Abstract: A combination tray is used for the transportation, storage, and gravity feed dispensing of beverage bottles. The tray includes flaps pivotally mounted on a top edge of each side wall for converting the tray between a storage and transportation configuration and a gravity feed dispensing configuration. When in the storage and transportation configuration, the flaps are generally perpendicular to the side walls and have a number of arcuate recesses to position and stabilize the bottles in the tray in an upright position. A bottom surface of each tray has a number of bottle cap receiving sockets. When the bottles are positioned with the arcuate recesses of the flaps, filled trays can be stacked one upon another so that the bottle caps of a subjacent tray are received within the sockets in the base of a superjacent tray thereby creating a stable stack of filled trays.

Abstract: A pallet assembly 10 with a select container 16, 18, 20, or 22 thereon comprises a body member 11 having a rear face 12 and front face 14, and sidewalls 48 supportably surrounding the rear and front faces 12, 14. In an alternative embodiment, a face plate 27 having a plurality of contoured openings 32 is affixed to rear face 12. Rear face 12 has at least one cavity 24 and a base 26 extending upwardly into cavity 24 defining a container receptacle 28. Front face 14 has at least one cavity 30 having a base 34 extending inwardly of cavity 30 and means cooperatively associated with the cavity 30 for defining a container receptacle 36 in front face 14. In practice, either the front face 14 or rear face 14 can be used to transport and store thereon a select container 16, 18, 20. 22.

Abstract: A stackable bottle case including a tray having a floor structure with a plurality of bottle support areas on an upper surface thereof and a plurality of upward recesses on a lower surface thereof, and a tray cover positionable in a covering position over the bottles supported on the support areas. The tray cover has a cover top structure which includes a bottom side, with a plurality of downward receivers in which the tops of the bottles on the support areas are received when the tray cover is in the covering position, and a top side, with a plurality of protuberances that are positioned to lockingly fit in the upward recesses on the lower surface of a similar stackable bottle tray which is stacked on the tray cover.

Abstract: A laundry basket and a handle assembly therefor are disclosed. The laundry basket includes a walled container having a peripheral rim about a substantial portion thereof, a pair of opposing hand openings adjacent the peripheral rim, and a pair of handle members extending, respectively, about the rim and through the hand openings, each of the handle members including a bottom portion positioned below the rim, the bottom portion defining an upper boundary of one of the hand openings and a top portion, the top portion being connected to the bottom portion, wherein one of the top or bottom portions of each of the handle members is integral to the peripheral rim. Each portion of the handle members preferably includes a curved exterior surface to facilitate the lifting and carrying of the basket.

Abstract: A case construction for containers includes separable, identically configured, compartmentalized box units having connecting elements on interfacing side walls in the form of tubular elements comprising male and female segments in which those on one box unit telescopically cooperate with corresponding segments on an associated box unit to restrict relative movement between the box units in longitudinal and transverse direction and also serve to restrict movement of containers disposed in the compartments. A latch member is carried by one end wall of each box unit and is movable along tracks between a latching position straddling the connected box units and an unlatching position permitting separation thereof. The bottom wall of the box units contain ribs forming a channel network that enables optional column- or cross-stacking of the case constructions.

Abstract: The invention concerns a separator, of the type comprising a sheet provided with openings for centering the necks (3) of a layer of bottles (8) and protrusions (5) extending from the upper face of the sheet to center the bottoms (4) of a superposed layer of bottles, characterized in that each opening is defined, on the one hand, by at least two projections 12 presented by the sheet to abut on the shoulder (23) of the bottle and, on the other hand, by a cap 11 whose height is adapted to shroud the neck (3) of the bottle, when the projections (12) abut on the shoulder of the bottle.

Abstract: An article protector, such as may be used to protect bottles during transportation, is assembled from a plurality of interfitting parts which may be interfitted to provide an open framework within which a bottle may be supported and securely held for protection, the members are produced by being stamped from cellular plastics material providing in sheet or slab form. The interfitting members may be permanently secured together to provide to superstructures which may be located together around the articles to be protected, being secured together by releasable securing means or may be provided y members which are retained in an enclosing condition by virtue of being located within a carton.

