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US 2010/0288654 A1Published application
Bottle Crate
AssigneeOrbis Canada Limited
InventorEdward L. Stahl
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Abstract
A bottle crate (10) is provided that is configured to hold a plurality of bottles in a generally upright orientation, and is particularly designed to hold bottles having a variable diameter. The bottle crate can include at least one tray and a plurality of fingers (601) elastically arranged on the tray, such that the fingers are configured to move in response to insertion or removal of a bottle.
Claims14
A bottle crate, comprising:
- at least one tray configured to receive a plurality of bottles;
- a plurality of fingers elastically arranged on the at least one tray, the fingers being movable in response to insertion or removal of at least one bottle of the plurality of bottles.
A method for holding bottles in a bottle crate, comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one tray configured to receive a plurality of bottles, the at least one tray including a plurality of fingers elastically arranged on the at least one tray;
- arranging at least one bottle of the plurality of bottles on the bottle crate, such that insertion or removal of the bottle results in movement of at least one of the plurality of fingers;
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- holding the at least one bottle in an upright orientation in the bottle crate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.