Wine bottle package

Details Wine bottle package Wine bottle package

2000-02-01

2001-12-04

Fidei, David T. (Department: 3728)

Special receptacle or package

For plural beverage-type receptacles

C206S203000, C206S433000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06325210

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to packaging, and more particularly to a package for wine bottles so that bottles are protected and securely held when the package is shipped.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
With the growth of the Internet, more and more wine is being ordered via personal computers. The wine ordered needs to be placed in a package for shipment, generally in a corrugated box. The wine bottles are positioned vertically. Within the box, each bottle needs to be supported at its bottom end spaced from the bottom of the box in a position which secures the bottle against movement laterally. The upper end of each bottle also needs to be held so that movement is prevented. The plurality of bottles have to be secured against moving relative to each other and against movement relative to the box in which they are positioned.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
One object of this invention is to provide a package for wine bottles wherein a support tray in a box carries the wine bottles on the bottom of a box and a one-piece protector engages the neck of each bottle, the tray and protector being formed from molded pulp having side edges which conform with and engage the insides of the box.
Another object of the invention is to provide a molded pulp tray having a pocket for the bottom end of each wine bottle, each pocket spacing the bottom of the bottle from the box bottom and the tray being flexible whereby the bottom of the bottle may be wedged into the pocket to secure it in place.
Another object of the invention is to provide a molded pulp protector at the top of the package having a conical collar for the neck end of each bottle, each collar having one end engagable with the sloped surface between the body and neck of the bottle and an upper end extending above the top of the wine bottle and having internal flutes engaging the bottle neck.
A further object of this invention is to provide wine bottle support blanks of molded pulp having score lines whereby the blanks may be broken apart to accommodate the number of bottles to be placed in one box.
Other objects of the invention will be apparent hereinafter from the specification and the appended claims.


REFERENCES:
patent: 4911300 (1990-03-01), Colonna
patent: 5377862 (1995-01-01), Oakes et al.
patent: 5826712 (1998-10-01), Aikio

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