US2353846A - Bottle carrier - Google Patents

Description

July 18, 1944. 'J; F, PCMER 2,353,846

BOTTLE CARRIER Filed March 31, 1941 V INVENTOR. JAMES Pan/.62.

" WWW Patented July 18, 1944 BOTTLE CARRIER James F. Power, South Bend. Ind.

11 Claims.

This invention relates to a bottle. carrier: and

' has for its primary object to provide a novel,

simple, inexpensive and indestructible bottle carrier.

A further object is to provide a bottle carrier which may be collapsed to flat condition.

' A further object is to provide a collapsible carrier construction to be held erect by the bottles carried thereby. p

A further object is to provide a bottle carrier with a pair of pivoted bails cooperating to form a handle and so proportioned and arranged that the same may be pivoted to crossed relation to rest upon the tops of bottles within the carrier and thereby permit stacking of the carriers.

Other objects will be apparent from the description, drawing, and appended claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a perspective view of one form of.

thebottle carrier.

Fig. 2 is a vertical, transverse, sectional view taken on line 2-2'0f Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the device in collapsed condition.

Fig. 4'is a fragmentary perspective view of a modified embodiment of the invention.

Referring to the drawing, and particularly, to

Figs.v 1, 2, 3, thereof, numeral l designates the base of the carrier which is preferably formed of sheet metal with its sides bent around a rectangular endless wire base frame IL. The corners of the base are preferably cut out at ii.

The ends B of the vertical portions H of an inverted U-shaped wire member arebent around and pivoted to opposite longitudinal runs of the base frame H adjacent the ends of said runs: A

side panel It may be secured to each U-shaped frame, as by bending of the ends thereof around the vertical wire arms I! and by bending of the upper edge portion thereof around the horizontal run l6 of said wire frame. End bars II have their Application March 31, 1941, Serial No. 386,050

for dispensing quantities of bottles of soft drinks,

- and therefore that the provision of the panels IS affords space for the bottler to advertise his product and to insure against the subsequent use thereof by a bottler in the same locality selling.

a different brand of goods.

An inverted U-shaped wire bail, comprising parallel arms 20 anda cross piece 2|, has portions 22 at its ends bent around the opposite ends of the run ii of one side forming wire frame of the carrier. A second inverted U-shaped bail. comprising parallel arms 23 of the same length as arms 20'of the first named, bail and in intermediate part 2 of a length less than part II of the first named ball, is pivoted to the opposite side forming frame by means ofbent end portions thereof extending around the sides of run It of said side frame. The arms 20 and 23 of the two bails are of a length or height such that, when the intermediate portions 2|24 of the balls are arrangeddn engagement as illustrated in Fig. 2, said portions 2 l24 will extend above the tops of the bottles I9 and thereby afford a twopart handgrip by means of which the carrier may be grasped and held. The length or height of the portions 20 and 23 of the bails is also pro-- 1 portioned relative to the height of the bottles to be arranged therein so that when the bails are arranged in crossed or intersecting relation, as

opposite end portions 18 bent around the'upper horizontal wire portions l6 of the U-shapedside frame.

Bottles I9 are adapted to rest upon the base plate III of the carrier, and are confined within the carrier by means of the side panels J5 and the end bars ll. The side panels and endbars are so arranged and proportioned as to snugly receive a given number of bottles, for example, six bottles. The carrier is normally held in erect position by the bottles, but may be collapsed to flat condition, as illustrated in Fig. 3, when the bottles are removed therefrom. It will be unillustrated in full lines in Fig. 2, the bail portion 24 will bear upon the top 'of thebottle l9b at the side of the carrier opposite that to which that ball is pivoted, while the portion 2| of the opposite bail will rest upon the top of bottle Ilia. 'Thisam rangement permits carriers of this type to be stacked without interference from the handle bails by virtue of the fact that each carrier will rest upon the bail portions 2| and 24 of the carrier therebelow and the stacked weight is sustained bythe bottles. It will also be observed that the pivotal mounting of thesehandle bails will accommodate pivoting thereof to the outermost dotted line positions illustrated in Fig. 2,

' rier is to be preferred, it will be understood that derstwd that these bottles are primarily intended as the body of the carrier, namely the base and side and end'portions, may be of rigid construction. Y

The twohandle bails 202l and 232 4-may be pivoted to suclra rigid carrier in the same'relation as illustrated in the preferred embodiment, and may be pivoted to any of the three positions illustrated in Fig. 2; namely, the hand grip position, the stacking position with the bails crossed and resting upon the tops of the bottles, and the filling position with the bails swung to opposite sides clear of each other and of the carrier.

