Plastic display building device for cans
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorSeiji Itoh
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Abstract
An adaptor structure for connecting a plurality of beverage cans together in selected configurations comprising a base plate with connector members on a first side thereof, a can-receiving socket on the opposite side thereof and spacer members within said socket. The cans have end recesses in which the spacer members seat when an adaptor is coupled to a can to form a strong, stable connection. Cans are assembled end-to-end with back-to-back adaptors at the end interfaces, the adaptors being connected to each other by the connector members.
Claims22
Adaptors for removably assembling many cans in selected multiple can configurations, each of said adaptors comprising:
- a base plate;
- at least one projection extending from a first side of said base plate;
- at least one spacing member provided in the base plate and having a connector hole for receiving the projection of another aligned adaptor formed therein, said connector hole being defined by a tubular sleeve construction of said spacing member projecting a significant distance beyond the base plate surface to provide lateral support for said projection;
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- a skirt depending from a second side of said base plate forming a circular socket for receiving the top or bottom of a can therein, said spacing member defining a space between the base plate and the top or bottom of the can when the can is fully inserted within said circular socket.
Adaptors for removably assembling many cans in selected multiple can configurations, each of said adaptors comprising:
- a base plate;
- at least two projections extending from a first side of said base plate;
- at least two spacing members provided in the base plate and having connector holes for receiving the projections of another aligned adaptor formed therein, said connector holes being defined by a tubular sleeve construction of said spacing members projecting a significant distance beyond the base plate surface to provide lateral support for said projections;
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- a skirt depending from a second side of said base plate forming a circular socket for receiving the top or bottom of a can therein, said spacing members defining a space between the second side of said base plate and the top or bottom of the can when the can is fully inserted within said circular socket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.