Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
215 words
An integrally molded thermoplastic resin case for transporting beverage bottles, said case being of the type including: a pair of parallel, spaced side walls; a pair of parallel, spaced end walls perpendicular to said side walls and joined across the ends of said side walls; a floor lattice of support ribs joining the bottom edges of said side and end walls to form a rectangular box-shaped case, and at least one facing, adjacent pair of separator pillars extending vertically from said floor lattice and having a slot therebetween for receiving therein a dividing wall of a bottle carrier to be inserted into said case together with bottles contained therein, wherein the improvement comprises that: said pillars are open on their facing sides and have at least one cylindrically concave bottle contact face; at least one longitudinal reinforcement rib is disposed substantially along the center line region of the inside surface of said pillar opposite said contact face; a short web of material fills the gap between the facing edges of said pillars in said slot on each side of said slot adjoining said floor lattice, and said pillars are anchored to said floor lattice by anchoring points which include at least points located on the outside of said pillars directly opposite said inner reinforcement ribs.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
215 words
An integrally molded thermoplastic resin case for transporting beverage bottles, said case being of the type including: a pair of parallel, spaced side walls; a pair of parallel, spaced end walls perpendicular to said side walls and joined across the ends of said side walls; a floor lattice of support ribs joining the bottom edges of said side and end walls to form a rectangular box-shaped case, and at least one facing, adjacent pair of separator pillars extending vertically from said floor lattice and having a slot therebetween for receiving therein a dividing wall of a bottle carrier to be inserted into said case together with bottles contained therein, wherein the improvement comprises that: said pillars are open on their facing sides and have at least one cylindrically concave bottle contact face; at least one longitudinal reinforcement rib is disposed substantially along the center line region of the inside surface of said pillar opposite said contact face; a short web of material fills the gap between the facing edges of said pillars in said slot on each side of said slot adjoining said floor lattice, and said pillars are anchored to said floor lattice by anchoring points which include at least points located on the outside of said pillars directly opposite said inner reinforcement ribs.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The case according to claim 1, wherein each of said pillars comprises two cylindrically concave contact faces meeting along a common spine.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The case according to claim 2, wherein said reinforcement rib has an L-shaped cross-section.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The case according to claim 3, wherein said contact faces are substantially symmetrical with respect to said spine.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
The case according to claim 4, wherein opposite each of said inner reinforcement ribs and at the outer wall of said pillars there is a junction with an anchoring rib which at its other end joins a floor support rib intersection.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The case according to claim 5, wherein said floor lattice is substantially a cartesian pattern at least in the region where said pillars are anchored.