Take-apart bottle carrier
AssigneePeter Dipl.-Kfm. Cremer
InventorHelmut Auer
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Abstract
The invention concerns a multiple, especially two-part, plastic bottle carrier with divisions paralleling one wall, each half of the carrier being demarcated by an auxiliary partition with interlocking fasteners and a vertically displaceable bolt (18) that can be displaced by [handles] that pivot on the halves of the carrier with flank ends (211) that project beyond the pivots on the halves in recesses (186) provided therefor in the bolt. The invention consists in that a spring-loaded catch (e.g. 211 & 1911) is provided that allows the end (211) of the handle to snap into the recess (186) as the handle pivots into its horizontal locking position while overcoming the force of the spring even though the bolt has already been shifted out of its release position and into its locking position.
Claims21
A multiple two-part plastic bottle carrier with divisions paralleling one wall;
- an auxiliary partition demarcating each half of said carrier;
- interlocking fasteners in form of hooks on said auxiliary partition and projecting beyond said partition at one corner;
- a shaft an another corner of said partition, recesses matching said hooks ending in said shaft;
- bolt means in said shaft and engaging behind a hook on a corresponding half of said carrier with corresponding areas;
- handles pivoting on ends of the halves of said carrier and against said halves, said handles pivoting on pivot means;
- said handle having flanks with free ends extending beyond said pivot means;
- at least a free end of said handle having an extension on a side of the half of said carrier having said shaft;
- said shaft having a wall with an opening facing said extension;
- said bolt means having a recess in vicinity of said opening;
- said opening and recess being shaped and positioned so that when said handle is pivoted against the corresponding half of said carrier, said extension engaging said recess in said bolt means and raising said bolt means into a locking position;
- said handle having spring-loaded catch means allowing said handle to be pivoted down against its associated carrier half even when said bolt means has been at least partly raised into said locking position.
A multiple two-part plastic bottle carrier with divisions paralleling one wall;
- an auxiliary partition demarcating such half of said carrier;
- interlocking fasteners in form of hooks on said auxiliary partition and projecting beyond said partition at one corner;
- a shaft at another corner of said partition, recesses matching said hooks ending in said shaft;
- bolt means in said shaft and engaging behind a hook on a corresponding half of said carrier with corresponding areas;
- handles pivoting on ends of the halves of said carrier and against said halves, said handles pivoting on pivot means;
- and handle having flanks with free ends extending beyond said pivot means;
- at least a free end of said handle having an extension on a side of the half of said carrier having said shaft;
- said shaft having a wall with an opening facing said extension;
- said bolt means having a recess in vicinity of said opening;
- said opening and recess being shaped and positioned so that when said handle is pivoted against the corresponding half of said carrier, said extension engaging said recess in said bolt means and raising said bolt means into a locking position;
- said bolt means having spring-loaded catch means allowing said handle to be pivoted down against its associated carrier half even when said bolt means has been at least partly raised into said locking position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.