Plasticos Tecnicos Mexicanos S.a. De C.v.

Francisco Guerrero Mercado

Juan Ruiz Estrella

Alfredo Cruz Cruz

Raul Gonzalez Alonso

Raimundo Roca Vallve

Andres Alvarez Vargas

Martin Cisneros Aguirre

An anti-rotational system which restrains containers therein from rotating and contacting adjacent containers so as not to abrade the outer surface of the containers features an exterior box having at least one wall having a height at least as great as a height of the containers and a bottom structure. Furthermore, a plurality of pockets are formed within the exterior box structure. Each pocket has a rigid portion and an elastic portion. The rigid portion engages a maximum diameter of the container. The elastic portion flexes so as to allow the maximum diameter region of the container to pass thereby. Once the maximum diameter region of the container has passed by the elastic region, the elastic characteristics of the elastic region allows the elastic region to flex back towards its original position thus ensuring that the elastic portion contacts a smaller diameter of the container. Such secure retention of the container in the anti-rotational box prevents the container stored in the anti-rotational box from contacting each other and therefore abrading the outer surfaces of the container. As such, the containers stored and transported in such an anti-rotational box allows the containers to be refilled and reused. Another embodiment features the use of thickened wall ribs so as to make more rigid the anti-rotational system so that the full-depth walls do not warp. The thickened wall ribs connect to the wall of the exterior box structure, the bottom structure of the exterior box structure and a pocket formed within the interior of the exterior box structure. The use of the thickened wall ribs increases the number times a container can be re-used.

Anti-rotational system

An anti-rotational system which restrains containers therein from rotating and contacting adjacent containers so as not to abrade the outer surface of the containers features an exterior box having at least one wall having a height at least as great as a height of the containers. Furthermore, longitudinal ribs connect to the walls and to the bottom structure of the exterior box to form an elastic portion. The longitudinal ribs form sets of ribs which contact a diameter of the container which is smaller than a maximum diameter of the container so as to secure the position of the container. The longitudinal ribs flex so as to allow the maximum diameter region of the container to pass thereby. Once the maximum diameter region of the container has passed by the longitudinal ribs, the elastic characteristics of the longitudinal ribs allow the longitudinal ribs to flex back towards their original position thus ensuring that the longitudinal ribs contact the smaller diameter of the container. Furthermore, pairs of perpendicular ribs project up from the bottom structure to which they are attached to form a rigid portion. The pairs of perpendicular ribs are substantially located between the bottom structure and the longitudinal ribs. The pairs of perpendicular ribs have a dimension smaller than a diameter of the maximum diameter of the container and as such they come into contact with the maximum diameter of the container. The pairs of perpendicular ribs ensure that contact is maintained between the pairs of perpendicular ribs and the maximum diameter of the container. Such secure retention of the container in the anti-rotational box prevents the container stored in the anti-rotational box from contacting each other and therefore abrading the outer surfaces of the container. As such, the containers stored and transported in such an anti-rotational box allows the containers to be refilled and reused.

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San Juan del Rio, Mexico

Francisco Guerrero Mercado