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US 4,067,474 AGranted
Plastic bottle case
AssigneeSpumalit-Anstalt
InventorUlrich Prodel
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AssigneeSpumalit-Anstalt
InventorUlrich Prodel
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A plastic bottle case for holding two rows of bottles has two inner walls which extend between opposite ends of the case and slope upwardly and inwardly at an acute angle to one another. Lower edges of the inner walls are spaced inwardly from the respective sides of the case a distance less than the diameter of bottles to be received in the case. Openings having horizontal projections conforming to the cross sectional shape of the bottles are provided in the inner walls to receive the bottles so as to hold them erect and keep them from bumping one another. The bottles are supported by ledges at the bottoms of the openings in the inner walls, the bottom of the case being otherwise open. This construction permits a saving in weight and hence in the amount of plastic material required for the bottle case. A further saving of material is achieved by making the sides and ends of the case of vertically spaced horizontal bands extending between angular columns at the corners of the case.
A one piece plastic bottle case in which bottles are arranged in two rows, said case comprising opposite sides and opposite ends, two inner walls which extend between opposite ends of the case and slope upwardly and inwardly at an acute angle to one another, lower edges of said inner walls being spaced inwardly from the respective sides of the case a distance less than the width of bottles to be received in the case, said inner walls having therein openings to receive bottles, said openings in horizontal projection conforming to the cross sectional shape of said bottles, and ledges at the bottoms of said openings to support bottles received in said openings, the bottom of said case being otherwise open.
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