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WO1996003327A1
WO1996003327A1 PCT/US1995/005831 US9505831W WO9603327A1 WO 1996003327 A1 WO1996003327 A1 WO 1996003327A1 US 9505831 W US9505831 W US 9505831W WO 9603327 A1 WO9603327 A1 WO 9603327A1
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Roy Hammett
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D71/70—Trays provided with projections or recesses in order to assemble multiple articles, e.g. intermediate elements for stacking
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D1/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material or by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/22—Boxes or like containers with side walls of substantial depth for enclosing contents
    • B65D1/24—Boxes or like containers with side walls of substantial depth for enclosing contents with moulded compartments or partitions
    • B65D1/243—Crates for bottles or like containers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
    • B65D2501/24—Boxes or like containers with moulded compartments or partitions
    • B65D2501/24006—Details relating to bottle crates
    • B65D2501/2405—Construction
    • B65D2501/24063—Construction of the walls
    • B65D2501/24089—Height of the side walls
    • B65D2501/24108—Height of the side walls corresponding to part of the height of the bottles

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  • the present invention generally relates to a reusable, ergonomically enhanced, plastic bottle case for transporting bottles of beverage.
  • the present invention discloses a bottle carrier case having clean lines with a serrated, or crenelated side profile, encompassing several different designs and dimensions, each of which are adapted for transporting different bottle sizes.
  • Each bottle carrier design has ergonomic features which enable the user to more easily and efficiently load, stack, and unload cases full of bottles than has been heretofore realized.
  • Bottles made of plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) have become especially popular with the soft drink industry because of their transparency, light weight, and low cost.
  • PET plastic polyethylene terephthalate
  • the light weight characteristic of these bottles has enabled the soft drink manufacturers to have ever increasing bottle capacities.
  • Such capacities commonly include 16 oz. , 20 oz. , and 1, 2, and 3 liters, and may include other varying sizes. These, in turn, result in ever increasing case weight.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,344,530 of de Larosiere discloses a molded plastic case which may be loaded with PET bottles and stably stacked.
  • the case has bottle pockets which are shaped to closely fit the bases of the bottles which are inserted in the pockets.
  • the pockets are shaped to orient the bottles along 96/03327 PC17US95/05831
  • bottles seated in the pockets of the case disclosed in the '530 patent may be stably stacked.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,700,836 of Ham ett was designed, among other purposes, to address this type of unloading problem which arises, incidentally most often when a delivery person is unloading cases from a delivery truck to a retail store.
  • the case disclosed in the '836 patent affords stable stacking, it is difficult to manually remove a loaded case from a stack of cases. This appears to be a problem in all known bottle carrier cases. The more stably a fully loaded bottle carrier case can be stacked, the more difficult it is for someone to remove a loaded case.
  • bottle carrier cases A further requirement of bottle carrier cases is to be able to cross-stack the cases both when they are fully loaded with bottles and when they are empty.
  • This cross- stacking feature greatly increases the stability of any stack, whether it be empty of full. More particularly, it is an additional requirement that when empty cases are cross stacked or column stacked that they nest as deeply as possible into the underlying cases. This affords both increased stability and the ability to transport as many cases as possible in the same volume.
  • a nestable carrier case for carrying a plurality of containers.
  • the nestable case comprises a base having a top surface and a bottom surface.
  • the top surface comprises a plurality of areas corresponding to the plurality of containers.
  • the case also has a crenelated side wall connected to the base and extending around the top surface of the base.
  • a major advantage provided by the present invention is a case that is stable when stacked either in a column or cross stacked, is still easily removable from that stack, and which can be stacked when empty a great percentage of its depth. It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a carrier case which will be widely used in the industry due to its safety when stacking, and one which incorporates ergonomic design principles to afford ease of unloading a loaded stacked case.
  • Figure 1 is an orthogonal representation of the top of the container case of the present invention
  • Figure 2 is a top view of the container case of an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 3 is a sectional view of an embodiment of the container case of the present invention taken along lines A-A of Figure 2;
  • Figure 4 is a sectional view of the container case of the present invention taken along lines B-B of Figure 2;
  • Figure 5 is a front view of an embodiment of the container case of the present invention;
  • Figure 6 is a side view of an embodiment of the container carrier case of the present invention.
  • Figure 7 is a bottom view of an embodiment of the container carrier case of the present invention.
  • Figure 8 is an orthogonal representation of the bottom of an embodiment of the container carrier case of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 a typical container carrier case 1 is shown. As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the base 2 of the carrier case 1 has a top surface 4 and a bottom surface
  • the top surface 4, shown more particularly in Figure 2 has a plurality of bottle carrying pockets 8 for defining areas in which the bottles are securely placed.