Abstract: A carrier tray for deformable beverage containers prevents doming of the underside of beverage cans and abrasion of adjacent cans during transport. The base of the carrier includes upwardly projecting members (62, 63) which are taped to conform to the shape of the underside of the containers. An additional feature of the upwardly projecting members is the retention of the cans in a vertical position.

Abstract: A container is provided having a base, a wall portion extending from the base and defining a receptacle area, and a rim defining an opening into the receptacle area. The container comprises first and second opposing flange portions contiguous with the rim, and each flange portion has a first end affixed to the rim, a second end free or freeable from the rim, and a flexible laterally extending portion therebetween. A connector is provided to connect the second ends of the flanges together. A process is also provided for forming such a container and includes integrally forming the container components and scoring the material between the flanges and the rim such that the flanges are freed or rendered freeable from the rim.

Abstract: The invention is a container for storing and transporting a plurality of beverage containers and the like. The container includes a substantially frusto-pyramidal housing having four supporting walls and a top wall supported by the supporting walls. The container has at least one storage chamber extending downwardly from the top wall, and the supporting walls are arranged to telescopingly engage supporting walls of an identical container and each chamber nestles within a corresponding chamber of the identical container when the container is stacked upon the identical container and the identical container is empty of beverage containers. Means are provided for securing identical containers together in a stacked arrangement for easy transport.

Abstract: Two-part case for beverage bottles. Structure is provided on the case for mutually securing and locking the parts of the case together. The structure includes vertical assembly strips mounted on each part which slidingly interlock with each other to interlock the parts together. In addition, the structure includes pivoting bolts on the parts for preventing the assembly strips from sliding apart.

Abstract: A utility caddy is provided which can be used for transporting cleaning supplies and the like. The caddy includes a pair of triangular compartments separated by a double-walled partition. A handle formed integrally with the partition allows the caddy to be easily carried. The caddy is preferably provided as part of an assembly including a similarly configured bucket. The caddy can be inserted within the bucket so that both items can be stored in a minimal amount of space, or carried together.

Abstract: A sturdy, reusable plastic low-depth tray suitable for transporting, storing and displaying sixteen-ounce bottles or other beverage containers. The low-depth, vertical sidewall thereof is molded with, to and about the outside rectangular perimeter of the open gridwork tray floor. The sidewall is free standing and unsupported throughout its height above the floor and is defined by a series of adjacent upright panels, alternating ones of which are raised such that their lower surfaces are spaced above the top of the floor. The top and bottom edges of the sidewall thereby have undulating configurations. An outwardly-disposed support lip extends along the entire length of the top edge, and the raised portions of the bottom edge are spaced above the top of the floor. This sidewall construction allows the trays to securely and compactly column nest when empty and to more fully display the bottles therein and their labels when the trays are loaded and stacked in a low-depth arrangement.

Abstract: A tray according to the present invention comprises a plastic body having upper and lower surfaces. A number of bottom sockets are distributively formed in the upper surface of the body so the respective bottom portions of bottles can be inserted individually in the bottom sockets. Each bottom socket has a configuration which is obtained by connecting those portions of the respective cross-sectional contours of the bottom portions of two or more different types of bottles which are situated outermost when the individual contours are superposed concentrically so that at least two diametrically facing regions of the one contour are not situated inside the other contour. Cap socket corresponding one of the bottom sockets is defined on the lower surface of the body. Each cap socket is a hole, such as a stepped hole, which has at least two hole portions with different inside diameters.

