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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Orbis Canada Limited, Toronto, CA;
Inventor:
Edward L. Stahl, Tyler, TX (US);
Assignee:
Orbis Canada Limited, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 1/243 (2013.01); B65D 2501/2407 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24019 (2013.01); B65D 2501/2435 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24108 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24127 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24152 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24216 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24248 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24305 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24337 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24656 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24719 (2013.01); B65D 2501/24904 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bottle crate () is provided that is configured to hold a plurality of bottles in a generally upright orientation, and is particularly designed to hold bottles having a variable diameter. The bottle crate can include at least one tray and a plurality of fingers () elastically arranged on the tray, such that the fingers are configured to move in response to insertion or removal of a bottle.