Beverage cup carrier

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1996-02-05

1998-02-03

Kramer, Dean

Handling: hand and hoist-line implements

Article carrier gripped and carried by hand

Having plural discrete receivers or supports for spaced...

206519, 206564, 229406, B65D 136

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057136190

ABSTRACT:
A beverage cup carrier includes multiple pockets arranged in laterally spaced relation. Each pocket includes a bottom wall, a plurality of conical side wall portions, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced webs. The side wall portions encompass the bottom wall and extend upwardly and outwardly therefrom. The side wall portions are circumferentially spaced from each other and form surface portions of a curved surface of an imaginary inverted cone. The webs interconnect the side wall portions and extend radially inward from the curved surface of the imaginary inverted cone. Each of the webs includes a flat central section and a pair of opposing side sections connecting the central section to adjacent ones of the conical side wall portions. The central section extends upwardly and outwardly from the bottom wall. The pair of opposing side sections of each of the webs form surface portions of a curved surface of a respective imaginary upright cone. The central section of each of the webs defines a truncated parabolic conic section of the respective imaginary upright cone. Each of the webs is vertically spaced from the bottom wall to define a respective first elongated slot therebetween. An outwardly curved rim portion is disposed above and spaced from the central section of each of the webs to define a respective second elongated slot therebetween. A plurality of denesting lugs interconnect the bottom wall and respective ones of the side wall portions.

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