Global Patent Index - EP 0090639 A2

EP 0090639 A2 19831005 - Nestable containers.

Title (en)

Nestable containers.

Title (de)

Ineinander stapelbare Behälter.

Title (fr)

Récipients emboîtables.

Publication

EP 0090639 A2 19831005 (EN)

Application

EP 83301752 A 19830329

Priority

GB 8209128 A 19820329

Abstract (en)

A nestable cup 11 or other container comprises a bottom 3 and a side wall 2, and includes stacking means comprising an external, downwardly-facing shoulder 3 and an internal, upwardly-facing shoulder 5. The internal upwardly-facing shoulder 5 is inclined in a direction downwards and outwards and terminates at an acute-angled sharp convex corner 9. When a plurality of identical cups or other containers 11 are assembled together into an upright stack, the corner 9 makes localised contact with the external, downwardly-facing shoulder 3, of the cup 11 or other container above the corner 9 engaging the downwardly-facing shoulder 3 away from its edge 10. Any vertical shock loading applied to a stack of such cups 11 or other containers is cushioned by resilient deformation of the external, downwardly-facing shoulders 3.

IPC 1-7

B65D 1/26; B65D 21/02

IPC 8 full level

B65D 1/26 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65D 1/265 (2013.01); B65D 85/816 (2013.01); B65D 2313/02 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0090639 A2 19831005; EP 0090639 A3 19840926; EP 0090639 B1 19870325; DE 3370464 D1 19870430

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 83301752 A 19830329; DE 3370464 T 19830329