  • the bottle- carrying pockets 8 are designed to closely match the size of the beverage-containing bottles. Closely matching the size of the pockets 8 to the bottles assures that the bottles attain a high degree of stability in the carrier case 1.
  • an outer wall 10 Surrounding the outer periphery of the carrier case 1 is an outer wall 10.
  • the outer wall 10 encloses the pockets 8 on the outer periphery of the case 1 and holds the bottles therein.
  • the outer wall 10 may be contoured on the inside to closely match the contours of the bottles in the pockets on the outer periphery of the case.
  • the bottom surface 6 of the case has a concave area 12 which closely matches the top of an underlying bottle. This area is directly beneath an overlying pocket 8 in order to stably stack carrying cases filled with beverage containing bottles.
  • the concavities 12 on the bottom surface 6 of the base 2 of the cases are adapted for locating bottles from a lower case and for stacking another carrying case thereon.
  • the concavities 12 when the concavities 12 entirely surround the top of an underlying bottle, it provides a stable stack of cases, but is difficult to remove an overlying case. Typically, removal of a fully loaded case is accomplished by sliding the overlying cases upon and off of the underlying bottles. However, the very feature that enables stable stacking of the containers - that is, the concavities - makes it difficult for the removal of these cases. At least one opening 14 is therefore provided in at least four of the concavities 12 of each case to ease the removal of a stackable case. It has been found that the opening 14 of a concavity should be at least as wide as the top of the underlying bottle. It is preferable for manufacturing reasons for the opening to be about as wide as the diameter of the concavity itself. This is fully described in my co-pending application Serial No.
  • pillars 16 may be placed for separating neighboring bottles.
  • the addition of pillars 16 in the carrier case increases the degree of stability of the bottles in the carrier case.
  • the pillars 16 are not necessary, they are preferable when the bottles are 1 liter, 16 oz. , or 20 oz.
  • the bottles carried in the carrier case are 2 liter bottles, then the necessity for the pillars 16 in the container increases.
  • the outer wall as disclosed herein and as generally illustrated in Figure 1 has a crenelated side profile.
  • the crenelations 18 comprise an upper elevation 20 and a lower elevation 22.
  • the lower case when identical empty cases are directly stacked in alignment as in a column, one upon another, the lower case inserts into the overlying case at least up to one quarter the overall depth of an entire case.
  • an underlying case may be inserted into an overlying case up to approximately 50% of its overall depth. This affords not only a very stable stack of empty cases, but also more empty cases can be fit into the same volume than previously achieved. This is especially beneficial when transporting empty cases.
  • crenelated sidewall herein disclosed.
  • the lower case can insert into the overlying case at least up to one-quarter the overall depth of an entire case.
  • an underlying case may be inserted into an overlying case up to approximately 50% of its overall depth. This affords not only a very stable stack of empty cases, but also more empty cases can be fit into the same volume than previously achieved.
  • the crenelations 18 are recessed inwardly from the outer wall 10.
  • an additional feature that is included in the present invention is the central placement of indentations for handholds 24 on each side of the case.
  • a loader may grasp an overlying case with one hand while steadying the stack with another. In this way, a fully loaded case may be evenly and safely pulled off of a stack without upsetting the remaining stack of cases.
  • the handholds 24 are formed by having an opening formed from the top of the upper elevation, or by having an opening formed at the lower end of a crenelation, or by having a hollow formed entirely throughout a crenelation.
  • the pillars are, among other reasons, for supporting the containers in the pockets. It has .been found that it is preferential to have the pillars be conically tapered. As shown most particularly in Figure 8, the central-most pillar should be substantially open on the bottom. This is to allow the empty cases to both directly stack and cross-stack when empty. Additionally, as illustrated in Figure 1 , the pillars should have ribs 30 extending from the pillars toward the center of the pockets. The ribs 30 are for supporting the sides of the container and for aiding to centrally locate the container in the pockets 8. Further, as illustrated in Figure 8, the two outer pillars should have an inner tapered element 26. This feature allows for more stable stacking. When the inner tapered element is employed, at least one hole 28 should be made therein to prevent trapping of water and debris therein.
  • FIGS 5, 6, 7, and 8 illustrate various views showing the concavities on the base 2 of the carrier case. As shown, the concavities provide a locating means for bottles from a lower case. The bottles from a lower case are thus located in the concavities of the upper case for stably stacking the case on the bottles.
  • FIG 3 is a side view taken showing a concavity with an opening to the outer wall 10. As illustrated, this concavity has the feature of both locating a bottle from a lower case and for providing an easy path of removal of a loaded case off the supporting bottle. Also shown in Figure 6 is an angle 34 provided on the outer periphery of the base 2. The angle should be in the range of from about 30 ° to about 60" . but it has been found to be preferably about 45 ' . Having an angle 20 around the entire periphery of the base 2 allows nestability on an underlying case when it is stacked without any beverage containing bottles. The angle 20 also provides for the interposition of a hand cart or any other lifting means when the case is placed directly upon a flat surface.

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Abstract

Une caisse (1) pour bouteilles, comportant une paroi latérale crénelée (10), permet de transporter des bouteilles de boisson. La caisse (1) comporte un dispositif de positionnement (8) situé au fond pour pouvoir empiler la caisse de manière stable et possède des ouvertures ménagées dans les concavités afin de pouvoir retirer facilement la caisse des caisses superposées. La caisse (1) pour bouteilles peut s'empiler à la fois sous forme de colonne droite et sous forme croisée et peut s'encastrer jusqu'à environ 50 % de sa profondeur totale.
PCT/US1995/005831 1994-07-28 1995-05-11 Caisse crenelee WO1996003327A1 (fr)

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US08/283,204 US5487487A (en) 1994-05-11 1994-07-28 Crenelated container case
US08/283,204 1994-07-28

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EP0795487A1 (fr) * 1996-03-11 1997-09-17 Schoeller International Engineering AG Porte-bouteilles
WO1999015428A1 (fr) * 1997-09-24 1999-04-01 Schoeller International Engineering Ag Support de recipients
EP1486423A1 (fr) * 1998-06-16 2004-12-15 Rehrig Pacific Company Inc. Casier a bouteilles empilable de faible profondeur
EP1242290A4 (fr) * 1999-06-05 2009-05-13 Rehrig Pacific Co Casier empilable de faible profondeur pourvu d'une structure de prehension
CN103832685A (zh) * 2012-11-21 2014-06-04 达特工业股份有限公司 瓶子干燥支架

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US4618069A (en) * 1984-03-21 1986-10-21 Paul Quong Shipping-and-storage container
US4773554A (en) * 1985-07-22 1988-09-27 Teknol Holdings, Inc. Crate
US4911303A (en) * 1985-09-25 1990-03-27 Ab Tetra Pak Stackable rectangular crate, especially for bottles
US5060819A (en) * 1988-04-26 1991-10-29 Rehrig-Pacific Company, Inc. Nestable low depth tray

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US4618069A (en) * 1984-03-21 1986-10-21 Paul Quong Shipping-and-storage container
US4773554A (en) * 1985-07-22 1988-09-27 Teknol Holdings, Inc. Crate
US4911303A (en) * 1985-09-25 1990-03-27 Ab Tetra Pak Stackable rectangular crate, especially for bottles
US5060819A (en) * 1988-04-26 1991-10-29 Rehrig-Pacific Company, Inc. Nestable low depth tray

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0795487A1 (fr) * 1996-03-11 1997-09-17 Schoeller International Engineering AG Porte-bouteilles
WO1999015428A1 (fr) * 1997-09-24 1999-04-01 Schoeller International Engineering Ag Support de recipients
EP1486423A1 (fr) * 1998-06-16 2004-12-15 Rehrig Pacific Company Inc. Casier a bouteilles empilable de faible profondeur
EP1242290A4 (fr) * 1999-06-05 2009-05-13 Rehrig Pacific Co Casier empilable de faible profondeur pourvu d'une structure de prehension
CN103832685A (zh) * 2012-11-21 2014-06-04 达特工业股份有限公司 瓶子干燥支架

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