EP 0224369 A2 19870603 - Universal bottle case.
Title (en)
Universal bottle case.
Title (de)
Flaschenkasten.
Title (fr)
Casier à bouteilles.
Publication
Application
Priority
US 79876285 A 19851115
Abstract (en)
A universal case is adapted to transport PET bottles of both a base-cup type and a petaloid type. The case 2 includes an outer shell 4,6 and a plurality of support ribs 30, 32, 34, 36, 80 for reinforcing the shell. The outer shell and the support ribs are shaped to define a plurality of bottle pockets 25 for receiving the bases of PET bottles. A bottle seating structure 40 is associated with each bottle pocket 25 and includes a plurality of dual-base-engagement projections 52, a base-cup-bottle alignment structure 42 and a petaloid-bottle alignment structure 48, 50. The dual-base-engagement projections associated with a bottle pocket 25 extend generally parallel to a centerline of the pocket and project into the pocket. The number of dual-base-engagement projections equals the number of petaloid lobes 124 formed in the base of a PET bottle of the petaloid type. The dual-base-engagement projections 52 are shaped and positioned to fit within and engage an annular indentation 108 in the base cup 102 of a PET bottle 100 of the base-cup type. The dual-base-engagement projections 52 are also shaped and positioned to fit within and engage petaloid-lobe-separation notches 127 between the petaloid lobes 124 of a PET bottle of the petaloid type. The base-cup-bottle alignment structure 42 defines a base-cup-bottle annular-bottom-surface contact plane and the petaloid-bottle alignment structure 48, 50 defines a petaloid-bottle lobe-bottom-surface contact plane. The petaloid-bottle lobe-bottom-surface contact plane is spaces apart from the base-cup-bottle annular-bottom-surface contact plane in a direction along the pocket centerline and below the base-cup-bottle annular-bottom-surface contact plane when the case is in a horizontal rest position.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B65D 1/24 (2006.01); B65D 1/38 (2006.01); B65D 71/70 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B65D 1/243 (2013.01); B65D 71/70 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24019 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24082 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24108 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24133 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24273 (2013.01); B65D 2501/2428 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24324 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24337 (2013.01); B65D 2501/2435 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24535 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24592 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24656 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24796 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24929 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0224369 A2 19870603; EP 0224369 A3 19880107; BR 8605638 A 19870818; CA 1269955 A 19900605; CA 1269955 C 19900605; JP S62168847 A 19870725; PT 83759 A 19870617; WO 8702970 A1 19870521
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 86308966 A 19861117; BR 8605638 A 19861114; CA 522781 A 19861112; JP 27275986 A 19861115; PT 8375986 A 19861117; US 8602452 W 19861114