Portable storage container
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorsJon Hassell, Justin Smyers, William Apps
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Abstract
A portable storage container that both stacks and nests with similar containers includes a plurality of walls extending upwardly from a floor. At least one bail member is moveable between a plurality of positions for supporting the similar containers at varying heights. The bail member includes at least one rib extending radially outward. A similar container stacked on the bail members of the container will interlock with the at least one rib, thereby preventing lateral movement of the upper container relative to the lower container.
Claims33
A container capable of supporting a second container in a plurality of positions relative to the container, the container comprising:
- a floor;
- an upstanding wall structure including a plurality of walls extending upwardly from the floor;
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- a bail member having a support portion and an arm extending transversely from the support portion, the support portion including at least one radial projection between opposite axial ends of the support portion, the bail member selectively movable between a nest position and a stacking position, wherein the support portion is vertically aligned outwardly of an outer periphery of the floor in the nest position, and the support portion is vertically aligned with the floor in the stacking position.
A container capable of supporting a second container in a plurality of positions relative to the container, the container comprising:
- a floor;
- an upstanding wall structure including a plurality of walls extending upwardly from the floor;
- and
- a bail member having a support portion and an arm extending transversely from the support portion, the support portion including a plurality of alternating recesses and protrusions, the bail member selectively movable between a nest position and a stacking position, wherein the support portion is vertically aligned outwardly of an outer periphery of the floor in the nest position, and the support portion is vertically aligned with the floor in the stacking position.
A container capable of supporting a second container in a plurality of positions relative to the container, the container comprising:
- a floor;
- an upstanding wall structure including a plurality of walls extending upwardly from the floor;
- and
- a bail member having a support portion and an arm extending transversely from the support portion, the support portion including a plurality of alternating recesses and protrusions along substantially the entire outer surface of the support portion, the support portion including at least one radial projection between opposite axial ends of the support portion, the at least one radial projection at least several time greater in radial height than the alternating protrusions, the bail member selectively movable between a nest position and a stacking position, wherein the support portion is vertically aligned outwardly of an outer periphery of the floor in the nest position, and the support portion is vertically aligned with the floor in the stacking position.
A container capable of supporting a second container in a plurality of positions relative to the container, the container comprising:
- a floor;
- an upstanding wall structure including a plurality of walls extending upwardly from the floor;
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- a bail member having a support portion and an arm extending transversely from the support portion, the arm pivotably mounted to one of the plurality of walls at a pivot point, the arm including a lateral projection between the pivot point and the support portion, the bail member selectively movable between a nest position and a stacking position, wherein the support portion is vertically aligned outwardly of an outer periphery of the floor in the nest position, and the support portion is vertically aligned with the floor in the stacking position.
A container capable of supporting a similar container in a plurality of positions relative to the container, the container comprising:
- a floor having a bottom surface;
- an upstanding wall structure including a plurality of walls extending upwardly from the floor;
- a bail member having a support portion and an arm extending transversely from the support portion, the bail member selectively movable between a nest position and a stacking position, wherein the support portion is vertically aligned outwardly of an outer periphery of the floor in the nest position, and the support portion is vertically aligned with the floor in the stacking position;
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- at least one of the support portion and the floor including at least projection that interlocks with the other of the support portion and the floor of a similar container stacked therewith to prevent relative lateral movement.
A container capable of supporting a second container in a plurality of positions relative to the container, the container comprising:
- a floor;
- a pair of end walls proximate opposite peripheral edges of the floor;
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- a bail member having an elongated support portion, the support portion including at least one interlocking member between opposite axial ends of the support portion, the bail member selectively movable between a nest position and a stacking position, wherein the support portion is vertically aligned outwardly of an outer periphery of the floor when the bail member is in the nest position, and the support portion is vertically aligned with the floor when the bail member is in the stacking position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.