| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 206162000 | Pendent from handle | 34 |
| 20080257762 | Systems and Methods for Storing Beverage Containers During Transport Shipping and Warehousing - A crate for supporting liquid-filled containers each with a sealed opening, has a bottom and connected sidewalls, and at least one insert engaging two or more of the sidewalls, the insert enabled, by virtue of through-openings of a common diameter, to support a plurality of liquid-filled containers in a horizontal array, as a layer of containers in the crate, in a manner that the liquid-filled containers are positioned with the caps below liquid level in the containers, and such that the liquid-filled containers are prevented from contact with one another. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20100252456 | Carrier Capable of Hanging From a Back of a Container - A carrier has a bottom, a plurality of side panels connected to the bottom, and a handle panel. The handle panel is connected to one of the side panels or the bottom. The handle panel includes a fold line, a first aperture, a second aperture, a first perforated line in continuation of the first aperture and the second aperture, and a second perforated line defining a finger opening in the handle panel. Pressure applied on the first perforated line tears apart material to produce a third aperture in continuation of the first aperture and the second aperture. Pressure applied inside the second perforated line dislocates material to produce the finger opening. When the third aperture is open in continuation of the first aperture and the second aperture, the handle panel folds along the fold line over a container to facilitate penetration of a handle of the container through the first aperture, the second aperture, and the third aperture. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100252457 | Carrier Capable of Hanging From a Side of a Container - A carrier has a bottom, a plurality of side panels connected to the bottom, and a handle panel. The handle panel is connected to one of the side panels or the bottom and includes a first slot being angled relative to a plane formed by the bottom, and a second slot being angled relative to the plane formed by the bottom and being angled relative to the first slot. The handle panel folds over a container to accommodate the shape of the container and to facilitate penetration of a handle of the container through the first slot. The handle panel folds over the container to accommodate the shape of the container and to facilitate penetration of the handle of the container through the second slot. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100320098 | CARTON WITH HANDLE - A carrier for holding a plurality of containers. The carrier comprises a first side panel, a second panel, and at least one handle panel. A central flap is foldably connected to the at least one handle panel, and the central flap divides the interior of the carrier into at least a first container-receiving space and a second container-receiving space. A divider comprises at least one divider panel, wherein the at least one divider panel extends generally parallel to the central flap, and at least one divider flap foldably connected to the at least one divider panel to divide a respective one of the first container-receiving space or the second container-receiving space into at least two container compartments. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20120205263 | STACKABLE LOW DEPTH TRAY - A tray includes a base including a plurality of base walls each having a peripheral wall defining a container-receiving pocket therein. Adjacent pairs of the peripheral walls of the base walls are spaced apart to define low-profile lateral and longitudinal dividers. The base includes a generally horizontal upper divider wall connecting the peripheral walls. A plurality of side columns have outer walls extending up from upper portions of side walls and have inner walls extending down to the base. The side columns are arranged between spaced apart lower portions of the side walls. A pair of opposed end walls each include an upper bar and a lower bar extending between a pair of corner columns. A handle opening is defined between the upper bar and the lower bar. Each lower bar is connected to the base by an end inner wall. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20130087470 | Wine Bag - A bag for transporting one or more wine bottles has a detachable strap for secure attachment to a car seatbelt to prevent tipping over of the bag during transport. Further, the bag preferably has two or more elastic sides that conform to the bottle(s) shape to prevent movement within the bag, which along with other sides may provide cushioning and thermal insulation. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130126366 | Carrier For Bottles - A carrier for holding a plurality of containers. The carrier can comprise a bottom panel, a top panel at least partially in face-to-face contact with the bottom panel, a handle comprising a bottom gripping portion in the bottom panel and a top gripping portion in the top panel, and at least one container receiver for at least partially receiving a respective container of the plurality of containers. The at least one container receiver is foldably connected to the handle. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20140353181 | Beverage Transport Organizer - The beverage transport organizer is an apparatus system that provides a user with a facilitated means of transporting a plurality of different beverage vessels. The apparatus system utilizes a beverage carrier and an insert panel. The beverage carrier is a container that holds the plurality of different beverage vessels during transport. The insert panel is positioned within the beverage carrier and provides a means of organizing beverage vessels for transport. The insert panel uses particularly shaped holders that accommodate beverage vessels of varying shapes and sizes. The beverage holders of the insert panel prevent beverage vessels from hitting against each other during transport, reducing the broken or chipped glassware. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150014190 | REUSABLE APPARATUS FOR STORING AND TRANSPORTING BEVERAGE CONTAINERS - A carrier apparatus for storing or transporting one or more beverage containers may include a number of side walls each defining a tab or slot extending from or adjacent to each side edge and a bottom edge thereof, and a bottom panel defining a corresponding tab or slot therethrough extending from or adjacent to each of a corresponding number of side edges thereof. The tabs may have flared ends such that each tab is longer than a corresponding slot. The bottom panel and each of the number of side walls may be formed of a semi-rigid foam material such that each tab forms a pressure fit with each corresponding slot when each of the number of side walls is joined to the bottom panel and to another side wall. The side walls and the bottom panel together form an open-ended carrier sized to receive therein one or more beverage containers. | 01-15-2015 |
