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US3079041A
US3079041A US116812A US11681261A US3079041A US 3079041 A US3079041 A US 3079041A US 116812 A US116812 A US 116812A US 11681261 A US11681261 A US 11681261A US 3079041 A US3079041 A US 3079041A
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  • This invention relates to certain improvements in portable bottle racks of such a type as is made from a cut cardboard sheet, provided with bending lines and especially designed for use only once as a package for such bottles as, when emptied, are not bought back by the sales places, but may be discarded.
  • One of the principal features and objects of the present invention is to provide for a bottle rack of said type, which is simple and cheap in manufacture, but despite that, holds up in use. It is a further feature and object of the present invention to provide for a bottle rack, which is collapsible, so that before and also after its use, it takes up a minimum of space.
  • FIGURE 1 is a cut cardboard sheet, provided with bending lines, said sheet being the material for the bottle rack according to the present invention
  • FIGURE 2 is the same cardboard sheet after a first folding
  • FIGURE 3 is the same cardboard sheet after a second folding
  • FIGURE 4 is a front view of the finished bottle rack
  • FIGURE 5 is the finished bottle rack, seen from the right side of FIGURE 4 and having bottles inserted.
  • the bottle rack according to the invention is made from a cut cardboard sheet, provided with bending lines and having an appearance as shown in FIGURE 1.
  • the card-board sheet has the shape of a rectangular strip 1, provided in the middle with a longitudinal bending line 2 and further provided with four transversal, parallel bending lines 3, 4, 5 and 6. Thus these bending lines divide up the strip in panels as pairs 7, 8; 9, 1t 11, 12; 13, 14; and 15, 16.
  • the panels 15 and 16 there are openings 24) which in the transversal direction of the strip 1 are as long as the openings 17 and the flap 18, but are broader than these.
  • the lower long sides of the opening 17 and the flap 18 are located as far from the bending line 5 as are the upper long sides of the openings 20, while the upper long sides of the opening 17 and the flap 18 are located as far from the upper short side of the strip 1 as the lower long sides of the openings 20 are from the lower short side of the strip 1.
  • the longitudinal bending line 2 is cut through all the length between the bending lines 3 and 6.
  • the panels 15 and 16 form a common inner side wall for the two cases
  • the panels 13 and 14 form the bottoms of the cases
  • the panels 11 and 12 form the outer side walls of the eases
  • the panels 9 and 10 form sloping top parts of the cases
  • the panels 7 and 8 through the handle grip which is common for all four parts of the fourfold sheet, connect the top parts to the inner side wall.
  • the bottle rack When the bottle rack is not in use, it may be kept either in the position according to FIGURE 2 or in the position according to FIGURE 3 and then forms a flat unit, which takes up a minimum of space.
  • the rack is brought to operative position in the above described way, thus by the hand displacing the outer parts of the fourfold sheet (FIGURE 3) in relation to the inner parts.
  • the handle grip bottles 21 With the hand still grasping the handle grip bottles 21 are inserted through the openings 19 in the top parts, formed by the panels and 10 and will then rest upon the case bottoms, formed by the panels 13 and 14.
  • the bottles 21 are later-ally guided by the edges of the openings 19.
  • the rack is in FIGURES 4 and 5 shown standing on a support.
  • the bottle rack as here above described is furnished with two cases side by side.
  • the rack has only one case with an upwards extended side wall for the handle grip, such a rack taking only one row of bottles.
  • a sheet is used, which consists of only the right or left half on both sides of the bending line 2 in the sheet according to FIGURE 1. It is of course also possible to design the rack in other ways within the scope of invention as is set forth in the appended claim.
  • a bottle carrier which takes both a collapsed position and an expanded position, comprising a central substantially vertical member of double ply thickness, the plies of said member being hingedly connected along a side edge; a pair of bottom panels outwardly extending from, integral with, and hinged to said vertical member along its bottom edge; a pair of outer side wall panels up- 3 wardly extending from, integral with, and hinged to said bottom panels; a pair of top panels inwardly extending from, integral with, and hinged to said outer side wall panels, said top panels havingbot-tle receiving apertures therein; a pair of end anels upwardly extending ;from, integral with, and hinged to said top panels, said end panels being in slideable relation with and positioned outside, adjaeent, and parallel to said vertical member and further being l ingedly connected toz each other along a side.
