With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, a beer-focused patent seems like a timely subject for the Patent of the Day. Take a look at U.S. Patent 2,371,317, issued March 13, 1945, for a bottle carrier. Although technically not directed at beer, the essential characteristics of the folding paperboard six-pack carrier of this patent remain in use today, primarily for beer.
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U.S. Patent 2,371,317, Issued March 13, 1945
Now, as you pick up a six pack to dye green for a St. Patrick’s Day celebration, you will be not only prepared to carry your beers easily, but will be set with some interesting and intelligent party banter on the inventive tote.
If you’d like to know more history on the Miami Valley paper industry of Ohio, you can read an interesting article from the 1933 Dayton Daily News at http://www.daytonhistorybooks.com/papertype.html. If you’d like to read the Patent of the Day in its entirety, visit www.innovativeip.us and the “of interest” tab offers a download. Enjoy!