S. M. BROWN.
MR AND BOTTLE HOLDER.
APPLICATION FILED MA‘! n. 1911.
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Patented Nov. 12, 1918‘.
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' Samuel IV'LEIfUVVH.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
SAMUEL M. BROWN, 01'‘ WILKINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.
JAR AND BOTTLE HOLDER.
Speci?cation of Letters Patent.
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Patented Nov. 12, 1918.
Application ?led May 11, 1917. Serial No. 168,016.
14: which extends into the outwardly ex
Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. BROWN, a tending upper loop 12, the same being arched
citizen of the United States, and a resident or rounded outwardly from the back frame
of lVilkinsburg, in the county of Allegheny and bent at its opposite side or end trans
and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a versely and inwardly to provide an upper
certain new and useful Improvement in Jar bar 15 which is preferably straight, and
and Bottle Holders, of which the following which passes near one end through the eye 14.
The length of wire is then bent downwardly
is a speci?cation.
The present invention relates to recep from the eye 14: ‘to form a side 16 of the
tacles, and more particularly to a holder, back frame, and is then looped forwardly
for bottles, jars, and the like, to retain the or outwardly beneath the loop 12 to form
the lower loop 13. From the opposite end
same from overturning.
‘To all whom it may concern:
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An object of the present invention is to of the loop 13, the Wire is bent abruptly
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provide a holder of this character which upwardly to form the opposite side 17 of
may be attached or suspended within a the back frame, and is rolled over at the
basket, or the like, and within which a bot
ried.
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The invention further aims at the pro
vision of a holder composed of stock ma
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into the hook 10 as shown.
The second length of wire, which is the
shorter wire, engages across the inner end
It is of course understood that various
its upper end with a pair of downwardly
opening hooks 10 and 11 for frictional en changes and modi?cations may be made in
gagement over the upper edge of the basket the details of construction of the above spe
or other support. The back frame is pro ci?cally described holder, without departing
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is concave at its outer top to provide a resili
Referring to the drawing, the holder ent gripping surface for the bottle or jar
comprises a back frame adapted to ?t against which is placed in the holder, to prevent the
the inner side of the basket and provided at accidental dislodgment of the jar or bottle.
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terial, such as wire, and wire meshing, and of the lower loop 13 to form a lower bar
a holder of such peculiar construction that 19 for the back frame, the opposite ends of
it may be economically manufactured and the bar 19 being overturned to form eyes for
engagement about the inner ends of the
comprises but relatively few parts.
The above, and various other objects and loop 13.
The wire frame thus formed is closed in
advantages of this invention will be in part
described, and in part understood, from the by the provision of a preferably open mesh
following detailed description of the pres wire body part composed of the back sec
ent preferred embodiment, the same being tion 20 which is carried in the back frame,
illustrated in the accompanying drawing, the bottom section 21 which is carried by the
lower loop 13, and the rounded front part
wherein:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a jar and or section 22, which is stretched vertically
bottle holder constructed according to the between the upper and lower loops 12 and
13. Preferably, the front rounded section 22
present invention.
Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.
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top of the side 17 to form a second eye 18
tle or jar may be placed for holding the through which the adjacent end of the top
latter from tilting over incident to the jar bar 15 passes. The length of wire extends
ring and vibration of the basket when car upwardly from the eye 18 and is formed
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vided with an upper loop 12, and a- lower from the spirit of the invention, and being
loop 13, which are vertically spaced-apart, restricted only by the scope of the follow
and alined, and which project outwardly ing claim.
I claim :—
from the upper and lower portions of the
In a jar or bottle holder, a body compris-'
back.
The frame of the holder is preferably ing a single strand of wire bent at one end
composed of but two lengths of Wire of the to form a hook, coiled at one end of the
desired gage to give su?icient rigidity to the hook and extending downwardly to form
frame when formed. One length of wire, one corner brace and bent. to form a horizon
the longer length, is bent at one end to pro tal substantially U-shaped loop at the lower
vide the hook 11, and is rolled over at the terminal of the downwardly extending
inner end of the hook 11 to provide an eye portion to form a bottom for the holder,
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said wire extending upwardly from the bot- shaped loop coiled about the connecting por
tom parallel to the downwardly extending tion and ?nally bent to form a second hook,
portion and spaced therefrom, said wire a brace wire connecting the lower ends of 10
further bent to extend across from the upper said parallel portion, and a wire mesh se
end of one parallel portion to the other, and cured to said strand of wire and forming
pass through said ?rst named coil, bent to front, back and bottom for the holder.
form an upper horizontal substantially U~
SAMUEL M. BROXVN.
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