Shipping container
OwnerStephen P. Palisin, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A nestable shipping container including side walls, a bottom wall, and an open top is disclosed. The nestable shipping container has a geometry which permits insertion into and reception of similarly shaped containers to facilitate empty shipment and storage in a minimum amount of space. The nestable shipping container may be manufactured by a cold working method from a single blank of material. The containers may be manufactured to meet the performance criteria required of international commerce shipping drums.
Claims25
A nestable shipping container comprising:
- a cold worked, tapered container body comprising integral side and bottom walls without seams or welds and an open top, wherein said container body comprises substantially a truncated square pyramid geometry, wherein said side wall includes horizontally spaced, vertically extending ribs, wherein said container body further comprises at least one discontinuous circumferential stacking ring comprising a plurality of discontinuity gaps located in a horizontal plane about the perimeter of said sidewalls of said shipping container, and wherein one of said vertically extending ribs pass through each one of said discontinuity gaps and terminate above said discontinuous circumferential stacking ring.
A shipping container comprising:
- a container body comprising integral side and bottom walls without seams or welds and an open top, wherein said side wall includes spaced, vertically extending ribs;
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- a chime disposed at the upper end of said container body, said chime comprising a flat top surface extending outwardly from said container body;
- wherein said container body comprises substantially a truncated square pyramid geometry;
- wherein said container body is tapered to provide a nestable geometry;
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- wherein said container body further comprises at least one discontinuous circumferential stacking ring comprising a plurality of discontinuity gaps located in a horizontal plane about the perimeter of said sidewalls of said shipping container, and wherein one of said vertically extending ribs pass through each one of said discontinuity gaps and terminate above said discontinuous circumferential stacking ring.
A nestable shipping container comprising:
- a cold worked tapered container body comprising integral side and bottom walls without seams or welds and an open top;
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- separate spaced-part flat-bottomed feet protruding downwardly from the bottom wall;
- wherein said container body comprises substantially a truncated square pyramid geometry;
- wherein said side wall includes horizontally spaced, vertically extending ribs;
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- wherein said container body further comprises at least one discontinuous circumferential stacking ring comprising a plurality of discontinuity gaps located in a horizontal plane about the perimeter of said sidewalls of said shipping container, and wherein one of said vertically extending ribs pass through each one of said discontinuity gaps and terminate above said discontinuous circumferential stacking ring.
A shipping container comprising:
- a tapered container body comprising integral side and bottom walls without seams or welds and an open top, said side wall having an upper chime;
- a lid comprising a top plate, a skirt depending downwardly from said top plate, and a flange extending inwardly from a lower end of said skirt;
- wherein said container body comprises substantially a truncated square pyramid geometry,
- wherein said side wall includes space vertically extending ribs;
- and
- wherein said container body further comprises at least one discontinuous circumferential stacking ring comprising a plurality of discontinuity gaps located in a horizontal plane about the perimeter of said sidewalls of said shipping container, and wherein one of said vertically extending ribs pass through each one of said discontinuity gaps and terminate above said discontinuous circumferential stacking ring.
A nestable shipping container comprising a tapered container body comprising integral side and bottom walls without seams or welds and an open top, wherein said container body comprises a cold worked metal or metal alloy, wherein said container body comprises substantially a truncated square pyramid geometry, and wherein said side wall of said container body includes horizontally spaced, vertically extending, strength imparting ribs.
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