| 206167000 | Part movable to receptacle loading position | 1 |
| 206168000 | Bottle neck engaged in wall aperture | 1 |
| 20090127139 | Food and beverage container carrier priority claim - A disposable food and beverage container carrier is disclosed. The container has a lower carrier tray and an upper carrier tray that mate with each other. In another embodiment the two trays can be aligned in the same plane. | 05-21-2009 |
| 206170000 | Collapsible | 10 |
| 20100006458 | Basket Carrier Including Open-Top Basket And Lid - A basket carrier is disclosed. The carrier includes an open-top basket and a lid for the basket. The basket includes a vertically-extending handle, a pair of side walls foldably connected to the handle by a plurality of divider walls, a pair of end walls foldably connected to the side walls and the handle, and a bottom wall formed by bottom flaps foldably connected to the side walls. The side walls, end walls, divider walls and handle together define a plurality of compartments for holding containers, such as bottles or cans. The handle may include a plurality of handle flaps that are partially separable from the handle to provide comfortable gripping surfaces for a user's hand. The lid includes a top panel for covering a top area of the basket, side panels for covering the side walls of the basket, and adhesive flaps detachably connected to the side panels for attaching the lid to the basket. A handle opening is provided in the top panel, laterally offset from the handle, to provide access to the handle of the basket. Blanks for forming the lid basket and lid are also disclosed. | 01-14-2010 |
| 206171000 | Having anticollapse latch | 2 |
| 20090014341 | Collapsible multi-beverage cup/bottle holder - A collapsible beverage carrier having a moveable base support and a squared handle, adapted to be collapsible for safe and easy transport and storage when not in use, said carrier further comprising a top surface plate having a plurality of circular shaped openings positioned therein for receiving a plurality of beverage containers, a pair of circular catches each disposed on opposite sides of the top surface; and a pair of curve shaped hinges positioned at the opposite ends along a base of said top surface plate, wherein two side walls are moveably coupled to the pair of curve shaped hinges such that when the side walls are coupled to the top surface in a first position they each extend downward, laterally away from the top surface and when the side walls are then rotated inward, in opposite directions, toward the top surface they thereby rotate into a “closed” position and extend in a parallel fashion along the base/bottom of the top surface plate. | 01-15-2009 |
| 206172000 | Involving middle wall | 1 |
| 206173000 | Interlock with bottom | 1 |
| 20080296177 | Carrier and method - The carrier has a central vertical support panel structure, and a pair of foldable receptacles extending outwardly from opposite sides of the vertical support structure. The receptacles have automatically-opening bottom walls with symmetrical bottom panels which overlap to even-out the strength of the bottom walls and minimize areas of reduced strength. At least two opposed bottom panels are shaped to interlock with one another to hold the carrier open once it has been unfolded. Elongated, connected reinforcing flanges strengthen the carrier in the vertical direction. Double and triple-ply reinforcement panels are used to form a four or six-ply handle structure for improved strength. | 12-04-2008 |
| 206174000 | Individual receptacle positioning means | 7 |
| 206175000 | Folded blank type | 7 |
| 20080230406 | Carrier and method - One embodiment of the carrier has a central vertical support panel structure with two foldable receptacles extending outwardly from the vertical support panel structure. The outside wall of each receptacle is extended upwardly and bent over to cover the receptacle, and the top portions of those walls are joined together to form a carrying handle structure, either with or without the upper portion of the vertical support panel structure. The portions of the outside walls forming the covers can have openings to receive the necks of bottles such as wine and beer bottles to give added lateral support for the bottles. A simplified embodiment uses only one of the foldable receptacles and has two lateral side walls which extend upwardly and join together to form a handle structure. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080302677 | BEVERAGE CARTON - A one-piece beverage carton has two handle panels, two side panels, two fascia panels, a primary bottom panel, a secondary bottom panel and two side bottom panels. The handle panels abut each other and have hand holes formed therethrough. The side panels are formed adjacent to the handle panels and each side panel has a structural strip and two folding strips being shorter than, formed on and folding along opposite edges of the structural strip. The fascia panels have a top edge and are connected to the handle panels by at two partitions formed on and folded against the fascia and handle panels. The bottom panels are formed on and folded against the fascia and side panels to form a bottom of the carton. The beverage carton therefore creates less material waste, is strong and easily folded for storage and transportation. