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US 3,986,610 AGranted
Canister for a bottle and the like
AssigneeRoman Ceramics
InventorRobert E. Hawn
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AssigneeRoman Ceramics
InventorRobert E. Hawn
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A canister for supporting and retaining a bottle and the like, which canister comprises a hollow base formed of a ceramic material and a hollow cylindrical-shaped cover also formed of a ceramic material positionable on the base to completely enclose a bottle between the base and the hollow cylindrical cover. The base has a dish or cup-shaped retainer formed of a plastic material having a resiliency to receive the bottom of the bottle and frictionally retain and cushion same. The cover has an inverted cup-shaped retainer secured to the top end wall of the cover and inverted with respect to the dish or cup-shaped retainer of the base. The inverted cup-shaped retainer on the cover extends into the interior of the cover and is adapted to receive the closed cap of the bottle. Both of said retainers retain the bottle in a fixed position inside the canister spaced from contact with the walls of the base and the cover and at the same time cushion the bottle. The canister forms a decorative housing to conceal the bottle and its contents from normal view, however, the cover is readily removable from the base so that the bottle may be removed from the base for the purpose of use. To prevent chipping of the porcelain during shipment and transporting of the canister and the bottle therewith, there is provided a collar member positioned between the top of the base and the bottom of the cover to keep the porcelain edges from engaging each other and also providing a close fit between the cover and the base. The collar is readily removable for discarding when the canister is placed in use.
A decorative canister containing and supporting a bottle which is closed by a removable cap at the top thereof, said canister including a hollow base and a hollow cover removably positionable on said base to completely enclose a bottle between said base and hollow cover, said cover being removable by lifting same from said base without unscrewing same therefrom, said base having a shallow cup-shaped retainer fixedly secured to said base to form a single unit therewith and to receive the bottom of the bottle and frictionally retain same in a fixed position, said cover having a retainer fixedly secured to the top end wall of the cover to form a single unit therewith, said cover retainer having a hollow portion extending into said hollow cover with said hollow portion of said cover retainer surrounding at least a portion of said cap and adapted to receive the top closed cap of the bottle so that when said cover is lifted from said base, said cover retainer will simultaneously be disengaged from the cap bottle without unscrewing said cover retainer from said cap bottle, said cover retainer and said base retainer being aligned to retain the bottle in a fixed position inside said canister, said cover retainer having a circumference smaller than the circumference of the base retainer, and said cover and cover retainer being simultaneously removable from said base as a single unit by the mere lifting of said cover without disengaging the cap from the bottle.
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