US20050189243A1 - Pet bottle coupler - Google Patents
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- US20050189243A1 US20050189243A1 US11/016,669 US1666904A US2005189243A1 US 20050189243 A1 US20050189243 A1 US 20050189243A1 US 1666904 A US1666904 A US 1666904A US 2005189243 A1 US2005189243 A1 US 2005189243A1
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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
- B65D67/00—Kinds or types of packaging elements not otherwise provided for
- B65D67/02—Clips or clamps for holding articles together for convenience of storage or transport
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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
- B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
- B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
- B65D21/0201—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together side-by-side
- B65D21/0204—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together side-by-side and joined together by interconnecting formations forming part of the container, e.g. dove-tail, snap connections, hook elements
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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
- B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
- B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
- B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
- B65D21/0224—Auxiliary removable stacking elements other than covers
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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
- B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
- B65D81/36—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
- B65D81/361—Modular elements with complementary shapes, interengageable parts or the like
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- the present invention relates to blocks with which utensils and toys can be produced in combination with PET bottles by coupling together just the blocks themselves or by attaching and linking the blocks to the PET bottles.
- Couplers that can be fitted to and removed from bottom portions and top portions of PET bottles in order to utilize used PET bottles as utensils and toys, and which include peripheries disposed with coupling means for coupling together the couplers, are known from a prior application of the present inventors (Japanese Registered Utility Model No. 3099575).
- couplers can be coupled together in a horizontal direction in a state where they are not attached to PET bottles, they cannot be coupled together in a vertical direction. For this reason, there has been the problem that vertical utensils and toys cannot be produced with just the couplers themselves.
- a block comprising an upper frame portion and a lower leg portion that are integrally formed under the condition that the leg portion fits into the frame portion, wherein the frame portion can be fitted to and removed from the bottom portion of a PET bottle, the periphery of the frame portion being provided with coupling means that couple together adjacent blocks, and wherein the leg portion includes at a center portion thereof a receiving hole into which the top portion of a PET bottle is fitted and from which it is removed, the outside of the receiving hole being provided with gaps within which are sandwiched corresponding peripheral walls of the frame portions coupled together by the coupling means.
- the blocks can be coupled together in a horizontal direction with the coupling means disposed at the peripheries of the frame portions, and can be coupled together straightly and diagonally (state where one upper block is positioned between two lower blocks) in a vertical direction by fitting together the frame portions and the leg portions. For this reason, flat or vertical utensils and toys can be formed with just the blocks themselves.
- the PET bottles can be coupled in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction by coupling the blocks together to form vertical utensils and toys with PET bottles.
- the blocks can easily be separated and taken apart so that it is easy to make other utensils and toys.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a top side of a block
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a bottom side of the block
- FIG. 3 is a plan view of the block
- FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the block
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view along line A-A of FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view along line B-B of FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a state where the blocks are coupled together in a horizontal direction
- FIG. 8 is a longitudinal front view showing a state where the blocks are coupled together in a vertically straight direction
- FIG. 9 is a view showing a state where the blocks are coupled together in a vertically diagonal direction
- FIG. 10 is a longitudinal front view where the blocks are attached to a top portion and a bottom portion of a PET bottle.
- FIG. 11 is a longitudinal side view showing a state where PET bottles, to which the blocks are attached, are coupled together in a vertical direction.
- reference numeral 1 represents the block of the invention.
- the block 1 includes an upper frame portion 2 and a lower leg portion 3 that are integrally formed under the condition that the leg portion 3 can be fitted to and removed from the frame portion 2 .
- the frame portion 2 can be fitted to the lower portion of a PET bottle 4 shown in FIG. 10 .
- the frame portion 2 includes a periphery at which coupling means 5 and 6 that couple together adjacent blocks 1 are disposed.
- a receiving hole 7 into which the upper portion of the PET bottle 4 can be fitted and from which it can be removed, is disposed in a center portion of the leg portions 3 .
- Gaps 8 into which corresponding peripheral walls 2 a of the frame portions 2 coupled by the coupling means are fitted, are disposed at an outer side of the receiving hole 7 .
- the leg portion 3 is formed by molding synthetic resin.
