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US 6,588,612 B1Granted
Plastic container with stacking recesses
AssigneePlastipak Packaging, Inc.
InventorsJames C. Dorn, Richard A. Lovelace, Jr., John P. Reynolds, Richard C. Darr
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Abstract
Stackable plastic container including side portions having at least one of protrusions and depressions which nest with one of matching protrusions and depressions of a second container, and with the bottom portion including depressions which nest with the pouring spout and handle of a second container.
Claims15
A plastic container, comprising:
- a blow molded plastic bottle having side portions thereof, a bottom portion thereof connected to said side portions, and a top portion thereof connected to said side portions, wherein said side portions extend downwardly from said top portion and interconnect the top portion to the bottom portion;
- a pouring spout on the top portion thereof;
- a handle on the top portion thereof;
- wherein said top portion includes a shoulder portion, and wherein said handle extends between said pouring spout and shoulder portion;
- wherein said side portions each include one of (1) at least one protrusion, (2) at least one depression, and (3) combinations thereof, which nest with one of matching protrusions and depressions of a second blow molded container of similar configuration;
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- wherein said bottom portion includes depressions which nest with the pouring spout, handle and shoulder portion of a second blow molded container of similar configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.