claim is:- 1. Ili a bottle hold(-@r o-L' the character set fortli, ,t vertic,,tl supporting plate, a ho-Lisii-ig projecting froii, the face of Said plate ail(i 85 opened ,.tlong its loiier front portion aiid having its bottoiii form(,,d ivitli t recess of less width and deptli tliaii the liolisii-io.- thereby pi.-oviding ,t ledge stil-Youiidii-ig said recess for receiving the lip of and siispeiicl- 00 ingly stipportilig a iiiilk bottle, said plat(,, having ,t tapered aperti-ire therethroiigli beneath the lon-uituctinal center o'L tlle liolising, a, horizontal stipporting plate exteiidiii(- from the face of said vertical supportiil-- 95 plate bene-@ttli said ,tpertur(-@, a. pair of opposecl laterally swingiiig @triiis pivotaII3, suldported iii spaced relation at their re,,ii! ends to the under side of said housing, a lool@iiio, elernent for s,,iicl arms coiuprisiiig, 100 t cubi-cal heacl sliiftably positioned - betnieen the housing aiid said plate aiid - furtlier adapted to be positioned betweel-i sai(I spaced arm ends to, locl,, the s@in-ie in closed positioii, s,,tid head haiing upoii it,s rear Side 105 ,t conoidal-shaped pol@tioti adaptecl to pal.@- tially exteiid tl-irouo-h said aperture, and aii actuating rod coi-ii@ected to s,,tid colioidalsh,,iped portion for sliiftiiio- s,,ti(I eleiiient. 2. Iii a bottle holder of @the character set II(J forth, ,t i7ertical supporting plate, a - housiiig projecting froiii the ftee of slid pl.Lto alict opened aloiio- its loiver froiit portioii an(I having its go'ttom foriiie(-l ivitli a i-ecess of less width and depth tliai-i the liolisill(Y there- 115 by providiiig a led-e stii@l-oiincliiig s@aid r(,,- cess for reoe@iviiig thc@ lip of and - suspendingly supportii-ig ,i inilk bottle, said plate having a tapering aperture tlierethrotig-li b(,- neatli the lono-ittidinal ceiitei- of the botis- 120 iii(y, a horizont,-LI supportliig plate extendiii(y fr@om tlle f,Lce of saicl i,ortic,,il supportin(t pl,,Lte beneath saicl aperttire, t pair of o pposed 1,,tteral@y swiiiging ai,i-i-is I)ii7otally slipported in spaced relati.on at their rear 125 ends to the uiider side of said hoti.si.lig, @t locli:ing eleiiient for said ai-iiis COIIIP1,18111g, zi cubicgl head shiftably positiolled bet-",e , eii

t3 tlle liol-ising and said plate aild ftiiltlier aperture, and itn tcttiating i-od for said adapted to be positioned betnveen s,,ii(I nieaiis, liaiting- a reduced tlireaded eiid respaced tii-iii eiids to locli: the s,,tine iii closed movably engaged in said bore, 10 positioii, said liead h,,tvino: tipon its rear side In te@tiinonv whereo@f, I Iffix iiiv sigii@ta conoicfal-sh-,iped 1,)Oi-tioi@ li@t N,iiig a tlire,,tded ture hereto. I)ore iii the apex thereof, said portion being ad,tpted to p@artially extend tliilougli said HIRAAI D. GILBERT.

1 9 5 2 6 1 3 1 @Patented r-eb.@10 1925. UNITED @STATES PATENT OFFICE, HIRAM D. GILBERT, OF ABILENE, TRXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO R.:W. HAYLVIE, OF ABILENE, TEXAS. MILK-BOTTLE HOLDE@R@ Application filed Sttiie 29,1923. Serial No@ 618,541. l'o all 'WI@o@,@6 it @nay Be it IK@iiown that I HiRA2i D,. GiLiEPT, It ci@-i7.ell of the Uiiited St,,tte," residiiio- at @kbilei-ic@, iii the county of Tayl6i@ and State of- Texls, have invel'ited certa-].n riew all([ tiseful Iniproi,eiiiel'its in 1\lill@:-Bottle Holders, of wliieh tlie@ followiiig is, a specificatioil. This inveiition relites to bott),e holdiiig ai,iil lockiiig devices aiid lias for it@ ob10 ject the provisioii of a device iii ivliieh bottled goods ii@ia be placed, tipoii delii,e@ y Y@ -1 sectirel -i7 11 lielcl against iiiituthoi e(I i@e 1,5 ,.tV ftirthei, ol)ject is the pi,ovisioii -of a, clevice i@vhlcli AAIll look the bottle, iii position ttnd whicli )vill illoiv the bottle to be reletsed Oilly fi@oiii the intel-iol. 6f the btiildijig to AA,hich it is atttc@hed, ivit,liout the iise of l@el,s Or the iiiaiiiptiltltion of ,t coiyibi@iiatiol'i lock. A fLirtl-i(,r object is the provision'of elt bottie liolder ",Iiieh @Avill pirotect the iiioutli of 'the bottle, tl-ius prei,eiitiiig tl-le stoppei- froiii being talken@@oiit for the reiiioi7al of tll(, contelts. 