US2611639A

US2611639A - Device for carrying milk bottles

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Publication number: US2611639A
Application number: US121371A
Authority: US
Inventors: Sadeck Marshall
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1949-10-14
Filing date: 1949-10-14
Publication date: 1952-09-23
Anticipated expiration: 1969-09-23

Description

Sept. 23, 1952 v M. SADECK DEVICE FOR CARRYING MILK BOTTLES Filed Oct. 14, 1949 INVENTOR mafia/M44 5:90:04

ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 23, 1952 nation FOR CARRYING MILK BOTTLES Marshall Sadeck, New Bedford, Mass. Application October 14, 1949, Serial No. 121,371

2 Claims.

This invention relates to bottle=carrying de=- vices, and more particularly to a device for carrying milk bottles.

A main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved carrier for bottles and the like, said carrier being very simple in construction, being easy to manipulate, and enabling two bottles to be carried with one hand.

A further object of the invention is to pro:- vide an improved carrier for milk bottles, said carrier being very inexpensive to manufacture, being sturdy in construction, and allowing two bottles to be comfortably carried without risk of breakage of the bottles, While employing one hand.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claims, and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevational view of a pair of milk bottles engaged at their neck portions by the carrying elements of a bottle carrier constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the bottle carrier employed in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional detail view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, Ii, H designates a pair of milk bottles, said milk bottles being engaged at their neck portions by the looped arms I 2, l2 of a bottle carrier, designated generally at l3. The carrier i3 is made up of a single piece of wire of substantial stifiness, said wire being bent upwardly at 14, Hi to define a central portion [5 on which is mounted a cylindrical handle It, said handle being freely rotatable on the wire body portion l 5. The wire portions adjacent the ends are bent inwardly to form the loop elements l2, 12, which form substantially complete circles and which lie in one plane. Adjacent to the terminating points of the loops l2, 12, the end portions of the wire are bent downwardly as at I! and thence backwardly to provide depending lugs l8, l8. From Figures 1, 2 and 3 it will be apparent that the weight of the milk bottles is supported by the loop members l2, [2, said loop members being maintained in encircling relation with respect to the necks of the bottles by the cooperation of the hook elements I! with the radial straight portions IQ of the wire body of the carrier.

The wire, although having substantial stiffness, nevertheless is sufiiciently resilient to allow the hook elements l1, I! to be slightly opened up 2 when the bottles are deposited on a table or other support and the weight is taken off the carrier, the opening up of the hook elements I I, [1 allowing said elements to be flexed out of engagement with the straight radial portions I9 of the wire and lifted upwardly above the portions l9, whereby the loop elements 12 are opened, allowing the loop elements to be disengaged from the necks of the bottles H, H. The above-described operation is reversed-when it is desired to secure the loop elements 12, i2 to the necks of the milk bottles preparatory-to carrying said bottles. During use of the device, the resiliency of the hook elements ii, I! maintains the upstandinglug elements it in contact with the straight radialportions i9, i9, whereby the hook elements l1, I! maintain the loops [2, l2 in a locked condition. The weight of the bottles, acting through the top rims thereof, tends to force the opposing portions of the loop elements I2, I2 apart, whereby the grip of the hook elements I! against the radial straight portions IQ of the wire is tightened. It is therefore apparent that the bottles cannot be released while being carried, and accidental breakage of said bottles is therefore avoided.

While a specific embodiment of a bottle carrier has been disclosed in the foregoing description, it will be understood that various modifications within the spirit of the invention may occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, it is intended that no limitations be placed on the invention except as defined by the scope of the appended claims.

.What is claimed is:

1. A bottle carrying device comprising a single piece of resilient wire having the portion adjacent each end bent inwardly to form a loop in the form of a substantially complete circle with the portion of said wire adjacent the terminating point of said loop being spaced from the adjacent portion of said wire for completely surrounding a bottle neck below a projecting collar on the latter, said loops lying in the same horizontal plane, each end of said wire adjacent to the terminating point of each loop being bent to provide a means engageable with the adjacent portion of said wire when the latter surrounds the bottle neck to thereby close the loop and retain said bottle neck.

2. A bottle carrying device comprising a single piece of resilient wire having the portion adjacent each end bent inwardly to form a loop in the form of a substantially complete circle with 3 4 the portion or said wire adjacent the terminating REFERENCES CITED P of 1 100p spaced from the The following references are of record in the Jacent port1on of said wire for completely surfile of this patent;

rounding a bottle neck below a projecting collar on the latter, said loops lying in the same hori- 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS zonal plane, each end of said wire adjacent to Number Name Date the terminating point of each loop being bent to 1,013,406 Lawrence J an 2, 1912 provide a lug engageable with the adjacent por- 1,228,348 Morgan May 29, 1917 tion of said wire when the latter surrounds the 1,411,695 Hackett Apr. 4, 1922 bottle neck to thereby close the loop and retain 10 1, 6 Brautigam July 1922 said bottleneck, and a handlerotatably sup-- 2,212,237 Jenkins Aug. 20, 1940 ported on said wire intermediate said loops. 2,288,358 Jenkins June 30, 1942 2,301,167 Cosme Nov. 3, 1942 MARSHALL SADECK. ,2,398,948 Martinez Apr. 23, 1946