Patent ID: 6213529
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: B65D,F17C

Abstract:
A carrier for at least a pair of cylindrical gas canisters, each canister having a base, a top and a longitudinal axis, said carrier comprising:a hollow body having a rigid back wall having a peripheral edge means, and a top handle opening adjacent said peripheral edge means;a rigid front unitary shell having edge means, a top wall and a bottom wall, the top wall having a canister-receiving opening spaced from the bottom wall a distance less than the length of the canister between the canister top and the canister base whereby when the canister base is disposed on the bottom wall of the shell, the top of the canister is disposed above the top wall of the shell;means for connecting the rigid back wall to the shell to form said hollow body; anda first curvilinear partially cylindrical structure in said shell for engaging a first side of a pair of canisters, and a second curvilinear partially cylindrical structure to cooperate therewith for retaining the canisters between said partially cylindrical structures in a position in which the longitudinal axis of each of the canisters is parallel to the back wall and perpendicular to the bottom wall of the shell.