Patent · US Expired

Stackable tray displaying soda bottles

US5335814A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 9, 1993
Grant dateAug 9, 1994
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Expiry dateAug 9, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D71/70
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The device includes a tray for bottles, particularly two-liter soda bottles, wherein the bottle retaining pockets include raised portions for engaging, and thereby being supported by, the caps of the bottles from a lower tray. The tray includes vertical channels with a stop element to allow rods to be inserted between the trays to support the trays at a given distance from one another in a display configuration. The tray further includes male and female elements for the locking nestable configuration of successive empty trays.

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