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US 7,607,550 B2Granted
Portable and stackable plastic multipurpose container
AssigneeSteelworks Hardware, LLC
InventorsPei-Ying Lin, Chanwa Nguy
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Abstract
Portable and stackable multipurpose containers are disclosed. The containers have an oval base and an oval top in communication with sides of the wall extending perpendicularly from the base. The oval top is slidably positioned to open from both sides, which are perpendicular to the oval sides; the top is slidable. The multipurpose container is adapted for storing nails, screws, and similar items useful to craftsmen.
Claims31
A portable and stackable plastic multipurpose container comprising:
- a curved base;
- a curved top including two slidable panels, the panels openable from a front and rear of the multipurpose container, the top panels slidably connected to a front wall and a rear wall;
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- a pair of opposing substantially identical side walls extending perpendicularly from the base, the side walls having a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion having a top and a bottom, wherein the top of the container including the two slidable panels meets the bottom of the upper portion of the side wall, wherein the front and the rear walls extend perpendicularly from the base up to where the top having two slidable panels meet the bottom of the upper portion of the side walls, wherein the top having the pair of sildable panels is slidably positioned to open from the front wall, the rear wall, and at least one of the opposed side walls.
1 more element
A portable and stackable plastic multipurpose container comprising:
- a rectangular base;
- a top having at least two slidable panels;
- a pair of opposing substantially identical sidewalls extending perpendicularly from the rectangular base, the sidewalls with a lower portion and with a curved upper portion, the curved upper portion having a top and a bottom, wherein the top having at least two slidable panels is slidably connected to the side walls;
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- a front wall and a rear wall, each extending from the rectangular base, wherein the top having at least two slidable panels is slidably connected to the front and the rear walls and wherein the top is slidably positioned to open from the front wall, the rear wall, and at least one of the opposed side walls.
2 more elements
A portable and stackable plastic multipurpose container comprising:
- a square base;
- a top, the top having a pair of slidable panels;
- a pair of opposed substantially identical side walls extending perpendicularly from the base, the sidewalls having a lower portion and a curved upper portion, the upper portion having a top and a bottom wherein the top having the pair of slidable panels is connected to the side walls;
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- a front and a rear wall, each wall extending from the base to a point where the top having the pair of slidable panels meets the bottom of the curved upper portion of the side walls wherein the top having the pair of slidable panels is slidably positioned to open from the front wall, the rear wall, and at least one of the opposed side walls.
2 more elements
A stack of portable and stackable multipurpose containers comprising:
- a rectangular base;
- a top having at least two slidable panels;
- a pair of opposing substantially identical side walls extending perpendicularly from the rectangular base with a lower portion and with a curved upper portion, the upper portion having a top and a bottom
- wherein the top having at least two slidable panels is slidably connected to the side walls;
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- a front and rear wall, each extending from the rectangular base wherein the top having at least two slidable panels is slidably positioned to open from the front wall, the rear wall, and the two opposed sidewalls, wherein for each set of a plurality of containers, a plurality of tenons of a first container are inserted in a plurality of mortise apertures of a bottom of the base of a second container.
3 more elements
A stack of portable and stackable multipurpose containers comprising:
- a square base;
- a top, the top having a pair of slidable panels;
- a pair of opposed substantially identical side walls extending perpendicularly from the base, the sidewalls having a lower portion and a curved upper portion, the upper portion having a top and a bottom wherein
- the top is slidably connected to the side walls;
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- a front and a rear wall, each wall extending from the base to a point where the top having the pair of slidable panels of the container meets the bottom of the curved upper portion of the side walls,
- the top having the pair of slidable panels slidably positioned to open from the front wall, the rear wall, and at least one of the opposed side walls, wherein for each set of a plurality of containers, a plurality of tenons of a first container has been inserted in the plurality of mortise apertures of the bottom of the base of a second container.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.