JP4692442B2 - Container holder - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a container holder that integrally holds a bottle-shaped container, and particularly to a container holder that can be suitably used for a thin PET bottle.

  Many liquid drinks such as mineral water and tea are sold by filling in so-called PET bottles which are lightweight bottles. Conventional PET bottles have a certain degree of thickness and have a shape-retaining property that keeps their shape, but considering the manufacturing cost and volume reduction of waste, the bottles are as thin as possible. It is preferable. This is because less raw materials are used at the time of manufacture and can be easily crushed and discarded after use.

However, as the thickness of the lighter bottle is reduced, the shape retainability becomes structurally less easily deformed. In particular, in the case of a relatively large-capacity bottle such as a 2 liter PET bottle, it is determined by the user. Handling becomes difficult. For example, when a user grips the body of an opened thin bottle in order to drink a beverage in a bottle, the body dents greatly inward by the gripping force, and as a result, the beverage spouts from the spout of the bottle. It is easy for problems to occur.
Therefore, Patent Documents 1 and 2 propose a holder that facilitates handling of a thin bottle.

Utility Model Registration No. 2605131 JP 2004-67114 A

  Here, the holder described in Patent Document 1 is configured by forming, in a box having a handle, an opening and a window hole for inserting and removing the bottle, a guide groove that engages with a neck portion of the bottle, and the like. Yes. And by setting it as such a structure, when a bottle is accommodated in a box, it is supposed that conveyance of the bottle by the handle | steering-wheel holding and the extraction of the content will be attained, without holding a bottle directly.

  However, as in the case of the bottle holder described in Patent Document 1, when the entire bottle is covered with a box, not only the overall volume is increased, but also the appropriate bending characteristics of the lightweight bottle are impaired, and the refrigerator door pocket. There is a problem that the fit with respect to etc. worsens.

Moreover, the holder described in Patent Document 2 has two belt-like webs extending upward from a bottom plate smaller than the bottom of the bottle, and the upper end of the web is connected to the bottle stopper. A handle is integrally formed on one of the webs, and a first lower wing is integrally formed below the handle. A second lower wing is formed on the other facing web, and an upper wing is formed above the second lower wing.
According to the holder configured in this way, many areas of the outer periphery of the held bottle are exposed, so that not only the increase in the overall volume can be suppressed, but also the appropriate deflection characteristics of the lightweight bottle. It is said that it can be easily inserted into and removed from the door pocket of the refrigerator.

  However, the holder described in Patent Document 2 supports the body of the bottle with wings formed so as to protrude from the web along the periphery of the bottle. For this reason, the bottle support becomes unstable due to the deformation of the bottle itself and the deformation of the wing, and in the worst case, the bottle may drop out of the gap portion. There was room for further improvement.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and by making many areas exposed in the outer periphery of the held bottle container, the increase in the entire volume is suppressed, and the appropriate deflection characteristics of the lightweight bottle are utilized. An object of the present invention is to provide a container holder capable of stably supporting a bottle container and reliably preventing its drop-out while allowing easy insertion and removal from a door pocket of a refrigerator.

  In order to achieve the above object, a container holder of the present invention is a container holder that integrally holds a bottle-shaped container, and an engaging portion that is detachably engaged with a neck portion of the container; A bottom plate portion that receives the bottom surface of the container, two opposing connection portions that connect the engaging portion and the bottom plate portion along the side surface of the container, and a part of one of the connection portions is bent outward. And a handle formed on the one side of the connecting portion, and extending from the vicinity of the base on the lower side in the height direction of the handle toward the other side of the connecting portion obliquely upward in the height direction, A first drop-off prevention plate that connects the connecting portions along the front of the container, and is positioned below the first drop-off prevention plate in a height direction and extends substantially parallel to the first drop-off prevention plate. Second drop-off prevention connecting the connecting portions along the back of the container It is constituted with a plate, a.

According to the container holder according to the present invention adopting such a configuration, the two drop-off prevention plates are extended so as to connect the connecting portions, so that the rigidity of the drop-off prevention plate itself is improved, The bottle container is supported over the entire circumference by the two drop-off prevention plates. In addition, since any of the drop-off prevention plates is not simply provided horizontally but extends obliquely, the contact area with the container increases and is supported by the connecting portion at four points having different height positions. ing.
For this reason, the bottle container is more stably held by the two drop-off prevention plates, and even if the container is bent and deformed during use, the drop-out can be reliably prevented. Positioned below the drop-off prevention plate in the height direction and extending substantially parallel to the first drop-off prevention plate, the opening between the drop-off prevention plates can be widened, and the container is tilted Thus, it can be easily inserted between the drop-off prevention plates and held by the holder. In particular, it is possible to facilitate the insertion of the container by positioning the second dropout prevention plate located on the side where the container is inserted below the first dropout prevention plate in the height direction.
Furthermore, the container holder according to the present invention exposes many areas on the outer periphery of the container, suppresses an increase in the overall volume, and makes use of appropriate bending characteristics of the container, so that it can be easily inserted into and removed from the refrigerator door pocket, etc. In addition, the handle that the user grips when transporting the container and dispensing the contents is formed by bending a part of the connecting portion outward, so the handle can be easily downsized. Further, it is possible to further improve the storage property in the pocket of the refrigerator. Moreover, since there is nothing that prevents the container from being inserted inside the handle, it is possible to secure a wider opening when the container is inserted between the first drop-off prevention plate and the second drop-out prevention plate. It becomes.

