Bottle carrier
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorCynthia R. Meissen
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Abstract
A bottle carrier includes a plurality of walls. At least one of the walls includes a recess on an exterior surface for retaining a bottle thereon, when the carrier is in a horizontal orientation and the bottle is in a horizontal orientation partially disposed in the recess. The carrier may be stackable and connectable to similar carriers to form display or storage racks. At least one of the walls includes a plurality of feet extending therefrom. The feet are interlockable with feet on a similar carrier. When similar carriers are stacked, the feet interlock to improve the stability of the stacked carriers. Adjacent carriers may be connected via corks or other connectors inserted into adjacent walls of the carriers.
Claims34
A rack for beverage bottles comprising:
- a first carrier and a second carrier each having at least one base wall, opposing side walls extending upwardly from the at least one base wall and an end wall extending upwardly from the at least one base wall and connecting the side walls, each end wall including a connection aperture therethrough, a wine bottle cork extending through the connection apertures in the first carrier and the second carrier to connect the first carrier to the second carrier.
A bottle carrier for beverage bottles comprising:
- at least one base wall;
- a plurality of generally parallel walls extending up from the at least one base wall including a side wall connected to the at least one base wall, the side wall including a recess on an exterior surface for retaining a bottle thereon;
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- a plurality of ribs protruding transversely from the side wall, wherein each rib has a concave portion formed at a free outer end thereof, the concave portions of the plurality of ribs align to form the recess.
A bottle carrier for beverage bottles comprising:
- at least one base wall;
- a first side wall and a second side wall connected to the at least one base wall, the first side wall and the second side wall each including a pair of diagonally-spaced first feet and a pair of diagonally-spaced second feet extending therefrom, the first feet of the first side wall interlockable with the second feet of the second side wall of a similar second carrier;
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- a plurality of dividers generally transverse to the at least one base wall and extending from the first side wall to the second side wall to define bottle-receiving pockets.
A bottle carrier for beverage bottles comprising:
- a plurality of base walls;
- a first side wall and a second side wall each connected to at least one base wall of the plurality of base walls, the first side wall including a plurality of feet extending therefrom, the feet interlockable with the second side wall of a similar second carrier;
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- a plurality of columns extending upward from the plurality of base walls to define a bottle-receiving pocket on each of the plurality of base walls, the plurality of base walls connected to one another and to the first side wall and the second side wall by the plurality of columns, wherein the plurality of base walls, the first side wall, the second side wall and the plurality of columns are all integrally molded as a single plastic piece, wherein the columns open downwardly between the plurality of base walls, such that the columns are open to an underside of the carrier between the plurality of base walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.