US2727677A

US2727677A - Bottle case

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Publication number: US2727677A
Application number: US212155A
Authority: US
Inventors: Harold G Zastrow
Original assignee: Waldorf Paper Products Co
Current assignee: Waldorf Paper Products Co
Priority date: 1951-02-21
Filing date: 1951-02-21
Publication date: 1955-12-20
Anticipated expiration: 1972-12-20

Description

Dec. 20, 1955 INVENTOR Haro/d 6". Zaszrow BY m `L1N TTORNEY BOTTLE CASE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 2l, 1951 INVENTOR ATTORNEY United States Patent O BOTTLE CASE Harold G. Zastrow, Minneapolis, Minn., assignor to Waldorf Paper Products Company, St. Paul, Minn., a corporation of Minnesota Application February 21, 1951, Serial No. 212,155

1 Claim. (Cl. 229-52) The present invention relates to an improvement in bottle cases and deals particularly with a carrying case for carrying bottled goods and the like.

Bottled goods are often sold in tray-like cases having intersecting fillers to divide the tray into aseries of bottle receiving cells. Such cases usually contain 24 bottles. In certain instances, it is advantageous to be able to handle half this number of b'ottles at a time. The present invention resides in the provision of a case designed to contain twenty-four bottles and which is formed with two separable carrier parts, each of which contains twelve bottles.

A feature of the present invention resides in the provision of a bottle case employing a tray shaped receptacle of proper size to contain two additional containers. Each of these containers is designed to contain twelve bottles and each is separately removable and replaceable in the outer tray. Thus half of the contents of the case may be handledat a time, thus greatly simplifying the handling and carrying operation.

A feature of the present invention resides in the provision of a tray containing a pair of inner containers, each of which is provided with handles so that it may be separately lifted and carried. Thus the entire case may be placed'in a suitable storage spot and half of the contents removed at a time for cooling or for use.

An added feature of the present invention resides in the handle structure of the individual case parts. Each of the individually removable inner containers includes a pair of handles which are normally in inoperative posi-` tion in which position they strengthen and reinforce the side of the case. When desired the handles may be lifted into operable position and swung into carrying position so that the bottles may be conveniently handled.

An added feature of the present invention resides in the provision of a tray having hand holds at opposite ends thereof and in providing individual separable receptacles which lit snugly into the tray and which may be carried therewith. The inner receptacles are provided with hand holds which match the hand holds of the outer tray so that the hand may extend both through the wall of the tray and through the wall of the inner container in lifting the entire tray. Each inner receptacle is also provided with a second pair of opposed hand holds located near the upper extremity of the receptacle and located above the level of the outer enclosing tray so that the inner receptacles may be lifted by these hand holds.

These and other objects and novel features of the present invention will be more clearly and fully set forth in the following specification and claims.

In the drawings forming a part of the specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the entire assembly in readiness for use.

Figure 2 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale of one of the inner containers showing the construction thereof.

Figure 3 is a perspective view on a reduced scale of the outer tray showing the construction thereof.

2,727,677 Patented Dec. 20, 1955 Figure 4 is an end view of one of the inner containers showing the handles in operative position.

Figure 5 is a diagrammatic view of a blank of which the inner container is formed.

Figure 6 is a diagrammatic view of an end of the inner container. p

Figure 7 is an elevation view of one of the handles of the inner container.

Figure 8 is a diagrammatic view of the body portion of the outer tray.

Figure 9 is a diagrammatic view of an end of the outer tray.

As illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings, the case includes a tray 10 and a pair of

inner containers

11 and 12. Both of the inner containers are identical in shape and size and accordingly only one such inner container is specifically described. The outer tray 10 is provided with a body portion 13 illustrated in detail in Figure 8 of the drawings and ends 14 therefor illustrated in detail in Figure 9. The body 13 includes a bottom panel 15 which is connected along

parallel fold lines

16 and 17 to

wall panels

19 and 20. The

wall panels

19 and 20 are connected along parallel fold lines 21 and 22 to reinforcing flaps 23 and 24. Y

The bottom panel is connected along

fold lines

25 and 26 to end aps 27 and 29.` The panel 19 is connected along these

fold lines

25 and 26 to end aps 30 and 31. The wall panel is `also connected along the fold lines and 26 to end

aps

32 and 33.

The ends 14 comprise a pair of

panels

34 and 35 connected along a central fold line 36. Hand holds 37 are provided in both panels, these hand holds being similarly spaced relative to the fold line 36 so that the two holes align in folded condition of the clase ends.

In assembling the tray 10'into the form illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawings, the end panels 14 are folded along their center fold line 36 so that the two panels are in surface contact. The ends are then stitched Vto the ends of the body 13, the end flaps 27, 30 and 32 overlying one of the ends and being stitched thereto, and the ilaps 29, 31 and 33 overlying the other case end and being stitched thereto. The reinforcing flaps 23 and 24 are folded down inwardly of their respective side walls 19 and 2l) and are stitched thereto as shown in Figure 3.

