Special receptacle or package – Structural features for nesting identical receptacles or... – Having defined means to limit extent of nesting
Patent
1973-07-02
1976-01-27
Lowrance, George E.
Special receptacle or package
Structural features for nesting identical receptacles or...
Having defined means to limit extent of nesting
206520, 229 15B, B65D 2102
Patent
active
039347257
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates generally to nestable type articles, and more particularly to nestable containers designed to counteract the jamming or wedging of telescopically associated or stacked containers. The invention is particularly useful for one-piece thin-walled plastic containers of the type used in vending machines and comprises a unique wall formation for urging or guiding adjacent identical containers in a nested stack into different rotational positions to insure a positive and substantial stacking abutment between adjacent containers. An embodiment of the present invention disclosed herein includes a one-piece, thin-walled plastic container having a sidewall diverging generally upwardly from the bottom, said container being equipped with novel stacking means comprising upper internal and lower external circumferential stacking sections formed by a series of axially spaced abutments and recesses. The abutments and recesses extend generally axially and radially. Each abutment and recess is defined by axially converging and generally radially extending surfaces. When like containers are in nested or stacked relation, the abutment surfaces will rest in the recesses of the next adjacent container in such a manner as to preclude wedging or jamming of the said containers.
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Beart R. W.
Benno E. L.
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Lowrance George E.
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