Abstract: A case for holding beverage bottles and the like, in which outwardly and oppositely angled bottle base support platforms in the bottom of the case are arranged to support bottles placed therein so that the longitudinal axes of the bottles are outwardly angularly inclined, defining an "A-frame" type structure when supported in juxtaposed relationship with other cases and bottles, thereby stabilizing the cases and preventing sway or tilting of the bottles. The interior of the case is essentially free of cross partitions or dividers, whereby groups or packages of bottles held together by shrink wrap or the like may be placed in the case. This arrangement also makes it possible to place bottles having a range of different sizes and shapes in the case. In addition, a strapping notch is provided in an outer portion of the case to facilitate strapping of a plurality of cases, further stabilizing a stack of the cases.

Abstract: Individual beverage containers 16 are transported by conveyor track 14A to conveyor track 14B, along which they are advanced by parallel chains 34 and 36 carrying flight bars 44. Trays 26 to receive containers 16 are advanced by an inclined conveyor track 24B having projections 30 to engage the trays. A plurality of support members 130 are disposed at the downstream end of track 14B to introduce the containers into the trays. Special trays are used having a plurality of structural members on their inner wall surfaces to define recessed regions between the structural members into which the curved surfaces of the containers fit so that they are held upright.

Abstract: The stackable low depth bottle case of the present invention includes four side walls and a bottom portion. A plurality of upwardly projecting hollow columns extend upwardly within the side walls. The columns, walls, and bottom portion define a plurality of bottle retaining pockets. The bottle retaining pockets have flat surfaces to permit retention of bottles without base indentations and to permit rotation of petaloid bottles. The columns extend upwardly from the base portion a distance approximately one third of the height of the bottles to be retained. The columns may be hollow to permit empty cases to stack top to bottom. The lower surface of the bottom portion has circular concave portions with central retaining openings to facilitate stacking of loaded cases top to bottom. When a case is disposed on a lower filled case, the bottle tops of the lower case are guided toward the central retaining openings by the circular concave portions.

Abstract: The stackable low depth bottle case of the present invention includes four side walls and a bottom portion. A plurality of upwardly projecting hollow columns extend upwardly within the side walls. The columns, walls, and bottom portion define a plurality of bottle retaining pockets. The bottle retaining pockets have flat surfaces to permit retention of bottles without base indentations and to permit rotation of petaloid bottles. The columns extend upwardly from the base portion a distance approximately one third of the height of the bottles to be retained. The columns may be hollow to permit empty cases to stack top to bottom. The lower surface of the bottom portion has circular concave portions with central retaining openings to facilitate stacking of loaded cases top to bottom. When a case is disposed on a lower filled case, the bottle tops of the lower case are guided toward the central retaining openings by the circular concave portions.

Abstract: A receptacle for beverage containers is disclosed. The receptacle has a rigid bottom portion consisting of a plurality of framework members. A plurality of spring fingers extend generally vertically up from the bottom portion to secure at least the bases of the beverage containers. With this construction, the beverage containers are retained in a vertical position. The receptacle has side walls extending generally vertically upward from the bottom portion to define a generally open top for the receptacle. The side walls includes slots for the attachment of a handle so that the receptacle can be lifted. Each receptacle is designed so that it can be mechanically interlocked with the top or bottom of an adjacent identical receptacle.

Abstract: A plastic tray for the storage, shipping and display of pop bottles. The tray is an open box with pillars attached to the inside bottom of the box. Bottle compartments are thus defined by the box walls and the pillars. The inside of the box walls and pillar sides of each compartment are molded to match the contour of a bottle to be inserted into the compartment. The pillar and box walls are flexible enough to allow the insertion of slightly oversized bottles, but resilient enough to provide a snug fit of each bottle within each compartment.

Abstract: The stackable low depth bottle case of the present invention includes four side walls and a bottom portion. A plurality of upwardly projecting hollow columns extend upwardly within the side walls. The columns, walls, and bottom portion define a plurality of bottle retaining pockets. The bottle retaining pockets have flat surfaces to permit retention of bottles without base indentations and to permit rotation of petaloid bottles. The columns extend upwardly from the base portion a distance approximately one third of the height of the bottles to be retained. The columns may be hollow to permit empty cases to stack top to bottom. The lower surface of the bottom portion has circular concave portions with central retaining openings to facilitate stacking of loaded cases top to bottom. When a case is disposed on a lower filled case, the bottle tops of the lower case are guided toward the central retaining openings by the circular concave portions.

