Bottle carrier

Claim 2

A carrier for a plurality of bottles having enlarged cap portions associated with their open ends comprising, said carrier being formed from resilient deformable plastic shEet material into two prism-like members having triangular end faces, said prism-like members being integrally interconnected in a parallel spaced-apart relationship with the bases thereof in a common plane, each of said bases having a plurality of first apertures positioned in a longitudinally spaced-apart relationship to accept and engage a portion of the neck of the bottles below their open ends, the apexes of said prism-like members having a plurality of second apertures therein, said second apertures having opposed side marginal edges formed as continuous straight line sections extending longitudinally of said prism-like members and spaced-apart a distance substantially less than the diameter of said enlarged cap portions of said bottles, each of said second apertures being in axial alignment with one of said first apertures, and handle means comprising a handle integrally interconnected between the ends of a pair of arms, said pair of arms being integrally interconnected between the inner side walls of said prism-like members to position said handle between and above said prism-like members.

Claim 3

A carrier as defined in claim 1, wherein the ends of each of said arms are integrally connected to one of said inner side walls of said prism-like members.

Claim 4

A carrier as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said arms is integrally connected with one end thereof to one of said inner side walls and the other end thereof to the other of said inner side walls of said prism-like members.

Claim 5

A carrier as defined in claim 1, wherein said first apertures in each of bases are substantially tangent to the opposed longitudinal side marginal edges thereof.

Claim 6

A package comprising a carrier and a plurality of bottles having enlarged cap portions associated with their open ends and neck portions diverging downwardly from said enlarged cap portions, said bottles secured in said carrier in a depending condition in two parallel rows, said carrier being formed from a resilient deformable plastic sheet material into two prism-like members having triangular end faces, said prism-like members being integrally interconnected in a parallel spaced-apart relationship with the bases thereof in a common plane, each of said bases having a plurality of first apertures positioned in a longitudinally spaced-apart relationship and engaging the neck portions of said bottles below their open ends, the apexes of said prism-like members having a plurality of second apertures therein, said second apertures having opposed side marginal edges formed as continuous straight line sections extending longitudinally of said prism-like members and spaced-apart a distance substantially less than the diameter of said enlarged cap portions of said bottles, each of said second apertures being in axial alignment of one of said first apertures and having said opposed side marginal edges thereof stretched and deformed in engagement with the necks of said bottles immediately below said enlarged cap portions, and handle means comprising a handle integrally interconnected between the ends of a pair of arms, said pair of arms being integrally interconnected between the inner side walls of said prism-like members and positioning said handle between and above said prism-like members for carrying said package.

Claim 7

A package comprising a carrier and a plurality of bottles having enlarged cap portions associated with their open ends and neck portions diverging downwardly from said enlarged cap portions, said bottles secured in said carrier in a depending condition in two parallel rows, said carrier being formed from a resilient deformable plastic sheet material into two prism-like members having triangular end faces, said prism-like members being integrally interconnected in a parallel spaced-apart relationship with the bases thereof in a common plane, each of said bases having a plurality of first apertures positioned in a longitudinally spaced-apart relationship and engaging the neck portions of said bottles below their open ends, the apexes of said prism-like members having a plurality of second apertures therein, said second apertures having opposed side marginal edges formed as continuous straight line sections extending longitudinally of said prism-like members and spaced-apart a distance substantially less than the diameter of said enlarged cap portions of said bottles, each of said second apertures being in axial alignment of one of said first apertures and having said opposed side marginal edges thereof stretched and deformed in engagement with the necks of said bottles immediately below said enlarged cap portions, and handle means comprising a handle integrally interconnected between the ends of a pair of arms, said pair of arms being integrally interconnected between the inner side walls of said prism-like members and positioning said handle between and above said prism-like members for carrying said package.

Claim 8

In a package as defined in claim 5, wherein the ends of each of said arms are integrally connected to one of said inner side walls of said prism-like members with the longitudinal axis of said handle positioned transversely of said carrier.

Claim 9

A package as defined in claim 5, wherein each of said arms is integrally connected with one end thereof to one of said inner side walls and the other end thereof to the other of said inner side walls of said prism-like members to position said handle with the longitudinal axis thereof disposed longitudinally of said carrier.

