US5289650A
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Bottle advertiser
Assignee: Alberta Distillers Ltd
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Filing: 1991-01-03
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Granted: 1994-03-01
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Expires: 2011-01-03
Abstract
Abstract An advertising display device for mounting on a bottle or other similar container, which includes a box having at least three flat walls, an open bottom and an openable top surface, the top surface having a central opening for permitting the passage therethrough of a bottle cap and a bottom of said walls being shaped to provide at least three points for contacting a shoulder of said bottle.
Inventors
- 👤 Brian Follett
- 👤 Richard Herron
- 👤 Wendy Dayton
- 👤 Pat Bussword
- 👤 Don Manders
- 👤 James Farries
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 09:50
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09F; G09F3/00; G09F3/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
161 words
An advertising display device for mounting on a bottle of a type having a top, neck, shoulder and body, comprising: a tube having at least three flat side surfaces, open at a bottom, and having a closed top surface integral with at least one of said side surfaces, said top surface having a central opening for permitting the passage therethrough of the bottle top and neck and a bottom of said surfaces being shaped to provide at least three points for contacting the shoulder of said bottle, each of said side surfaces being wider across a bottom than across a top thereof so that said device can be stacked inside of atop another such device, wherein said top surface is foldable relative to said side surfaces and has at least two side panels which are juxtaposed to respective side surfaces other than a side surface to which said top surface is attached when said top surface is in a closed position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
161 words
An advertising display device for mounting on a bottle of a type having a top, neck, shoulder and body, comprising: a tube having at least three flat side surfaces, open at a bottom, and having a closed top surface integral with at least one of said side surfaces, said top surface having a central opening for permitting the passage therethrough of the bottle top and neck and a bottom of said surfaces being shaped to provide at least three points for contacting the shoulder of said bottle, each of said side surfaces being wider across a bottom than across a top thereof so that said device can be stacked inside of atop another such device, wherein said top surface is foldable relative to said side surfaces and has at least two side panels which are juxtaposed to respective side surfaces other than a side surface to which said top surface is attached when said top surface is in a closed position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
118 words
An advertising display device for mounting on a bottle of a type having a top, neck, shoulder and body, comprising: a tube having a front, back and two flat side surfaces forming a rectangular cross-section, open at a bottom and having a closed top surface attached to said back side surface, said top surface having a central opening for permitting the passage therethrough of the bottle top and neck and a bottom of said side surfaces being shaped to provide four points for contacting the shoulder of said bottle, each of said side surfaces being wider across a bottom thereof than across a top thereof so that said device can be stacked inside or atop another such device.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
118 words
An advertising display device for mounting on a bottle of a type having a top, neck, shoulder and body, comprising: a tube having a front, back and two flat side surfaces forming a rectangular cross-section, open at a bottom and having a closed top surface attached to said back side surface, said top surface having a central opening for permitting the passage therethrough of the bottle top and neck and a bottom of said side surfaces being shaped to provide four points for contacting the shoulder of said bottle, each of said side surfaces being wider across a bottom thereof than across a top thereof so that said device can be stacked inside or atop another such device.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
A device according to claim 2, wherein said top surface is openable so that said device can be folded flat.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
49 words
A device according to claim 3, including a front flap attached to a top of said front side surface, said flap having a slot adjacent a top edge of said front side surface and said top surface has a downwardly depending flap dimensioned to be insertable in said slot.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
60 words
A device according to claim 2, wherein said top surface includes side wings extending upon alongside respective ones of said two side surfaces of said tube and a front flap joined along a top edge of said front side surface and extending to said top side wings so as to hold them against respective ones of said two side walls.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
A device according to claim 2, wherein said top surface opening has a plurality of spaced apart radial cuts therein extending from a perimeter of said opening towards associated edges of said top surface.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
A device according to claim 2, wherein said side surfaces each having an arcuate bottom edge.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2001-02-28 | 2001-08-30 | 2002-03-01 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2005-02-28 | 2005-08-30 | 2006-03-01 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |