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US 2013/0126375 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.
Claims21
-14. (canceled)
A bottle crate comprising:
- a bottom;
- a first side wall and a second side wall extending from the bottom;
- a first end wall and a second end wall extending from the bottom;
- a plurality of bottle receiving pockets formed in an interior of the crate;
- a plurality of support columns extending upward from the bottom, each support column including at least one wall wherein each wall faces one of the plurality of bottle receiving pockets;
- and,
- each wall including a plurality of fingers separated by an aperture between each finger.
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A plastic bottle crate configured to hold a plurality of bottles in an upright position comprising:
- a generally rectangular bottom;
- a peripheral wall extending from the bottom;
- a plurality of columns arranged about a plurality of bottle receiving pockets, each column including at least one wall for contacting and supporting a bottle in one of the plurality bottle receiving pockets;
- a plurality of partitions, each partition connecting one of the plurality of columns to another of the plurality of columns;
- and,
- each wall including a plurality of flexible fingers, each finger separated by an aperture through the wall.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.