Abstract: In air conditioning supply carrier and organizer including a lower tray, an upper tray and an intermediate tray in stacked relation, each tray being of substantially similar area and configuration wherein the interior of each tray is separated by septums into a plurality of compartments and wherein an upstanding handle on the lower tray extends through openings in the intermediate and upper trays for orienting the trays in stacked relation and for carrying either one, two or all three trays at one time to a job site.

Abstract: A synthetic resin sheet integrally coextruded by coextruding sheet main body portions and a slender notching strip interposed between right and left side sheet main body portions, wherein the notching strip is formed of a mixture resin material of a first synthetic resin material of molding material of the sheet main body portions, a second synthetic resin material impossible to be bonded with the first synthetic resin material, a third synthetic resin material possible to be bonded with the first and second synthetic resin materials, and a fourth synthetic resin material for softening the molded notching strip, melt index value of the notching strip is the same as or substantially lower than that of the main body portions, and the softening temperature of the notching strip is the same as or substantially higher than that of the sheet main body portions, and a thermally molded container formed of the sheet, thereby smoothly and clearly separating the sheet main body portions and the notching strip of the she

Abstract: The interior of the case is divided by compartmenting walls into a plurality of bottle-receiving compartments and also a central compartment which is not suited for receiving bottles and is elongated. The compartments are hexagonal. At each end of the central compartment there is a Y-intersection of three compartmenting walls. The compartmenting walls are extended upwards at these two intersections at each end of the central compartment and tapered together as they rise. Across the top of the central compartment and attached to the shanks formed by the extensions of the compartmenting wall intersections is a central handle for carrying the case. The handle shanks thus do not require space in the case in addition to the space already taken up by the compartmenting walls, and at the same time provide guide surfaces for the bottles being inserted into the compartments surrounding the end regions of the central compartment. This greatly facilitates machine loading of the case with bottles.

Abstract: In a process for producing labelled and/or printed plastic formed articles, for example plastic trays, from a plastic film sheet, several formed articles being simultaneously shaped in a mat cyclically from the heated plastic film during one cycle, the mats being cooled during at least one intermediate cycle, and the formed articles being obtained from the mat in further subsequent cycles, according to the invention during the intermediate cycle or intermediate cycles the formed articles are provided with the labels and/or are printed by means of a process for printing curved surfaces.

Abstract: A tray for storing and transporting a plurality of cylindrically-shaped articles, such as beverage containers, in a stable, upright position is provided. The tray is comprised of a bottom member and four walls extending upwardly therefrom and interconnected to form an enclosure for receiving the articles. Each of the four walls has cooperating pairs of structural members extending inwardly therefrom to define respective recessed regions therebetween. Each of the cooperating pairs of structural members contacts a corresponding one of the articles at respective positions on the curved surfaces thereof so that a predetermined portion of each article is received within the corresponding recessed region and a portion of the curved surface of the article is in contact with the corresponding wall within the recessed region.

Abstract: The invention concerns a multiple, especially two-part, plastic bottle carrier with divisions paralleling one wall, each half of the carrier being demarcated by an auxiliary partition with interlocking fasteners and a vertically displaceable bolt (18) that can be displaced by [handles] that pivot on the halves of the carrier with flank ends (211) that project beyond the pivots on the halves in recesses (186) provided therefor in the bolt. The invention consists in that a spring-loaded catch (e.g. 211 & 1911) is provided that allows the end (211) of the handle to snap into the recess (186) as the handle pivots into its horizontal locking position while overcoming the force of the spring even though the bolt has already been shifted out of its release position and into its locking position.

