Plastic container with releasable, elastically fixed stacking cap
AssigneeDr. Ing. Walter Frohn
InventorWalter Frohn
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Abstract
A plastic container includes an integral pour spout and an integral carrying handle. A separate stacking cap is attachable to the top of the container to facilitate the stacking of an additional container thereon. The stacking cap is removably lockable to the container by a tooth-and-recess connection, wherein the tooth is adapted to spring elastically into a recess.
Claims15
Plastic container comprising a filling and pouring neck and a carrying handle, a top surface of the container being flat or vaulted, a stacking cap of thermoplastic mounted on the container's top surface, wherein an elastic connection between the container's top surface and the stacking cap is defined by an elastic locking of the stacking cap to the container by means of teeth springing into respective recesses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.