Receptacles – Horizontally attached receptacle sets – Detachable
Patent
1990-12-10
1992-01-07
Price, William I.
Receptacles
Horizontally attached receptacle sets
Detachable
206427, B65D 604, B65D 2504, B65D 2528
Patent
active
050782924
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Bottle carriers, especially for keeping beer, mineral water, juices, and soft drinks, that can be disassembled into two components and reassembled again are easier to cope with than those that do not come apart and are accordingly being increasingly employed. Prerequisite to the utility of take-apart bottle carriers is that the assembled carrier must not only be rigid but also resist coming apart by accident. There are various approaches to assembling a carrier out of its components. The approach followed by the present invention involves the type of take-apart bottle carrier with components that are assembled in accordance with the tongue-and-groove principle. This design is already addressed in German GM 7 923 328, which does not, however, disclose a means of adequately securing the assembled components together. The insecure attachment of the components could lead to an unintended and undesired separation that would be bad for business, and this particular carrier has accordingly never been marketed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
With the aforesaid state of the art as a point of departure, the object of the present invention is to improve the generic take-apart bottle carrier, which is assembled in accordance with the tongue-and-groove principle, and prevent the components that comprise it from coming apart unintendedly.
With the relatively simple approach of assembly in accordance with the tongue-and-groove principle as a point of departure, the assembly of the components into a complete carrier is accordingly ensured in a way that will reliably prevent the carrier from coming apart into its components. A take-apart filter assembled in accordance with the tongue-and-groove principle can accordingly now be marketed as desired.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
One embodiment of the invention will now be specified with reference to the drawing, wherein
FIG. 1 is a simplified illustration of the novel take-apart bottle carrier,
FIG. 2 is a truncated and partly X-ray view of the carrier in the direction indicated by arrow II in FIG. 1,
FIG. 3 is a truncated top view of the carrier,
FIG. 4 is a view similar to that in FIG. 2 and representing the carrier in the process of being disassembled.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The carrier consists of identical components 11 and 11', with walls 111, 112, and 113, a bottom 114, and a partition 116. Walls 111, 112, and 113 and usually bottom 114 and partition 116 are provided with the conventional recesses and perforations. Components 11 and 11' are also divided in a known way into several compartments, each accommodating one bottle.
The transition between the partition 116 and the wall 111 in each component 11 and 11' is provided with a continuous undercut groove 117 that extends the whole height of the carrier, and the transition between partition 116 and the wall 113 opposite wall 111 is provided with a tongue 118 that extends the whole height of the carrier and beyond the partition and matches the cross-section of the groove. Once one component 11 or 11' has been rotated 180.degree. in relation to the other and the two have been assembled into a carrier, tongues 118 will fit into groove 117, resulting in an interlocking connection that will prevent the components from coming apart again in the direction indicated by double-headed arrows D and E in FIG. 1. It will, however, still be possible to separate components 11 and 11' and disassemble the carrier by sliding them apart in the direction indicated by double-headed arrow F in FIG. 1.
Also comprising components 11 and 11' are shackle-type carrying handles 119, which are articulated to walls 111 and 113 at points 121 and can be pivoted out of the position illustrated in FIG. 1 in the direction indicated by arrow G and into the carrying position. The upper edge of the components is designed to prevent handles 119 from projecting beyond walls 111 to 113 while they are pivoted back against the components (in the direction indicated by arrow G' in FIG. 1).
To prevent uninten
REFERENCES:
patent: 4387824 (1983-06-01), Wefers
patent: 4790443 (1988-12-01), Auer
Fogiel Max
Price William I.
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