US2160550A

US2160550A - Bottle carrier

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Publication number: US2160550A
Application number: US228042A
Authority: US
Inventors: Elmer H Lupton
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1938-09-01
Filing date: 1938-09-01
Publication date: 1939-05-30
Anticipated expiration: 1956-05-30

Description

May 30, 1939. E. H. LUPTON BOTTLE CARRIER Filed Sept. l. 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 l '.f/ I

May so, 1939. E, Hf UPTON 2,160,550

BOTTLE CARRIER Filed Sept. l. 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 30, 1939 UNIrED STATES y'myn-:NT OFFICE 'Ihis invention relates to improvements in bottlecarriers. The carrier of my invention comprises a strip of paper board or similar Ilexible material divided by crease lines into a bottom panel and two side panels of equal length,

the end portions ofthe side panels having hand holes and 'interlocking means and constituting the handle portion of the carrier. The bottom panel is of a suitable size to support two rows.

lo of bottles side by side, and to space the bottles apart and hold them in position on the bottom, I provide on the blank a spacing strip having two rows of openings to receive the bottles. This spacing strip is supported above the bottom by hinged aps connecting its ends-with the ends of the bottom panel. Y In setting up the carrier, the s ide panels are turned upwardly and they engage the sides of the spacing strip, and interlocking connections are'provided between the side panels and the spacing strip or its supporting ilaps so that the latter will be maintained in their upright positions. panels are then locked together. A large opening is made in each side panel through which the bottles may be inserted or removed. Tongues cut out of the side panels, depend from the handle portion and extend between the rows of bottles and assist in maintaining them in upright positions. In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a plan View of the blank from which4 the carrier shown in Figs. 2-4 is formed; g

Fig. 1 is an outline View showing the spacing strip of the blank connected to both supporting f flaps; "5 Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the carrier with rows of bottles therein; v Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken centrally through Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion of a blank for forming a carrier as in the preceding figures, but showing an alternative locking .means for preventing endwise movement of the spacing member, and, t

Fig. 6 is a detail view illustrating the man-ner in which the locking means of Fig. 5 is applied.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, A represents a blank of cardboard, or analogous flexible material, comprisingga strip a, scored transversely asshown at I and 2, dividing the strip 4into a central panel 4 which constitutes the bottom of the carrier and two

panels

5 and 6 which form the sides and handle portions of the carrier.

The handle portions ofy the side Connected to the e'nds of the bottom panel 4 are aps 'I and 8 which are foldable upwardly with respect, to said panel along crease lines 9 which .are in line with the edges of the strip a. The

flap 8 is integral with a strip b which is foldable 5 with respect to said flap along the crease line IU. The strip b has two rows of circular openings' II and I2, each opening of the proper diameter to permit the body of a bottle to tfreely within it.

In the completed carrier, the end portion I3 o1' 10 the strip b is glued or otherwise secured to the flap'.v I and when the iiaps I and 8 are in upright position', they support the strip b above and par.- allel with the bottom panel 4, as shown in outline in Fig. l anc1 also shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The 16 strip b and its supporting flaps constitute means for spacing the bottles apart and holding them in position upon the bottom panel. As the aps 1 and s are hinged to the ens of the bottom panel and also to the spacing strip b, it is necessary to interlockthese members with the

side panels

5 and 6 when the carrier is set up, in order to prevent endwise movement. of the strip with respect to the bottom panel, and for this purpose pairs of tabs I4 and I5 are provided on 25 the strip a at its opposite edges, adjacent the flaps 1 and 8, respectively, and when the

side panels

5 and 6 are raised asin' Figs. 2 and 3, these tabs are inserted in the space vbetween the strip b and the bottom panel 4, adjacent the 'aps 30 and between the flaps and the end bottles in the rows, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Y