Abstract: A bottle and carrier assembly adapted to facilitate the recycling of polyester resin bottles is disclosed. The assembly comprises a reusable bottle carrier having a side wall and a bottom surface, and a recyclable polyester resin bottle. The bottle has an upper neck portion, an elongate body portion, and a rounded bottom portion which prevents the bottle from standing upright when placed on a level surface. The bottle is removably disposed within the bottle carrier in an upright configuration, with the side walls of the bottle carrier overlying a major part of the bottle elongate body portion. The side walls of the bottle carrier and the elongate body portion of the bottle have interengaging portions for maintaining the upright configuration of the bottle. The rounded bottom portion of the bottle serves to discourage the removal, by a consumer, of the recyclyable bottle from the reusuable bottle carrier.

Abstract: A bottle carton holder (10) includes a rectangular box assembly (12) having side and end walls (16a,b and 18a,b) and a bottom wall (20) to define a rectangular cavity (22). Divider members (28a,b) are positioned approximately midway between the end walls for dividing the cavity into approximately equal cavities, each of a size and shape for holding a carton of drink bottles with the long axes thereof extending from sidewall to sidewall. The divider members are located at the sidewalls and do not extend inwardly very far but do extend substantially higher than the sidewalls. Each of the end walls includes a stabilizing surface (38) for contacting a supporting surface (36) at a position located laterally further from the cavity (22) than any stabilizing surface on a sidewall. The bottle carton holder includes U-shaped hooks (14a,b) with laterally bent ends (46) extending about cartons located adjacent to the end walls and engaging the end walls for stabilizing the cartons.

Abstract: A universal case capable of transporting PET bottles of a base-cup type and a petaloid type includes an outer shell 4, 6 and a plurality of support ribs 32, 34, 36, 38 which are shaped to define a plurality of bottle pockets 25 for receiving the bases of PET bottles. A bottle seating structure 40 associated with each bottle pocket 25 includes a base-cup-bottle alignment structure 42, 44, 48 and a petaloid-bottle alignment structure 54, 56. The two alignment structures 42, 44, 48, 54, 56 are adapted to orient PET bottles respectively of the base cup type and the petaloid type seated in the bottle pocket 25 so that the longitudinal symmetry axis of the bottles extend generally parallel to the pocket centerline. The case also includes a case rest 60 associated with each bottle pocket 25. The case rest 60 has a central-base-surface bottle-to-case load-transmission surface 61 facing the bottle pocket 25 and a case-to-closure load-transmission surface 63 facing outward from the bottom of the case.

Abstract: An 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.

Abstract: A non-skid case for carrying packaged soft drinks and the like. The case has depressions in the lower surface of the bottom panel thereof which extend only partially through the bottom panel. The depressions are configured to entrap a portion of a high friction pad inserted therein to retain the pad, the pad forming a non-skid surface at the bottom of the case. Using this configuration, cases for carrying soft drinks may be molded in one piece using polyethylene and used on conveyor systems, etc. in place of wooden cases without sliding tendencies which are otherwise caused by the self-lubricating characteristics of polyethylene. Alignment of the pads in accordance with the ordered disposition of bottles in the case further enhances the stability of filled and stacked cases, with the lack of a through-hole in the region of the pad avoiding the local entrapment of syrups, etc., thereby avoiding any organic growth in that region.

Abstract: A non-collapsible, one-piece carrying kit with a central, elongated handle is divided into a plurality of cells of different area in plan for transporting personal articles of different size, shape, and configuration. Most of the cells are open at the top, but at least one cell may have an apertured, removable cover. All of the kit walls and partitions are integral and of rigid material, but a hook is pivotally mounted on one wall to suspend it from a shower pipe, or curtain rod when the articles are toilet articles for use in the shower. A double hook may be mounted on one of a plurality of threaded studs.

Abstract: An open top container for beverage cans and the like divided into chambers adapted to hold the cans in vertical stacks. The container may be of any suitable material. It may be formed from a single sheet or panel folded into the shape of a container. A releasable strap across the top of the container serves to retain the cans and also as a means of transporting the container by hand.