25 @ A still @ ftii@tlier -obj (2,kct of the iiii,6ntiOn Is the prov'isioii, witli @ bottle @holcler ilicl @locl@, Of @a iliclicqtor clenotiii_g the qtiil,lt.ity, i-f aiay, of iiiilk desirecl. A fi-nal ol)iect is tl-io pron,isioi-i of ,i iiiilli@ @@30 bott-le holdino; dei,ice ivhich will be @iiea,t in appear,,tnce., st@oiig, durable iiicl iiiexpeiisii,e (@o iiianiifact-Lire. clearer alicl better tinderstalidii-ig of the cievice ma-y be had tip@oii reference to the@ ac35 coinpaiiviiia drqavino- in wliieh Figui-e I sho,@N,s t bottorii all Vieii,-@of tll-ie device as appliecl to a bui@c@llill(,y -@A'all, pli@ts be@ing in sectioll. Fig- 2 is a Aertical sectiojiil iieii, of the 40 device as ,tppliect to ,I ivall -,ilid siipportillo, ,, m.ill@: bottle. n -P Fi,lo- 3 is a froiit'elevatio of the clevl(.', provi(led with a receptleler for the recepti6l, .of two@or' iiloro bottles, iii ,iddition t'o tl-iit @45@ lield by the device. : I @ Fio-. 4 is t fi-oiit elevation of tl-ie clevice PI,Olrided ivitli a r6ceptacle for the i-ecepti6ii of oiie bottlc,,, in aclclit@6ii t6 tl)at lielcl by tl-io device. Fig. 6 is a detail perspectiie of the acuatiiig rod aiid locking I head. Referrijio, n,ow to the clraA)7iiig iii detail@,, ntiiiier,@ls l@ aiid 9- indicate the iiiiier iiad r).r) otiter 117@ills of , @i buildinto iAThieb is ti,ttaclied bl, stiitable meaiis, the pl,,ite @',' haaing lori@ed ii-itegral thei.@eavitli ,i liousiiig 4. The liotising 4 is open aeross tl)e lower ptrt of its froi@t side as it 5 ai-id litis i-ts I)ottoii-i side 60 I)i,ovi(lecl Avith, ,I j@-ecessed i)6i@ti6n is sliowil at 6 This cut@iii poi-ti@oi-i is of less ii,i(Ith and lig7 (leptli t,lian the liotisi tlitis pro-%riding ledges 7 aloiio, eitlier of its sid(,,s. These ledges cei@ -kl@e to support tlie, i'llilk I)Ottle 8, 65 tilciiig the AA,eiaht off of the locl@ing elel@lielit, cli 0 eiii(@,iie'is described ftii-tlier oli, aiid 1.)reAeiitin(y the bott][e froiii cli@opl,)inc,,')Vl)eil t,lie locl@iiig eleiiient is released. Att,,ichecl t( the iiiicler stirf,,vce of tli(,, ll:oi-ls- 70 iiaLo-@l- 4. at its i-e,,tr, by iiieaiis of bolts 9, is i paii- of opp6sed iiiiv,,,trdi@, curi7ed arii-is 10, a,dal)ted to be saviiiig i-tpoii tbeil@ attaellin 9 bolts. T-liese arii-is 10 are sp,,i.ced apti-t ttt : their Pivoted eiids qs showii, the opposecl 75 eciges 11, of these ends beiiig parallel ",Iieji the ariiis:are in the closed positiol-i f6r the ptirpose to be 1-iei@eiiiafter s oi-tli.. Positioiied betiveei-L the edges 11 of the elids of the triiis 10, is a shiftable etibical so locli@iiig- lie,,td 12, ivliieli preirents the ar@i-is froiii sii,ingidg out",ardly whell the hea(l is iii retracted positioii, as shoavn ill T-A'io-til"e 1. The iiiner side of the h6acl lias a do'iioidal-,I-taped poi@ti6ii --'L-oriiied thereoii, as showii t 85 a IE'), lvhicli portion ",heii the head is iiioared forward to ocetipy the positioii sliowii@ ill dottecl lines iii Fi.gtire I tll6Avs the edges 11 cf the ariiis 1101 to swing to ai-i otitiv,,Lrdly clivergijig I)ositioii witli tlie ariiis, Is showli. 90 TItis poi,tioii 13 passes lbliioiio-li tii apert-Lire ill the plate 3, Nvliieli al)ertlire ts sh OA171-1 @ is tapei-ed so th,,tt the p6rtion 13 c aii oiily be dra-wii back i@ limi:ted distaiiec. The ,i,pey of ti-le I)Ortion 13 has Lhreaded boi@e thereiii 95 to receiie the threaded reduced end 14a of ait @,'tctuatino; rod 14 which: rocl i)asses througli the ivaiis of tlio biiildiiig tiicl tei@ nates tllereiii. A li:l'lob 15 is cari@ied -Lil)oii tlie inner -1 - tl-ie i 100 tern iiial portioii of -od 14, aiad this knob 50 Fig. 5 is t froiif elevatioi-i of the @cle@iiice is slida,bly sectired to the rocl by iiieaiis of c,,iri.-yi.ng a sil:igle@ bottl@, tnd th@ sereiv 151. Tli,'.S screw 1-iolds the

