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US 4,542,930 AGranted
Rigid tube type beverage can carrier
OwnerMark S. Adamsinventor
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A carrier for returnable beverage containers such as metal cans of aluminum or the like and bottles which includes a plurality of substantially rigid tubes connected together by clips or other connectors to form the carrier. Each of the tubes is vertically elongated to receive a plurality of vertically oriented containers in stacked relation. Carrying handle structure is attached to the carrier to enable it to be easily carried and the bottom ends of the tubes have a retainer which can be rendered ineffective to enable the returned containers to be discharged by gravity from the lower ends of the tubes thereby enabling a plurality of returnable containers to be easily returned to the point of purchase for refund of a deposit with the modular construction of the tubes and the interconnecting clip arrangements enabling variation in the capacity of the carrier.
A carrier for beverage containers comprising a plurality of rigid tubular members oriented in side by side coextensive relation, means rigidly and detachably connecting said tubular members, means forming a movable retainer for the lower ends of said tubular members with the upper ends being open to receive vertically oriented containers to enable insertion of the containers into the open upper ends of the tubular members and gravity discharge from the lower ends thereof, and handle means attached to said tubular members to enable the carrier to be carried.
In combination, a carrier comprising a plurality of substantially rigid tubes of substantially equal length and having a substantially constant internal cross sectional area throughout their length, each of said tubes having an open upper end and a length receiving a plurality of returnable beverage containers vertically inserted into the open upper end of the tube and oriented in vertically stacked relation, the external cross sectional area of the containers being only slightly smaller than the internal cross-sectional area of the tubes for retaining the containers in vertically aligned relation, each of said tubes having an open lower end through which the containers may be discharged by gravity, manually operated means forming a removable barrier at the lower ends of the tubes to retain the containers until returned to a collection point, means detachably interconnecting the tubes and retaining them in assembled side-by-side relationship and handle means on at least one of said tubes adjacent the upper end thereof to enable the assembled tubes to be carried.
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