Handling: hand and hoist-line implements – Grapple – Multiple grapples for multiple objects
Patent
1996-12-05
1998-05-26
Kramer, Dean
Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
Grapple
Multiple grapples for multiple objects
294159, 206150, 206151, B65D 7100
Patent
active
057554749
ABSTRACT:
The cup carrier of this invention comprises a sheet of flat flexible material which forms at least one cup receiving opening and a handle. Each cup receiving opening is surrounded by a cup engaging portion that engages a tapered sidewall of a cup when the cup is inserted within the cup receiving opening. The cup engaging portion of the sheet forms an inner ring and an outer ring and bands connect the inner ring to the outer ring. A generally radial slit is positioned, preferably at an approximate midpoint, between two adjacent bands. The cup carrier permits a user to insert cups having a range of diameters into the cup receiving openings. A user can insert a small cup within the cup receiving opening and engage a sidewall of the small cup with the inner ring of the cup engaging portion. A user may alternatively insert a large cup within the cup receiving opening after breaking the inner ring along each of the generally radial slits, and engage a sidewall of the large cup with the outer ring of the cup engaging portion.
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Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Kramer Dean
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