Container of plastic material

Claim 1

A disposable container of injected plastic material comprising body means formed from injection molded plastic material, handle means, and removably attached cover means, said body means including a truncated substantially cylindrical body having a top rim and a base at the bottom thereof and an integral, radially disposed polygonal flange projecting from the top portion of said body spaced below said rim and extending radially outwardly beyond the radial edge of said cover means when attached so as to protect said cover means against lateral forces, said cover means being removably secured to said rim, said flange comprising a substantially horizontally disposed flange portion extending radially from said body and a substantially vertically disposed flange portion integrally attached to and depending from the outer part of said horizontally disposed flange portion, said vertically disposed flange portion having projecting means extending radially outwardly for lockingly interengaging like projecting means on the corresponding vertically disposed flange portion of an adjacent container and thereby for jointly eliminating the relative displacement of juxtaposed containers during transportation, said substantially vertical flange portion being spaced from said body so as to protect said body from contact with an adjacent contact body, said handle means being connected to said flange.