  • said bottom panels, outerside wallpanels, top panels; and end panels as a unit being displaceable in relation to said vertical member for bringing said bottle carrier-from a collapsed flat structure in which said outer side ivall panels; top panels and end panels lie fiat against said laottom pa nels and said vertical member into an expanded hollow carrier structure for receiving bottles, said end panels and said vertical member both being provided with handle opening meansior producing said displacement, said handle opening means in said end panels overl-ying the lower portion of'said handle opening means in said vertical member, in the collapsed position, and overlying the upper portion of said handle opening means in said vetrieal member, in-the expanded position.

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Feb. 26, 1963 E. H. KOHNKE 3,079,041 PORTABLE-BOTTLE RACK Filed June 13, 1961 s Sheets-sheaf 1 Filed June 13, 1961 Feb. 26, 1963 E. H. KOHNKE 3,079,041
PORTABLE BOTTLE RACK 3 Sheets-Sheet 2' Feb. 26, 19 3 E. H. KOHNKE 3,079,041 PORTABLE BOTTLE RACK Filed June 13, 1961 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 United States This invention relates to certain improvements in portable bottle racks of such a type as is made from a cut cardboard sheet, provided with bending lines and especially designed for use only once as a package for such bottles as, when emptied, are not bought back by the sales places, but may be discarded.
One of the principal features and objects of the present invention is to provide for a bottle rack of said type, which is simple and cheap in manufacture, but despite that, holds up in use. It is a further feature and object of the present invention to provide for a bottle rack, which is collapsible, so that before and also after its use, it takes up a minimum of space.
The novel features which I believe to be characteristic of my invention are set forth with particularity in the appended claim. My invention itself, however, both as to its organization and manner of construction, together with further objects and advantages thereof, may best be understood by references to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIGURE 1 is a cut cardboard sheet, provided with bending lines, said sheet being the material for the bottle rack according to the present invention;
FIGURE 2 is the same cardboard sheet after a first folding;
FIGURE 3 is the same cardboard sheet after a second folding;
FIGURE 4 is a front view of the finished bottle rack; and
FIGURE 5 is the finished bottle rack, seen from the right side of FIGURE 4 and having bottles inserted.
As shown on the drawings:
The bottle rack according to the invention is made from a cut cardboard sheet, provided with bending lines and having an appearance as shown in FIGURE 1. The card-board sheet has the shape of a rectangular strip 1, provided in the middle with a longitudinal bending line 2 and further provided with four transversal, parallel bending lines 3, 4, 5 and 6. Thus these bending lines divide up the strip in panels as pairs 7, 8; 9, 1t 11, 12; 13, 14; and 15, 16.
in panel 7 there is made an opening 17, while in panel 3 the contour for a corresponding opening is cut through along the short sides and along the lower long side. The upper long side of the contour is provided with a bending line, so that a foldable flap 18 is formed.
In each of the panels 9 and there are three oval openings 19, located in a row parallel to the transversal bending lines. In the panels 15 and 16 there are openings 24) which in the transversal direction of the strip 1 are as long as the openings 17 and the flap 18, but are broader than these. The lower long sides of the opening 17 and the flap 18 are located as far from the bending line 5 as are the upper long sides of the openings 20, while the upper long sides of the opening 17 and the flap 18 are located as far from the upper short side of the strip 1 as the lower long sides of the openings 20 are from the lower short side of the strip 1.
