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US 10,155,327 B2Granted
Fastening device for compacted plastic bottles intended for recycling
OwnerMaurice Moshe Amsellem, Yaakov Amsaleminventors
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Abstract
A fastening belt for a recyclable, plastic, beverage bottle including: a length of flexible material affixed around a circumference of the bottle and positioned on a lower part of a body of the bottle; in a first partially compacted the material is disposed in a crease of a fold between the first and the second segments of the bottle; and in a second, compacted state, the material is configured to be passed over the neck of the bottle, thereby securing the first and second segments of the bottle in the compacted state folded over the third segment.
Claims49
A fastening belt for a recyclable, plastic, beverage bottle, the fastening belt comprising:
- a length of flexible material affixed around a circumference of the bottle and positioned on a lower part of a body of the bottle;
- a first portion of said length of flexible material configured, in a first partially compacted state, to be positioned between a first segment of the bottle which is disposed below the belt and a second segment of the bottle which is disposed above the belt, wherein said first segment is folded over said second segment and said first portion is disposed in a crease of a fold between said first and second segments of the bottle, trapping said first portion in said fold;
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- a second portion of said length of flexible material configured, in a second, compacted state, to be positioned proximal a neck of the bottle and adapted to be passed over said neck, wherein in said second, compacted state, said first and second segments are folded over a third segment of the bottle, and, in a third, secured state, said second portion is passed over said neck of the bottle, thereby securing said first and second segments of the bottle adjacent said third segment.
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A method of securing a compacted mass of a bottle to a neck of the bottle, comprising:
- (a) providing a fastening belt affixed around a circumference of the bottle;
- (b) folding a first segment of the bottle over a second segment of the bottle, said first segment proximal a base of the bottle and disposed below said fastening belt and said second segment disposed above said fastening belt, such that a portion of said fastening belt is trapped between said first segment and said second segment;
- (c) folding said first and second segments over a third segment of the bottle, said third segment proximal the neck of the bottle, such that a second portion of said fastening belt is disposed proximal the neck of the bottle;
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- (d) securing said second portion of said fastening belt over the neck of the bottle, so as to hold said first and second segments adjacent said third segment.
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A system for folding plastic bottles, the system comprising:
- a bottle having a first folding line formed along a circumference of said bottle on a lower part of a body of the bottle;
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- a fastening belt, said fastening belt, comprised of a first portion and a second portion formed of a length of flexible material, affixed around said circumference of the bottle and positioned within said first folding line;
- said bottle configured with a first partially compacted state wherein a first portion of said fastening belt is positioned between a first segment of the bottle which is disposed below said fastening belt and a second segment of the bottle which is disposed above said fastening belt, wherein said first segment is folded over said second segment along said first folding line and said first portion is disposed in said first folding line between said first and second segments of the bottle, trapping said first portion between said first and second segments;
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- said bottle configured with a second compacted state wherein a second portion of said fastening belt is positioned proximal to a neck of said bottle and adapted to be passed over said neck, wherein in said second, compacted state, said first and second segments are folded over a third segment of said bottle;
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- said bottle configured with a third, secured state, wherein said second portion is passed over said neck of said bottle, thereby securing said first and second segments of said bottle adjacent said third segment.
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A method of securing a compacted mass of a bottle to a neck of the bottle, comprising:
- (a) providing the bottle with a first folding line;
- (b) providing a fastening belt affixed around a circumference of the bottle;
- (c) folding a first segment of the bottle over a second segment of the bottle along said first folding line, said first segment proximal a base of the bottle and disposed below said fastening belt and said second segment disposed above said fastening belt, such that a portion of said fastening belt is trapped within said first folding line between said first segment and said second segment;
- (d) folding said first and second segments over a third segment of the bottle, said third segment proximal the neck of the bottle, such that a second portion of said fastening belt is disposed proximal the neck of the bottle;
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- (e) securing said second portion of said fastening belt over the neck of the bottle, so as to hold said first and second segments adjacent said third segment.
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A bottle having an initial, uncompressed state and a second, folded-up state, comprising:
- a body comprised of a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment, wherein the first segment and the second segment are divided by a folding line;
- a neck of the bottle, disposed proximally to the third segment of the body;
- a fastening belt of flexible material comprised of a first portion and a second portion wherein the first portion is trapped by the first segment and the second segment at the folding line in the folded-up state;
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- wherein in the second, folded-up state the first segment is folded at the folding line around the first portion of the fastening belt and is disposed in between the second and third segments, and the second portion of the fastening belt is disposed over and around the neck, such that the first portion is located within a fold of the bottle and the second portion is located externally around the bottle.
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A bottle in a folded-up state, comprising:
- a folded body comprised of a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment, the first segment and the second segment divided by and folded at a folding line such that the first segment is disposed between the second segment and the third segment;
- a fastening belt of flexible material comprised of a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is located within the folding line internally and between the first segment and second segment, and the second portion is located externally around a neck of the bottle disposed proximally to the third segment, and
- wherein the fastening belt is sized and sufficiently elastic to retain the bottle in the folded-up state when the first portion is located in the folding line and the second portion is located externally around the neck.
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