Claim 10

A carrier for a plurality of bottles having enlarged cap portions associated with their open ends and downwardly diverging neck portions, said carrieR being formed from a resilient deformable plastic sheet material into two prism-like members having triangular end faces, said prism-like members being integrally interconnected in a parallel spaced-apart relationship with the bases thereof in a common plane, each of said bases having a plurality of first apertures positioned in a longitudinally spaced-apart relationship to accept and engage the neck portion of the bottles below their enlarged cap portions, each of said prism-like members having an inner side wall and an outer side wall extending longitudinally thereof, said inner and outer side walls being integrally connected to the opposite longitudinally extending marginal edge portions of said bases and terminating at their upper ends in the apex of each of said prism-like members, each of said outer side walls comprising a lower outer side wall section and an overlapped upper outer side wall section, each of said upper outer side wall sections being integrally interconnected to the associated inner side wall at the apex of each of said prism-like members, locking means interlocking each of said upper outer side wall sections to the lower outer side wall section lapped thereby, a plurality of second apertures formed through each of said inner side walls and the upper outer side wall section integrally connected thereto to span the apex of each of said prism-like members, each of said second apertures being larger in every dimension than the largest diameter of said enlarged cap portions of the bottles intended to be associated with said carrier, the marginal edge of each of said second apertures which is within said inner side walls and extends longitudinally of said prism-like members being formed as a substantially continuous straight line section, the upper marginal edge of each of said lower outer side wall sections having substantially straight line segments transversely opposed to said straight line segments of said second apertures and each of said straight line segments of said lower outer wall sections being spaced from the lower marginal edge of said lower outer side wall section substantially the same distance as said straight line segments in said inner side walls are spaced from the lower marginal edge of said inner side walls, said straight line segments of said second apertures and said straight line segments of said lower outer side wall sections defining openings in the apex of said prism-like members which are substantially less than the diameter of said enlarged cap portions of said bottles measured in a direction transversely of said prism-like members, each of said openings being in axial alignment with one of said first apertures, and handle means comprising a handle assembly integrally interconnected to the inner side walls of said prism-like members.

Claim 11

A carrier for a plurality of bottles having enlarged cap portions associated with their open ends and downwardly diverging neck portions, said carrieR being formed from a resilient deformable plastic sheet material into two prism-like members having triangular end faces, said prism-like members being integrally interconnected in a parallel spaced-apart relationship with the bases thereof in a common plane, each of said bases having a plurality of first apertures positioned in a longitudinally spaced-apart relationship to accept and engage the neck portion of the bottles below their enlarged cap portions, each of said prism-like members having an inner side wall and an outer side wall extending longitudinally thereof, said inner and outer side walls being integrally connected to the opposite longitudinally extending marginal edge portions of said bases and terminating at their upper ends in the apex of each of said prism-like members, each of said outer side walls comprising a lower outer side wall section and an overlapped upper outer side wall section, each of said upper outer side wall sections being integrally interconnected to the associated inner side wall at the apex of each of said prism-like members, locking means interlocking each of said upper outer side wall sections to the lower outer side wall section lapped thereby, a plurality of second apertures formed through each of said inner side walls and the upper outer side wall section integrally connected thereto to span the apex of each of said prism-like members, each of said second apertures being larger in every dimension than the largest diameter of said enlarged cap portions of the bottles intended to be associated with said carrier, the marginal edge of each of said second apertures which is within said inner side walls and extends longitudinally of said prism-like members being formed as a substantially continuous straight line section, the upper marginal edge of each of said lower outer side wall sections having substantially straight line segments transversely opposed to said straight line segments of said second apertures and each of said straight line segments of said lower outer wall sections being spaced from the lower marginal edge of said lower outer side wall section substantially the same distance as said straight line segments in said inner side walls are spaced from the lower marginal edge of said inner side walls, said straight line segments of said second apertures and said straight line segments of said lower outer side wall sections defining openings in the apex of said prism-like members which are substantially less than the diameter of said enlarged cap portions of said bottles measured in a direction transversely of said prism-like members, each of said openings being in axial alignment with one of said first apertures, and handle means comprising a handle assembly integrally interconnected to the inner side walls of said prism-like members.

Claim 12

A carrier as defined in claim 8, wherein said handle assembly comprises a handle each end of which is integrally interconnected between the ends of a pair of arms, and the ends of each of said arms being integrally connected to one of said inner side walls of said prism-like members.

Claim 13

A carrier as defined in claim 8, wherein said handle assembly comprises a handle each end of which is integrally connected between the ends of a pair of arms, and wherein each of said arms is integrally connected with one end thereof to one of said inner side walls and the other end thereof to the other of said inner side walls of said prism-like members.

Claim 14

A carrier as defined in claim 8, wherein said first apertures in each of said bases are substantially tangent to the opposed longitudinal side marginal edges thereof.

Claim 15

A carrier as defined in claim 8, wherein said locking means comprises a plurality of tabs integrally formed on the outer marginal edge of each upper outer side wall section, and a plurality of tab receiving apertures formed in each of said lower outer side wall sections and positioned to receive said tabs to interlock said upper outer side wall sections to said lower outer side wall seCtions.