The longitudinal bending line 2 is cut through all the length between the bending lines 3 and 6.
atent O ice In order to make a bottle rack of the material according to FIGURE 1, first the lower half of the strip 1 is along the bending line 5 folded down and in against the upper half, so that a double sheet according to FIGURE 2 is formed. Thereafter the left half of the double sheet according to FIGURE 2 is folded down and in against the right half, so that a fourfold sheet according to FIGURE 3 is formed. In this four-fold sheet the two inner parts consist of the panels 13, 15 and 14, 16 respectively and the two outer part-s consist of the panels 7, 9, 11 and 8, 10, 12 respectively.
In the position according to FIGURE 3 the inner parts of the fourfold sheet protrude above the outer parts. By pressing the flap 18 through the two openings 21} and the opening 17 a passage for the fingers of the hand is formed. With the hand it is now possible to displace the outer part of the fourfold sheet upwards, until its upper edges are in line with the upper edges of the inner parts. In doing this the fourfold sheet is opened, so that automatically a bottle rack with two cases according to FIG- URES 4 and 5 is formed. These cases have no ends, but are otherwise closed.
In the finished rack the panels 15 and 16 form a common inner side wall for the two cases, the panels 13 and 14 form the bottoms of the cases, the panels 11 and 12 form the outer side walls of the eases, the panels 9 and 10 form sloping top parts of the cases and the panels 7 and 8 through the handle grip, which is common for all four parts of the fourfold sheet, connect the top parts to the inner side wall. Thus pasting or stapling is not necessary when the bottle rack according to the invention is made in the above described way. Such a procedure, however, may be necessary when said rack is made in another way.
When the bottle rack is not in use, it may be kept either in the position according to FIGURE 2 or in the position according to FIGURE 3 and then forms a flat unit, which takes up a minimum of space. The rack is brought to operative position in the above described way, thus by the hand displacing the outer parts of the fourfold sheet (FIGURE 3) in relation to the inner parts. With the hand still grasping the handle grip bottles 21 are inserted through the openings 19 in the top parts, formed by the panels and 10 and will then rest upon the case bottoms, formed by the panels 13 and 14. The bottles 21 are later-ally guided by the edges of the openings 19. The rack is in FIGURES 4 and 5 shown standing on a support. When the rack instead is carried by the hand grasping the handle grip, the outer side walls 11 and 12 will sink in relation to the inner side Wall 15, 16. The bottles 21 will then take a more inclined position, so that the bottle necks in no Way will be a hindrance to the hand carrying the rack.
The bottle rack as here above described is furnished with two cases side by side. In a modified form the rack has only one case with an upwards extended side wall for the handle grip, such a rack taking only one row of bottles. For this rack a sheet is used, which consists of only the right or left half on both sides of the bending line 2 in the sheet according to FIGURE 1. It is of course also possible to design the rack in other ways within the scope of invention as is set forth in the appended claim.
I claim as my invention:
A bottle carrier which takes both a collapsed position and an expanded position, comprising a central substantially vertical member of double ply thickness, the plies of said member being hingedly connected along a side edge; a pair of bottom panels outwardly extending from, integral with, and hinged to said vertical member along its bottom edge; a pair of outer side wall panels up- 3 wardly extending from, integral with, and hinged to said bottom panels; a pair of top panels inwardly extending from, integral with, and hinged to said outer side wall panels, said top panels havingbot-tle receiving apertures therein; a pair of end anels upwardly extending ;from, integral with, and hinged to said top panels, said end panels being in slideable relation with and positioned outside, adjaeent, and parallel to said vertical member and further being l ingedly connected toz each other along a side. edge; said bottom panels, outerside wallpanels, top panels; and end panels as a unit being displaceable in relation to said vertical member for bringing said bottle carrier-from a collapsed flat structure in which said outer side ivall panels; top panels and end panels lie fiat against said laottom pa nels and said vertical member into an expanded hollow carrier structure for receiving bottles, said end panels and said vertical member both being provided with handle opening meansior producing said displacement, said handle opening means in said end panels overl-ying the lower portion of'said handle opening means in said vertical member, in the collapsed position, and overlying the upper portion of said handle opening means in said vetrieal member, in-the expanded position.
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