Special receptacle or package – Portable segregating carrier for plural cylindrical... – Handle struck from top wall
Patent
1995-11-06
1998-02-17
Sewell, Paul T.
Special receptacle or package
Portable segregating carrier for plural cylindrical...
Handle struck from top wall
206161, 206199, B65D 7500
Patent
active
057183309
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a receptacle holder for lockable necked receptacles, which holder is composed of a plate provided with at least two apertures each having a diameter just smaller than the maximum diameter of the neck.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BACKGROUND ART
Such a receptacle holder is disclosed in the international patent application WO-A-93/08096 which is prior to, but published after the priority date of the present patent application. The disclosed receptacle holder is a part of a unit which comprises a blank paper-board wrapping the receptacles together. The plate is made of a semi-rigid plastic material and serves, on the one hand, for keeping the receptacles in place and, on the other hand, as support for the empty receptacles.
The receptacle holder according to the present invention differs from the one disclosed in the prior patent application by the fact that the plate is made of alveolar polypropylene with a density of at least 330 g/m.sup.3.
The prior patent application indicates that the plate is made of a semi-rigid material such as corrugated plastic for example. The particular choice of using alveolar polypropylene is not mentioned in the prior application. The elasticity of alveolar polypropylene renders this material particularly suited for use in the present invention. Indeed, polypropylene is a light water-resistant material. Moreover, polypropylene may be washed indefinitely without being deteriorated. Polypropylene can also be recycled. By choosing alveolar polypropylene for making the plate, a relatively elastic plate is obtained which does not tear easily making it perfectly reusable. Thanks to the elasticity of the employed material, the plate as such can carry the bottles without requiring a case or a blank as the known receptacle holders do. The receptacles are held with their neck or their cap in the apertures and are suspended in this way in the plate.
It has to be noted that nothing in the prior art, nor in said prior international patent application, teaches the particular choice of alveolar polypropylene. U.S. Pat. No. 3.285.410, disclosing the use of a plate as such as receptacle holder, and teaches to make the plate of a relatively rigid material. Around the aperture wherein the bottle are held reinforcements are even provided. Also the corrugated plastic material mentioned in said prior application does not teach anything about the particular choice of alveolar polypropylene. Moreover, this prior application mentions a semi-rigid material which does not indicate the use of an elastic material.
In general, a skilled person would not consider to choose an elastic material for making a receptacle holder because of the elastic property of the material. He would rather look for a rigid material because in this way the receptacles will not break so easily.
A first embodiment of a receptacle holder according to the invention is characterized in that the friction exerted by the plate onto the receptacle is such that, at the level of the cap, the force required for removing the receptacle is at least 1.5 times larger than the force required for inserting the receptacle. In this way, the receptacles can be inserted without exerting a too large force involving the risk of breaking the receptacle. The higher removal force assures, on the one hand, that the receptacle remains well secured and, on the other hand, impedes theft attempts since the receptacles cannot be removed so easily.
A second embodiment of a receptacle holder according to the invention is characterized in that said plate comprises at least four apertures and at least one handle situated substantially in the middle of the apertures. In this way, the receptacle holder is easier to handle.
Preferably, the handle is cut out in the material of said plate itself. This makes the production of the handle easier.
A third embodiment of a receptacle holder according to the invention is characterized in that it comprises at least two rows of at least three apertures, the apertures of one and t
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Auffret Jean-Marie
Auffret Jean-Paul
Van Kerk Marie-Therese
Lam Nhan T.
Plastirock Industries S.A.
Sewell Paul T.
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