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US 8,607,971 B2Granted
Bottle crate
AssigneeOrbis Canada Limited
InventorEdward L. Stahl
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Abstract
A bottle crate (10) is provided that is configured to hold a plurality of bottles in a generally upright orientation, and is particularly designed to hold bottles having a variable diameter. The bottle crate can include at least one tray and a plurality of fingers (601) elastically arranged on the tray, such that the fingers are configured to move in response to insertion or removal of a bottle.
Claims20
A bottle crate comprising:
- a bottom;
- a first side wall and a second side wall extending from the bottom;
- a first end wall and a second end wall extending from the bottom;
- a plurality of bottle receiving pockets formed in an interior of the crate;
- a plurality of support columns extending upward from the bottom, each support column including at least one wall wherein each support column wall faces one of the plurality of bottle receiving pockets;
- and,
- each support column wall including a plurality of fingers separated by an aperture through the support column wall between each finger.
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A plastic bottle crate configured to hold a plurality of bottles in an upright position comprising:
- a generally rectangular bottom;
- a peripheral wall extending from the bottom;
- a plurality of columns arranged about a plurality of bottle receiving pockets, each column including at least one column wall for contacting and supporting a bottle in one of the plurality bottle receiving pockets;
- a plurality of partitions, each partition connecting one of the plurality of columns to another of the plurality of columns;
- and,
- each column wall including a plurality of flexible fingers, each finger separated by an aperture through the wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.