Moreover, the container holder which concerns on this invention can be set as the structure by which said 1st and 2nd drop-off prevention board is provided with the flat plate part which continues in the width direction.
With such a configuration, it is possible not only to reduce the outer diameter of the container holder, but also to restrict the cross section of the container body to be held in an oval shape or an oval shape as compared with the case where the whole is formed in an arc shape. Storability in a pocket or the like can be improved.

Moreover, the container holder which concerns on this invention can be set as the structure where the horizontal distance between the flat plate parts of said 1st and 2nd drop-off prevention board is smaller than the trunk | drum outer diameter of the said container.
With such a configuration, the drop prevention plate bites into the body of the held container, so that the container is more reliably supported and the container is further prevented from falling off.

In addition, the container holder according to the present invention is located below the second drop-off preventing plate in the height direction, and from the one of the connecting portions, along the front of the container, It can be set as the structure further provided with the wing which protrudes substantially parallel to the 2nd drop-off prevention board.
With such a configuration, the container is further prevented from falling off by the wing. In addition, the wing can release the bottom of the container by holding the container by bending deformation of the wing itself, so that the bottle can be attached more easily than when a third drop-off prevention plate is formed at the same location. Can be improved.

In the container holder according to the present invention, the handle has a double plate structure including an outer peripheral plate and an inner peripheral plate narrower than the outer peripheral plate, and the inner peripheral plate and the outer peripheral plate. It can be set as the structure with which the board was connected by the rib board in the width direction substantially center.
With such a configuration, not only the strength of the handle can be increased, but also the operability can be improved by making the handle easier to grip.

  As described above, according to the present invention, many areas on the outer periphery of the container can be exposed, the handle can be easily downsized, and the storage capacity in the pocket of the refrigerator can be further improved. With the two drop-off prevention plates extended obliquely, the container is more stably held without impairing the workability of inserting the container between the drop-off prevention plates, and even if the container is bent and deformed during use, The dropout can be reliably prevented.

  Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a container holder according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing an outline of a container holder according to the present embodiment. FIGS. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are a rear view, a plan view, and a bottom view, respectively. They are the right side view and the left side view. FIG. 7 is an AA end view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 8 is a front view showing an outline of an example of a container held by the container holder according to the present embodiment.

In the illustrated example, the holding tool 10 is for holding the container 1 integrally and facilitating its handling. In FIG. 1, the container 1 held by the holding tool 10 is indicated by a chain line. .
The container 1 is formed at a bottom portion 6 forming the bottom surface thereof, a trunk portion 5 rising from the bottom portion 6, a shoulder portion 4 squeezed from the upper end portion of the trunk portion 5 toward the upper center, and an upper end portion of the shoulder portion 4. The neck portion 3 to be formed, the mouth portion 2 formed above the neck portion 3, and a cap 7 that opens and closes the mouth portion 2 are configured. In FIG. 8, the cap 7 attached to the mouth portion 2 is indicated by a chain line, and the cap 7 is a rotary type that is rotated around the longitudinal central axis when opening and closing, for example, a screw type. It is done.

  Here, the container 1 held by the holder 10 is not limited, but a lightweight resin bottle-like container is suitable. In particular, the container 1 has a relatively large capacity (for example, 2 liters or more) and has shape retention. When applied to thin plastic bottles (eg, PET bottles) that are poor, the effects of the present invention become significant.

Further, the holder 10 includes an engaging portion 20, connecting portions 31, 32, a handle 40, a first dropout prevention plate 51, a second dropout prevention plate 52, a wing 53, a bottom plate portion 60, and the like.
Although there is no restriction | limiting in the manufacturing method and material of the holder 10, It is preferable to use the resin-made integral molded article from the viewpoint of easy weight reduction and cost advantage. Further, the material of the holder 10 is required to be rigid enough to hold the container 1, but preferably has an appropriate bending characteristic.

