Package and article carriers – Carried by animate bearer – For liquid or liquid-holding container
Patent
1999-04-09
2000-10-17
Vidovich, Gregory M.
Package and article carriers
Carried by animate bearer
For liquid or liquid-holding container
2241484, 2241487, 224197, 248312, 2483121, A45F 500
Patent
active
061317799
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to a bottle carrier and, in particular, but not exclusively, to a bottle carrier which can be suspended from a person's belt or a strap in order to carry a conventional commercial water or other drink bottle.
Supporting devices for enabling a drink bottle to be carried either personally or on a vehicle such as a bicycle are known. However, such carriers intended for personal use generally suffer from the disadvantage from being cumbersome, inconvenient or, alternatively, do not properly support a bottle.
The present invention provides, in a first aspect, a bottle carrier for carrying a bottle having a bottle body, a neck extending upwardly from the bottle body and a flange surrounding the neck, the bottle carrier including: the carrier it to be supported; gripping section including; of the bottle with the space accommodating the neck of the bottle; and claws for engaging the bottle body when the neck of the bottle is received in the space so the bottle is retained in the carrier by the combined effect of engagement of the claws with the flange and engagement of the downwardly extending end with the bottle body.
Preferably both of the claws have a downwardly extending end.
Preferably the downwardly extending end is a curved end of each claw.
Preferably the connection section comprises a generally U-shaped strap having a first portion and a second portion, the first and second portions being connected together by a curved transition portion so that the first portion and second portion are arranged adjacent one another.
Preferably one of the first or second portions has a lug for spacing the other of the first or second portions from the said one of the first or second portions.
Preferably the first portion, second portion and transition portion are formed from plastics material and the second portion is biased towards the first portion by the resiliency of the plastic material.
Preferably a pair of locating lugs is provided on the claws and project into the space between the claws.
Preferably a stiffener collar is provided on the claws and surrounds the space.
Preferably the connection section and holding section are pivotally coupled to one another by a pivotal coupling.
Preferably the pivotal coupling includes a boss for limiting pivotal movement of the connection section relative to the bottle gripping section.
Preferably the pivotal connection comprises a pair of spaced apart end sections on one of the gripping section or the connection section and a rod extending between the spaced apart end sections, and a sleeve coupled to the other of the gripping section or connection section, the sleeve having an axially extending slot so that the rod can snap fit into the sleeve through the slot to thereby pivotally couple the sleeve onto the rod to in turn pivotally couple the gripping section to the connection section.
Preferably the boss is provided on the sleeve and limits the amount of pivotal movement of the gripping section relative to the connection section so that the gripping section can move between a folded position wherein the gripping section is substantially parallel with the connection section to a position extending outwardly from the connection section to enable receipt of a bottle.
A second aspect of the invention provides a bottle carrier for carrying a bottle, including: the carrier is to be supported; bottle; and for allowing the bottle holding section to pivot relative to the connection section between a folded position substantially parallel to the connection section and a bottle carrying position extending outwardly from the connection section.
Preferably the bottle includes a neck having a flange and a bottle body, the bottle holding section including a pair of claws, defining a space therebetween, for engaging the flange of the bottle with the space accommodating the neck of the bottle, and a downwardly extending end on each of the claws for engaging the body bottle when the neck of the bottle is received in the space so the bottle is retained in the carrier by the
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Brevard Maerema W.
Vidovich Gregory M.
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