Special receptacle or package – Structural features for vertical stacking – i.e. – similar... – Having vertical projecting element or recess for interlock
Patent
1995-04-28
1997-10-07
Sewell, Paul T.
Special receptacle or package
Structural features for vertical stacking, i.e., similar...
Having vertical projecting element or recess for interlock
206203, 206427, 220514, 220519, B65D 2102
Patent
active
056737920
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a bottle package, for placing bottles in a plurality of superposed layers in which the bottles stand upright, comprising base plates to be laid between the bottle layers, the base plates incorporating on one surface first seats the inner surfaces of which bear, for at least a portion thereof, on the mouth or neck portion of the bottles. The other surface incorporating cup-like second seats remaining between the first seats and being inverse to the first seats, the dimensions and shape of the cup-like seats substantially conforming to the shape of the bottom of the bottles to be used in association with the base plate.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A package substantially as described above is known from European published application 0 324 699. In that application, however, in distinction to the above, the seats reserved for the bottle mouth are openings, and thus the upper base plate bears on the neck portions of the lower bottle layer in the package. An obvious result from this is wedging of the base plate to the tapered bottle necks, which substantially impedes the use of the package. Further, the supports provided for the bottle bottoms are rather small, and thus the bottles cannot stand very rigidly on the base plate after the upper base plate covering said bottle layer is removed. The package is a relatively stable entity, but this stability is based specifically on the wedging of the base plates relative to the bottle necks and thereby presents a considerable problem when the package is taken apart.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a package which does not involve the problems of the prior art package but has the advantage, that is, the package is stable and space-saving and the bottles are substantially visible, which is thought to be of significance in attempting to influence consumer choices.
The above objects are achieved with a package according to the invention, which is characterized in that cup-like seats comprise a generally tapered protuberance projecting centrally from the bottom of the seat, the dimensions and shape of the protuberance conforming to the dimension and shape of the socket provided in the bottom of the bottle to be used in association with the base plate.
Since the package of the invention is primarily, although not solely, intended for plastic recyclable bottles, i.e. what may be called RefPET bottles, in which the bottom of the bottle has a generally circular shape consequent on the bottle material, but which necessarily also have a socket centrally of the bottom, a very balanced upright position is achieved for the bottle by means of a base construction as described above. If the bottom of the seat did not have a generally tapered protuberance, the bottle could rotate in its cup-like seat.
Preferably the protuberance in the bottom of the cup-like seats is generally frusto-conical in shape. Furthermore, it is preferable in view of the manageability of the base plate in other respects and also in view of lightness and cleaning that an opening is provided in the middle of said generally frusto-conical protuberance.
The invention also relates to a base plate for use in a bottle package wherein the bottles are placed in a plurality of superposed layers in which the bottles are upright and between which the base plates are located; the generally rectangular base plates incorporating on their one surface seats the inner surfaces of which bear, for at least part thereof, on the mouth or neck portion of the bottles to be used in association with the base plate when the base plate is disposed on the bottle layer, and on their other surface cup-like seats remaining between the seats and being inverse to said seats, the dimensions and shape of said cup-like seats substantially conforming to the shape of the bottom of the bottles to be used in association with the base plate, and in which base plate the first-mentioned seats and the cup-like seats that are staggered relative to the firs
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Bui Luan K.
Oy Hartwall AB
Sewell Paul T.
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