Molded pulp container

Claim 1

A CONTAINER MOLDED OF FIBROUS PULP MATERIAL COMPRISING A BOTTOM HAVING AN UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY FLARING SIDE WALL CONNECTED AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE BOTTOM, THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BOTTOM AND THE SIDE WALL FORMING A CORNER LYING IN A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT PLANE DEFINING THE LOWER EXTREMITY OF THE CONTAINER FOR SUPPORTING IT ON A SURFACE, THE BOTTOM INCLUDING A HORIZONTAL CENTER PORTION SPACED ABOVE THE SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT PLANE AND A CONICAL PORTION THAT EXTENDS UPWARDLY FROM THE CORNER TO THE HORIZONTAL CENTER PORTION, A DRAINAGE APERTURE EXTENDING THROUGH THE HORIZONTAL CENTER PORTION OF THE BOTTOM, DOWNWARDLY CONTOURED SUPPORT MEANS FORMED IN THE CONICAL PORTION OF THE BOTTOM TO EXTEND FROM ADJACENT THE APERTURE, THE LOWER EXTREMITY OF THE SUPPORT MEANS LYING ALONG ITS ENTIRE LENGTH IN THE SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT PLANE TO MAINTAIN THE APERTURE SPACED ABOVE THE SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT PLANE, UPWARDLY CONTOURED CHANNEL MEANS FORMED IN THE CONICAL PORTION OF THE BOTTOM TO EXTEND FROM THE HORIZONTAL CENTER PORTION OF THE BOTTOM TO THE CORNER, THE CHANNEL MEANS BEING SPACED FROM THE SUPPORT MEANS AND FORMING A BRIEF INTERRUPTION IN THE CORNER DEFINING THE LOWER EXTREMITY OF THE CONTAINER.