Stackable and/or nestable box
AssigneeFami S.R.L.
InventorLuca Milani
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a stackable, nestable or both stackable and nestable box composed of a front panel, a rear panel and two side panels. The side panels each have a side rest surface comprising at least one guide tooth configured to realise a side centring of an upper box during the realisation of a stacking configuration. There is also preferably provided a retaining tooth capable of preventing sliding, along the front and rear panels, between two stacked boxes. There is also preferably provided a rear panel comprising a step for providing a vertical support of an upper box when stacked. Preferably, there is provided a locking tooth capable of preventing a sliding, along the side panels, between two stacked boxes.
Claims9
A stackable and nestable box (100) comprising
- a bottom wall (1);
- a side wall (2) rising from said bottom wall (1), said side wall (2) being defined by side panels (2a, 2b), a front panel (2c), and a rear panel (2d), said side wall (2) defining with said bottom wall (1) a containment volume (V) open at a top,
- wherein each of said side panels (2a, 2b) each has at least a recessed portion (3) which is recessed from said containment volume (V) and at least one projecting portion (4) which projects towards the containment volume (V),
- wherein each protruding portion (4) comprises at least one side rest surface (5),
- wherein each recessed portion (3) is configured to rest on a corresponding side rest surface (5) of a lower identical box in a first stacking configuration and to fit within a corresponding recessed portion (3) of a lower identical box in a second nesting configuration,
- wherein each side rest surface (5) comprises at least one base surface (5a) configured to support a lower portion of an upper identical box, when in said first stacking configuration, and wherein each side rest surface (5) defines at least one guide tooth (6) defining a guide surface (6a) inclined towards said base surface (5a) and facing said containment volume (V),
- wherein the guide surface (6a) of each of the side rest surfaces (5) are opposite to each other and are converging towards the base surface (5a) so as to define a side self-centring of an identical upper box during the realisation of said first stacking configuration,
- wherein said side panels (2a, 2b) further extend downwards from said bottom wall (1) defining a lower side edge (7) configured to gradually slide on said guide surface (6a) of a lower identical box during the realisation of said first stacking configuration and, when in said first stacking configuration, to rest on said base surface (5a) of a lower identical box, realising a sliding coupling along said side panels (2a, 2b),
- wherein said lower side edge (7) comprises, in vertical alignment with a respective base surface (5a), a recess (7a) configured to be arranged astride a respective base surface (5a) of a lower identical box in such a way that, in said first stacking configuration, the base surface (5a) of said lower identical box is housed within said recess (7a), and
- wherein said recess (7a) further defines a side cavity (7b), turned internally, of said lower side edge (7) configured to receive a retaining tooth (8) of the respective side rest surface (5) of an identical lower box, when in said first stacking configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.