Each of the inner receptacles 11 is provided with a body 39 and a pair of ends 40. The body 39 includes a bottom panel 41 connected along parallel fold lines 42 and 43 to

side wall panels

44 and 45. These

side wall panels

44 and 45 are connected along

fold lines

46 and 47 to reinforcing

tlanges

49 and 50. Hand holes 51 and 52 are provided in the

panels

44 and 45 and are spaced from the fold lines 42 and 43 a suitable distance so that the hand holes 51 and 52 align with the hand holes 37 when the

inner containers

11 and 12 are placed within the outer tray 1t) as shown in Figure l.

The bottom panel 41 is connected along fold lines 53 and 54 to end ilaps 55 and 56 respectively. The wall panel 44 is connected along extensions of the fold lines 53 and 54 to end

flaps

57 and 59. The wall panel 45 is similarly connected along the fold lines 53 and 54 to end ilaps and 61.

The inner container ends 40 include a main wall panel 62 and the reinforcing flange 63 connected thereto along a fold line 64. A hand hole is provided within the wall panel 62 just below the level of the flange 63 when this flange is folded down to lie inwardly of the wall panel 62. In assembling the

inner containers

11 and 12, the reinforcing

llanges

49 and 50 are folded to lie inwardly of the

wall panels

44 and 45 and are stitched thereto. The ends 40 are similarly formed by folding the reinforcing flanges 63 along the fold lines 64 and by stitching the flanges 63 in this folded position. The end panels 40 are next secured to the case body 39 by folding the flanges 55, 57, and 60 outwardly of one end panel 62 and stitching these flaps to the end panel. The

end flaps

56, 59 and 61 are similarly folded over the other end panel 62 and are stitched thereto in the manner illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawings.

The

side wall panels

44 and 45 are provided with a pair of spaced apertures 66 located on the

fold lines

46 and 47. A wire handle 67 of the type illustrated in Figure 7 of the drawings is threaded through the apertures 66, preferably before the

reinforcing anges

49 and 50 are stitched. The handles 67 include a hand engaging portion 69 which is connected at opposite ends to handle

arms

70 and 71. These arms terminate in inturned

extremities

72 and 73 which are designed to engage against the

fold lines

46 and 47 in elevated position of the handles. In lowered position of the handles, the hand engaging portions 69 rest upon the upper surface of the

fold lines

46 and 47.

In usual practice llers indicated in general by the numeral 74 are placed within the

inner containers

11 and 12 to provide cells for the bottles. The bottles are next placed in the cells, either before or after the

inner containers

11 and 12 have been placed in the outer tray 10. In placing the

containers

11 and 12 in the tray 10, the containers are turned in such a way that the ends of the inner containers face the side Walls of the tray body. As a result the hand holes 51 and 52 will align with the hand holes 37 in the tray ends. This permits the hand to extend not only through the wall of the outer tray, but also through the wall of the inner receptacles when the case is carried.

The handles 67 usually rest in the position illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings. In this position the wire portions of the handle extend inwardly of the

side wall panels

44 and 45 and assist in reinforcing the case, particularly from a compression standpoint. When it is desired to lift the inner container by its handles, the handles are drawn upwardly in a vertical direction until the inturned ends 72 and 73 of the handles engage within the fold lines 46 and 47. At this point the two handles may swing toward one another as indicated in Figure 4 of the drawings for assistance in carrying the inner container.

.The inner cases may likewise be lifted through the use of the hand holes 65. It will be noted from Figure l of the drawings that these hand holes are above the level of the outer tray, while the other hand holes are below the level thereof to register with the hand holes of the tray.

The hand engaging portions 69 of the handles 67 are of proper width to allow thehandle arms to straddle bottles carried in the inner containers. In the form of construction illustrated the cases are so proportioned as to contain three rows of bottles in a direction longitudinally of the outer tray and four rows of bottles in a direction transversely of the outer tray. The handles are proportioned so that the

arms

70 and 71 are substantially the width of two cells and are spaced the length of one cell from each side of the case so that in elevated position the handles straddle the bottles in the inner container.

In accordance with the patent statutes, the principles of construction and operation of the bottle case have been described and while it has been endeavored to set forth the best embodiment thereof, it is desired to have it understood that obvious changes may be made Within the scope of the following claim without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

I claim: v

A multiple bottle carrier case in combination for lifting and carrying a multiplicity of separable bottle carrying cases including an outer tray, a pair of .inner containers fitting snugly within said tray and extending above the level thereof, hand holes in the ends of said tray and corresponding hand holes-in the inner containers, whereby the tray and containers may be simultaneously lifted, and a second pair of hand holes in the inner containers above the level of the tray, the inner containers being individually and separably removable from the outer tray.

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