US3628684A
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Plastic bottle racks
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1969-10-02
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Granted: 1971-12-21
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Expires: 1989-10-02
Abstract
Abstract Bottle racks made of plastic material, comprising at their upper part, four handling openings having a trapezoidal form and undulated edges without any sharp angles.
Inventors
- 👤 Georges Sere
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 07:37
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; B65D2501/2407; B65D2501/24121; B65D2501/2414; B65D2501/24197; B65D2501/24203; B65D2501/2421; B65D2501/24216; B65D2501/24331; B65D2501/24343; B65D2501/2435; B65D2501/24363; B65D2501/24541; B65D2501/24554; B65D2501/2456; B65D2501/24566; B65D2501/24585; B65D2501/24592; B65D2501/24598; B65D2501/24764; B65D2501/2477; B65D2501/24777; B65D2501/24789; B65D2501/24796; B65D2501/24828; B65D2501/2484; B65D2501/24847; B65D2501/24853; B65D2501/24866; B65D2501/24929; B65D2501/24936; B65D2501/24942
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
163 words
Bottle rack made of a plastic material in the shape of a parallelepiped having four vertical sides, and a trapezoidal opening near the top of each side adapted to admit a human hand; a pair of lugs extending upwardly from the upper edges of two opposed vertical sides, each lug having four upwardly extending surfaces including a first surface transverse to the side which carries it and a second transverse surface opposite the first, said first transverse surface sloping upwardly more gently than any other of said upwardly extending surfaces, the bottoms of said two opposed sides defining recesses aligned with said lugs and dimensioned to receive corresponding lugs on another rack when stacked thereon: whereby the engagement of the lugs of one rack in the recesses of another rack inhibits horizontal movement of said one rack relative to the other but provides less resistance to movement in a horizontal direction transverse to said gently sloping surfaces than in any other horizontal direction.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
163 words
Bottle rack made of a plastic material in the shape of a parallelepiped having four vertical sides, and a trapezoidal opening near the top of each side adapted to admit a human hand; a pair of lugs extending upwardly from the upper edges of two opposed vertical sides, each lug having four upwardly extending surfaces including a first surface transverse to the side which carries it and a second transverse surface opposite the first, said first transverse surface sloping upwardly more gently than any other of said upwardly extending surfaces, the bottoms of said two opposed sides defining recesses aligned with said lugs and dimensioned to receive corresponding lugs on another rack when stacked thereon: whereby the engagement of the lugs of one rack in the recesses of another rack inhibits horizontal movement of said one rack relative to the other but provides less resistance to movement in a horizontal direction transverse to said gently sloping surfaces than in any other horizontal direction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
Bottle rack as claimed in claim 1 in which the gently sloping surfaces on each of said pairs of lugs are on the sides of those lugs most remote from each other, and said recesses of each pair being open at the ends thereof remote from each other.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
53 words
Bottle rack as claimed in claim 1 comprising rounded vertical ribs at its four vertical corners, the central portion of each rib being depressed with respect to the remainder of that rib and thickened along its outer edge to form an abutment which facilitates hooking of a person''s fingers over said thickened edge.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
82 words
Bottle rack as claimed in claim 1 comprising a pair of horizontal lugs projecting outwardly from each of two opposed sides of said rack, said lugs being spaced horizontally by a distance at least equal to the length of each lug and vertically by a minimal clearance, whereby two racks may be placed side-by-side with each lug on one side of one rack lapping a lug on the adjacent side on the other rack, to inhibit relative vertical motion between said racks.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
Bottle rack as claimed in claim 4 comprising two of said pairs of horizontal lugs on each of said opposed sides of said rack.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
64 words
Bottle rack as claimed in claim 1 having a bottom comprising a plurality of individual bottle supports connected by transverse crossbars, each individual support consisting of an annular member defining a central aperture surrounded by a rim which curves outwardly and upwardly, together with four arms which radiate outwardly from said rim and are supported only at the ends thereof attached to said rim.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
Bottle rack as claimed in claim 6 comprising perforated vertical walls separating the spaces above each individual support from each other, the lower parts of said walls integral with said crossbars.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
52 words
Bottle rack as claimed in claim 1 in which each of said opposed vertical sides defines a pair of horizontally spaced apertures, dimensioned to receive the arms of a forklift, each aperture being positioned in the upper part of the side in which it is located, near one end of that side.
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