Protective container

• US 3,120,319 A
• Filed: 07/09/1962
• Issued: 02/04/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: David J. Buddrus
• Original Assignee: David J. Buddrus
• Inventors: Buddrus, David J.
• Application Number:
  US04/208,541
• Time in Patent Office: 575 Days
• US Class Current: 215/12.2
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 23/0885 Rigid shells for receiving the bottle or part of it B65D23/0842, B65D81/3876, B65D85/302 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3886 formed of different materials, e.g. laminated or foam filling between walls
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 220/902 Foam
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 220/903 Insulating jacket for beverage container

Claims

1. IN COMBINATION, A LIGHT-WEIGHT CONTAINER AND FRAGILE BOTTLE:

(A) SAID CONTAINE INCLUDING A SIDE WALL HAVING AN INTERIOR SURFACE WITH OPPOSITELY DISPOSED ENDS, AN END WALL ENGAGED WITH SAID SIDE WALL AND FORMING A CONTAINER CLOSURE AT ONE END OF SAID INTERIOR SURFACE, A REMOVABLE END MEMBER ENGAGED WITH SAID SIDE WALL AND FORMING A CONTAINER CLOSURE AT THE OTHER END OF SAID INTERIOR SURFACE, (B) SAID SIDE WALL BEING COMPOSED OF SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID STRUCTURAL MATERIAL, (C) A LINER COVERING SAID SIDE WALL INTERIOR SURFACE, SAID LINER BEING COMPOSED OF COMPRESSIBLE RESILIENT FOAMLIKE MATERIAL, (D) THE INSIDE SURFACE OF SAID LINER WHEN SAID LINER IS UNCOMPRESSED DEFINING A SPACE SLIGHTLY LESS IN DIMENSION THAN THE OUTSIDE SURFACE OF SAID BOTTLE AND SLIDABLEY REMOVABLY RECEIVING SAID BOTTLE THEREAGAINST, (E) SAID BOTTLE HAVING A POURING MOUTH ADJACENT SAID OTHER END AND MAINTAINING A PART OF SAID LINER COVERING SAID SIDE WALL DEFORMED IN A COMPRESSED CONDITION AGAINST SAID INTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID SIDE WALL PRODUCING A CUSHION-LIKE RETAINING GRIP ON SAID BOTTLE,