Portable storage container
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorsJon P. Hassell, William P. Apps
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Abstract
A portable storage container that both stacks and nests with similar containers includes a plurality of walls extending upwardly from a floor. At least one bail member is moveable between a plurality of positions for supporting the similar containers at varying heights. The bail member includes a support portion and two arms extending transversely from the support portion. A projection extends laterally from between axial ends of each arm.
Claims13
A container capable of supporting a second container in a plurality of positions relative to the container, the container comprising:
- a floor;
- an upstanding wall structure including a plurality of walls extending upwardly from the floor;
- and
- a bail member having a support portion and an arm extending transversely from the support portion, the arm including a projection between opposite axial ends of the arm, the bail member selectively movable between a nest position and a stacking position, the projection contacting a pivot surface of the wall structure while the bail member pivots about an end of the projection and the pivot surface while moving toward one of the nest position and the stacking position.
A container capable of supporting a second container in a plurality of positions relative to the container, the container comprising:
- a floor;
- an upstanding wall structure including a plurality of walls extending upwardly from the floor;
- and
- a bail member having a support portion and an arm extending transversely from the support portion, the bail member selectively movable between a transitional position, a first stacking position and a second stacking position, the arm of the bail extending generally from the support portion of the bail away from an interior of the container when the bail member is in the transitional position, the bail member movable from the transitional position to the first stacking position by moving the bail member inwardly, the bail member movable from the transitional position to the second stacking position by pivoting the bail member, wherein the bail member will move from the transitional position to the second stacking position based upon a force applied to the support portion in a second direction entirely downwardly of the container toward the floor.
A container capable of supporting a second container in a plurality of positions relative to the container, the container comprising:
- a floor;
- an upstanding wall structure including a plurality of walls extending upwardly from the floor, the wall structure including a first rest and a second rest, the first rest spaced from the floor by a greater distance than the second rest is spaced from the floor;
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- a bail member having a support portion and an arm extending from the support portion, the arm including a radial projection between opposite axial ends of the arm, the bail member selectively movable between a nest position, a first stacking position and a second stacking position, the support portion supported on the first rest and the projection supported on the second rest when the bail member is in the first stacking position, the support portion supported on the second rest when the bail member is in the second stacking position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.