RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a National Phase of PCT Patent Application No. PCT/ES2019/070092 having International filing date of Feb. 19, 2019, which claims the benefit of priority of Spanish Patent Application No. U201830239 filed on Feb. 22, 2018. The contents of the above applications are all incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein in their entirety.

FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The object of the present invention application is the registration of a carrying device for beverage cans, which incorporates significant innovations and advantages over the techniques used up until now.

More specifically, the invention proposes the development of a carrying device for beverage cans which, because of its particular arrangement, allows the manual carrying of beverage cans grouped together in the form of a “pack”, and in a manner that is more effective, safer and simpler for the user.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The grouping together of beverage cans in the form of a “pack” for manual carrying thereof by the user is known in the current state of the art.

In this regard, patent application US2936070A discloses a receptacle for retaining a plurality of containers or the like having annular enlargements at one end in side-by-side substantially abutting and parallel relation, comprising a substantially unsupported sheet of plastic material. Said sheet of plastic material has a plurality of apertures therein and a plurality of fingers extending radially inwardly from the edge of each aperture which constitutes the root circle of the fingers. The apertures in the sheet are intended for association with the containers whereby such containers can be inserted through said apertures from a given direction when the material adjacent is stretched and deformed to form circumferentially continuous lips embracing said containers beneath said annular enlargements and resiliently gripping said containers with the fingers flexed upwardly for substantially their entire length from the root circle to lock beneath said annular enlargements and with the material of the fingers adapted to conform substantially to the adjacent external configuration of the containers associated therewith, and a handle associated with said sheet of plastic material for carrying said receptacle.

Nevertheless, said grouping together of beverage cans may present certain drawbacks, such as discomfort and difficulty in the manual carrying thereof, and it is particularly easy for the cans being carried to accidentally or unintentionally slip or fall out.

The present invention helps to solve and overcome the present problems as it allows the manual carrying of beverage cans grouped together in the form of a “pack”, and in a manner that is more effective, safer and simpler for the user.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention has been developed for the purpose of providing a carrying device for beverage cans, which is essentially characterised by the fact that it comprises a body devoid of side walls, having on its surface at least one opening defining a contour with proportions which allow the tight passage therethrough of a beverage can, the contour of said opening having a plurality of tabs that can be folded or bent in relation to the body itself and extending into the same opening, said tabs having a distribution according to at least one sequence, said sequence comprising two contiguous tabs followed by a gap followed by another tab followed by another gap.

Additionally, in the carrying device for beverage cans the sequence of the distribution of the tabs is repeated at least twice on the contour of the opening.

Alternatively, in the carrying device for beverage cans the sequence of the distribution of the tabs is repeated at least twice along the entire contour of the opening.

Preferably, in the carrying device for beverage cans the sequence of the distribution of the tabs is repeated four times along and occupying the entire contour of the opening.

Additionally, in the carrying device for beverage cans the tabs have a cut or incision in their region of contact with the contour of the openings.

Additionally, in the carrying device for beverage cans the body has added holes suitable for the passage of the user's fingers.

Preferably, in the carrying device for beverage cans the body is laminar.

Alternatively, in the carrying device for beverage cans the body has a rectangular geometry and six openings.

Additionally, in the carrying device for beverage cans the body has a symmetrical geometry.

Alternatively, in the carrying device for beverage cans the body incorporates an add-on having as many openings as openings of the body, said add-on being arranged such that it is collapsible or foldable over the body itself with each opening of the add-on coinciding with each opening of the body, the opening of the add-on furthermore having a width that is greater than the resulting width of the opening of the body with the added tabs and at the same time smaller than the width of the same opening of the body.

Additionally, in the carrying device for beverage cans the add-on is also laminar, the body and the add-on being arranged symmetrically with respect to one another.

As a result of the present invention, the manual carrying of beverage cans grouped together in the form of a “pack” in a manner that is more effective, safer and simpler for the user is achieved.

Other features and advantages of the carrying device for beverage cans will become apparent from the description of a preferred but not exclusive embodiment illustrated by way of non-limiting example in the attached drawings, in which:

