US2321100A

US2321100A - Bottle carrier

Info

Publication number: US2321100A
Application number: US442352A
Authority: US
Inventors: Fred E Oderkirk
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1942-05-09
Filing date: 1942-05-09
Publication date: 1943-06-08
Anticipated expiration: 1960-06-08

Description

June 8, 1943. 5 QDERKIRK 2,321,100

BOTTLE CARRIER Filed May 1942 INVENTOR. Fred 5. Ooerk/M Patented June 8, 1943 ciao star orr cs 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a bottle carrier and more especially to a hand carrier for milk bottles.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of this class which is especially designed for carrying a single milk bottle, extremely simple in construction, effective in use, readily attached to and detached from the bottle, and inexpensive to manufacture. Another object of the invention is to provide a carrier of the above type which includes an extensible or retractable engaging means whereby the carrier may be adapted for use with bottles of somewhat varying size, and which engaging means is sufficientl flexible in nature as to adapt itself for use on irregularly formed bottle neck structures and to be readily adjustable thereto.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in such features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing, Fig. l is a perspective view of a bottle carrier embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a further embodiment of the invention and shows a preferred form for the bail and bottle gripping member of the carrier.

Referring now to Fig. 1 in detail, the bottle carrier comprises a wire frame consisting of a bail I l, l l extending in a plane perpendicular to that of an arcuate wire member l2 of slightly greater radius than that of the neck of the bottle to be carried. This frame is conveniently constructed of a single piece of heavy gauge wire, the ends thereof being turned one upon the other at some convenient point as IS, the top of the bail. A flexible chain yoke is slidably attached to each end of the bail. This chain yoke, when in the position [4, M at the lower extremities of the bail, serves with the arcuate member l2 to provide a gripping and lifting support about the neck of a bottle. The chain yoke is of such length that the diameter of the support, when the chain is fully retracted to th points M, i i, is slightly greater than that of the neck of the bottle, but less than that of the collar.

In Fig. 2 the carrier comprises the unitary wire frame embodying a bail 2| and arcuate wire support 22 adapted to partially encircle and embrace the neck of a bottle. In this form of the invention, the bail represented by 2| is so fashioned as to provide a straight handle portion of double thickness of wire and of greater length than the diameter of the arcuate support member. The ends of the wire are secured by a sin le or multiple turn around the main body of the frame as at the

points

23, 23.

In this embodiment shown in Fig. 2 the support provided by the arcuate wire 22 is complemented by a bead-chain yoke 25 depending from the sides of the bail by ringed bead-chain sockets 24, 24'

slidably mounted upon either side of the bail and adapted to detachably engage the bead-chain yoke. The nature of these sockets permits engagement of the bead-chain at intermediate points so as to vary the length of the yoke, where desired. This provides for adjusting the Width of the support as required to fit bottle necks of varying size.

In order to attach the carrier about the neck of a bottle, the flexible chain yoke is slid upwardly on the side portions of the bail above the junction thereof with the arcuate member, which increases the width of the space circumscribed by the yoke and arcuate member, enabling the carrier to be slipped over the collar of the bottle and around the neck thereof. Upon lifting, the chain yoke falls back by its own weight to the lowermost position on the bail, thus decreasing the width of the space within encircling members, which then engage about the neck of the bottle but cannot pass over the collar. The weight of the bottle, when lifted by the carrier, holds the support firmly in place, but when the bottle is set down on a base, releasing the pull due to its weight, the carrier is easily disengaged by sliding the chain yoke upwardly and removing the carrier over the collar of the bottle.

While I have described this invention for use in connection with a milk bottle, it will be apparent that it may be applied to other types and shapes of bottle or like container having a flange or collar capable of sustaining the weight of the bottle on the lifting element of the carrier, as provided by the arcuate wire member and chain yoke.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In a bottle carrier, the combination of a unitary wire frame consisting of a bail extending in a plane perpendicular to that of an arcuate wire support of slightly larger radius than that of the neck of a bottle, a bead-chain yoke complementing the arcuate wire member so as to grip the neck of a bottle, and ringed bead-chain sockets slidably attached to the bail on either side and detachably engaging the bead-chain at intermediate points so as to permit variation in the length of the yoke.

2. In a milk bottle carrier, the combination of a unitary wire frame consisting of a bail extending in a plane perpendicular to that of a semicircular wire support of slightly larger radius than that of the neck of a milk bottle, a bead-chain yoke complementing the semicircular wire member so as to grip the neck of a bottle, and ringed bead-chain sockets slidably attached to the bail on either side and detachably engaging the bead-chain at intermediate points so as to permit variation in the length of the yoke.

FRED E. ODERKIRK.