The engaging portion 20 included in the holder 10 is a portion that engages with the neck portion 3 of the container 1 in a detachable manner. As shown in FIG. 2, the engaging portion 20 is formed with a fitting portion 22 that opens forward when the handle 40 is placed on the left side. As shown in FIG. 9, the neck portion 3 of the container 1 enters and engages with the fitting portion 22 while pushing the protruding piece 23 away.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing a state before and after the neck portion 3 of the container 1 is engaged with the engaging portion 20, FIG. 9 (a) is before engagement, and FIG. Later.

  Moreover, the engaging part 20 has the latching groove | channel 21 with which the neck ring 3a generally formed in this kind of container is latched. In the illustrated example, a finger hooking portion 25 extending left and right from the starting end portion of the locking groove 21 is formed, and when the bottle container 1 is engaged with and disengaged from the engaging portion 20, By hooking, the engaging / disengaging operation of the bottle container 1 with respect to the engaging portion 20 is facilitated.

In addition, the connecting portions 31 and 32 are portions that connect the engaging portion 20 with which the neck portion 3 of the container 1 is engaged and disengaged with the bottom plate portion 60 that receives the bottom surface of the container 1. The connecting portions 31 and 32 are erected so as to face each other along the side surface of the container 1.
As shown in the figure, one of the two connecting portions 31 and 32 is provided with a handle 40 formed by bending a part thereof outward. While the handle 40 is gripped by the user, the container 1 is transported, the content liquid is poured out, etc., but the handle 40 is formed only by bending a part of the connecting portion 31 outward. In addition, a structure is sufficient as long as a space that can be inserted by the user's hand is formed between the handle 40 and the container 1. For this reason, the handle | steering-wheel 40 can be reduced in size easily and the storage property to the pocket of a refrigerator etc. can be improved further. Moreover, since there is nothing that prevents the insertion of the container 1 inside the handle 40, as will be described later, when the container 1 is inserted between the first dropout prevention plate 51 and the second dropout prevention plate 52, It is also possible to secure a wider opening.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the handle 40 is formed in an H-shaped cross section by an inner peripheral plate 41 that forms the inner peripheral surface, an outer peripheral plate 42 that forms the outer peripheral surface, and a rib plate 43 that connects them. The width of the inner peripheral plate 41 is slightly smaller than the width of the outer peripheral plate 42. As described above, the handle 40 has a double plate structure including the outer peripheral plate 42 and the inner peripheral plate 41 narrower than the outer peripheral plate 42, and the inner peripheral plate 41 and the outer peripheral plate 42 are arranged in the width direction. By connecting the rib plate 43 at substantially the center, not only the strength of the handle 40 can be increased, but also the handle 40 can be easily gripped to improve operability.

Further, the first drop-off prevention plate 51 extends obliquely upward in the height direction from the vicinity of the base portion on the lower side in the height direction of the handle 40 formed in the one connection portion 31 toward the other connection portion 32. The connecting portions 31 and 32 are connected to each other, and when the handle 40 is placed on the right side as shown in FIG. 1, the connecting portions 31 and 32 are formed so as to protrude in the outer peripheral direction along the outer periphery on the front side of the container 1. .
On the other hand, the second drop-off prevention plate 52 is positioned below the first drop-off prevention plate 51 in the height direction and extends substantially parallel to the first drop-off prevention plate 51 to connect the connecting portions 31 and 32 to each other. And when the handle 40 is placed on the right side, it is formed in a shape protruding in the outer peripheral direction so as to follow the outer periphery on the back side of the container 1.

Thus, since the two dropout prevention plates 51 and 52 are extended so as to connect the connecting portions 31 and 32, the rigidity of the dropout prevention plates 51 and 52 itself is improved, and the container 1 is dropped. The entire circumference is supported by the prevention plates 51 and 52. In addition, since each of the drop-off prevention plates 51 and 52 is not simply provided horizontally but is extended obliquely, the contact area with the container 1 is increased, and the four positions are connected at different height positions. Supported by the portions 31 and 32.
For this reason, the container 1 is more stably held by the two dropout prevention plates 51 and 52, and even if the container 1 is bent and deformed during use, the dropout can be reliably prevented.

Moreover, since the second drop prevention plate 52 is positioned below the first drop prevention plate 51 in the height direction and extends substantially parallel to the first drop prevention plate 51, the drop prevention plate 51, The opening between 52 can be widened. As a result, as shown in FIG. 10 (b), the container 1 can be easily inserted between the drop-off prevention plates 51 and 52 while being tilted, and can be held by the holder 10. In particular, as in the illustrated example, the second drop prevention plate 52 is disposed on the side where the container 1 is inserted, that is, on the opening side of the fitting portion 22 formed in the engagement portion 20. By positioning it below the height direction, the container 1 can be easily inserted.
10 is an explanatory view showing a procedure for holding the container 1 in the holding tool 10, FIG. 10 (a) is a perspective view of the holding tool 10 before holding the container 1, and FIG. 10 (b) is a drawing. FIG. 10C is a perspective view of a state in which the container 1 is held, where the container 1 is about to be inserted between the drop-off prevention plates 51 and 52.

