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Stackable, nestable, interlocking container

Assignee: Buckhorn Material Handling Group Inc
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Filing: 1965-06-07
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Granted: 1967-06-20
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Expires: 1985-06-07
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Donald J Asenbauer

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 23:23
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D85/00; B65D85/50; B65D85/505; B65D21/00; B65D21/02; B65D21/04; B65D21/043; B65D21/045

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 281 words
AN INTEGRALLY FORMED OPEN-TOP RECTANGULAR CROSSSTACKING AND NESTING CONTAINER HAVING A LENGTH APPROXIMATELY TWICE THE WIDTH THEREOF COMPRISING A BOTTOM WALL, UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY DIVERGING SIDE AND END WALLS CONNECTING WITH SAID BOTTOM WALL, SAID SIDE AND END WALLS TERMINATING AT THEIR UPPER EXTREMITY IN A CONTINUOUS CIRCUMFERENTAL BEAD ONE END WALL BEING INWARDLY DEFORMED TO FORM AN UPWARDLY TAPERED POST TERMINATING IN AN INNER SHELF PARALEL TO THE BOTTOM WALL NEAR THE UPPER EXTREMITY OF SAID ONE END WALL AND ADAPTED TO STACKABLY SUPPORT BOTTOM WALL PORTIONS OF A SUPERIMPOSED IDENTICAL CONTAINER, SAID ONE END WALL AND OTHER END WALL EACH HAVING BOTTOM WALL PORTIONS, OF A SUPERIMPOSED IDENTICAL CONTINUOUS BEAD THEREOF, SAID SIDE WALLS AT THEIR UPPER EXTREMITY HAVING NOTCHES IN THE BEAD APPROXIMATELY ONEQUARTER THE TOTAL LENGTH OF SAID SIDE WALL IN FROM THE RESPECTIVE END WALLS, SAID SIDE WALLS ADJACENT ONE END WALL BEING OUTWARDLY DEFORMED TO FORM UPWARDLY DIVERGING TROUGHS, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT SAID TROUGHS SAID SIDE WALLS AT THEIR UPPER EXTREMITY BEING STEPPED HORIZONTALLY OUTWARD AND UPWARD A SHORT DISTANCE TO PROVIDE AN INNER SHELF TO STACKABLY SUPPORT A SUPERIMPOSED IDENTICAL CONTAINER, SAID SIDE WALLS ADJACENT THE OTHER END WALL BEING STEPPED HORIZONTALLY OUTWARD AND UPWARD A SHORT DISTANCE TO PROVIDE SUPPORTING INNER SHELVES, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT SAID INNER SHELVES SAID SIDE WALLS BEING OUTWARDLY DEFORMED TO FORM UPWARDLY DIVERGING THROUGH SAID BOTTOM WALL IN THE MIDDLE THEREOF AND TRANSVERSELY OF THE CONTAINER BEING UPWARDLY INDENTED TO FORM AN INVERTED BOTTOM TROUGH, SAID INVERTED BOTTOM TROUGH MIDWAY BETWEEN THE CONTAINER SIDE WALLS BEING DOWNWARDLY IDENTED TO FORM A NOTCH ADAPTED TO ENGAGE PRESELECTED SIDE AND END WALL NOTCHES WHEN IDENTICAL CONTAINERS ARE SUPERIMPOSED IN A CROSS-STACKING ARRANGEMENT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 281 words
AN INTEGRALLY FORMED OPEN-TOP RECTANGULAR CROSSSTACKING AND NESTING CONTAINER HAVING A LENGTH APPROXIMATELY TWICE THE WIDTH THEREOF COMPRISING A BOTTOM WALL, UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY DIVERGING SIDE AND END WALLS CONNECTING WITH SAID BOTTOM WALL, SAID SIDE AND END WALLS TERMINATING AT THEIR UPPER EXTREMITY IN A CONTINUOUS CIRCUMFERENTAL BEAD ONE END WALL BEING INWARDLY DEFORMED TO FORM AN UPWARDLY TAPERED POST TERMINATING IN AN INNER SHELF PARALEL TO THE BOTTOM WALL NEAR THE UPPER EXTREMITY OF SAID ONE END WALL AND ADAPTED TO STACKABLY SUPPORT BOTTOM WALL PORTIONS OF A SUPERIMPOSED IDENTICAL CONTAINER, SAID ONE END WALL AND OTHER END WALL EACH HAVING BOTTOM WALL PORTIONS, OF A SUPERIMPOSED IDENTICAL CONTINUOUS BEAD THEREOF, SAID SIDE WALLS AT THEIR UPPER EXTREMITY HAVING NOTCHES IN THE BEAD APPROXIMATELY ONEQUARTER THE TOTAL LENGTH OF SAID SIDE WALL IN FROM THE RESPECTIVE END WALLS, SAID SIDE WALLS ADJACENT ONE END WALL BEING OUTWARDLY DEFORMED TO FORM UPWARDLY DIVERGING TROUGHS, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT SAID TROUGHS SAID SIDE WALLS AT THEIR UPPER EXTREMITY BEING STEPPED HORIZONTALLY OUTWARD AND UPWARD A SHORT DISTANCE TO PROVIDE AN INNER SHELF TO STACKABLY SUPPORT A SUPERIMPOSED IDENTICAL CONTAINER, SAID SIDE WALLS ADJACENT THE OTHER END WALL BEING STEPPED HORIZONTALLY OUTWARD AND UPWARD A SHORT DISTANCE TO PROVIDE SUPPORTING INNER SHELVES, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT SAID INNER SHELVES SAID SIDE WALLS BEING OUTWARDLY DEFORMED TO FORM UPWARDLY DIVERGING THROUGH SAID BOTTOM WALL IN THE MIDDLE THEREOF AND TRANSVERSELY OF THE CONTAINER BEING UPWARDLY INDENTED TO FORM AN INVERTED BOTTOM TROUGH, SAID INVERTED BOTTOM TROUGH MIDWAY BETWEEN THE CONTAINER SIDE WALLS BEING DOWNWARDLY IDENTED TO FORM A NOTCH ADAPTED TO ENGAGE PRESELECTED SIDE AND END WALL NOTCHES WHEN IDENTICAL CONTAINERS ARE SUPERIMPOSED IN A CROSS-STACKING ARRANGEMENT.

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