Beverage holder

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10842265-B2
Application number	US-201816159870-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 15, 2018
Priority date	Oct 15, 2018
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

A beverage holder includes a platform with a slot disposed therethrough. First and second L-shaped rails extend downwardly from an underside of the platform on either side of the slot. The first and second rails are configured to retain cans, at upper portions of the cans, in a sliding manner therebetween. The slot is centrally positioned between the first and second L-shaped rails and configured to suspend bottle top portions therefrom.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A beverage holder, comprising:
a body portion having a platform with an upper surface;
a sidewall upwardly extending from the upper surface of the platform and having a front portion, a rear portion and side portions that interconnect the front and rear portions to surround the platform and define an interior cavity positioned above the platform;
a slot disposed through the platform and opening into the interior cavity, wherein the slot includes an enlarged first portion and a narrowed second portion, wherein the narrowed second portion includes a width that is narrower than the enlarged first portion;
a first rail having first and second portions, wherein the first portion of the first rail downwardly extends below the platform of the body portion; and
a second rail having first and second portions, wherein the first portion of the second rail downwardly extends below the platform of the body portion, and further wherein the second portions of the first and second rails inwardly extend towards one another, and further wherein the first and second rails are spaced-apart from one another a distance that is greater than the width of the narrowed second portion of the slot to define a receiving channel therebetween.

2. The beverage holder of claim 1 , wherein the slot is disposed between the first and second rails.

3. The beverage holder of claim 1 , including:
at least one engagement feature disposed on an edge of the slot and extending upwardly from an upper side of the platform.

4. The beverage holder of claim 3 , wherein the at least one engagement feature is positioned at a transition area between the first and second portions of the slot.

5. The beverage holder of claim 4 , wherein the at least one engagement feature includes a ramped first portion angled towards the enlarged first portion of the slot, and a ramped second portion positioned adjacent to the ramped first portion and angled towards the narrowed second portion of the slot.

6. A beverage holder, comprising:
a platform having opposed first and second L-shaped rails spaced-apart from one another to define a receiving channel therebetween having a width, wherein the opposed first and second L-shaped rails extend downwardly from the platform, and further wherein the opposed first and second L-shaped rails are configured to suspend a first object therefrom;
a slot disposed through the platform and positioned between the opposed first and second L-shaped rails, wherein the slot is configured to suspend a second object therefrom in alignment with the first object, and further wherein the slot includes a width that is less than the width of the receiving channel; and
wherein the opposed first and second L-shaped rails define a first set of rails, and further wherein a second set of rails includes opposed first and second L-shaped rails spaced-apart from one another and extending downwardly from the platform.

7. The beverage holder of claim 6 , wherein the slot includes a receiving aperture disposed at a front portion thereof.

8. The beverage holder of claim 7 , wherein the receiving aperture of the slot opens into an elongate portion of the slot.

9. The beverage holder of claim 8 , wherein the receiving aperture includes a diameter that is larger than the width of the slot.

10. The beverage holder of claim 6 , including:
a sidewall extending upwardly from the platform to define an interior cavity between the sidewall and the platform.

11. The beverage holder of claim 10 , wherein the slot opens into the interior cavity.

12. The beverage holder of claim 6 , including:
a second slot disposed through the platform, wherein the second slot is positioned between the opposed first and second L-shaped rails of the second set of rails.

Assignees

• Whirlpool Co

Inventors

• Buszka Timothy J
• El Sayed Kamil
• Stafford Sheila P

Classifications

• F25D25/00 Primary

  Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled · CPC title

• A47B73/004 Primary

  holding the bottle by the neck only · CPC title

• F25D2331/803

  Bottles · CPC title

• F25D2331/809

  Holders · CPC title

• F25D2331/805

  Cans · CPC title