US 11,737,952 B2
Holding device for holding a plurality of containers in a positive fit which is established by a displacement movement
Christian Komann, Speicher (CH); Patrick Wolf, St. Gallen (CH); and Sandro Kundert, St. Gallen (CH)
Assigned to Schott Pharma Schweiz AG, St. Gallen (CH)
Filed by SCHOTT Pharma Schweiz AG, St. Gallen (CH)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/153,224.
Claims priority of application No. 20152734 (EP), filed on Jan. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0220221 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 25/10 (2006.01); A61J 1/16 (2023.01); A61J 1/06 (2006.01); A61M 5/178 (2006.01); A61M 5/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 1/16 (2013.01) [A61J 1/06 (2013.01); A61M 5/178 (2013.01); A61M 5/20 (2013.01); B65D 25/10 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A holding device comprising:
a base body having a plurality of openings in a first surface; and
a plurality of holding elements each having a movable surface, the plurality of holding elements being arranged with respect to the plurality of openings, respectively, such that a container having a height extending along an axis perpendicular to the first surface in a respective opening of the plurality of openings is held by a respective one of the plurality of holding elements in a positive fit,
wherein, in a direction that is perpendicular to the height of the container, the movable surface faces the container,
wherein the holding element is designed and arranged to establish the positive fit by a displacement movement of the movable surface,
wherein the displacement movement has a direction of movement that inclines an angle with the height of the container in a range from 60 to 120°, and
wherein the movable surface at least partially encloses a holding area, the holding area has a ratio to an area of the respective opening that is in a range from more than 0.01 to less than 0.95.