Plastic bottle crate with hinged centre handle

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EP 0 486 108 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	03.03.1993 Bulletin 1993/09

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	20.05.1992 Bulletin 1992/21

(21)	Application number: 91202960.0

(22)	Date of filing: 13.11.1991

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁵: B65D 1/38, B65D 25/28

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	BE DE DK FR NL

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Priority:

14.11.1990 NL 9002484

(71)	Applicant: WAVIN B.V.
	NL-8011 CW Zwolle (NL)

(72)	Inventor:
	Benraad, Coenraad Johannes Bartholomeus Maria NL-7622 BZ Borne (NL)

(74)	Representative: Iemenschot, Johannes Andreas, Ir. et al
	van Exter Polak & Charlouis B.V., P.O. Box 3241 NL-2280 GE Rijswijk NL-2280 GE Rijswijk (NL)

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(54)	Plastic bottle crate with hinged centre handle

(57) A plastic bottle crate comprises a bottom (1) and vertical side walls (2-5), a framework provided in the crate, and a movable handle (7) fitted in the centre area of the crate. The handle (7) comprises a U-shaped bracket and a longitudinal bar connecting together the ends of the two legs of the U-shaped bracket and projecting beyond the U-shaped bracket at both sides. A first projecting part of the longitudinal bar is hinged to the framework (6) of the crate by means of a hinge (8) with a hinge axis (8a) perpendicular to the main plane of the handle. In the carrying position of the handle (7) the second projecting part of the longitudinal bar grips under a bearing lobe which is integral with the framework.

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