Device for carrying and storing bottles

Claim 2

In a device for carrying and storing bottles having a plurality of rails arranged side by side on a holder between their opposing edges forming substantially uniformly wide gaps, said edges having yielding edge portions forming locking means which, on the introduction of the neck of a bottle, squeeze the neck fast, the improvement characterized in that said locking means comprises a strip of elastic material extending along and outside the edge of an associated rail and arranged to give way in the direction of introduction on introducing the neck of a bottle in a direction substantially at right angles to a plane defined by said holder, and on movement of the neck in an opposite direction to be squeezed tightly against it, and each strip mounted on the side of the respective rail facing away from the gap and has a bead lying outside and parallel with the edge of the rail facing the gap.

Claim 3

A device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the rails are fixed relative to each other by means of a holder comprising a plate means with walls projecting from one side surface which are parallel with and of equal height, the outer edges of said walls each being firmly joined to a rail.

Claim 4

A device as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the plate means is rectangular with two opposing side edges projecting outside adjacent walls to form runner flanges coacting with guiding means.

Claim 5

A device as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the plate means on its surface facing away from the walls has at least one handhold.

Claim 6

In a device for carrying and storing bottles having a plurality of rails arranged side by side on a holder, said rails forming substantially uniformly wide gaps between their opposing edges, each edge of each rail having yielding edge protions comprised of two strip-like lips, said two strip like lips diverging from each other and extending outwardly from their rails to form with opposed corresponding strip-like lips a locking means which, on the introduction of the neck of a bottle, squeeze the neck fast, the improvement characterized in that each locking means comprises a strip of elastic material extending along and outside the edge of an associated rail and arranged to give way in the direction of introduction on introducing the neck of a bottle in a direction substantially at right angles to a plane defined by said holder, and on movement of the neck in an opposite direction to be squeezed tightly against it.

Claim 7

In a device for carrying and storing bottles having a plurality of rails arranged side by side on a holder, said rails forming substantially uniformly wide gaps between their opposing edges, each edge of each rail having yielding edge protions comprised of two strip-like lips, said two strip like lips diverging from each other and extending outwardly from their rails to form with opposed corresponding strip-like lips a locking means which, on the introduction of the neck of a bottle, squeeze the neck fast, the improvement characterized in that each locking means comprises a strip of elastic material extending along and outside the edge of an associated rail and arranged to give way in the direction of introduction on introducing the neck of a bottle in a direction substantially at right angles to a plane defined by said holder, and on movement of the neck in an opposite direction to be squeezed tightly against it.

Claim 8

A device as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that each locking means forms an integral part of the associated rail.

Claim 9

A device as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that each locking means constitutes a separate unit fixedly mounted on an associated rail.

Claim 10

A device as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that each locking means is manufactured from a softer material than the associated rail.

Claim 11

A device as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that each locking means has a V-shaped cross-sectional area.