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US3338466A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Stacking receptacle

Assignee: Wyeth LLC
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Filing: 1964-11-12
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Granted: 1967-08-29
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Expires: 1984-11-12
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Wilbert K Hare
  • 👤 Donald B Hamilton
  • 👤 Robert J Miller

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 15:33
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D21/00; B65D21/02; B65D21/04; B65D21/043; B65D21/046

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 276 words
AN UPWARDLY OPEN RECEPTACLE HAVING A BOTTOM WALL, A FRAMEWORK DEFINING THE BORDERS OF SAID BOTTOM WALL INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED APART PARALLEL SIDE FRAME MEMBERS, SAID RECEPTACLE HAVING A CENTRAL SECTION FULLY OCCUPIED BY AN AREA OF THE BOTTOM WALL WITHIN THE CONFINES OF SAID SIDE FRAME MEMBERS AND EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF SAID SIDE FRAME MEMBERS A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY MATCHING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID SIDE FRAME MEMBERS, AND HAVING LIKE END SECTIONS FLANKING SAID CENTRAL SECTION WHICH FORM A CONTINUATION OF THE AREA OF THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE CENTRAL SECTION, MEANS DEFINING UPRIGHT WALLS ALONG THE BORDERS OF SAID BOTTOM WALL EXCEPT FOR SAID CENTRAL SECTION, SAID UPRIGHT WALLS PROVIDING SEATS WITH WHICH A SECTION, SAID CEPACLE HAS DOWNWARD ENGAGEMENT WHEN SAID FRAMEWORK OF EACH RECEPTACLE IS IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE FRAMEWORK OF THE OTHER RECEPTACLE TO ESTABLISH A STACKED RELATIONSHIP OF SAID UPPER AND LOWER RECEPTACLES, SAID CENTRAL SECTION OF SAID RECEPTACLE HAVING A VERTICAL DIMENSION SUFFICIENTLY LESS THAN THE VERTICAL DIMENSION OF SAID END SECTIONS OF THE RECEPTACLE TO ALLOW THE CENTRAL SECTION OF A THRID LIKE RECEPTACLE TO OCCUPY A POSITION IN INTERLEAVED RELATION TO THE CORRESPONDING CENTRAL SECTION OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND RECEPTACLES WHILE THE LATTER ARE IN STACKED RELATION, SAID WALLS HAVING TERMINAL PORTIONS WHICH SERVE TO FIX THE POSITION OF THE THIRD RECEPTACLE LENGTHWISE OF THE SIDE FRAME MEMBERS OF THE FIRST RECEPTACLE AND TO FIX THE POSITION OF THE THIRD RECEPTACLE LENGTHWISE OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE SIDE FRAME MEMBERS OF THE SECOND RECEPTACLE, WHILE SAID FIRST AND SECOND RECEPTACLES ARE IN SAID STACKED RELATION AND SAID THIRD RECEPTACLE IS IN SAID INTERLEAVED POSITION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 276 words
AN UPWARDLY OPEN RECEPTACLE HAVING A BOTTOM WALL, A FRAMEWORK DEFINING THE BORDERS OF SAID BOTTOM WALL INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED APART PARALLEL SIDE FRAME MEMBERS, SAID RECEPTACLE HAVING A CENTRAL SECTION FULLY OCCUPIED BY AN AREA OF THE BOTTOM WALL WITHIN THE CONFINES OF SAID SIDE FRAME MEMBERS AND EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF SAID SIDE FRAME MEMBERS A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY MATCHING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID SIDE FRAME MEMBERS, AND HAVING LIKE END SECTIONS FLANKING SAID CENTRAL SECTION WHICH FORM A CONTINUATION OF THE AREA OF THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE CENTRAL SECTION, MEANS DEFINING UPRIGHT WALLS ALONG THE BORDERS OF SAID BOTTOM WALL EXCEPT FOR SAID CENTRAL SECTION, SAID UPRIGHT WALLS PROVIDING SEATS WITH WHICH A SECTION, SAID CEPACLE HAS DOWNWARD ENGAGEMENT WHEN SAID FRAMEWORK OF EACH RECEPTACLE IS IN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE FRAMEWORK OF THE OTHER RECEPTACLE TO ESTABLISH A STACKED RELATIONSHIP OF SAID UPPER AND LOWER RECEPTACLES, SAID CENTRAL SECTION OF SAID RECEPTACLE HAVING A VERTICAL DIMENSION SUFFICIENTLY LESS THAN THE VERTICAL DIMENSION OF SAID END SECTIONS OF THE RECEPTACLE TO ALLOW THE CENTRAL SECTION OF A THRID LIKE RECEPTACLE TO OCCUPY A POSITION IN INTERLEAVED RELATION TO THE CORRESPONDING CENTRAL SECTION OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND RECEPTACLES WHILE THE LATTER ARE IN STACKED RELATION, SAID WALLS HAVING TERMINAL PORTIONS WHICH SERVE TO FIX THE POSITION OF THE THIRD RECEPTACLE LENGTHWISE OF THE SIDE FRAME MEMBERS OF THE FIRST RECEPTACLE AND TO FIX THE POSITION OF THE THIRD RECEPTACLE LENGTHWISE OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE SIDE FRAME MEMBERS OF THE SECOND RECEPTACLE, WHILE SAID FIRST AND SECOND RECEPTACLES ARE IN SAID STACKED RELATION AND SAID THIRD RECEPTACLE IS IN SAID INTERLEAVED POSITION.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US3002900A Cited
GB950454A Cited
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