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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2010
Applicants:

Benjamin Richard Guelkner, Pocatello, ID (US);

Robert Brett Holben, Roswell, GA (US);

Robert Burton Brownell, Jr., Decatur, GA (US);

Russell Joseph Kroll, Atlanta, GA (US);

Suzuko Hisata, Atlanta, GA (US);

Steven Craig Vandeberg, Suwanee, GA (US);

Kirk William Charles, Austell, GA (US);

Angus Donald Ross Mcleod, Hamilton, NZ;

Inventors:

Benjamin Richard Guelkner, Pocatello, ID (US);

Robert Brett Holben, Roswell, GA (US);

Robert Burton Brownell, Jr., Decatur, GA (US);

Russell Joseph Kroll, Atlanta, GA (US);

Suzuko Hisata, Atlanta, GA (US);

Steven Craig Vandeberg, Suwanee, GA (US);

Kirk William Charles, Austell, GA (US);

Angus Donald Ross McLeod, Hamilton, NZ;

Assignee:

MERIAL, INC., Duluth, GA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 85/00 (2006.01); B65D 23/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 23/0885 (2013.01);
Abstract

An embodiment of an energy absorbing container may include a shell formed of a plastic material, one or more energy absorbing components for absorbing energy resulting from impact loads, and an opening mechanism for opening the container and allowing the placement or removal of a bottle therefrom. The energy absorbing components securing a bottle stored within the container to may inhibit or prevent movement of the bottle within the container.


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