The invention relates to a method for producing a bottle made of, for example, glass, in particular a beverage bottle, wherein an object is attached to the bottle.
Furthermore, the invention relates to a bottle made of, for example, glass, in particular a beverage bottle, wherein an object is attached to the bottle.
On festive occasions, anniversaries, important personal events and the like, it is very common to give the person who is the focus of attention a bottle of wine, bottle of sparkling wine or possibly even a bottle of champagne. It is known that the bottles given as a gift are often decorated with an additional present in order to give the gift a higher value overall. For example, it is common to attach a currency note, the value of which is considerably higher than the value of a wine bottle, to the neck of a bottle using a string. The gift in the form of the combination of a bottle of wine with a currency note attached thereto then has a total value in which the proportion of the currency note is typically significantly higher than that of the wine.
However, it is thereby disadvantageous that the currency note is normally immediately removed. The bottle of wine, or possibly other liquor, remains which on its own no longer has any special value. The intended high value of the gift is thus quickly lost. It is also disadvantageous that gifts of this type can only be assembled individually in private. It is difficult to conceive of the sale of such individualized high-value gift packages in commercial transactions, especially because offering such packages for sale in a store is hardly possible without risking theft due to the loose attachment of the currency notes.
This is addressed by the invention. The object of the invention is to specify a method of the type named at the outset with which a highly valuable, longest-lasting possible gift with a bottle can be created in a simple manner, wherein it is also possible, however, to remove the special, in particular, more valuable, piece attached to the bottle with relative ease if necessary.
Furthermore, an object of the invention is to specify a bottle formed accordingly.
The method-related object of the invention is attained if, in a method of the type named at the outset, the bottle is designed with a recess, whereupon the object is detachably attached in the recess.
With a method according to the invention, it is possible to produce a bottle with an object attached thereto, which object essentially remains permanently connected to the bottle but, because of the detachability, can also be removed if needed. As a result, it is in particular possible to place highly valuable objects, such as jewelry or diamonds, on the bottle so that the combination of the bottle and the object attached thereto forms an easy-to-handle fixed unit that can also be presented in sales rooms without a significant risk of theft. If necessary, the object can be detached from the bottle, for example if the recipient of the gift is in financial need and the object can be sold for economic gain. Because of the recess provided, the object can be positioned advantageously therein, so that an attachment of the object to the neck of the bottle, and thus a loose dangling about, is unnecessary. Instead, in terms an overall visual impression on its own, the bottle retains its original appearance and the object attached to the bottle is positioned flush with the surface of the bottle in the region in which the object is attached. In addition to objects of particularly high value, less valuable objects can thereby also be provided that, on the other hand, are suitable for customizing the bottle in a special manner, for example small chocolate discs with promotional messages.
The bottle can thereby be composed of any desired material, for example, a plastic, a metal or a composite material, but is preferably made of glass.
In principle, the recess can be introduced at any desired point in time, for example, even after the bottle is produced. However, it is preferred that the bottle is formed with the recess during the shaping of the bottle. For this purpose, corresponding molds are expediently provided which already permit the formation of the recess during the bottle production, for example, from liquid glass at increased temperatures. A shape of the mold is thereby designed accordingly in the region of the recess. To allow the recess to be introduced with the mold in a simple manner, the recess is formed without undercutting or grooving. For the formation of the recess, it is also expedient if the recess is designed in a conically widening manner in an outward direction. This allows the bottle to be easily detached from the mold. A base of the recess can then be embodied particularly in a flat or planar manner.
Essentially, the particular shape of the recess is not of critical importance. This shape depends on the object that is to be subsequently attached. For many purposes, it is advantageous if the recess is embodied in the form of a circle. However, other shapes of the recess are clearly also possible, for example, square, rectangular, pentagonal or octagonal.
The recess can be introduced at any desired positions on the bottle depending on where the object is to be subsequently attached. To ensure that the object, which usually has a particularly high material value, is very highly visible, the recess is advantageously introduced between a base and a neck of the bottle. The recess can, for example, be provided roughly centrally in the region of a bottle. The object is thus immediately visible and directly signals to a potential customer the added value of the combination of the bottle and the object attached thereto. It is also possible to provide multiple recesses and to occupy each of these recesses with an object.
For attaching the object, any attachment methods can be used that allow the object to be attached in the recess of the bottle on the one hand and, on the other hand, also allow the object to be removed again without damage. In particular, these include an attachment by means of double-sided adhesive tapes or materially bonded connections which can be easily released again by human strength and leave no traces on the previously attached object. However, it is particularly preferable that the object is accommodated in an at least partially flexible adapter and is positioned in the recess using the adapter. The flexibility of the adapter thereby has a dual function: With the flexibility of the adapter, the object can on the one hand be attached in the adapter with relative ease hand while also being detached from the adapter again, for example, by a clamping and subsequent releasing. On the other hand, the adapter with the already accommodated object can then also be easily positioned in the recess of the bottle, since the adapter is somewhat pliable because of its flexibility and the adapter can therefore be easily clamped in the recess so that the object is stably attached to the bottle until the adapter is detached. For this purpose, it is expedient that an adapter made of a plastic is used. The plastic is elastically deformable so as to ensure the desired flexibility. For this purpose, the adapter is preferably embodied such that it matches the recess in order to be clamped into the recess with the object. Full-area adapters that accommodate the object and completely cover the surface of the recess are possible. However, ring-shaped adapters can also be provided with which a clamping effect is achieved by an interaction between the object to be accommodated and the recess in that the adapter positioned therebetween is elastically deformed. The flexible adapter can also be embodied as a strip, for example, a metal strip or plastic strip. Regardless of the specific embodiment, the adapter can also additionally comprise light sources such as LEDs in order to illuminate the object and thus display it more effectively.
