US20040245123A1 - Beverage container holder - Google Patents
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- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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Abstract
A beverage container holder includes a box portion integrally divided into a plurality of compartments for each holding a beverage container therein, and two generally U-shaped handles integrally extended from two opposite sides of the box portion and provided at predetermined positions with complementary studs and sockets. Each of the two handles defines an opening between the handle and the box portion, and a suspender is integrally connected to two near middle points of the handle to extend across the opening. When a desired number of beverage containers are positioned in the compartments of the box portion and the two handles are turned upward with the complementary studs and sockets engaged with one another, the suspenders are brought toward the box portion to stably confine the beverage containers thereto.
Description
- The present invention relates to a beverage container holder, and more particularly to a beverage container holder provided with two suspenders integrally connected at two ends to two U-shaped handles via U-turn-shaped joints, so that the suspenders stably enclose beverage containers held in the beverage container holder when the handles are turned upward for carrying the beverage container holder.
- Beverage is an important part in many activities, including dinner parties, home parties, garden parties, and many other outdoor activities, such as hiking, camping, etc. In the early stage, beverage supplied in such activities was usually watered-down juice contained in a large barrel, tank or the like, and failed to meet the sanitary requirement. With the upgraded living standards in our daily life, people demand a much more strict sanitary requirement for water they drink. People now use water purified by means of reverse osmosis to prepare many differently flavored drinks and package the prepared drinks with individually film-sealed plastic cups or containers.
- Most of the containers currently used to package the prepared drinks have a downward tapered body. This type of beverage container tends to tilt over in a poly bag or carrier bag holding them and therefore causes inconveniences to consumers. A common way to get the downward tapered beverage containers stably located in a soft poly bag or carrier bag is to pad a bottom of the poly bag or carrier bag with a pre-cut cardboard and then position or stack the beverage containers on the cardboard in the bag, so that the beverage containers are stably supported on the cardboard without easily tilting over.
- There is also provided a box integrally divided into several compartments, each of which may have a beverage cup or container fitly and stably received therein.
- All the above-mentioned conventional ways for stably holding beverage cups or containers involve in time-consuming packaging. Moreover, the boxes, the bags, or the cardboards have to be separately stored to result in inconveniences in management thereof.
- It is therefore tried by the inventor to develop a beverage container holder to eliminate the drawbacks existed in the prior art.
- A primary object of the present invention is to provide a beverage container holder that can be conveniently stored without occupying too much space and enables stable holding and carrying of a number of beverage containers at a time.
- To achieve the above and other objects, the beverage container holder of the present invention mainly includes a box portion divided into a plurality of compartments for each holding a beverage container therein, and two generally U-shaped handles integrally extended from two opposite sides of the box portion and provided at predetermined positions with fastening means, such as complementary studs and sockets. Each of the two handles defines an opening between the handle and the box portion, and a suspender is integrally connected to and extended across two near middle points of the handle. The suspender is a substantially U-shaped integral member being formed by cutting at the time of forming the opening between the handle and the box portion. A joint of each end of the suspender and the handle is made like a U-turn, so that the suspender is substantially pivotally turnable about the U-turn joints relative to the handle. When a desired number of beverage containers are positioned in the compartments of the box portion and the two handles are turned upward with the complementary fastening means engaged with one another, the beverage containers are stably confined to the box portion by the suspenders that fitly enclose the beverage containers.
- The structure and the technical means adopted by the present invention to achieve the above and other objects can be best understood by referring to the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings, wherein
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a beverage container holder according to the present invention;
- FIG. 2 is a top plan view of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 shows a plurality of the beverage container holders of FIG. 1 may be nested for convenient storage;
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the beverage container holder of FIG. 1 in use; and
- FIG. 5 is a side view of FIG. 4.
- Please refer to FIGS. 1 and 2 that are perspective and top plan views, respectively, of a beverage container holder according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the beverage container holder mainly includes a
box portion 1 integrally molded from a thin plastic sheet, and twoU-shaped handles 2 integrally extended from two opposite sides of thebox portion 1. Thebox portion 1 is divided into two or more round-sectionedcompartments 11, into each of which a general beverage container may be positioned. Each of the U-shapedhandles 2 includes acrossbar portion 23 extended between two arm portions. The twohandles 2 are provided at predetermined positions with complementary fastening means, such asstuds 21 provided on one of the twohandles 2, andsockets 22 correspondingly provided on theother handle 2 for fitly engaging with thestuds 21. When the beverage container holder is initially molded, the twoU-shaped handles 2 are flatly stretched at two opposite sides of thebox portion 1 to define anopening 3 between thebox portion 1 and each of thehandles 2. Thehandle 2 is characterized in an integrally formedsuspender 4, two ends of which are integrally connected to two near middle points of the two arm portions of the U-shapedhandle 2. Thesuspender 4 is a substantially U-shaped member and may be formed by, for example, cutting at the time of forming theopening 3. A joint of each end of thesuspender 4 and the arm portion of thehandle 2 is made like aU-turn 41, so that thesuspender 4 is substantially pivotally turnable about theU-turn joints 41 relative to thehandle 2. - The number of the
compartments 11 provided on thebox portion 1 may be changed depending on actual need. For example, two, four, or sixcompartments 11 maybe formed. In the illustrated embodiment, fourcompartments 11 are formed on thebox portion 1. And, thestuds 21 and thesockets 22 are preferably provided on thecrossbars portion 23 of the twoU-shaped handles 2. - With the above arrangements, the beverage container holder of the present invention before use has two
handles 2 flatly extended in two opposite directions. Therefore, a plurality of the beverage container holders of the present invention may be sequentially nested at thebox portion 1 to occupy only a very small space, as shown in FIG. 3. - To use the beverage container holder of the present invention, simply separately position a desired number of
beverage containers 5 in thecompartments 11 on thebox portion 1, and then turn the twoU-shaped handles 2 from the flatly stretched position to an upward position, and engage thestuds 21 with thesockets 22 on the twohandles 2 to provide a grip at thecrossbar portions 23. When thehandles 2 are turned upward, the twosuspenders 4 are also brought toward thebox portion 1 to finally contact with outer wall surfaces of thebeverage containers 5 positioned in thecompartments 11. TheU-turn joints 41 allow thesuspenders 4 to pivotally turn to a position for fitly and stably confining thebeverage containers 5 to thebox portion 1 without the risk of easily tilting over, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. - The present invention has been described with a preferred embodiment thereof and it is understood that many changes and modifications in the described embodiment can be carried out without departing from the scope and the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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1. A beverage container holder, comprising a box portion integrally divided into a plurality of compartments for each holding a beverage container therein, and two generally U-shaped handles integrally extended from two opposite sides of said box portion and provided at predetermined positions with complementary fastening means; and each of said two handles including a crossbar portion and two arm portions to define an opening between said handle and said box portion, and a suspender being integrally connected at two ends to two near middle points of said two arm portions of said u-shaped handle to extend across said opening; whereby when a desired number of said beverage containers are separately positioned in said compartments on said box portion and said two handles are turned upward with the complementary fastening means engaged with one another, said suspenders are brought toward said box portion to fitly contact with and thereby stably confine said beverage containers to said box portion.
2. The beverage container holder as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said complementary fastening means are studs and corresponding sockets separately provided on said crossbar portions of said two handles.
3. The beverage container holder as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of said suspenders is a substantially U-shaped integral member being formed by cutting at the time of forming said opening between said handle and said box portion; and a joint of each end of said suspender and said arm portion of said handle being made like a U-turn, so that said suspender is substantially pivotally turnable about said U-turn joints relative to said handle.
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