l@nob in aiiy desired acljustect positioii, ,tccordiiig to the tliiekness -of the ivall througli -which tlie, rod 14 passes, aiid tl-ie iiiaiiiier ii-L which the other end of the ro(I is coiiiiected to tl-ic@ coiioid,,tl-sl-iaped portion 1,9, allonis the discoiiiiection from the liead for the disiii,,tntling of the deiice. This allo-ws tile l@nob to be adj-Listecl to allow for v"Lryllio. tbiel@,liesses. A pl,,tte, 16, is provided ;@po@i 10 the iiiiier side of the 1, a(railist which the l@nob 15, abuts iiliei-i the device is iii unlocli:ed positioii. Exteiidin- from the face of th(,, pl,,tte 3, s ,i i @uide or stipportiiig plate 12 1 iNI-tich 15 serves to stippoi-t the head 12 ,is shoa-vii ii-i 1'7io-ure '-), al-icl also protects the heacl froiti I)eliio,- stirreptitioiisl), iyloa-ed to release the ,@.riii froiil abolit the iiecl@ of the bottle held thereby. 20 Ai-i aperture 17, is provided ii-i tl-ie head 12, iNIiieh extends iiito the bod3, thereof from the froiit and thei-i extei-ids tipward to the top surface as showii. By means of tl-iis v,pertul-c the head iii,,ty be clrawn out, Avheii 25 the device is eliapty, by ,t persoii on the otitsicle of the bitildiiia, should the saiiie becoi-iie locl@ed. The upper part of the pl,,tte 3, is lireshaped to provide t di,@il 18, stiitably mtrlced 30 iipoii its face, iiicl is provided witli a poiiiter 191 td@tl)ted to be swung across the face thereof to indicate the qu,,i-atity @of milk desired. Positioiie(I beloav the lioiisin,,)@ aiid locliii-ig 35 arms is a contaiiier 20, i-vl-iieli i-iiay be of varying leiigtl-i to aecommod,,ite oi-ie, two, thi-ee or more bottles of iiiilk. AA7hen ,i long cont,,iiiier is usecl as shoa-vn in Fig. 3 ', whei.@e it is desired to receive iiiore thaii ti-vo bottles ,to of iiiilk, a spriiig supported platforli-i 9-1, is provicled so that the loivest bottl(, ii-ill be r.iised to the top of thecoiitaiiier ,Liid i-einoved Niitho-Lit difficiilty. Tabs )I a are provided @it the lo-wer encls 45 of the coiitaiiiers for attael-iiiio- the same to the by Iiieaiis or qci-e\vs 22, tl),e iil)per eiid 1-i,,Li-iiig ,t sci,eii, I)assed tlirough the w@ill of the receptacle aild iii.to flic, building ii-all. Tllis iiietliod of attaching the i-eceptacle pre50 -vents the removil of the screivs iyliile thei-e ara bottles in tl-ie re,-eptacle. The same pi@otectioin is accorclecl l@i placing tlie. screws 22,q, )v,itliii-i the 1-iousil-in- is shoiin. Iii depositino- a I)ottle iii the holcler, -Lild the ariiis be closecl aiid locl@ed, tllc 55 -,Iio il,,iil of tl-ie iiidex fino-or is eiiga(yed iii the notel-i 17, qiid the meiiiber 12, clrawii fori-v,-.rd, tl-i@is bringing the bevelled stii-f,,ice 13, in positioii betweep the ed(yes 11 of the (;o pivotecl ends of the ariiis 10, AN@l-iich iiiav ti)(,,ii be pressed olitwai,d, as ii-idicated iii the dotted position shown iii Fig. 1. The lip of the iiailk bottle is tli(,n I)Iac(,d iii tl-ie openina 5, aboi,o the ledg(,s 't, ,iiid 1,526,13i pressed bacl@ivard pr(@ssin(- agaiiist the outer 65 zn end of t]-ie ineiiiber 12, plishin(y that b,,ici@ and forcin(- al)ai-t the ed-es 11 at tll(',iit@ 9 eiids tl-ius dra-,viiig iii the -,iriiis, 10 al)otit tlio neck of tl-ie b6ttle. It e,,in be seeii that i'vitli the member 12, positioiiecl bet@-veeii the ecl(yes 70 11, and the bottle in position iii front of the saine, that the iiiember 12, caniiot bc, - iiiovecl forward agaiii, to release the bottle except b@ pressiiig the l@nob 15, iihich is located withiii the house. 75 Having thus described this device in aecordaiiee, ivith the slioiving of the drawii-igs, it is to. be uiiderstood that vario-Lis changes and n-iodificatioiis iiiay be made iii the saiiipAvithout depai-ting froiii the spii-it of the iii- 30 vention, as eilabodied ii-i tl-ie claiil'ls. 'vAThat I