Abstract: An article carrier comprising a frame structure, a plurality of struts depending downwardly from the frame structure to form a plurality of article receiving cells, a bottom element secured to the lower portions of the struts forming each cell, a partition element disposed between and secured to two adjacent struts of at least some of said cells, the midportion of the partition element being yieldable, a plurality of outwardly projecting base straps interconnecting the lower portions of two adjacent struts on each side of the carrier, and a promotional insert panel disposed on each side of said carrier and secured in position by cooperation with the corresponding base straps and the frame structure.

Abstract: A reusable case 2 for bottles 4 has a plurality of pockets 64 for receiving base portions of the bottles. Each pocket 64 is equipped with a bottle side-wall gripper 15 and a bottle base support 70 for supporting the bottle 4 and orienting it so that a symmetry axis of the bottle 4 substantially coincides with a centerline of the pocket 64. Substantially coaxial with the pocket centerline is a stacking/cross-stacking case-rest 76. The cases 4 are dimensioned and the pockets 64 positioned so that cases of bottles can be arranged in layers in cross-stacked structure with the bottles 4 in each lower layer being oriented and positioned to locate closures 6 of the bottles 4 within the stacking/cross-stacking case rests 76 of the cases 2 of the next higher layer.

Abstract: A carrier for carrying a plurality of bottles, the carrier having a stacking capability when filled with bottles and an improved stacking capability when empty. Each carrier is comprised of two body members. The upper body member comprises side and end walls connected in generally rectangular shape, a central dividing member having an extension thereof forming a handle, and upper partition walls cooperating with the central dividing member to form cells for holding bottles. The lower body member comprises a bottom with side and end walls and lower partition walls extending upwardly therefrom. The upper body member is slidably attached over the lower body member to form the carrier, with the two body members interfitting for limited motion therebetween.

Abstract: A bottle carrier, four of which fit into one crate, is disclosed. The bottle carrier has a rectangular frame around the top connected at its four corners having a partition bar extending across from one side to the other which can function as a handle. Four bottom members are spaced downwardly from the frame. Each bottom member fits into one compartment of the crate. Each of the four members have a separate part and radially extending arms attached to the central parts. The arms are attached to the downwardly extending support members that extend upwardly and are attached to the frame. Two of the downwardly extending members on each side are closely spaced to each other and receive partitions in a crate therebetween.

Abstract: A food carrying and display system includes a plurality of containers having one top and supportable in vertical array by stacking means including a coaxially disposed adjustable-length elongate screw provision; each container has a rim and a central spacer protecting the rim from distortion, both of which optionally may be detachable for cleaning and for ease in manufacturing, by use of an extra spacer and a single elongate screw and the top as few as one container can be carried with the top protectively in place sealing it closed; special carrying and handling provisions include a ring nut at the top of the assembly and around each container at mid-height a safety flange.

Abstract: A thermally insulated carrying container for an assembled plurality of beverage containers which is constructed entirely of a thin sheet plastic foam material. The carrying container is to include side flaps which are to be locatable in an open position to facilitate refrigeration and visibility of the beverage containers and also being movable to a lockable closed position so as to maintain the beverage condition cold for a substantial period of time. A handle means is provided to facilitate carrying of the container. A latching means is provided between the openable top of the carrying container and the bottom of the carrying container to maintain an enclosure of the carrying container when desired.

Abstract: A packaging for bottles comprises a plastic bottle case for receiving individual bottles or bottles in a carrier, e.g. a six pack. To prevent the bottles from bumping one another during transport, the case is provided with spacers which project up from the bottom. Each spacer comprises two angle profiles having flanks at 90.degree. to one another and arranged with the apices of the angle profiles facing one another. The flanks of the angle profiles are offset from one another and from imaginary center lines passing between the profiles. The two flanks of each profile are connected at their tops by an integral roof portion. The bottle carriers are made of cardboard with side walls and partitions. The bottoms of the carriers have openings to accommodate the spacers in the case. By reason of the offset of the profiles forming the spacers, the openings in the bottom of the carriers are spaced apart to provide bridge portions connecting bottle-supporting areas of the bottom with one another.

