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US 5,178,295 AGranted
Container with integral racking slot
OwnerDouglas L. Crumrine, Rodney Laibleinventors
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Abstract
A small parts container includes a top wall, bottom wall and peripheral sidewall connected to define a parts containing chamber. A moveable lid affords access to parts in the container. Aligned openings are provided through the top wall and bottom wall and an internal generally tubular wall surrounds those openings for defining a rack member receiving slot through the container.
Claims13
A parts container adapted for support on a rack member, comprising,
- a substantially flat planar top wall, a substantially flat planar bottom wall and a peripheral sidewall connected to said bottom wall and extended upwardly therefrom for engagement with said top wall so that said walls define a chamber for containing parts,
- means for disengaging said top wall from said peripheral sidewall to insert and remove parts into and from said chamber,
- said top wall and bottom wall each having an opening therethrough,
- a single generally tubular wall means connected to said bottom wall and substantially surrounding the opening therein, said tubular wall means extending upwardly therefrom for engagement with said flat planar top wall in general alignment with the opening in said top wall to the extent that the container may be supported on a rack member directed through both openings and said tubular wall means,
- said generally tubular wall means further comprising a generally flat base and a pair of upwardly converging sides connecting at an apex whereby a rack member may be guided to rest at said apex of said generally tubular wall means formed by said upwardly converging sides, and
- said upwardly converging sides of said generally tubular wall means having the said upward extent as said peripheral sidewall and being spaced therefrom such that parts may be stored between said upwardly converging sides and said peripheral sidewall, thereby effectively utilizing space therein.
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A parts container adapted for support on a rack member, comprising,
- a base including a substantially flat planar bottom wall and a peripheral sidewall connected to and extended upwardly from said bottom wall to define an open top chamber,
- a substantially flat planar top wall of a size and shaped to substantially close the open top of said chamber at times,
- means for movably connecting said top wall to said base for movement between a closed position substantially closing the open top of said chamber and an open position displaced from said open top for access to said chamber,
- said top wall and bottom wall each having an opening therethrough,
- a single generally tubular wall means connected to said bottom wall and substantially surrounding the opening therein, said tubular wall means extending upwardly therefrom for engagement with said flat planar top wall in general alignment with the opening in said top wall to the extent that the container may be supported on a rack member directed though both openings and said tubular wall means
- said generally tubular wall means further comprising a generally flat base and a pair of upwardly converging sides connecting at an apex whereby a rack member may be guided to rest at said apex of said generally tubular wall means formed by said upwardly converging sides, and
- said upwardly converging sides of said generally tubular wall means having the same upward extent as said peripheral sidewall and being spaced therefrom such that parts may be stored between said upwardly converging sides and said peripheral sidewall, thereby effectively utilizing space therein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.