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US 4,542,830 AGranted
Disposable storage rack for cans or the like
OwnerWayne A. Effortinventor
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Abstract
A storage rack or container for storing cans and the like on which a deposit is paid; the rack being adapted for ready disposability and being of sturdy construction and easily put together by a consumer of the canned goods; the rack is divided into a number of compartments defined by partitions, and slots are provided at the front for viewing the contents of the rack so as to assure that the rack is full.
Claims7
A disposable storage rack for cans or the like comprising:
- a container defined by a blank constituted of cardboard or the like, said blank having panel portions foldable to provide a front wall, rear wall, side walls, and top and bottom walls of said container;
- the interior of said container being subdivided by a plurality of spaced partitions extending from said top wall to said bottom wall, thereby to permit storage of cans in each compartment in contiguous relationship from the top to the bottom of said container;
- said front wall panel including pairs of adhesive portions extending on either side of a common fold line to a respective fold line, such that the adhesive portions may be brought together in pairs to define each of said partitions;
- a plurality of slotted openings extending from adjacent the top of the front wall to the bottom thereof, and extending into the respective compartments;
- the top wall being disengageable so that the container is adapted to be hung for storage purposes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.