- Each of the panels 5 and'6 of the blank has short crease lines I6 and Il extending inwardly from its side edges, these lines being spaced from 5 the lines which define the bottom panel by a distanceequal to approximately the heightr of the bottles to be carried,A and from the inner ends of these crease lines a downwardly'1 curving cut I 8 is made in each 4side panel of the blank, o

thus forming a large-opening I9 ineach side of the carrier through which the bottles c may be inserted into the openings in the spacing mem,- ber b and onto the bottom panel 4, and by the same. cuts correspondingly large tongues 2B are s formed, which tongues, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, extend downwardly between the ro/ws of bottles, when the carrier is set up andf/lled, serving as separators between the rows ot bottles and helping to maintain them in upright positions so 50 that the bases of the -bottles rest atly against the bottom panel 4.

' The handle portion of the side 6 comprises the part Iial of the blank between the crease lines IG--II and a crease line 2|, beyond which is a .f

Oblong openings 22' in the parts 6l and 8b of the blank register when these parts are glued together and form a hand opening 22 in the handle portion of the completed carrier. Similajrly the extension 5* of the side 5 of the blank between its crease lines I$,-I1 and the crease line 23, and a part i which folds against the part 5n and is glued to it, form a double thick handle portion for the side 5 of the carrier. Tongues 24n punched out of the parts 5* and 5b register with one another when these parts are. folded and glued together, and these form a tongue 24 of doublethickness adapted to extend through the opening 22 in the handle portion of the side Ii of the carrier, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The head on this tongue is wider than the length of theopening 22, so that when the tongue -is pushed through the opening, the handle por' tions are locked together. If desired,the tongue and opening in the handle portions may be punched out after the parts composing these portions have been folded and glued together.

To set up the carrier shown in'Figs. 2 and 3, the sides 5 and i are folded upwardly, the tabs I4 and .I5 on their edges at the same time being inserted between the spacing strip band the bottom panel 4, alongside the end flaps 'I and 8,.

respectively, and'the handle portionsare locked together by the locking tongue 24. 'I'he bottles can then be inserted through the openings I9 in the sides. the separating tongues 20 being pushed inwardly Aby this operation so that they occupy a position between the rows of bottles. The tabs I4 and I5 on the sidesthen lie between the ilaps I and 8 and the end bottles in the rows. When the carrier is lled the upper portions of the bottles rare exposed to view, as is desirable. I'he .individual bottles can be removed by simply lifting them'through the side openings of the carrier; l Y

Instead of providing the tabs I4 and I5 on the side members of rthe carrier to interlock with the end aps 'I and 8 of the spacing member,

these iiaps may be extended as shown in Figs.

5 and6 so that their ends will abut against the edges of the sides when theglatter are in-A upright position. Thus, as shown in Fig. 5,- the end flap 'I'L is extended beyondF the crease lines I and'2 which define the width of the bottom' panel 4 vand the'end ap 8* is similarly extended and made longer than the width of the 'bottom' panel 4 and the spacing strip b. Fig. 6 is ade-5 longitudinal movement of the spacing strip bA whichl is supported by the flaps. Figs. 5 and 6 are lintended to merely show the alternative loci-x-A ing means between the sides and the spacing strip. Itwill be understood, without illustration, that the other features of the carrier are openings and constitutingA the handle portion of the carrier. means for spacing the bottles apart ,andfor holding them in position onthe bottom panel comprising a spacing strip of approximately'the saine dimensions as thebottom panel 5 and havingopenings through which thelower parts of the bottles may extend and aps hinged tothe ends of the bottom panel and the spacing strip and adapted to support the latter strip above the bottom panel, and interlocking de- 10 vices between said spacing means and said side panels for preventing endwise movement of the spacing means when the side panels are in their upright positions.

