U.S. patent number 3,613,761 [Application Number 04/848,048] was granted by the patent office on 1971-10-19 for container body.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Forest City Foam Products, Inc.. Invention is credited to Elvin C. Moody.
United States Patent |
3,613,761 |
Moody |
October 19, 1971 |
CONTAINER BODY
Abstract
A container body particularly adapted for containing frangible
baby bottles and the like, the container body being comprised of
two pieces of thermoplastic material manufactured by a novel method
and including novel interconnecting means formed upon the two
pieces of material.
Inventors: |
Moody; Elvin C. (Wellington,
OH) |
Assignee: |
Forest City Foam Products, Inc.
(Wellington, OH)
|
Family
ID: |
25302200 |
Appl.
No.: |
04/848,048 |
Filed: |
August 6, 1969 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
215/11.6;
215/12.1; 220/903 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D
11/02 (20130101); A61J 9/08 (20130101); Y10S
220/903 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A61J
9/00 (20060101); A61J 9/08 (20060101); B65d
023/08 () |
Field of
Search: |
;215/11.3,12,13
;150/52 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Norton; Donald F.
Claims
I claim:
1. An article comprising a protective jacket for a glass bottle and
the like including first and second tubular portions, an end member
closing one end of one of said tubular portions, an opening formed
in an end of the other one of said tubular portions, one of said
tubular portions including a skirt and the other of said tubular
portions including a sleeve portion, said skirt having an internal
diameter and said sleeve portion having an external diameter which
are approximately equal to each other, lug means integrally formed
on said sleeve portion and extending radially outwardly therefrom,
a rib formed contiguous with said skirt and extending radially
outwardly therefrom and having a groove formed interiorly thereof,
said skirt having flared flange portion means protruding outwardly
therefrom and communicating with said groove for providing an
access route for moving said lug means into said groove for
interlocking said first and second tubular portions with each
other.
2. An article as defined in claim 1 wherein said lug means comprise
a pair of lugs circumferentially spaced about said sleeve portion,
and said flared flange portion means comprise a pair of flange
portions circumferentially spaced about said skirt with the spacing
between said flange portions being equal to the spacing between
said lugs.
3. An article comprising a protective jacket for a glass bottle and
the like, said jacket including a tubular container body formed of
thermoplastic material and being of sufficient height for
containing therein substantially all of said bottle, reinforcing
rib means formed in said tubular container body, said rib means
including a groove means formed interiorly thereof, a cap member
including a sleeve portion disposed within said container body, lug
means on a surface of said sleeve portion, said lug means being
located within said groove means for interlocking said cap member
and said container body and closing one end thereof.
4. An article as defined in claim 3 wherein the end of said
container body remote from said cap member includes a tapered
reduced portion terminating at inwardly turned shoulder means which
define an annular opening, said shoulder means comprising means for
engaging an end of said bottle for holding said bottle within said
container body.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The presently preferred type of container used for infant feeding
is a baby bottle made of glass. While plastic baby bottles are
available these are not preferred for infants but rather for
children who are old enough to have developed resistance to germs
and various infections. For infants, glass baby bottles are
preferred to plastic ones because of the ability to more properly
sterilize the glass bottles.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a protective container body
particularly adapted for containing therein a conventional glass
bottle for infant feedings.
The principal object of the invention is to prevent breakage of
glass baby bottles either because of careless handling by adults or
because the infant throws the bottle out of the baby crib. In the
event that the glass bottle shatters, even with the protective
container body, then the container body will retain the broken
glass and keep it from being scattered.
Another object of the invention is to provide a novel method of
making the aforementioned protective container body.
Another object of the invention is to provide a novel method of
forming interlocking annular members including the steps of forming
an annular tube such that first and second tubular portions are
connected together by an integrally formed removable portion and
are provided with first and second connection means respectively,
such that upon removing the removable portion, the first and second
tubular portions can be interlocked with the first and second
connection means.
With the above and other objects in view that will hereinafter
appear, the nature of the invention will be more clearly understood
by reverence to the following detailed description, the appended
claimed subject matter and the several views illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
IN THE DRAWING:
FIG. 1 is an elevational view, partly in section, showing a molded
one-piece container body blank and illustrates those portions of
the blank which are removed subsequent to molding.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view, partly in section, and shows the
finished container body enclosing a conventional infant feeding
bottle.
FIG. 3 is an elevational view, partly in section, taken on the line
3--3 of FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view, taken on the line 4--4 of
FIG. 3, and illustrates the connection means for attaching the cap
member within a bottom portion of the tubular container body.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view, taken on the line 5--5 of
FIG. 3, and illustrates rib means on the cap member nesting within
a reinforcing groove on the tubular container body.
Referring to the drawing in detail, FIG. 1 shows a container body,
generally indicated by the numeral 10, in the form of an annular
tube comprising a first tubular portion 12, a second tubular
portion 14 and a removable portion 16.
The first tubular portion 12 includes a central portion 18
terminating at an upper strengthening rib 20 and a lower
strengthening rib 22. A lower portion of the first tubular portion
12 includes an enlarged skirt 24 slightly larger in internal
diameter than central portion 18. The skirt 24 has a flared flange
portion 26 which provides access to a groove 28 formed interiorly
of the rib 22 for a purpose to be later described.
The first tubular portion 12 terminates at the upper end thereof in
a conical portion 30 which includes an inwardly turned shoulder 32
and a removable panel portion 34.
The second tubular portion 14 is in the form of a cap member which
includes a sleeve portion 36 which has an external diameter
approximately equal to the internal diameter of enlarged skirt 24,
while the bottom part of sleeve portion 36 terminates with a
reinforcing rib 38 and an end panel 40. Sleeve portion 36 is
provided with a pair of lugs 42 spaced about the periphery thereof
and adapted to interfit within groove 28 in the rib 22 to provide
connection means for detachably connecting the second tubular
portion 14 to the first tubular portion 12.
The removable portion 16, as is shown in FIG. 1, is formed with a
varied diameter wherein a first portion 44 is larger than a second
portion 46. As a result of this difference in diameters, the
portions 44 and 46 can be removed by cutting along the lines shown
in FIG. 1 and the second tubular portion 14 can be telescoped
within the first tubular portion 12 by first aligning lug 42 with
the flared flange portion 26 and, after nesting, slight relative
rotation of the first and second tubular portions places the lug 42
within the groove 28 thereby forming a hollow container which is
particularly adaptable for protecting a frangible infant feeding
bottle 48 therein.
Conventional bottle 48 is provided with a conventional
screw-threaded cap 50 and a flexible nipple 52. As is shown in FIG.
1, the removable panel portion 34 is removed such that the nipple
52 can extend through the resultant opening and the inwardly turned
shoulder 32 engages the cap 50 to hold the bottle 48 within the
container body 10.
From the foregoing, it will be apparent that the invention, it its
broadest aspects, relates to a method of forming interlocking
annular members by providing a removable section during the initial
forming operation such that after removal of the removable portion
the two tubular portions can be interlocked by the provision of
lugs and grooves which are formed during the initial manufacturing
process. A particular embodiment of the invention is disclosed as
comprising a container body which forms a protective jacket for
frangible articles such as infant feeding bottles wherein the
bottles are protected against breakage and/or scattering of
fragments in the event that breakage does occur.
While preferred forms and arrangement of parts have been shown in
illustrating the invention, it is to be clearly understood that
various changes in the disclosed method and article may be made
without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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