US3155268A
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Bottle case
Assignee: WR Grace and Co
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Filing: 1962-02-09
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Granted: 1964-11-03
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Expires: 1982-02-09
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 James P Fogerty
- 👤 Spaak Albert
- 👤 Frank W Stevens
- 👤 Ira H Miller
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 01:18
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D1/00; B65D1/22; B65D1/24; B65D1/243; B65D2501/00; B65D2501/24; B65D2501/24006; B65D2501/24012; B65D2501/24019; B65D2501/2405; B65D2501/24063; B65D2501/24082; B65D2501/24121; B65D2501/24133; B65D2501/24146; B65D2501/24152; B65D2501/24197; B65D2501/24324; B65D2501/24363; B65D2501/24509; B65D2501/24535; B65D2501/24554; B65D2501/24585; B65D2501/24649; B65D2501/24656; B65D2501/24764; B65D2501/24789; B65D2501/24796; B65D2501/24828; B65D2501/24834; B65D2501/24866; B65D2501/24929
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
180 words
A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID, UNITARY, PLASTIC BEVERAGE CASE HAVING AN OPEN TOP AND INTEGRAL DIVIDERS, SIDE, END AND BOTTOM WALLS, SAID END WALLS BEING PROVIDED WITH OPENINGS COMPRISING HANDLE ELEMENTS, SAID SIDE WALLS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR RECESSED PORTION THEREIN, THE INTERIOR OF THE CASE BEING DIVIDED INTO ONLY FOUR COMPARTMENTS BY SAID DIVIDERS WHICH RUN FROM THE CENTER OF EACH SIDE AND INTERSECT AT THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE CASE, THE SAID DIVIDERS CONTAINING A PLURALITY OF INTEGRAL SPACERS WHICH EXTEND SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR FROM THE DIVIDERS, THE SAID BOTTOM BEING AN OPEN GRILLWORK AND COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INTERSECTING NARROWLY-SPACED FLAT RIBS WHICH ARE LOCATED EDGEWISE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CASE, THE BOTTOM OF THE SAID RIBS CONTAINING TWENTY-FOUR DOWNWARDLY-OPEN FLARED INDENTATIONS WHICH TERMINATE FLUSH WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE CASE AND TEND TO MAKE THE CASE SELFCENTERING IN STACKING, EACH GROUP OF SIX OF SAID INDENTATIONS BEING ARRANGED IN TWO ROWS OF THREE EACH WHICH ARE SYMMETRICALLY SPACED BELOW THE EFFECTIVE AREA OF EACH OF THE FOUR COMPARTMENTS FORMED BY THE DIVIDERS IN THE INTERIOR OF THE CASE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
180 words
A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID, UNITARY, PLASTIC BEVERAGE CASE HAVING AN OPEN TOP AND INTEGRAL DIVIDERS, SIDE, END AND BOTTOM WALLS, SAID END WALLS BEING PROVIDED WITH OPENINGS COMPRISING HANDLE ELEMENTS, SAID SIDE WALLS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR RECESSED PORTION THEREIN, THE INTERIOR OF THE CASE BEING DIVIDED INTO ONLY FOUR COMPARTMENTS BY SAID DIVIDERS WHICH RUN FROM THE CENTER OF EACH SIDE AND INTERSECT AT THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE CASE, THE SAID DIVIDERS CONTAINING A PLURALITY OF INTEGRAL SPACERS WHICH EXTEND SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR FROM THE DIVIDERS, THE SAID BOTTOM BEING AN OPEN GRILLWORK AND COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INTERSECTING NARROWLY-SPACED FLAT RIBS WHICH ARE LOCATED EDGEWISE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CASE, THE BOTTOM OF THE SAID RIBS CONTAINING TWENTY-FOUR DOWNWARDLY-OPEN FLARED INDENTATIONS WHICH TERMINATE FLUSH WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE CASE AND TEND TO MAKE THE CASE SELFCENTERING IN STACKING, EACH GROUP OF SIX OF SAID INDENTATIONS BEING ARRANGED IN TWO ROWS OF THREE EACH WHICH ARE SYMMETRICALLY SPACED BELOW THE EFFECTIVE AREA OF EACH OF THE FOUR COMPARTMENTS FORMED BY THE DIVIDERS IN THE INTERIOR OF THE CASE.
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