Receptacle packeted sugar, condiments and the like

Claim 1

A structure comprising a receptacle, a base and means rotatably supporting the receptacle on the base for turning about a vertical axis, said receptacle comprising a bottom wall, posts supported at their lower ends on the bottom wall, said posts being spaced about the vertical axis at equal radial distances therefrom and at equal angular distances from each other, side walls having upper, lower and side edges situated between adjacent posts with their lower edges resting on the bottom wall and with their side edges connected to the posts, said side walls being transversely inwardly concave, a cap mounted on the upper ends of the post, said cap having an outer edge corresponding in configuration to the outer edge of the bottom wall and containing an opening of a size and configuration corresponding to the inside of the receptacle, a flange around said opening extending downwardly therefrom inside the side walls in engagement therewith and supporting the side walls at their upper ends, said flange forming a smooth entrance at the open top of the receptacle, grooves in the confronting sides of the adjacent posts extending from bottom to top, said grooves being situated at the outer sides of the side walls adjacent the junctions of the side walls with the posts, and cards wider than the distance between the grooves disposed with their edges in said grooves and the portions therebetween bowed inwardly into engagement with the concave surfaces of the side walls.