US 2017/0247141 A1 · STORAGE CONTAINER SYSTEMS

Abstract

A container system includes a first container including a bottom wall, at least one sidewall, and an open top, with a plurality of indented recesses formed in the bottom wall. A first lid closes the open top of the first container. A second container includes a bottom wall, at least one sidewall, and an open top. A second lid closes the open top of the second container, with a push indicator structure formed at a center portion of the second lid, and with a plurality of registration bumps formed about the push indicator structure. The first container is stackable on the second lid such that (i) each of the registration bumps in the second lid is aligned with an adjacent one of the recesses in the bottom wall of the first container and (ii) surfaces of the registration bumps are spaced from surfaces of the adjacent recesses.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A container system comprising:

a first container including a bottom wall, at least one sidewall, and an open top, with a plurality of indented recesses being formed in the bottom wall;
a first lid configured to close the open top of the first container;
a second container including a bottom wall, at least one sidewall, and an open top;
and
a second lid configured to close the open top of the second container, with a push indicator structure being formed at a center portion of the second lid, and with a plurality of registration bumps being formed about the push indicator structure,
wherein the first container is stackable on the second lid such that (i) each of the registration bumps in the second lid is aligned with an adjacent one of the recesses in the bottom wall of the first container and (ii) surfaces of the registration bumps are spaced from surfaces of the adjacent recesses.

3 more elements

A container system comprising:

a container including a bottom wall, a plurality of sidewalls, and an open top, with an indented recess being formed in the bottom wall;
and
a lid configured to close the open top of the first container, with a push indicator structure being formed at a center portion of the lid, and with at least one registration bump being formed in the lid, wherein a total surface area of the at least one registration bump is greater than a spatial area of the lid that is calculated as the length of the lid multiplied by the width of the lid.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/594,768Filed 15 May 2017

Priority

19 Jul 2013

Published

31 Aug 2017

Term ends

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Classification21 codes

B65D 21/0223
Containers with a closure presenting stacking elements: the closure and the bottom presenting local co-operating elements, e.g. projections and…
B65D 21/0204
Stackable or joined together side-by-side: and joined together by interconnecting formations forming part of the container, e.g. dove-tail, snap…
B65D 21/0233
Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together: nestable containers
B65D 41/185
Non-metallic, e.g. made of paper or plastics: with integral internal sealing means

Family

Application13/946,513Continuation · filed 19 Jul 2013

Application14/798,506Continuation · filed 14 Jul 2015

Application15/594,768Continuation

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Abstract

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