Threaded container components having frustum shaped surfaces enabling nesting

A nestable container component comprising:

• at least one container component translative motion guide feature integral with a tubular cap and container translative motion engaging sidewall, the tubular translative motion guide feature containing sidewall extending between an upper peripheral edge and a lower peripheral edge;
• an upper tubular sidewall radially inner diameter spanning a radially interior surface of the upper peripheral edge of the tubular cap and container translative motion engaging sidewall;
• and
• a radially outward directed upper formation arranged to be one of
• (a) contiguous with the upper peripheral edge of the tubular cap and container translative motion engaging sidewall and
• (b) an upper transition extending between and each respective edge being contiguous with the radially outward directed upper formation and the upper peripheral edge of the tubular cap and container translative motion engaging sidewall;
• a radially inward directed lower formation arranged to be one of
• (a) contiguous with the lower peripheral edge of the tubular cap and container translative motion engaging sidewall and
• (b) a lower transition extending between and each respective edge being contiguous with the radially inward directed lower formation and the lower peripheral edge of the tubular cap and container translative motion engaging sidewall;
• a radially outermost diameter of the lower formation,
• wherein the radially outermost diameter of the lower formation is smaller than the upper tubular sidewall radially inner diameter;
• wherein when a first nestable container component is nested within a second nestable container component orienting a radially outward surface of the tubular cap and container translative motion engaging sidewall of the first nestable container component and a radially inward surface of the tubular cap and container translative motion engaging sidewall of the second nestable container component facing in a direction opposing one another,
• wherein the at least one container component translative motion guide feature is an assembly element of a plug style container closure arrangement between the-plug style container closure and one of a container lid component or a container body component,
• wherein the at least one container component translative motion guide feature has an angular length about the respective circumference of the tubular cap and container translative motion engaging sidewall that is equal to or less than 180 degrees divided by the number of the at least one container component translative motion guide feature,
• wherein the at least one container component translative motion guide feature is designed to at least one of:
• (a) create an axial motion as a result of a rotation motion when engaged with a mating translative motion guide feature of a mating container component and (b) control an axial motion as a result of a rotation motion when engaged with a mating translative motion guide feature of a mating container component,
• wherein the at least one container component translative motion guide feature is oriented as one of:
• (a) when the nestable container component is a container body component, the at least one container component translative motion guide feature extends radially from a radially interior surface of the container body sidewall for engaging with a mating translative motion guide feature extending radially from a radially exterior surface of the plug style container closure, the at least one container component translative motion guide feature being located at a location that is below the upper peripheral edge of the container body component,
• (b) when the nestable container component is a container lid component, the at least one container component translative motion guide feature extends radially from a radially interior surface of the container lid sidewall for engaging with a mating translative motion guide feature extending radially from a radially exterior surface of the plug style container closure, or
• (c) when the nestable container component is a container closure component, the at least one container component translative motion guide feature extends radially from a radially exterior surface of the container closure sidewall for engaging with a mating translative motion guide feature extending radially from a radially interior surface of one of the container body component or the container lid component,
• wherein a plurality of like shaped and sized individual nestable container components are arranged into a nested arrangement,
• wherein a total height of the nested arrangement that is less than a sum of the overall heights of a total count of the like shaped and sized individual nestable container components contained within the nested arrangement.