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US3166228A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Separator for bottle carrier

Assignee: Continental Can Co Inc
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Filing: 1960-01-13
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Granted: 1965-01-19
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Expires: 1980-01-13
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Arthur J Weiss

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 16:19
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D71/00; B65D71/06; B65D71/12; B65D71/14; B65D71/16; B65D71/24; B65D71/246; B65D71/28; B65D71/285; B65D2571/00; B65D2571/00123; B65D2571/00129; B65D2571/00135; B65D2571/00154; B65D2571/00246; B65D2571/00253; B65D2571/00277; B65D2571/0029; B65D2571/00333; B65D2571/00401; B65D2571/00407; B65D2571/00419; B65D2571/00432; B65D2571/00493; B65D2571/00506; B65D2571/00648; B65D2571/00654; B65D2571/0066; B65D2571/00709; B65D2571/00716

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 282 words
A CELL FORMING PARTITION STRUCTURE FOR A CONTAINER WHICH HAS A RECTANGULAR BOTTOM WITH SIDE WALLS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BOTTOM, SAID PARTITION STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PANEL ADAPTED TO PROVIDE A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING MAIN DIVIDER WALL SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID CONTAINER, AT LEAST TWO SECTIONS FORMED ENTIRELY FROM THE MATERIAL WITHIN SAID PANEL AND HINGEDLY CONNECTED THERETO TO PROVIDE OTHER DIVIDER WALLS EXTENDING TRANSVERSE TO AND ON EITHER SIDE OF SAID MAIN WALL WHEN PIVOTED OUT OF THE PLANE OF THE PANEL, EACH OF SAID DIVIDER SECTIONS BEING DEFINED BY CUTS EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY ENTIRELY WITHIN SAID PANEL EXCEPT ALONG TWO SPACED APART HINGE CONNECTION LINES FOR EACH STATION IN SAID PANEL LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY MIDWAY BETWEEN AND EXTENDING IN THE SAME GENERAL DIRECTION AS THE ENDS OF SUCH SECTIONS TO PROVIDE PIVOTAL CONNECTIONS PERMITTING SAID SECTIONS TO BE PIVOTAL TO A POSITION TRANSVERSE TO SAID MAIN DIVIDER WALL IN SAID PARTITION STRUCTURE AND THEREBY FORM CELLS SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM IN SIZE ON EITHER SIDE OF SAID MAIN DIVIDER WALL, SAID CUTS WITHIN SAID PANEL TOGETHER WITH SAID HINGE CONNECTION LINES DEFINING AN OUTER UNBROKEN BORDER WHICH FORMS SAID MAIN DIVIDER WALL, THE ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID SECTIONS IN THE PANEL BEING SEGREGATED BY A CUT COMMON TO BOTH SECTIONS, SAID COMMON CUT BEING OF SUCH SHAPE AS TO DEFINE AT LEAST ONE PROJECTING END TAB PORTION ON ONE SECTION CAPTURED FROM MATERIAL OF THE OTHER SECTION THUS PROVIDING A RECESS IN SAID OTHER SECTION, THE COMBINED LENGTHS OF SAID SECTIONS BEING GREATER THAN THE LENGTH OF THE SPACE FROM WHICH SAID SECTIONS ARE CUT, AND THE LENGTHS OF SAID SECTIONS BETWEEN THEIR EXTREMITIES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 282 words
A CELL FORMING PARTITION STRUCTURE FOR A CONTAINER WHICH HAS A RECTANGULAR BOTTOM WITH SIDE WALLS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BOTTOM, SAID PARTITION STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PANEL ADAPTED TO PROVIDE A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING MAIN DIVIDER WALL SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID CONTAINER, AT LEAST TWO SECTIONS FORMED ENTIRELY FROM THE MATERIAL WITHIN SAID PANEL AND HINGEDLY CONNECTED THERETO TO PROVIDE OTHER DIVIDER WALLS EXTENDING TRANSVERSE TO AND ON EITHER SIDE OF SAID MAIN WALL WHEN PIVOTED OUT OF THE PLANE OF THE PANEL, EACH OF SAID DIVIDER SECTIONS BEING DEFINED BY CUTS EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY ENTIRELY WITHIN SAID PANEL EXCEPT ALONG TWO SPACED APART HINGE CONNECTION LINES FOR EACH STATION IN SAID PANEL LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY MIDWAY BETWEEN AND EXTENDING IN THE SAME GENERAL DIRECTION AS THE ENDS OF SUCH SECTIONS TO PROVIDE PIVOTAL CONNECTIONS PERMITTING SAID SECTIONS TO BE PIVOTAL TO A POSITION TRANSVERSE TO SAID MAIN DIVIDER WALL IN SAID PARTITION STRUCTURE AND THEREBY FORM CELLS SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM IN SIZE ON EITHER SIDE OF SAID MAIN DIVIDER WALL, SAID CUTS WITHIN SAID PANEL TOGETHER WITH SAID HINGE CONNECTION LINES DEFINING AN OUTER UNBROKEN BORDER WHICH FORMS SAID MAIN DIVIDER WALL, THE ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID SECTIONS IN THE PANEL BEING SEGREGATED BY A CUT COMMON TO BOTH SECTIONS, SAID COMMON CUT BEING OF SUCH SHAPE AS TO DEFINE AT LEAST ONE PROJECTING END TAB PORTION ON ONE SECTION CAPTURED FROM MATERIAL OF THE OTHER SECTION THUS PROVIDING A RECESS IN SAID OTHER SECTION, THE COMBINED LENGTHS OF SAID SECTIONS BEING GREATER THAN THE LENGTH OF THE SPACE FROM WHICH SAID SECTIONS ARE CUT, AND THE LENGTHS OF SAID SECTIONS BETWEEN THEIR EXTREMITIES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME.

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