tongue.

4. A collar for the neck of a container, comprising a iexible strip adapted to encircle said neck, one end of said strip having a slot therein inclined downwards and toward the end of the strip associated therewith, and a tongue on the other end of the longitudinally thereof to impart additional 'stiffness thereto.

7. A collar for the neck of a container, comprising a flexible strip adapted to encircle said neck, one end of said strip having a slot therein inclined downwards and toward the end of the strip associated therewith, and a triangular tongue on the other end of the strip inclined downwards andv rearwardly from the end of the strip associated therewith. l

8. A collar for the neck of a container, comprising a flexible strip adapted to encircle said neck, one end of said strip having a slot therein .inclined downwards and toward the end of the strip associated therewith, and a triangular tongue on the other end of the strip inclined downwards and away from the end of the strip associated therewith, said tongue having a crease therein extending along a line perpendicular to the base and intersecting the apex thereof.

9. A collar for the neck of a container, comprising a iexible strip adapted to encircle said neck, one end of saidstrip having a slot therein inclined downwards and toward the end of the strip associated therewith, and a tongue on the other end of the strip inclined downwards and away from the end of the strip asociated therewith, said tongue being defined b slots in said strip extending1 completely a out said tongue except at t e base thereof, and having a slot extending inwards from each side thereof at its base.

name to this specification.

C. F. SHAW.

strip inclined downwards and .rearwardly from the end of the strip associated therewith.

for stiffening said'tongue.

6. collar for the neck of a container, comprls'ing a exible strip adaptedto en-