- the block 1 is formed in a square shape matching the square PET bottle 4 , a horizontal-direction divider 9 is disposed between the upper frame portion 2 and the lower leg portions 3 and, as shown in FIGS. 4, 5 and 6 , a circular convex ridge 10 corresponding to a top surface of a cap 11 covering the top portion of the pet bottle 4 is disposed at an undersurface of the divider 9 .
- two locking convex ridges 12 that engage with the peripheral surface of the bottom portion of the PET bottle 4 are disposed in the vertical direction at the inner side of each peripheral wall 2 a .
- male coupling means 5 which couple the blocks 1 together in a horizontal direction and correspond to the left and right sides in FIG. 3
- female coupling means 6 that correspond to the top and bottom sides in FIG. 3 .
- the male coupling means 5 have a dovetail groove shape and the female coupling means 6 have a dovetail tenon shape.
- the receiving hole 7 for the pet bottle 4 disposed in the leg portion 3 is divided into four by the gaps 8 excluding the top portion of the receiving hole 7 .
- cuts 13 are placed in a peripheral wall 7 a of the receiving hole 7 to form movable portions 14 that are capable of elastic deformation.
- locking convex portions 16 that engage with recessed portions disposed in the cap 11 covering the pet bottle 4 are disposed in the horizontal direction at the movable portions 14 .
- the leg portion 3 , the dovetail tenon-shaped coupling means 5 and the dovetail groove-shaped coupling means 6 of the block 1 of the present invention can be formed into a hollow structure and can be produced so that they are lightweight and inexpensive.
- horizontally adjacent blocks 1 can be arranged so that the male coupling means 5 and the female coupling means 6 disposed at the peripheral walls 2 a of the frame portions 2 face each other.
- the blocks 1 are coupled together in a horizontal direction by the coupling means 5 and 6 to form a flat block group A.
- vertically adjacent blocks 1 can be arranged so that the frame portions 2 and the leg portions 3 face each other.
- the blocks are straightly coupled together in a vertical direction by the coupling resulting from the fitting together of the frame portions 2 and the leg portions 3 to form a vertical block group B.
- a coupled portion between two adjacent blocks 1 of the flat block group A, which is formed by horizontally coupling together the blocks 1 is created.
- Another block 1 is disposed above the coupled portion so that the gaps 8 of the leg portion 3 correspond to the coupled portion.
- the corresponding peripheral walls 2 a engage with the gaps 8 so that the peripheral walls 2 a are sandwiched in the gaps 8 , whereby coupling in a diagonally vertical direction in which the top block 1 is coupled to the coupled portion of the bottom two blocks 1 is conducted.
- a vertical block C having a width and height is formed.
- the blocks 1 can be attached to the top portion and the bottom portion of the PET bottle 4 because the blocks 1 are configured so that the bottom portion of the PET bottle 4 fits into the upper frame portion 2 and the top portion of the PET bottle 4 fits into the receiving hole 7 of the lower leg portion 3 .
- the PET bottles 4 to which the blocks 1 are attached at the top and bottom can be arranged in a vertical direction.
- the leg portions 3 of the block 1 attached to the bottom portion of the top PET bottle 4 are aligned with the frame portion 2 of the block 1 attached to the top portion of the bottom PET bottle 4 .
- the vertically coupled PET bottle groups D can be coupled together in the horizontal direction to have a planar breadth.
- utensils and toys of various vertical shapes can be formed with the PET bottles 4 .
- the blocks of the present invention can be applied to form utensils and toys by coupling together just the blocks themselves and can be applied to form utensils and toys with PET bottles by attaching the blocks to PET bottles and coupling together the blocks.
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JP2003431155A JP3839810B2 (ja) | 2003-12-25 | 2003-12-25 | ペットボトル連結具 |
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CA (1) | CA2490627A1 (zh) |
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US7644828B1 (en) * | 2007-04-11 | 2010-01-12 | Steven Klein | Bottle/container coupling system |
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JP2005187001A (ja) | 2005-07-14 |
JP3839810B2 (ja) | 2006-11-01 |
CN2811175Y (zh) | 2006-08-30 |
CA2490627A1 (en) | 2005-06-25 |
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Owner name: TAKARA CO., LTD., JAPAN Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:MANABE, YASUHARU;YOSHIDA, MICHIO;NISHIYAMA, MAKI;REEL/FRAME:016115/0044 Effective date: 20041203 |
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