Specifically, it is advantageous that a multi-part adapter with a bottom part and a top part is used, wherein the object is accommodated between the bottom part and the top part. The bottom part can be fixed to the bottle on the base of the recess, whereas the top part is accommodated by the bottom part and fills the recess. For an optimal appearance, but also to allow the bottle to be easily handled, the surface of the bottle can be completed by the top part in a flush and flat alignment.
It is advantageous if the bottom part of the adapter is embodied with a harder component and a softer component, wherein the harder component is fixed to the bottle. The harder component then accommodates the softer component, which in turn accommodates the top part of the adapter and is embodied in a flexible or pliable manner for this purpose. The harder component and the softer component can be detachably connected by fitting one into the other. The top part of the adapter can be fitted onto the softer component so that the top part can be detached again with an acceptable application of force in order to, for example, remove or replace the object.
To keep the object positionally stable in the adapter, an intermediate piece can be positioned between the bottom part and the top part of the adapter to fix the object in place.
In principle, any desired objects can be provided. However, in order to also give the bottle the desired added value in addition to an attractive visual appearance, a coin is preferably used as an object.
The other object of the invention is attained by a bottle of the type named at the outset, wherein the bottle is formed with a recess in which the object is detachably attached.
A bottle according to the invention has, among other things, the advantage that, as a result of the recess provided, a highly valuable object can be accommodated which gives the bottle an added value, wherein it is however also possible to remove the object from the bottle if necessary. In particular, it is also possible to present bottles thus formed in sales rooms of shops without a significant risk of the intrinsically valuable objects being stolen.
Advantageously, the recess is arranged between a bottle base and a bottle neck in order to display, in the clearest possible manner, the value added to the bottle by the attached object.
The recess is formed with the advantage of a simple production without undercutting or grooving. Here, it can be provided in particular that the recess is formed in a conically widening manner in an outward direction.
The recess is typically embodied in the form of a circle, although other designs are also considered. Preferably, the recess is embodied with a flat base, which facilitates a flat affixing of an object in the recess.
It can also be provided that the object is accommodated in an at least partially flexible adapter and is positioned in the recess with the adapter. Both the object in the adapter and also the adapter with the object can then be detachably fixed in place in the recess with ease. For this purpose it can be particularly provided that the adapter is formed from a plastic. In this case, the object can in particular consist of a coin which is typically made of a metal and thus, due to the lower elastic deformability, deforms the adapter, which in turn must, also because of its low deformability, match the recess of the bottle made of glass. Generally, the adapter is made of a plastic and the object is composed of a less deformable material than the plastic, for example, of a metal such as a precious metal or of one or more gemstones. Of course, it is thereby possible that multiple objects are positioned in a single recess.
In a preferable embodiment, the adapter is embodied in multiple pieces with a bottom part and a top part, and the object is accommodated between the bottom part and top part. The object can thus be held in position perfectly. For an attractive appearance, it is expedient that a surface of the bottle is completed by the top part in a flush and flat alignment.
The bottom part of the adapter can be embodied with a harder component and a softer component, wherein the harder component is fixed to the bottle. In this case, the harder component and the softer component are advantageously connected by fitting one into the other. The top part of the adapter can then be fitted onto the softer component.
In order to permanently hold the object in a stable manner, an intermediate piece can be positioned between the bottom part and the top part of the adapter to fix the object in place.
Additional features, advantages and effects of the inventions follow from the exemplary embodiment described below. The drawings which are thereby referenced show the following:
A bottle 1 with a recess 3 is illustrated in
An object 2 can be inserted into the recess 3, which can be seen in
The adapter 6 with the object 2 held therein is then arranged in the recess 3. If the adapter 6 is made of an elastic plastic, and if an outer diameter of the adapter 6 is slightly larger than the diameter(s) of the recess 3, the adapter 6 with the object 2 can be easily positioned in the recess 3 by being clamped into place, as can be seen in
A production of the bottle 1 with the recess 3, which serves as the primary product for the eventual attachment of the object 2, is expediently performed in such a manner that the recess is also already formed during the creation of the bottle 1. This is possible without difficulty by means of a corresponding shaping of molds. It is, of course, alternatively conceivable that the recess is introduced afterwards, which however is significantly more costly.
The preceding exemplary embodiment is based on a typical liquor bottle such as a wine bottle. Of course, it is possible to also apply the illustrated concept to other bottles made of glass, for example, perfume bottles or other types of bottles.
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If a printed circuit board 66 is provided together with a power supply such as a rechargeable battery, it can be expedient to route thin metal wires, such as gold wires, out of the top part 62 of the adapter 6 through narrow openings and to position the free ends of the wires under the label of the bottle 1. At the ends of the wires, flat poles are then preferably provided via which the wires can be contacted and the rechargeable battery can thus be charged. The rechargeable battery can thus be charged as needed. If a printed circuit board 66 is provided, it can comprise a switch that can be activated by a magnet. This allows the switch to be switched from the outside by means of the magnet so that the top part 62 of the adapter 6 does not have to be removed, for example, in order to switch on or off a ring-shaped LED array on the printed circuit board 66.
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