Abstract: A lightweight, tough and durable bottle carrier is molded as a unit from high density plastics, is nestable with like carriers, and is stackable in two orthogonal directions with like carriers. The carrier has a central lifting handle flush with the top edge thereof and has plural discrete bottle cells in two rows on opposite sides of the handle. End stacking projections and cross stacking recesses are provided at the bottom of the carrier as well as individual bottle centering elements. Convenience and high versatility are featured. The carrier may be received in shallow or full depth, open or pocketed, cases.

Abstract: A collapsible basket for carrying side-by-side grocery bags or the like has a rectangular shaped, vertically-extending framework between the lower ends of which are pivotally secured inner end portions of a pair of opposed rectangular bottom panels the outer ends of which have pivotally secured thereto lower end portions of opposed side panels. The upper end corners of the side panels are linked to each other and to central portions along the length of the handle member at each side to provide substantially parallel guide mechanism operation of the side panels with respect to the axial plane of the handle, thereby to permit compact collapsing of the bottom and side panels against each side of the handle member. The lower end of the frame member is provided, centrally along its length, with an inwardly-collapsible handle for use in carrying the container in inverted position when collapsed.

Abstract: The disclosed case is of the type integrally molded from thermoplastic resin and rectangular, with a lattice floor. The outer bottom side of the floor is so formed as to facilitate nesting of the case on another. Four pillars extend vertically in two facing pairs from the floor, for separating bottles in the case sufficiently to prevent breakage in handling. The pillars of a pair are separated by a slot so that bottles can be accepted together with a carrier, with a wall of the carrier being slid into the aligned slots of the pillar pairs.

Abstract: A one-piece, integrally molded plastic carrier adapted for supporting a plurality of bottles (such as beverage bottles) in a space envelope which is essentially the same as that space previously utilized by cardboard cartons. In an embodiment for carrying six bottles, a pair of non-planar handle supports extend upwardly from the base, with each of the supports resting in the central space between groupings of four bottles that are arranged to form a "square". The handle supports may be generally cylindrical or T-shaped, or a combination thereof; but in any case they are non-planar. The moment of inertia of the handle supports is high, so that the stiffness of the carrier is correspondingly high. A substantial slot is provided in the base between the two handle supports, and the slot is sized so that two bottle carriers may be nested together--with the handle of one carrier passing through the slot and into the bottom of another carrier.

Abstract: A container of plastic material, comprising a truncated body and a cover therefor, and having at least one handle, in which the container also includes a rigid polygonal flange provided on certain of its sides with means operating in such a manner as to eliminate the relative displacement of two or several juxtaposed containers.

Abstract: A portable carrier for one or more beverage cans or bottles, the carrier being made of a lightweight insulating material such as a foamed synthetic resin which retains the cold (or heat) of the contents of the container. The resin is molded with pocket(s) to receive the beverage containers and is provided with attachment means to which a strap can be attached so that the article carrier can be worn either on a belt carried by a shoulder strap in order to permit the user to withdraw a can or bottle by the use of only one hand. A preferred attachment means includes a harness which is shaped to receive the article carrier and to articulate with a cover on the carrier.

Abstract: The specification discloses a plastic collapsible article carrier having open and collapsed positions and adapted to be formed by the injection molding of plastic within opposing dies. The article carrier includes first and second end walls parallel to one another when the carrier is in the open position. The carrier further includes first and second side walls parallel to one another, which are hingedly joined to edges of the first and second end walls to extend perpendicularly to the first and second end walls when the article carrier is in the open position. Portions of the side walls have heights less than the height of the end walls. The first side wall is vertically spaced from the second side wall such that portions of the side walls are vertically offset to enable molding thereof in opposing dies.

Abstract: A cup carrier having a band made of resilient plastic material and having a plurality of cup engaging sections, each of which is intended to surround more than half the circumference of a cup. A web for supporting the cups from the bottoms is suspended beneath the band by a plurality of downwardly converging strips. The carrier is nestable with other identical carriers.