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20100072085 | Dunnage Structure Made With Multiple Ply Partitions - A dunnage structure comprising a partition matrix made up of at least some folded partitions, each of the folded partitions having two plies fused together in select locations. The partitions may be made by folding a partition blank and securing at least one portion of the folded partition blank to itself. Passages extend through portions of the folded partitions to allow multiple partitions to be secured together using connectors extending through the passages. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100072086 | CARRIER FOR CONTAINERS - A carrier for holding a plurality of containers. The carrier has at least one bottom panel, at least one top panel, a front panel, a back panel, and at least two side panels. The at least one top panel is foldably connected to one of the front panel and the back panel. The at least one top panel has a handle portion for forming a handle of the carrier and a retaining portion having container receiving openings for retaining the containers in the carrier. The carrier has a retention flap foldably connected to the top panel for retaining the carrier in an assembled position. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20110272299 | FOLDABLE CARRIER PACKAGING - A foldable and flexible carrier which may include a polymeric form that is foldable to provide a carrier having sufficient strength to securely hold and carry items while maintaining position about the items and which can be assembled without fastening hardware. | 11-10-2011 |
| 206180000 | Center wall | 2 |
| 20080272014 | Basket Carrier for Bottles and Blank Therefore - The present invention relates to a basket carrier for carrying at least one bottle or the like, comprising a central partition wall comprising a first and a second partition wall part which are connected to each other; a first bottom wall part which is connected to the first partition wall part along a first bottom folding line positioned on a side of the first partition wall part opposite the top edge and folded along the first bottom folding line in such a way that the first bottom wall part protrudes from the first partition wall part; a first end wall which is folded with respect to the first bottom wall part in upward direction towards the top edge along a third bottom folding line; a second bottom wall part connected to the second partition wall part along a second bottom folding line folded along the second bottom folding line in such a way that the second bottom wall part protrudes from the second partition wall part; a second end wall which is folded with respect to the second bottom wall part in upward direction towards the top edge along a fourth bottom folding line; wherein the basket carrier comprises a first and second side wall connecting the first and second end wall, to enclose between the first and second end wall, the first and second side wall and the central partition wall, a first and a second volume for receiving bottles. | 11-06-2008 |
| 206189000 | Sidewalls folded from unitary bottom wall | 1 |
| 20090008273 | BASKET-TYPE CONTAINERS FOR ARTICLES IN PARTICULAR BOTTLES - A carrier device with article receiving compartments on either side of a central wall ( | 01-08-2009 |
| 206193000 | Folded blank with means for receptacle compartment or spacer | 8 |
| 20100276306 | Package - A package contains a package insert ( | 11-04-2010 |
| 20130015080 | BASKET-STYLE CARRIER FOR CONCESSIONS - A basket-style concession carrier includes four receiving cells for receiving tapered beverage containers, the receiving cells being positioned two each on the front and rear side of a composite handle, and further includes a first pair of spacer strips that extend from the handle to a front panel and a second pair of spacer strips that extend from the handle to a rear panel. Each pair of spacer strips defines a purposeful void that separates and cushions adjacent containers positioned at a different relative elevation and spaced apart from a side panel at a different distance, so that one of the receiving cells on each side of the handle is larger than the other, and both receiving cells are larger than the void. The carrier further includes two base supports each defined as an invertible strip extending along an opposing corner to further restrict lateral movement of the container. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130277241 | Container Carrier - Disclosed herein is a container carrier ( | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130284616 | CARRIER FOR BEVERAGE CUPS - A beverage cup carrier is formed of a single sheet of paperboard, stored flat and then folded into the carrying configuration upon time of use. An array of holes is arranged about a centerline, and first and second fold lines are equally spaced oppositely from the centerline, outside the array of holes and parallel to the first pair of edges to form a base. First and second flaps extend from the fold lines and are folded along the fold lines inward to the base. A handhold cutout is formed at a first end of the first flap, and a tab, generally of the shape of the handhold cutout, at a first end of the second flap. The tab of the second flap is inserted through the slot of the first flap to interlock first and second flaps. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20160152389 | Carrier For Containers | 06-02-2016 |
| 206194000 | With apertured receptacle retaining wall | 2 |
| 20080217191 | Carriers - We describe a carrier which seeks to prevent containers, such as bottles, located in compartments at open ends of the carrier from slipping out of the carrier. We also describe a carrier in which adjacently located bottles are prevented from contacting into each other. We further describe a carrier in which sliding movement of a loaded carrier across a surface is minimised. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20110139639 | MULTI-USE CARRIER - A single unit cardboard carrier is transformed from a collapsed state into an expanded multi-use carrier with a minimum of assembly actions. A preferred embodiment of the multi-use carrier has a central chamber, a plurality of vessel apertures located around the centered chamber, and has a handle spanning across the chamber. | 06-16-2011 |
