Device for holding article

• US 5,687,874 A
• Filed: 02/12/1996
• Issued: 11/18/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: KAO Corporation
• Original Assignee: KAO Corporation
• Inventors: Oda, Kinji, Kikuchi, Tamaki, Inose, Takeshi, Omori, Toshiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Castellano, Stephen J.
• Application Number:
  US08/600,176
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• Field of Search: 220/737, 220/739, 220/903, 220/732, 220/448, 220/655, 220/400, 220/403, 220/468, 220/470, 220/720, 220/906
• US Class Current: 220/737
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 43/54 Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/101 Springs, elastic lips, or other resilient elements to locate the articles by pressure B65D25/102, B65D25/103 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 17/32 Individual load-carriers
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 2201/02 Articles
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 2201/0261 Puck as article support
• CPC Class Codes: B67C 3/24 Devices for supporting or handling bottles transport or storing devices in general B65G
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 220/903 Insulating jacket for beverage container

Abstract

The device for holding an article according to the present invention comprises an external frame member defining a chamber and having an opening at one end thereof, and a resilient holding member mounted within the chamber and capable of holding an article which has been introduced into the chamber. The resilient holding member is mounted on the external frame member of the chamber such that the article is held by the resilient holding member in a desired position at a central portion of the chamber.

Claims

1. A device for holding an article comprising:

an external frame member defining a chamber and having an opening at one end thereof; and

a resilient holding member mounted within the chamber and capable of holding an article which has been introduced into the chamber, said resilient holding member having a generally X-shaped configuration with a slit formed in the central area thereof such that the resilient holding member itself can be readily, resiliently deformed, and

said resilient holding member being mounted on the external frame member of the chamber such that the article is held by the resilient holding member in a desired position at a central portion of the chamber.

2. The device for holding an article according to claim 1, wherein a single or a plurality of the resilient holding members are arranged with surfaces thereof which extend toward the center of the chamber.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the external frame defines a chamber having a generally square, rectangular, or octagonal configuration and the resilient holding members are disposed at selected locations along the walls of the chamber.