Bottle shipping system

Abstract

A bottle shipping system and method for packaging bottles that prevents movement of the bottles during transport. The system includes a first foam section is placed on the bottom wall of a carton having a rectangular shaped prism having four side walls, a bottom wall and a top wall to provide a support surface on which the bottles are placed. A second foam section having a first plurality of openings therethrough adapted to receive the body of the bottles is disposed within the carton above the first foam section. A third foam section having a second plurality of openings therethrough adapted to receive the neck of the bottles is disposed between the second foam section and the top wall of the carton. A fourth foam section to provide a buffer surface against which the bottles are pressed is placed against the top wall of the carton.

1 . A bottle shipping system adapted for packaging bottles having a body and a neck extending upward from the body in a carton having a rectangular shaped prism having four side walls, a bottom wall and a top wall, that prevents movement of the bottles during transport, comprising;
 a first foam section adapted to be placed on the bottom wall of the carton to provide a support surface on which the bottles are placed;   a second foam section having a first plurality of openings therethrough to receive the body of the bottles adapted to being disposed within the carton above the first foam section;   a third foam section having a second plurality of openings therethrough adapted to receive the neck of the bottles adapted to being disposed within the carton between the second foam section and the top wall; and   a fourth foam section adapted to being placed against the top wall of the carton to provide a buffer surface against which the neck of the bottles are pressed.   
     
     
         2 . The bottle shipping system of  claim 1  wherein the carton has is a hollow rectangular shaped prism having four side walls, a bottom wall comprising two flaps and a top wall comprising two flaps. 
     
     
         3 . The bottle shipping system of  claim 1  wherein the first foam section is uniformly flat and acts as a buffer between a bottom of the bottles and the bottom wall of the carton. 
     
     
         4 . The bottle shipping system of  claim 3  wherein the first foam section, second foam section, third foam section, and fourth foam section have uniform separation distance therebetween. 
     
     
         5 . The bottle shipping system of  claim 1  wherein the first plurality of openings through the second foam section have a first uniform diameter and are of a constant distance between centers of adjacent openings. 
     
     
         6 . The bottle shipping system of  claim 5  wherein the second plurality of openings through the third foam section have a second uniform diameter and are of a constant distance between centers of adjacent openings. 
     
     
         7 . The bottle shipping system of  claim 6  wherein the second plurality of openings through the third foam section are spatially placed immediately above corresponding ones of the first plurality of openings through the second foam section. 
     
     
         8 . The bottle shipping system of  claim 7  wherein the first plurality of openings has a larger diameter than the second plurality of openings. 
     
     
         9 . The bottle shipping system of  claim 1  wherein the fourth foam section is uniformly flat and acts as a buffer between a top of the bottles and the top wall of the carton. 
     
     
         10 . The bottle shipping system of  claim 1  wherein the bottles are wine bottles. 
     
     
         11 . The bottle shipping system of  claim 1  wherein the first foam section, second foam section, third foam section, and fourth foam section are rectangular in shape and are formed with an equal distance between first and second pairs of parallel edges. 
     
     
         12 . The bottle shipping system of  claim 11  wherein the distance between the first and second pairs of parallel edges of the first foam section, the second foam section, the third foam section, and the fourth foam section abut against an interior surface of opposite facing side walls, and against an interior surface of opposite facing front and rear side walls of the carton. 
     
     
         13 . The bottle shipping system of  claim 1  wherein the first foam section, second foam section, third foam section, and fourth foam section are constructed of polyethylene. 
     
     
         14 . A method for packaging bottles having a body and a neck extending upward from the body that prevents movement of the bottles during transport, comprising;
 placing a first foam section on an interior side of a bottom wall of a carton having a rectangular shaped prism having four side walls, a bottom wall and a top wall to provide a support surface on which the bottles are placed;   placing the bottles within the carton atop the first foam section;   positioning a second foam section having a first plurality of openings therethrough above the bottles;   lowering the second foam section within the carton whereby the bottles extend through the first plurality of openings;   positioning a third foam section having a second plurality of openings therethrough whereby the second plurality of openings are spatially placed immediately above the first plurality of openings through the second foam section;   lowering the third foam section within the carton whereby the bottles extend through the second plurality of openings; and   placing a fourth foam section within the carton onto a top of the bottles.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14  further including lowering the second foam section whereby the first plurality of openings are disposed about the body of the bottles, 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15  further including lowering the third foam section whereby the second plurality of openings are disposed about the neck of the bottles. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  16  further including closing the top wall of the carton against an upper surface of the fourth foam section whereby the fourth foam section acts as a buffer between a top of the bottles and the top wall of the carton. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17  further including forming the first foam section, second foam section, third foam section, and fourth foam section into a rectangular shape with an equal distance between first and second pairs of parallel edges. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18  further including selecting the first foam section, second foam section, third foam section, and fourth foam section whereby the first and second pairs of parallel edges of the first foam section, the second foam section, the third foam section, and the fourth foam section abut against an interior surface of opposite facing side walls, and against an interior surface of opposite facing front and rear side walls of the carton. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19  further including closing and securing the top wall of the carton.