2. A bottle carrier comprising an elongated 15 strip of flexible material creased transversely forming a bottom panel ada ted to support two rows of bottles extending side by side transversely 1 ofthe strip and two side panels adapted to fold upwardly along said crease lines, the end por 20 tions of the side panels having registering openings and'constituting the handle portion of the carrier, means for spacing the bottles apart and for holding them in position on the bottom panel comprising a spacing strip ot approximately. the 9,5 same dimensions as the bottom panel and havins openings through which the lower parts of the "bottles may extend and naps hinged to the ends of the vbottom panel and the spacing strip and" adapted tosupport the latter-strip above the 30 bottom panel, the side panels having tabs at their edges adjacent the bottom panel adapted l to enter between the'spacing strip and bottom vpanel and engagethe inner sides of the naps ,of the strip and two side panels adapted to fold f upwardly alongsaid crease lines, the end porl tions of the side panels having registering openings and constituting thev handle portion of the 45 can'ier, means for spaclng'the bottles apart and for holding them in position on the bottom panel comprising a spacing strip of approximately the same dimensions as the bottom panel and having openings through which the lower parts of the 60..

bottles may extend and flaps hinged to the ends of the bottom panel and the spacing strip and adapted to support the latter strip above the bottom panel, the ends of theV flaps projecting beyond the side edges ofthe spacing strip and 55 adapted to bear against the side edges o f the side panels and prevent endwise movement of the spacing means when the side ilaps are in their upright positions.

4. A bottle can-ier comprising. an elongated 00 strip of iiexible material creased transversely forming a bottom panel adapted to support two rows of bottles extending side by side transversely of the strip and two side panels adapted to fold4 upwardly along said crease lines, the end por- 05 tions of the side panels'having registering openings and constituting the handleportion of the carrier, means for spacing the bottles apart and for holding them in position on the bottom panel comprising a spacing strip oi approximately the same dimensions as the bottom panel and having openings through which the lower partsof the bottles may extend and ilaps hinged to the ends of the bottom panel and the spacing strip and adapted to support the latter strip above the A, 2,160,559 bottom panel, the side panels each having .an

opening in its upper part, below the handle portion, through which the bottles composing a row may be inserted into or removed from the carrier, and interlocking devices between said spacing means and said side panels for preventing endwise movement ofY the spacing means when the side panels are in their upright positions.

5. A bottle carrier comprising an elongated strip of flexible material creased transversely forming a bottom panel adapted to support two rows of bottles extending side by side transversely of the strip and two side panels adapted to fold upwardly along said crease lines. the end portions of the side panelshaving registering openings and constituting the handle portion of the carrier, means for spacing the bottles apart and for holding them in position on the bottom panel comprising a spacing strip of approximately the same dimensions as the bottom panel and having openings through which the lower parts of the bottles may extend and naps hinged to the ends of the bottom panel and the spacing strip and adapted to support the latterstripa-bove the bottom panel, each side panel having a cut extendin zi'downwardly from the handle portion near onl of the side edges of the panel, thence transversely of the panel and thence upwardly to the handle portion near the opposite edgel of the panel,- forming an opening through which the bottles composing a row may be inserted into the carrier and forming a tongue depending from the handle portion adapted to extend between the rows of bottles, and interlocking. devices between said spacing means and said side panels for preventing endwise movement ot the spacing means when theside panels are in their upright positions. l I I 6. A bottle carrier comprising an elongated strip of iiexible material creased transversely forming a' bottom panel adapted to support two rows of bottles extending side by side transversely of the strip and two side panels adapted to fold'upwardiy along said crease lines, the end portions of the side panels having registering openings and constituting the handle portion of the carrier, means for spacing the bottles apart and for holding them in position on thev bottom panel comprising a spacing strip of approximately the same dimensions as the bottom' panel and having openings through which the lower parts of the bottles may extend and ilaps hinged to the ends of the bottom panel and the spacing strip and adapted to support the latter strip above the bottom panel, the handle portions having hand openings which register when the car'- rier is set up, the opening in one portion being shorter than' the opening in the other portion, and a tongue formed in the larger opening and having shoulders adapted to interlock'with the edges oi the smaller opening.

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