Bottle and bottle package
OwnerJuhani Salovaarainventor
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Abstract
A bottle (10) substantially spherical in shape and with a concave recess (20, 21) in three sides so that other bottles in the vicinity of the bottle can be located so close to the said bottle that at least portions (15) of the other bottles are, directly or via a spacing piece, in the said recesses. The neck portion (11) of the bottle is directed vertically upwards or obliquely to the side and upwards. A recess (21) in the bottom of the bottle is similar to the recesses (20a, 21b) in the side walls or, in the middle of the recess in the bottom, there is an additional recess (21b) for the neck portion (11) and/or cap of a bottle.
Claims11
A spherical bottle (10) having, in at least one side (15), a recess (20) or a notch so that another bottle in the vicinity of the bottle can be located so close that at least portions of the other bottle are, directly or via a spacing piece, in the said recess, characterized in that there are recesses (20, 21) in three sides of the bottle (10) so that other bottles both beside the said bottle and on top of or below it can be located so close to the said bottle that at least portions of the other bottles are, directly or via a spacing piece, in the said recesses.
8-9. (canceled)
A bottle package (30) wherein the spherical bottles (10) can be placed, characterized in that the bottle package (30) includes a stacking rack (30) or a packing box which is in an oblique position relative to the horizontal plane during the packing of bottles, and that the level of the stacking rack (30) is most preferably at an angle of 45° relative to the horizontal plane, and the bottles (10) are put in place by hanging them by the neck (11).
A bottle package (30) according to claim 9, characterized in that the bottles (10) are placed on the stacking rack (30) so that under the bottles and/or between bottle layers there is a packing tray (31), which has matching shapes for the alignment recesses (22) and the alignment protrusions (23).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.