US20080185387A1

US20080185387A1 - Bottle partition frame

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Publication number: US20080185387A1
Application number: US11/707,891
Authority: US
Inventors: Chieh-Hsiung Wu
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2007-02-02
Filing date: 2007-02-02
Publication date: 2008-08-07

Abstract

A bottle partition frame, at least includes adapters, blocking strips and three-way connectors. The adapter has plugged holes at two adjacent sides thereof so that the blocking strips can be plugged in the plugged holes of the adapters which further has a locking hole located in an indentation at a corner thereof for being passed by a locking piece, so that the adapter can be fixed on the corner of the flat board. Furthermore, according to the demands of different objects, the blocking strips can be cut into proper lengths and plugged into the plugged holes of the three-way connectors for assembling, and then, through the engaging portion at the lower end of the through hole of the three-way connector, the three-way connector can be assembled with another blocking strip. Hence, the present invention solves the drawback that the known bottle partition device needs to be locked on the side walls of the drawer.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is related to a bottle partition frame, and more particularly to a bottle partition frame which can be fixed on a flat board and consists of height alterable adapter, blocking strip with proper length and three-way connector which is suitable for assembling and disassembling.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

As shown in FIG. 1, the known bottle partition device 10 is always disposed in the drawer for placing bottles, such as beverages or oil. The bottle partition device may include a locked adapter 11, a three-way adapter 12 and a blocking shaft 13, wherein the opposite locked adapters 11 respectively have a plugging hole 111 for positioning the blocking shaft 13 therein, several three-way adapters 12 are mounted on the blocking shaft 13, which has a plugging hole 121 for disposing another blocking shaft 13, so as to form various spaces in different sizes. Furthermore, a flat end 112 of the locked adapter 11 is locked at the side wall 15 of the drawer by a locking piece 14.
As described above, it is not difficult to discover that the known bottle partition device is mainly used to accommodate the large-sized bottles, and obviously, it has to be locked at the side walls of the drawer, so that some problems as followed might be found:
1. The device is limited by the side walls:
Since all the known bottle partition devices have to be assembled with the side walls of the drawer, if there is the need to partition the bottles on a plane without side walls, it must have to combine other products, which will cause the extra research and fabrication, so that the cost will be increased.
2. The object positioned in the device is limited:
Since the known bottle partition device is limited to be locked at the side walls so as to be only suitable for large-sized bottles, the small-sized bottles, such as pepper shaker, or the caster, can not be positioned well. Furthermore, after the device is locked, for increasing or decreasing the blocking shaft and the three-way adapter, it has to disassemble the whole device and re-assemble again, which is really inconvenient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides a bottle partition frame, at least includes adapters, blocking strips and three-way connectors. The adapter has plugged holes at two adjacent sides thereof so that the blocking strips can be plugged in the plugged holes of the adapters, and the adapter further has a locking hole located in an indentation at a corner thereof for being passed by a locking piece, so that the adapter can be fixed on the corner of the flat board. Furthermore, according to the demands of different objects, the blocking strips can be cut into proper lengths and plugged into the plugged holes of the three-way connectors for assembling, and then, through the engaging portion at the lower end of the through hole of the three-way connector, the three-way connector can be assembled with another blocking strip. The present invention solves the drawback that the known bottle partition device needs to be locked on the side walls of the drawer, and the present invention can employ adapters with different heights and blocking strips cut into different lengths for combining into different sizes of frames so as to conform to different demands, and thus, large-sized bottles (such as salad oil, soy-bean sauce, or soda bottles) can accommodated by larger frames and small-sized bottles (such as caster or pepper shaker) can be accommodated by smaller frames.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The foregoing aspects and many of the attendant advantages of this invention will be more readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the structure and usage of a known bottle partition device;

FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional decomposition drawing of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing adapters and blocking strips assembled on a flat board according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the three-way connector and the blocking strips assembling on a frame blocking strip according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a three-dimensional drawing showing the assembled appearance of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is schematic view showing a buffer of the adapter according to the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing the situation of positioning small-sized bottles in the present invention; and

FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing the situation of positioning large-sized bottles in the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Please refer to FIG. 2, the bottle partition frame 20 according to the present invention at least includes adapter 21, blocking strip 22 and three-way connector 23, wherein:
The adapter 21 has a plugged hole 211 at the two adjacent sides thereof and has an indentation 212 located at a corner thereof, and the indentation 212 has a locking hole 2121 disposed thereon for being locked on a flat board 40 by a locking piece 30.
The blocking strip 22 is a hollow rectangular strip plugged in the plugged holes 211 of the two opposite adapters 21.
The three-way connector 23 has a plugged hole 231 disposed at one end thereof, and two three-way connectors are connected through the blocking strip 22 being plugged into the plugged holes 231 thereof. Moreover, the three-way connector 23 also has a through hole 232 located at the other end thereof in a direction perpendicular to the plugged hole, and the through hole 232 has an engaging portion 233 located at the two inner sides at the lower portion thereof for engaging the three-way adapter 23 on another blocking strip 22.
Moreover, the adapter 21 can have a buffer 213 disposed at a corner thereof, as shown in FIG. 6, so that when the circular bottle 50 is positioned therein, the collision between the bottle 50 and the corner can be avoided, and also, the stability of the bottle 50 can be increased (the buffer, the blocking strip and the bottle surface are mutually contacted and matched). Besides, the adapter 21 can be exchanged to have different heights according to the size of the bottle 50.
Furthermore, the connection between the adapter 21 and the flat board 40 can be implemented by locking, plugging or pivoting.
In addition, the section of the blocking strip can be altered according to the shape of the plugged holes 21, 231 and the through hole 232 of the adapter 23 and the three-way connector 23.
When assembling, please refer to FIG. 3, blocking strips 22 with proper length are taken to plug into plugged holes 211 at two sides of four adapters 21 so as to form a frame approximately equal to the area of the flat board 40, and the locking pieces 30 are passed through the locking holes 2121 of the adapters 21 for fixing thereof on the flat board 40. Please refer to FIG. 4, after fixing the frame, according to the partition demands, another proper blocking strip 22 is taken to plug into the plugged holes 231 of the two opposite three-way connectors 23, and through utilizing the through holes 232 of the three-way connectors 23, the three-way connectors 23 can be pressed down and engaged with the frame blocking strips 22 via the engaging portion 23 at the lower end of the connectors 23. Therefore, depending on the demands of the user, the length of the blocking strip 22 can be cut, and through cooperating with the three-way connectors 23 and the blocking strips 22, partitions with different sizes can be formed so as to achieve the purpose of accommodating different types of bottles. Please refer to FIG. 5, it illustrates a bottle partition frame 20 which can be assembled and disassembled conveniently, so that if the demands are changed in the future, the three-way connector 23 can be disassembled from the blocking strip owing to the engaging portion 233 thereof, and the blocking strips 22 can be cut and re-assembled as required.
Furthermore, please refer to FIGS. 7 and 8, according to the present invention, for accommodating the bottles 50 having different sizes, the adapters 21 with different heights can be used, such as, the shorter adapter 21 a for positioning the bottles with smaller sizes, for example, casters, pepper shaker, and the longer adapter 21 b for positioning the bottles with larger sizes, for example, salad oil or soda bottles.
In the aforesaid, the known bottle partition device needs to be locked on the side walls of the drawer which might cause the inconvenience in disassembling, and also, it is only suitable for accommodate large-sized bottles, such salad oil and soda bottles and has to employ other product for accommodating small-sized bottles which may increase the cost. The present invention solves the problems described above and can be suitable for all kinds of bottles.
It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.

Claims

1. A bottle partition frame, comprising adapters, blocking strips and three-way connectors, wherein:

the adapter is assembled on a flat board and has plugged holes at two adjacent sides thereof;

the blocking strips are plugged in the plugged holes of two opposite adapters; and

the three-way connector has a plugged hole located at one end thereof and a through hole in a direction perpendicular to the plugged hole at the other side thereof, wherein two three-way connectors are connected through the blocking strips plugging into the plugged holes thereof, and the through hole has an engaging portion located at the inner sides of the lower portion thereof so as to engaged on the blocking strip.

2. The bottle partition frame as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adapter and the flat board are combined by locking, plugging or pivoting.

3. The bottle partition frame as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adapter has a buffer at a corner thereof.

4. The bottle partition frame as claimed in claim 1, wherein the length of the adapter is alterable.

5. The bottle partition frame as claimed in claim 1, wherein the section of the blocking strip is depended on the shape of the plugged hole.