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US 12,495,899 B2Granted
Beverage holder
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsTimothy J. Buszka, Kamil El Sayed, Sheila P. Stafford
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Abstract
A beverage holder includes a platform with a slot disposed therethrough. First and second L-shaped rails extend downwardly from an underside of the platform on either side of the slot. The first and second rails are configured to retain cans, at upper portions of the cans, in a sliding manner therebetween. The slot is centrally positioned between the first and second L-shaped rails and configured to suspend bottle top portions therefrom.
Claims14
A beverage holder, comprising:
- a body portion having a platform;
- a sidewall upwardly extending from an upper surface of the platform and having first and second side portions;
- a first rail having first and second portions, wherein the first portion of the first rail downwardly extends below the platform of the body portion;
- a second rail having first and second portions, wherein the first portion of the second rail downwardly extends below the platform of the body portion, and further wherein the second portions of the first and second rails inwardly extend towards one another, and further wherein the first and second rails are spaced-apart from one another;
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- a plurality of clip members extending outwardly from one of the first and second side portions of the sidewall, wherein each clip member of the plurality of clip members includes an outwardly extending neck portion having first and second arms extending outwardly therefrom, wherein the first and second arms are spaced-apart from one another to define a receiving area therebetween, and further wherein the first and second arms include first and second outermost tip portions, respectively, that are spaced-apart from one another.
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A beverage holder, comprising:
- a platform;
- a sidewall upwardly extending from an upper surface of the platform and having first and second side portions;
- a first plurality of clip members extending outwardly from the first side portion of the sidewall, wherein each clip member of the first plurality of clip members includes an outwardly extending neck portion having first and second arms extending outwardly therefrom, and further wherein the first and second arms of the clip members of the first plurality of clip members are spaced-apart from one another to define a receiving area therebetween;
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- a second plurality of clip members extending outwardly from the second side portion of the sidewall, wherein each clip member of the second plurality of clip members includes an outwardly extending neck portion having first and second arms extending outwardly therefrom, and further wherein the first and second arms of the clip members of the second plurality of clip members are spaced-apart from one another to define a receiving area therebetween.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.