US2409357A

US2409357A - Holder for bottles

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Publication number: US2409357A
Application number: US497495A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jackson Horace Greely
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1943-08-05
Filing date: 1943-08-05
Publication date: 1946-10-15
Anticipated expiration: 1963-10-15

Description

Get. 15, 1946. fg, JACKsQN 2,409,357 I HOLDER FOR BOTTLES Filed Aug. 5, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Iriventor Oct. .15, 19.46. I JACKSQN 2,409,357

HOLDER FOR. BOTTLES Filed Aug. 5, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Oct. 15, 1946 "UNITED- STATlEZ S PATENT OFFICE Horace Greely Jackson, Woodstown, N. J. Application August 5, 1943, Serial No. 497,495

1 Claim. 1

My invention relates to improvements in holders for use in carrying bottles, the principal object in view being to provide a simply constructed, light weight, strong device by means of which a number of bottles of the type having beaded necks may be easily and conveniently carried, and which is especially adapted to be easily attached to the necks of the type of bottles specified.

Other and subordinate objects are also comprehended by my invention, all of which, together with the precise nature of my improvements will be readily understood when the succeeding description and claim are read with reference to the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a, view in plan illustrating a preferred embodiment of my improved holder,

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view in top plan,

Figure 4 is a view in top plan of a modified embodiment of holder,

Figure 5 is a view in edge elevation of the same,

Figure 6 is a view in top plan of another modified embodiment of holder, and

Figure 7 is a view in edge elevation of the same.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, and first to Figures 1 to 3 thereof, my improved holder, in its preferred embodiment, comprises an elongated, generally rectangular panel I of a light, strong, inexpensive material such as fiber board, or the like, and which is provided in the side edges thereof with notches 3 spaced equidistantly along said edges and arranged in opposed pairs on opposite sides of said panel. The notches 3 are of the proper size for fitting part way around the necks 4 of the usual type of bottle used for dispensing soft drinks and provided with a neck bead, as at 5. As will be understood, the notches 3 are substantially semicircular, in part, to fit around the necks 4 of the bottles, and are formed with flaring mouths, as at 6, to facilitate entering the necks of the bottles in the notches.

A row of small round openings 6 is provided in each side of the panel I, parallel with said sides, the end openings of the rows being arranged adjacent to the ends of the panel I, and said openings being spaced apart longitudinally of the panel to locate an opening upon each side of each notch 3.

A single length of cord, tape, or the like is threaded through the rows of openings 8, to extend along each side of the panel I, and ex- 2 tended out of the end openings 6 over what constitutes the top of the panel I to provide a pair of diagonally crossed loops 9, the ends of the cord 8 being knotted together, as at H). As will be understood, the cord 8 has sufficient slack therein to provide for the loops 9 forming suspension loops, as shown in Figure 2, by means of which the holder may be carried. Preferably the bands 9 are extended to a suitable tubular hand grip, as at I l.

The use and operation of the described support will be readily understood. The cord 8 is slidable in the openings 6, whereby said cord at each side of the panel I may be flexed "outwardly of the panel opposite each notch 3 so that necks 4 of bottles may be inserted in said notches 3, with the beads 5 above the panel, and said necks interposed between the notches 3 and the cord 8. When the support, and bottles, are lifted by means of the hand grip II, the cord 8 will be tightened against the necks of the bottles, under the beads 5, to releasably retain the bottles in the notches 3 and so that the bottles may be lifted by engagement of the panel I with the beads of said bottles. 0bviously, the cord 8 is tightened by the weight of the bottles being lifted by the panel I. As soon as the hand grip H is released, the cord 8 will slacken so as to permit removal of the bottle necks 4 from the notches 3 in a manner which will be clear.

In the modified embodiment of my invention shown in Figures 4 and 5, a novel, bow-shaped panel I2 is provided, as the basic element of the support, and which is provided with curved ends 13 forming together with an intermediate portion M of said panel, a single pair of notches l5 at one side of the panel spaced longitudinally of the latter. The panel I2 is provided with a single row of small round openings 16 extending along said side thereof and arranged to locate an opening upon each side of each notch 15. The panel I: is designed to be used with a cord, not shown, in substantially the same manner as described with reference to the preferred embodiment of my invention.

In the modified embodiment of my invention shown in Figures 6 and 7, a substantially semicircular panel i I is provided, as the basic element of the support, and formed in its ends with a pair of small openings IS. A cord I9 is extended through said openings l8 to form a hand grip in any suitable manner above the panel l1, and for cooperation with the notch 28 formed by one side of the panel H, the cord [9 cooperating with said notch 20 in the same manner as described with reference to the preferred embodiment of the invention, in holding the necks of a. bottle 2|.

The foregoing will, it is believed, sufiice to impart a clear understanding of my invention without further explanation Maniiestly, the invention is susceptible of modification in other respects than as disclosed herein, and right is.reserved to all modifications falling within the scope of. the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A holder for use in carrying bottles of the type,

said notches having flaring mouths to facilitate entering the necks in said notches, and an endless cord slldably extended through the panel along said side and across the mouths of the notches for tightening against the necks under pull on said cord, the cord embodying crossed hand grip loops for use in carrying the panel and bottles, said panel having a row of apertures therein extending along said side with the apertures alternating, with the notches. and through which said cord is slidably extended across said mouths, said crossed loops being operative under pull thereon to tighten the cord across the mouths of" all of said notches.

HORACE G. JACKSON.