| 206198000 | Tray with center wall forming a handle | 1 |
| 20140061072 | Bottle Carrier Made of Foldable Flat Material - A bottle carrier made of foldable flat material having a handle comprising two overlapping outer handle walls and two inner handle walls between the outer handle walls, front walls, perpendicular to the handle and two front wall sections on different sides of the handle, connecting straps, connected with an inner edge of a front wall section via a front folding line, folded around front folding lines and connected with the handle, longitudinal walls, parallel to the handle and connected with the outer edges of two front wall sections via side folding lines, a bottom wall, connected with lower edges of longitudinal walls via bottom folding lines, separating webs, connected with lower edge areas of the outer handle walls via inner web folding lines, folded around the inner web folding lines out of the lower edge areas, an insert is arranged between the two outer handle walls. | 03-06-2014 |
| 206199000 | Having apertured panel for receptacle | 2 |
| 20100264043 | PACKAGE FOR CONTAINERS - A package for holding a plurality of containers. The package comprises panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the package. The panels comprise a top panel and at least one side panel foldably connected to the top panel. At least one feature is in the top panel that receives and holds a top portion of at least one container of the plurality of containers. The at least one feature comprises an opening in the top panel and a retention feature adjacent the opening to engage at least one container of the plurality of containers to at least partially attach the at least one container to the package. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110083976 | Carrier For Containers - A carrier for holding a plurality of containers. The carrier comprises panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the carrier. The panels comprise at least one bottom panel, at least one top panel, a front panel, a back panel, and at least two side panels. The at least one top panel is foldably connected to one of the front panel and the back panel. The at least one top panel has a handle portion for forming a handle of the carrier and a retaining portion having container receiving openings for receiving the containers in the carrier. The carrier includes a reinforcement flap adjacent at least one of the container receiving openings for contacting at least one of the plurality of containers. | 04-14-2011 |
| 206201000 | Rigid grid support and retainer | 1 |
| 20140367280 | HYDRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A hydration system for drinking fluids comprising a carrying case, where the carrying case includes a lid; a plurality of bottles positioned within the carrying case, where the bottles contain a liquid; a plurality of colored caps atop the plurality of bottles; a plurality of colored wristbands, where the plurality of colored wristbands coordinate with the plurality of colored caps; and a pocket on a side of the carrying case, where the pocket receives the plurality of colored wristbands. During use, a user simply wears the wristband of the current bottle from which they are drinking After the user drinks the inner contents of all of the bottles they have consumed their daily recommended amount of liquids. | 12-18-2014 |
| 206203000 | Molded plastic tray | 3 |
| 20080257763 | Packaging System and Method - The present invention relates to a system for packaging bottles having a neck portion. The system includes a plate having a base on which a plurality of bottles stand in a series of rows. The system also includes a bridge having a central planar portion and a plurality of arcuate recesses extending into a periphery of the central planar portion. Each recess is sized to receive a neck portion of one of the bottles. A means of binding the bottles together is provided, wherein the means of binding creates an inwardly directed force against the bottles. The bridge counteracts the inwardly directed force and thereby maintains the bottles in an upright position on the base. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080314771 | TRAY FOR CONTAINERS - A thermoformed tray includes a base wall and a plurality of side walls curving upwardly from a periphery of the base wall. A guide rail projects downward from the periphery of the base wall. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090194437 | Beverage cup carrier - A disposable beverage cup carrier is preferably made from molded pulp, plastic or other resilient material capable of withstanding the force of four filled beverage cups while carried by integral carrying handle and preventing collapsing of the carrier and resultant spillage of the hot or cold beverage. The beverage cup carrier has a top surface, generally square in shape, of sufficient diameter capable of accommodating a integral ergonomically carrying handle. The beverage cup carrier is capable of holding one to four cups of various sizes and shapes of beverage containers providing a safe and sturdy means during transportation preventing spillage. The integral carrying handle positioned in the center of the top surface allows the user to carry up to four beverage containers with one hand providing enhanced safety and allowing a free hand for purposes of opening the door of one's automobile. The larger surface area of the top surface to accommodate the carrying handle further provides more stability to the carrier. The beverage cup carrier is a unitary mold and is capable of nesting with a plurality of similar beverage cup carriers. The top surface is attached to a peripheral rim by a plurality of annular rib components. The peripheral rim having four rounded corners at which points are positioned sockets to receive the beverage cups. The sockets extending downwardly about five inches in depth from a bottom surface containing stabilizing components within an internal wall of the sockets to provide stability by exerting an external force against the beverage container during use. | 08-06-2009 |
