Stackable ribbed bottle system
OwnerDean Vincent Laneinventor
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Abstract
A bottle having a storage chamber defined by spaced upper and lower surfaces and planar sidewalls; a conical ceiling in said upper surface having an opening at the top thereof; a conical convex recess in said lower surface for receiving the conical ceiling of the next adjacent bottle when stacking said bottles, and means for interlocking the sides and upper and lower surfaces of the bottles when stacked. The bottle may have ribs in the conical ceiling, conical recess and sidewalls for increasing top load resistance. A plurality of bottles may be assembled into a stable bottle stack with minimal packaging material.
Claims26
A system of interlocking storage bottles, each bottle comprising:
- (a) a storage chamber with an upper surface, a lower surface and at least four generally planar side walls;
- (b) a central conical ceiling extending upwardly from the upper surface;
- (c) a cylindrical neck extending from the center of the ceiling having an opening at its top end and means for attachment thereto of a cap;
- (d) a conical recess in the lower surface of a size sufficient to envelop the ceiling, neck, and a cap of another storage bottle insertable therein;
- (e) vertical interlocking means for releasably connecting each side wall to the side wall of another storage bottle stackable adjacent thereto;
- (f) horizontal interlocking means for releasably connecting the upper surface to the lower surface of another storage bottle disposable thereabove;
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- (g) at least one indentation in each of at least two adjacent side walls to form a handle for pouring from the storage chamber.
A consumables storage bottle having a storage chamber, a conical ceiling in an upper surface, a lower surface, and at least four generally planar side walls comprising:
- (a) a cylindrical neck extending upwardly from the center of the conical ceiling and having an opening at its top end and protrusions for attachment thereto of a cap;
- (b) a conical recess extending upwardly from the lower surface of a size sufficient to envelop the ceiling, neck and a cap of another storage bottle insertable therein;
- (c) vertical interlocking means for releasably connecting each side wall to the side wall of another storage bottle stackable adjacent thereto;
- (d) horizontal interlocking means for releasably connecting the upper surface to the lower surface of another storage bottle disposable thereabove;
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- (e) at least one indentation in each of two adjacent side walls to form a handle for pouring from the storage chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.