Patents Assigned to Oy K. Hartwall AB
  • Patent number: 6394288
    Abstract: The merchandising rack for bottles, particularly for Ref-PET-type bottles with a substantially level collar in the neck area, includes elongated members made of material which is substantially circular in cross section, the members being attached to a supporting structure so that they are substantially perpendicular to the plane forming the supporting structure and arranged in pairs at a distance from each other which substantially corresponds to the thickness of a bottle neck so that when the bottle neck is fitted between the members, the bottle hangs from its collar on the members. To provide a stable support for the bottles the elongated members made of the material which is substantially round in cross section have sharp-edged parts which are parallel to the members and arranged to form the surfaces that support the bottles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Oy K. Hartwall AB
    Inventor: John Hartwall