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US3092284A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Beverage bottle cases

Assignee: Cities Service Co
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Filing: 1961-03-09
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Granted: 1963-06-04
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Expires: 1981-03-09
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Rodney W Stout

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 02:48
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D1/00; B65D1/22; B65D1/24; B65D1/243; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S220/00; Y10S220/14

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 205 words
A BEVERAGE BOTTLE CASE MOLDED AS AN INTEGRAL ONEPIECE UNIT FROM A SYNTHETIC RESIN AND COMPRISING SIDE WALLS, A BOTTOM WALL AND A PLURALITY OF POCKET-FORMING INTERSECTING INTERIOR WALLS HAVING UPWARDLY PRESENTED TOP MARGINS AND BEING INTEGRALLY JOINED TO THE BOTTOM WALL THEREBY DEFINING BOTTLE RETAINING POCKETS, THE PORTION OF THE BOTTOM WALL WITHIN EACH POCKET BEING INCLINED UPWARDLY TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE POCKET IN A SERIES OF MARGINALLY ABUTTING TRIANGULAR PLANES, SAID MARGINALLY ABUTTING PLANES FORMING FOUR UPSTANDING RIDGES WHICH LIE IN THE SAME HORIZONTAL PLANE AND RADIATE OUTWARDLY FROM THE CENTER TO THE CORNERS OF THE POCKETS, SAID MARGINALLY ABUTTING PLANES EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE CENTER OF EACH POCKET, SO THAT THE BOTTOM WALL WITHIN EACH POCKET DRAINS DOWNWARDLY IN ALL DIRECTIONS FROM THE CENTER, EACH INTERIOR WALL BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED PARALLEL-SIDED SQUARE-TOPPED SLOTS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM AND TERMINATING BELOW SAID TOP MARGINS, THE UNDERSURFACE OF THE BOTTOM WALL BEING INTEGRALLY PROVIDED WITH A CIRCULAR FLANGE BENEATH EACH POCKET AND BEING SUBSTANTIALLY CONCENTRIC WITH SAID POCKET, SAID FLANGE BEING SIZED TO SNUGLY ENGAGE THE TOP OF A BEVERAGE BOTTLE, SAID BOTTOM WALL FURTHER HAVING A PLURALITY OF RIBS THAT RADIATE DIAGONALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE CIRCULAR FLANGE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 205 words
A BEVERAGE BOTTLE CASE MOLDED AS AN INTEGRAL ONEPIECE UNIT FROM A SYNTHETIC RESIN AND COMPRISING SIDE WALLS, A BOTTOM WALL AND A PLURALITY OF POCKET-FORMING INTERSECTING INTERIOR WALLS HAVING UPWARDLY PRESENTED TOP MARGINS AND BEING INTEGRALLY JOINED TO THE BOTTOM WALL THEREBY DEFINING BOTTLE RETAINING POCKETS, THE PORTION OF THE BOTTOM WALL WITHIN EACH POCKET BEING INCLINED UPWARDLY TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE POCKET IN A SERIES OF MARGINALLY ABUTTING TRIANGULAR PLANES, SAID MARGINALLY ABUTTING PLANES FORMING FOUR UPSTANDING RIDGES WHICH LIE IN THE SAME HORIZONTAL PLANE AND RADIATE OUTWARDLY FROM THE CENTER TO THE CORNERS OF THE POCKETS, SAID MARGINALLY ABUTTING PLANES EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE CENTER OF EACH POCKET, SO THAT THE BOTTOM WALL WITHIN EACH POCKET DRAINS DOWNWARDLY IN ALL DIRECTIONS FROM THE CENTER, EACH INTERIOR WALL BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED PARALLEL-SIDED SQUARE-TOPPED SLOTS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM AND TERMINATING BELOW SAID TOP MARGINS, THE UNDERSURFACE OF THE BOTTOM WALL BEING INTEGRALLY PROVIDED WITH A CIRCULAR FLANGE BENEATH EACH POCKET AND BEING SUBSTANTIALLY CONCENTRIC WITH SAID POCKET, SAID FLANGE BEING SIZED TO SNUGLY ENGAGE THE TOP OF A BEVERAGE BOTTLE, SAID BOTTOM WALL FURTHER HAVING A PLURALITY OF RIBS THAT RADIATE DIAGONALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE CIRCULAR FLANGE.

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