EP 0758612 A1 19970219 - A nesting and stacking container
Title (en)
A nesting and stacking container
Title (de)
In- und aufeinanderstapelbarer Behälter
Title (fr)
Récipient emboîtable et empilable
Publication
Application
Priority
- GB 9516695 A 19950815
- GB 9519274 A 19950921
Abstract (en)
A container 10 having a flat rectangular base 12 and four walls 14,16,18,20 extending upwardly from the base 12 so as to diverge outwardly from the base, where an upper part depth of the walls have an external rim 26. Each wall having two stacking and nesting means 42, each of which means 42 comprising an external projection 44 and an associated internal recess 52 in the rim 26, Each means 42 also has an aperture 64 through the wall perpendicularly between the projection and the recess, allowing two similar containers 10 to be nested when in the same orientation relative to each other with the projections 44 of the stacking and nesting means 42 of an upper container being received within the recesses 52 of a lower container to extend outwardly through the associated aperture 64 of the lower container. Each of the stacking and nesting means 42 being positioned on the walls of the container to be offset from the means 42 of the opposed wall of a similar container when one container is rotated through 180 degrees relative to the other and stacked as a vertical column, with the projections 44 of the upper container engaging an upper edge 30 of the lower container. In addition there is also provided a system of two containers of different depths which may be nested one within the other, both of which employ nesting restraint means engageable between the nested containers to alleviate wedging of the inner nested container in the outer nested container, irrespective of which of the containers is nested within the other. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B65D 21/04 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B65D 21/045 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [X] FR 2563188 A2 19851025 - MANUJET SA [FR]
- [X] FR 2504889 A1 19821105 - MANUJET SA [FR]
- [X] AU 3020677 A 19790510 - ACUMEN IND PTY LTD
- [A] GB 1243387 A 19710818 - MOLDED FIBER GLASS BODY COMPAN [US]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
BE DE ES FR GB IT NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 96303766 A 19960524