A modified embodiment of the invention is illustrated in Fig. 4, wherein the portions 2| and 24 of the two bails extend through an elongated hollow member 30. As here illustrated, the member 30 is of substantial vertical dimension and is of flattened form. A pair of openings 3| are formed in member 30 at its upper end, and through these openings pass opposed portions of a rectangular endless wire handle member 32.

In this embodiment of the invention, whenthe device is to be collapsed, the member 30 is turned to the dotted line position illustrated in Fig. 4 substantially parallel to and adjacent the top of the carrier, which accommodates a crossed position of the bails 2l and 23-24. Also, when in. this position, the handle 32 may be pushed indie and be crossed to rest upon the tops of hottles at the'side of said carrier opposite that to which the bail is pivoted.

3. A bottle carrier comprising a container open at its top and adapted to receive a pair of rows 'bails being shorter than the other to pass therein,

said bails being of'a height to engage each other at an elevation spaced above the tops of saidbottles and to rest upon the tops of said bottles when arranged in intersecting relation.

4. A bottle carrier comprising a collapsible container open at its top and adapted to receive and be held erect by bottles which project above the top of the container, and a pair of hand grip members pivoted to said container at spaced points and about parallel axes and having substantially straight gripping portions adapted to engage each other linearly at an elevation spaced above the tops of said bottles, said members being arranged to pivot to intersecting relation one within the other and being of a height whereby said gripping portions lie fiat upon the tops of said bottles when said members are pivoted to intersecting relation.

5. A collapsible article carrier comprising a base, a pair of inverted U-'shapedwire frames having their lower ends pivoted to opposite sides of said base, a pair of end bars pivoted at their ends to the adjacent ends 'of the upper parts A further advantage'of the device over previous constructions resides in the arrangement of the handle bails to facilitate the handling of the carrier, the stacking thereof, or positioning thereof in an out of the way position during filling of the carrier. Another advantage of the construction resides in its collapsibility which permits it to be shipped in flat form without requiring the 1. A carrier comprising a preformedbase, a

pair of preformed walls pivoted at opposite sidesof said base, a pair of end bars pivotally connected at their ends to the upper ends of said walls,

and a pair of preformed bails each pivotally connected to the upper portion of one of said walls adjacent each end thereof, to form a handle, said carrier being collapsible to fiat form and held erect by the contents thereof.

2. A collapsible carrier adapted to receive a plurality of rows of bottles comprising a preformed base, a pair of preformed walls pivoted at opposite sides of said base, a pair of end bars pivoted to the'upper ends-of said walls, and a pair of preformed bails each pivoted to'opposite ends of one wall, one of said bails being longer than the other whereby said bails may be pivoted to crossed relation, said bails being of a height to engage above said bottles to form a carrier hanof opposite frames, and a pair of inverted substantially U-shaped wire bails each pivoted at its lower ends to t e upper part of one of said itframes, said carrier being held erect by its conents.

6. A collapsible article carrier comprising an endless wire base frame, "a base panel mounted on and spanning s'ja'idfbase frame, inverted U- shaped wire side frames having their lower ends pivoted to saidbasefraine adjacent the corners thereof, end bars pivoted to and interconnecting the side frames adjacent the upper corners thereof, and a pair of wire bails pivoted to said side frames, said carrier being held in erect position by the articles carried thereby.

7. A collapsible article carrier as defined in claim 6, wherein said base panel is cut-away at its comers to receive the pivot connections of said side frames with said base frame.

.8. A collapsible carrier as defined in claim 6', and side panels carried by said side frames and terminating above said base frame, said base panel and side panels having cut outs at their corners to accommodate the pivotal interconnections of said frames, end bars and bails.

9. A carrier comprising a container open at its top, a pair of inverted U-shaped bails pivoted to the opposite sides of said container, and a handle unit including, an elongated open ended hollow member in the form of a flattened tube receiving the upper portions of. said bails, said bails being arrangedto pivot to intersecting relation and the major transverse dimension of said hollow member being substantially equal to the spacing between the upper ends of said bails when said hails are folded inwardly to substantially endless handle member extending longitudinally of and loosely encircling a portion of said hollow member for bodily movement in the plane thereof between retracted and projecting relations to said hollow member.

11. A carrier comprising a container open at its top, a pair oi inverted U-shaped wire bails pivoted to opposite sides oisaid container, an;

elongated open ended hollow member loosely receiving the upper portions oi said bails, said hollow member having a short and acomparatively long transverseaxis, and a rigid longitudinal endless hand grip member loosely-encircling a portion of said hollow member and shiftable parallel 5 hand grip'and being shiitabl'e to horizontal position' to accommodate pivoting of said balls to intersecting relation. I i

' JAMES F; POWER.

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