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US 5,014,868 AGranted
Holding device for containers
AssigneeCCL Custom Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsGary P. Wittig, Tom Burpee
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AssigneeCCL Custom Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsGary P. Wittig, Tom Burpee
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The holding device for containers includes a receptacle member having a capacity which will accommodate a predetermined size range of containers. A selected container is held in the receptacle member by biasing members that are detachably secured to the receptacle member. The biasing members include a flap portion that resiliently bears against the container to detent the container in the receptacle. If a different container is not compatible with the biasing members, a second set of compatible biasing members can be interchanged with the first set. Since the biasing members are detachably secured to the receptacle member, the receptacle member can be formed of a plastic having one Durometer level and the biasing members can be formed of a plastic material having another Durometer level. Each Durometer level is selected to fulfill the optimum desired characteristics of the receptacle and biasing members. The holding device is thus capable of accommodating containers with relatively wide dimensional variations.
A holding device for releasably gripping a container comprising, receptacle means for receiving said container, biasing means detachably secured in said receptacle means for resiliently bearing against predetermined portions of said container, said biasing means, upon detachment from said receptacle means, being interchangeable in said receptacle means with other said biasing means, said receptacle means being formed of a first plastic material at a first durometer level characterized by relative rigidity and stability and said biasing means being formed of a second plastic material at a second durometer level, different from said first durometer level, characterized by relative resilience and flexibility.
A holding device for releasably gripping a container comprising a cup-shaped receptacle member for receiving said container, biasing means in said receptacle member, said biasing means including a first biasing member having a flap portion for exerting a first biasing force on said container, said receptacle member and said biasing member including detachable securing means for permitting detachment of said first said biasing member from said receptacle member for interchange with another said first biasing member.
A method of releasably gripping containers in a holding device comprising,
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