  Furthermore, the holding tool 10 inserts and holds the container 1 between the drop-off preventing plates 51 and 52, and exposes many areas on the outer periphery of the container. By doing in this way, while suppressing the increase in the whole volume, the moderate bending characteristic of the container 1 can be utilized and insertion and extraction with respect to the door pocket etc. of a refrigerator can be performed easily.

Moreover, it is preferable that the drop-off prevention plates 51 and 52 include flat plate portions 51a and 52a that are continuous in the width direction, as shown in FIG. When the flat plate portions 51a and 52a are formed on the drop-off prevention plates 51 and 52, the outer diameter of the holder 10 can be reduced as compared with the case where the whole is formed into an arc, and the cross section of the body portion 4 of the container 1 is oval. Or it can regulate to elliptical shape and can improve the storing property to the pocket of a refrigerator.
Furthermore, the horizontal distance L between the drop-off prevention plates 51 and 52 is preferably smaller than the outer diameter L0 of the body portion 4 of the container 1. If it does in this way, since drop-off prevention plates 51 and 52 bite into the barrel 5 of the held container 1, the container 1 is more reliably supported and the drop-out of the container 1 is further prevented.

Further, in the illustrated example, when the handle 40 is placed on the right side as shown in FIG. 1, it protrudes from the connecting portion 32 substantially parallel to the drop-off prevention plates 51, 52 below the second drop-off prevention plate 52. A wing 53 is formed along the outer periphery of the front side of the container 1.
With this configuration, the wing 53 further prevents the container 1 from dropping off. Moreover, when the wing 53 holds the container 1, the bottom of the container 1 can escape due to the bending deformation of the wing 53 itself, so that compared with the case where the third drop-off prevention plate is formed at the same place, Wearability can be improved.

  Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiment, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention. .

  The present invention is applied to a container holder with a handle for integrally holding a bottle-like container, and particularly to a container holder for holding a thin lightweight bottle having a relatively large capacity and poor shape retention. It can be used suitably.

It is a front view which shows the outline of embodiment of the container holder which concerns on this invention. It is a rear view which shows the outline of embodiment of the container holder which concerns on this invention. It is a top view which shows the outline of embodiment of the container holder which concerns on this invention. It is a bottom view which shows the outline of embodiment of the container holder which concerns on this invention. It is a right view which shows the outline of embodiment of the container holder which concerns on this invention. It is a left view which shows the outline of embodiment of the container holder which concerns on this invention. It is an AA end view of FIG. It is a front view which shows the outline of an example of the container which a container holder hold | maintains. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state before and behind engaging the neck part of a container with an engaging part. It is explanatory drawing which shows the procedure which makes a container holder hold | maintain a container.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container 3 Neck part 5 Trunk part 7 Cap 10 Container holder 20 Engagement part 31, 32 Connection part 40 Handle 41 Inner peripheral board 42 Outer peripheral board 43 Rib board 51 First drop-off prevention board 51a Flat plate part 52 Second drop-off prevention board 52a Flat plate portion 53 Wing 60 Bottom plate portion

Claims (5)

A container holder for integrally holding a bottle-shaped container,
An engaging portion detachably engaged with the neck portion of the container;
A bottom plate for receiving the bottom of the container;
Two opposing connecting portions connecting the engaging portion and the bottom plate portion along the side surface of the container;
A handle formed by bending one part of the connecting portion outwardly;
From the vicinity of the base portion on the lower side in the height direction of the handle formed on one side of the connecting portion, it extends obliquely upward in the height direction toward the other side of the connecting portion, and extends along the front surface of the container. A first drop-off prevention plate that connects the connecting parts;
Second drop prevention that is positioned lower in the height direction than the first drop prevention plate and extends substantially parallel to the first drop prevention plate and connects the connecting portions along the back surface of the container. The board,
A container holder characterized by comprising.   The container holder according to claim 1, wherein the first and second dropout prevention plates include a flat plate portion continuous in the width direction.   The container holder according to claim 2, wherein a horizontal distance between the flat plate portions of the first and second drop-off prevention plates is smaller than an outer diameter of the body portion of the container.   It is located below the second drop-off prevention plate in the height direction, and protrudes substantially parallel to the first and second drop-off prevention plates from one of the connecting portions along the front of the container. The container holder according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a wing. The handle has a double plate structure composed of an outer peripheral plate and an inner peripheral plate narrower than the outer peripheral plate,
The container holder according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the inner peripheral plate and the outer peripheral plate are connected by a rib plate at substantially the center in the width direction.

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