Claim 16

A package comprising a carrier and a plurality of bottles having enlarged cap portions associated with their open ends and neck portions diverging downwardly from said enlarged cap portions, said bottles secured in said carrier in a depending condition in two parallel rows, said carrier being formed from a resilient deformable plastic sheet material into two prism-like members having triangular end faces, said prism-like members being integrally interconnected in a parallel spaced-apart relationship with the bases thereof in a common plane, each of said bases having a plurality of first apertures positioned in a longitudinally spaced-apart relationship and enaging the neck portions of said bottles below their enlarged cap portions, each of said prism-like members having an inner side wall and an outer side wall extending longitudinally thereof, said inner and outer side walls being integrally connected to the opposite longitudinally extending marginal edge portions of said bases and terminating at their upper ends in the apex of each of said prism-like members, each of said outer side walls comprising a lower outer side wall section and an overlapped upper outer side wall section, each of said upper outer side wall sections being integrally interconnected to the associated inner side wall at the apex of each of said prism-like members, locking means interlocking each of said upper outer side wall sections to the lower outer side wall section lapped thereby, a plurality of second apertures formed through each of said inner side walls and the upper outer side wall section integrally connected thereto to span the apex of each of said prism-like members, each of said second apertures being larger in every dimension than the largest diameter of said enlarged cap portions of said bottles, the marginal edge of each of said second apertures which is within said inner side walls and extends longitudinally of said prism-like members being formed as a substantially continuous straight line section, the upper marginal edge of each of said lower outer side wall section having substantially straight line segments transversely opposed to said straight line segments of said second apertures, each of said straight line segments of said lower outer side wall sections being spaced from the lower marginal edge of said lower outer side wall section substantially the same distance as said straight line segments in said inner side walls are spaced from the lower marginal edge of said inner side walls, said straight line segments of said second apertures and said straight line segments of said lower outer side wall sections defining openings in the said prism-like members in axial alignment with said first apertures, said enlarged cap portions of said bottles extending upwardly through said openings and said straight line segments being stretched and deformed in engagement with the necks of said bottles immediately below said enlarged cap portions, and a handle assembly integrally interconnected to the inner side walls of said prism-like members and terminating above said bottles for carrying said package.

Claim 17

A package comprising a carrier and a plurality of bottles having enlarged cap portions associated with their open ends and neck portions diverging downwardly from said enlarged cap portions, said bottles secured in said carrier in a depending condition in two parallel rows, said carrier being formed from a resilient deformable plastic sheet material into two prism-like members having triangular end faces, said prism-like members being integrally interconnected in a parallel spaced-apart relationship with the bases thereof in a common plane, each of said bases having a plurality of first apertures positioned in a longitudinally spaced-apart relationship and enaging the neck portions of said bottles below their enlarged cap portions, each of said prism-like members having an inner side wall and an outer side wall extending longitudinally thereof, said inner and outer side walls being integrally connected to the opposite longitudinally extending marginal edge portions of said bases and terminating at their upper ends in the apex of each of said prism-like members, each of said outer side walls comprising a lower outer side wall section and an overlapped upper outer side wall section, each of said upper outer side wall sections being integrally interconnected to the associated inner side wall at the apex of each of said prism-like members, locking means interlocking each of said upper outer side wall sections to the lower outer side wall section lapped thereby, a plurality of second apertures formed through each of said inner side walls and the upper outer side wall section integrally connected thereto to span the apex of each of said prism-like members, each of said second apertures being larger in every dimension than the largest diameter of said enlarged cap portions of said bottles, the marginal edge of each of said second apertures which is within said inner side walls and extends longitudinally of said prism-like members being formed as a substantially continuous straight line section, the upper marginal edge of each of said lower outer side wall section having substantially straight line segments transversely opposed to said straight line segments of said second apertures, each of said straight line segments of said lower outer side wall sections being spaced from the lower marginal edge of said lower outer side wall section substantially the same distance as said straight line segments in said inner side walls are spaced from the lower marginal edge of said inner side walls, said straight line segments of said second apertures and said straight line segments of said lower outer side wall sections defining openings in the said prism-like members in axial alignment with said first apertures, said enlarged cap portions of said bottles extending upwardly through said openings and said straight line segments being stretched and deformed in engagement with the necks of said bottles immediately below said enlarged cap portions, and a handle assembly integrally interconnected to the inner side walls of said prism-like members and terminating above said bottles for carrying said package.

Claim 18

A package as defined in claim 13, wherein the spacing of said straight line segments of said lower outer side wall sections from the lower marginal edge of said lower outer side wall sections and the distance of said straight line segments in said inner side walls from the lower marginal edge of said inner side walls are distances which space said openings in the apexes of said prism-like members from the bases thereof to cause said inner side walls and said outer side walls to be bowed outwardly longitudinally thereof.

Claim 19

A package as defined in claim 13, wherein said bottles have body portions below said neck portions which are substantially greater in diameter than said neck portions, and wherein said integral interconnection of said prism-like members comprises a central section extending longitudinally of said carrier in a common plane with the bases of said prism-lIke members, and said central section having a width which spaces said bottles laterally to depend from said carrier in two substantially side-by-side rows with the longitudinal axes of said bottles being parallel.

Claim 20

A package as defined in claim 15, wherein said first apertures in each of said bases of said prism-like members are substantially tangent to the opposed longitudinal side marginal edges of said bases.