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Plastic bottle carrier

  • US 6,334,531 B1
  • Filed: 06/09/2000
  • Issued: 01/01/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A plastic bottle carrier, comprising:

  • first and second components of molded plastic material;

    said first component comprising a support member formed with a pair of bottleneck retainers shaped for suspending engagement with the necks of plastic bottles and a slot extending along an imaginary centerline of the said support member and having a length and a width;

    said pair of bottleneck retainers being provided at opposite ends of said support member and each being symmetrical about the said imaginary centerline; and

    said second component comprising a rigid handle extending upwardly through said slot;

    said handle having an upper portion and a lower portion formed in one piece with said upper portion;

    said upper portion having a length and a width which are each slightly less than the length and the width, respectively, of said slot; and

    said lower portion comprising a peripheral, laterally extending flange;

    said upper portion extending at right angles to said flange; and

    said flange extending beneath said support member beyond opposite sides and opposite ends of said slot in surface-to-surface contact with said support member;

    an opening formed in said upper portion; and

    a handgrip extending above said slot and defining an upper limit of said opening;

    said upper portion being dimensioned so as to be slidable through said slot for insertion of said upper portion through said slot and removal of said upper portion from said slot.

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