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US 9,926,104 B2Granted
Container system and apparatus
AssigneeStackcan LLC
InventorAlvaro Mauricio Olarte
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Abstract
A container having a center portion and two side portions each situated at an angle to the center portion and extending in opposite directions such that the a left half of the container is substantially identical to a right half of the container but rotated 180 degrees to form a “Z” shaped profile of the container. This “Z” shaped profile allows containers to be stacked upon each other to provide space savings in storage and shipping of the container and the container when filled with liquid.
Claims25
A container apparatus, comprising:
- a center portion including at least two center sidewalls including straight sections;
- a first end portion extending from said center portion and situated at a first angle with respect to said center portion and including at least two first sidewalls, said first angle between 175 and 120 degrees such that a profile of the container apparatus is undulating;
- a second end portion extending from said center portion and situated at a second angle with respect to said center portion and including at least two second sidewalls;
- said at least two second sidewalls parallel to said at least two first sidewalls and at an angle with respect to said straight sections of said at least two center sidewalls;
- an interior cavity defined at least in part by interior faces of each of said center, first and second sidewalls wherein the interior faces of the at least two first sidewalls face each other and the interior faces of the at least two second sidewalls face each other;
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- at least one orifice located in said first end portion for passing matter to and from said interior cavity.
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A container apparatus having a liquid reserve portion, comprising:
- a center portion including at least two center sidewalls;
- a first end portion situated at a first angle with respect to said center portion and including at least two first sidewalls;
- a second end portion situated at a second angle with respect to said center portion and including at least two second sidewalls;
- an interior cavity defined at least in part by interior faces of each of said center, first and second sidewalls;
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- at least one orifice located in said first end portion for passing matter to and from said interior cavity;
- a first position defined when an end of said first end portion is in contact with an external surface at a first contact location and when a section of said second end portion adjacent to said center portion is also contact with the external surface at a second contact location wherein said two center side walls are positioned at an angle relative to a plane defined by said first and second contact locations;
- a reserve section defined where a second portion of the liquid remains in said interior cavity and a first level of liquid in said first end portion is lower than a second level of liquid in said second end portion, when the container apparatus is in said first position, said second portion of liquid having a center of gravity substantially aligned between an end of said second end portion and a point, the point defined where said first end portion and said center portion meet, the second level of liquid in said second end portion defined by a reserve line associated with said second end portion.
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A container apparatus, comprising:
- a center portion including at least two center sidewalls including substantially straight sections;
- a first end portion situated at a first angle with respect to said center portion and including at least two first sidewalls;
- a second end portion situated at a second angle with respect to said center portion and including at least two second sidewalls;
- said at least two second sidewalls substantially parallel to said at least two first sidewalls and at an angle with respect to said substantially straight sections of said at least two center sidewalls;
- an interior cavity defined at least in part by interior faces of each of said center, first and second sidewalls;
- at least one orifice located in said first end portion for passing matter to and from said interior cavity;
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- said two center sidewalls each having a curved portion at either side, said first and second sidewalls extending from one of the curved portions;
- wherein each curved portion defines a curved interior face, one curved interior face being convex and another curved interior face being concave.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.