Container
OwnerStephen James Bright, Ron Hartley Fordinventors
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Abstract
This invention relates to an improved container which may be used to store ten parcels arranged end to end and in two rows, one on top of the other. The container includes a top wall, a bottom wall, opposing side walls, and opposing front and rear walls respectively. The container also includes an advancement mechanism for advancing the rearmost parcels in the container so as to fill the void created by the removal of the foremost parcels. The advancement mechanism includes an enlarged end portion located behind the rearmost parcels and an intermediate portion located intermediate to the two rows of parcels.
Claims16
A container for storing a plurality of articles therein, said articles been arranged in rows one on top of the other and wherein each row includes a plurality of articles arranged one behind the other, said container including:
- a top wall;
- a bottom wall;
- spacing means adapted to maintain said top wall in a desired spaced relationship relative to said bottom wall, and
- promotion means for promoting simultaneously the rearmost articles in each of the rows generally in a forward direction so as to fill a void created by removal of the foremost articles from the container.
A container for storing a plurality of articles therein, said articles been arranged in rows one on top of the other and wherein each row includes a plurality of articles arranged one behind the other, said container including:
- a top wall;
- a bottom wall;
- a spacer adapted to maintain said top wall in a desired spaced relationship relative to said bottom wall, and
- an advancement mechanism in operable engagement with articles in at least one of the rows for simultaneously advancing the rearmost articles in each of the rows generally in a forward direction so as to fill a void created by removal of the foremost articles from the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.