Patent ID: 9049928
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: A47B,B65B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of bottle collection comprising the steps of: positioning at least one bottle in a holding device such that at least one of a neck and a shoulder of the at least one bottle is engaged in one of a plurality of holding elements of the holding device, each of the plurality of holding elements having an interacting surface to receive the at least one of a neck and a shoulder of the at least one bottle to hold the bottle upside down; the plurality of holding elements arranged in an array such that the at least one bottle, when disposed in the respective one of the holding elements, and the holding device fit inside a predetermined container closely adjacent to side walls of the predetermined container such that the holding device is securely positioned within the predetermined container to maintain the holding device and the at least one bottle therein when inverting the container; positioning the predetermined container in an open and inverted configuration over the at least one bottle such that a bottom end of the at least one bottle is adjacent an inside bottom of the predetermined container and the holding device is securely positioned within the container to maintain the holding device and the at least one bottle therein when inverting the container; inverting the predetermined container with the at least one bottle; and removing the holding device from the at least one bottle in the predetermined container.