US4708253A
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Multiple interconnected containers with elongated necks and transverse recesses
Assignee: LONG NECK
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Filing: 1986-11-06
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Granted: 1987-11-24
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Expires: 2006-11-06
Abstract
Abstract A multiple container package includes four containers which each have a polyhedral body portion with an elongated neck portion. The body portion of each container has lateral polygonal side walls, spaced apart front and rear walls a top shoulder and bottom wall. A recess which is perpendicular to the neck extends either in the front wall or the rear wall and receives the neck of an adjacent container. Four containers can be mated together to form a package having a polyhedron volume with the volume being substantially filled by the containers.
Inventors
- 👤 Juris M. Mednis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 19:28
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D21/00; B65D21/02; B65D21/0235; B65D21/0201; B65D21/0202; B65D21/0209; B65D21/023; B65D21/0231
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
200 words
A multiple container package comprising: a plurality of mated containers which together form and substantially fill the volume of a polyhedron having opposite sides in parallel planes; each container having a hollow body which includes a planar polygonal front wall, a planar polygonal rear wall, a planar polygonal bottom wall, opposite planar polygonal side walls and a planar polygonal top shoulder wall, each container having an elongated recess in one of said front and rear walls, said recess extending between said side walls with a length substantially equal to a width of said body between said side walls; each container having an elongated neck extending from its shoulder wall near its rear wall, each neck extending substantially perpendicularly to said recess in its container, at least a portion of said neck being planar with said rear wall, said elongated neck having a length which is substantially equal to the length of a recess in an adjacent container of the package; and said plurality of containers being mated with the neck of one container extending in the recess of one other container and the shoulder wall of the one container being contiguous with one side wall of the one other container.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
200 words
A multiple container package comprising: a plurality of mated containers which together form and substantially fill the volume of a polyhedron having opposite sides in parallel planes; each container having a hollow body which includes a planar polygonal front wall, a planar polygonal rear wall, a planar polygonal bottom wall, opposite planar polygonal side walls and a planar polygonal top shoulder wall, each container having an elongated recess in one of said front and rear walls, said recess extending between said side walls with a length substantially equal to a width of said body between said side walls; each container having an elongated neck extending from its shoulder wall near its rear wall, each neck extending substantially perpendicularly to said recess in its container, at least a portion of said neck being planar with said rear wall, said elongated neck having a length which is substantially equal to the length of a recess in an adjacent container of the package; and said plurality of containers being mated with the neck of one container extending in the recess of one other container and the shoulder wall of the one container being contiguous with one side wall of the one other container.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A package according to claim 1 wherein the recess of each container is open in the side walls of that container.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
9 words
A package according to claim 2 comprising four containers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
A package according to claim 1 wherein the recess of each container is in the front wall of that container, there being four containers in said package, each parallel plane of said polyhedron containing two rear walls and two front walls of said containers.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
59 words
A package according to claim 1 wherein the recess of each container is in the rear wall of that container, one parallel plane of said polyhedron containing said rear walls of all of said containers and the other parallel plane of the polyhedron containing the front walls of all of said containers, there being four containers in said package.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A package according to claim 1 wherein each of said elongated necks includes lateral indentations, each recess including lateral projections which receive said indentations.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
A package according to claim 1 wherein each of said elongated necks includes lateral projections, each of said recesses including lateral indentations for receiving said lateral projections.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
107 words
A container for use in a multiple container package comprising: a body defining a hollow volume and having a front wall, an opposite rear wall, a bottom wall and opposite shoulder wall, and lateral opposite side walls, each of said walls comprising a polygon and one of said front and rear walls including a recess extending between and having a width equal to the space between said lateral side walls; and an elongated neck extending from said shoulder of said body and having an interior space communicating with the space of said body, said elongated neck being near said rear wall and extending perpendicularly to said recess.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
107 words
A container for use in a multiple container package comprising: a body defining a hollow volume and having a front wall, an opposite rear wall, a bottom wall and opposite shoulder wall, and lateral opposite side walls, each of said walls comprising a polygon and one of said front and rear walls including a recess extending between and having a width equal to the space between said lateral side walls; and an elongated neck extending from said shoulder of said body and having an interior space communicating with the space of said body, said elongated neck being near said rear wall and extending perpendicularly to said recess.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
14 words
A container according to claim 8 wherein said recess is in said front wall.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
A container according to claim 8 wherein said recess is in said rear wall.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
A container according to claim 8 including a pair of lateral indentations in said neck and a pair of lateral projections in said recess for receiving lateral indentations of another container.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
A container according to claim 8 wherein said elongated neck includes a pair of lateral projections, said recess including a pair of lateral indentations for receiving lateral projections of another container.
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