Stackable bottle
OwnerRobert L. Gatteninventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A stackable plastic bottle for enabling a pyramidal display of several such bottles includes a generally cylindrical main body portion whose height and diameter will vary depending on the volume to be created internally and a neck portion which has gradually tapering sides and extends upwardly from the main body portion terminating in a generally cylindrical spout and outlet opening. Oppositely disposed in the neck portion is a pair of receiving recesses which are defined along their lower surface by a substantially horizontal shelf and inwardly therefrom by an upwardly extending peripheral wall. Each recess is sized and arranged such that it is capable of receiving part of the main body portion of a corresponding stackable bottle such that by proper spacing of the bottles row after row, they may be arranged in a pyramidal display.
Claims20
A stackable bottle for enabling a pyramidal display of several bottles comprises:
- a main body portion including a base and surrounding cylindrical side wall which cooperatively define a contents-receiving cavity;
- a frustum profiled neck portion which is integral with and extends upwardly from said main body portion and terminates in an outlet opening through which the contents of said stackable bottle pass;
- and
- a plurality of receiving recesses disposed in said neck portion, each said recess having a shape generally defined by the geometric intersection of a vertical frustum with a vertical cylinder and with a horizontal plane, said vertical frustum and said vertical cylinder being nonconcentric, and each said recess being defined by a shelf and cooperating part cylindrical peripheral wall, said shelf and peripheral wall being designed and arranged to receive, in part, the main body portion of a second and corresponding stackable bottle.
A stackable bottle for enabling a pyramidal display of several bottles comprises:
- a main body portion including a base and surrounding side wall which cooperatively define a contents-receiving cavity;
- a neck portion which is integral with and extends upwardly from said main body portion and terminates in an outlet opening through which the contents of said stackable bottle pass;
- and
- a pair of receiving recesses disposed in said neck portion, each recess being defined by a shelf and cooperating peripheral wall, said shelf and peripheral wall being designed and arranged to receive, in part, the main body portion of a second and corresponding stackable bottle, wherein said neck portion extends between said shelf and said outlet opening and has an overall height substantially equal to the overall height of said main body portion which extends from its base to said shelf.
A stackable bottle for enabling a pyramidal display of several bottles comprises:
- a main body portion including a base and surrounding side wall which cooperatively define a contents-receiving cavity;
- a neck portion which is integral with and extends upwardly from said main body portion and terminates in an outlet opening through which the contents of said stackable bottle pass;
- a pair of receiving recesses disposed in said neck portion, each recess being defined by a shelf and cooperating peripheral wall, said shelf and peripheral wall being designed and arranged to receive, in part, the main body portion of a second and corresponding stackable bottle;
- and
- a pair of finger-grip depressions, there being one each disposed in each peripheral wall.
A stackable bottle for enabling a pyramidal display of several bottles comprises:
- a main body portion including a base and surrounding cylindrical side wall which cooperatively define a contents-receiving cavity;
- a neck portion which in one orientation has a trapezoidal profile, said neck portion being integral with and upwardly extending from said main body portion and terminates in an outlet opening through which the contents of said stackable bottle pass;
- and
- two receiving recesses disposed in said neck portion, each of two said recesses having a shape generally defined by the geometric intersection of a vertical frustum with a vertical plane and with a horizontal plane, each of two said recesses being defined by a shelf and cooperating planar peripheral wall, each of said planar peripheral walls being substantially parallel to one another, each of said shelves being defined by an inner edge and an outer edge, each of said outer edges being curved with a shelf curvature comprising an arc of a circle and each of said inner edges being substantially linear and having a length defined by the chord of said arc of a circle, each of two said recesses being designed and arranged to receive, in part, the main body portion of a second and corresponding stackable bottle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.