US4609106A
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Portable jerrican-like container having a suitable-to-be-palletized casing
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1984-10-23
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Granted: 1986-09-02
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Expires: 2004-10-23
Abstract
Abstract A portable jerrican-like container having a casing suitable to be palletized by engagement into other casings particularly adapted for transporting liquids or powders. Said container is provided with a supporting handle on its upper face and is in the form of a parallelepiped in which the length is multiple of the width; the upper and lower faces are provided with perfectly matching projections and cavities which allow a mutual engagement between superimposed containers, even when they are turned through 90°. The handle itself is part of said projections.
Inventors
- 👤 Vittorio Gentili
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 01:59
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D21/00; B65D21/02; B65D21/0235; B65D1/00; B65D1/12; B65D1/14; B65D1/18; B65D21/0209; B65D21/023; B65D21/0231
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
158 words
A portable jerrican-like container having upper and lower faces, a support handle provided on at least one of the faces, an inlet/outlet opening, said container being substantially in a form of a parallelepiped in which the length is multiple of the width and the height is preferably equal to, multiple or submultiple of the width, said upper and lower faces of the casing being flat surfaces with predetermined cavities defined in one face and predetermined matching projections defined in the other face to provide mutual engagement between superimposed containers; said projections and cavities being identically repeated on each square portion of said lower and upper faces and being formed and sized to allow a number of containers to be superimposed and stacked on one another with the projections of one container protruding into the cavities of another container when said containers are at 90° and 180° to each other and said handle being a part of said projections.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
158 words
A portable jerrican-like container having upper and lower faces, a support handle provided on at least one of the faces, an inlet/outlet opening, said container being substantially in a form of a parallelepiped in which the length is multiple of the width and the height is preferably equal to, multiple or submultiple of the width, said upper and lower faces of the casing being flat surfaces with predetermined cavities defined in one face and predetermined matching projections defined in the other face to provide mutual engagement between superimposed containers; said projections and cavities being identically repeated on each square portion of said lower and upper faces and being formed and sized to allow a number of containers to be superimposed and stacked on one another with the projections of one container protruding into the cavities of another container when said containers are at 90° and 180° to each other and said handle being a part of said projections.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A portable container according to claim 1, wherein said projections and cavities have a longitudinal centre extension along the maximal dimension of said upper and lower faces and a transverse centre extension along each square portion of same.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
A portable container according to claim 1, wherein said projections and handle are obtained on said upper face and wherein said cavities are obtained on said lower face, the latter defining a substantially continuous base surface.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
A portable container according to claim 3, wherein said projections and cavities have a longitudinal centre extension along the maximal dimension of said upper and lower faces and a transverse centre extension along each square portion of same.
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